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Mar

Busy Busy Busy

Life is interesting. Life is busy.

If this cold clears up by tomorrow, I’ll post a real update about what’s going on over here.

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Oct

In D3, we’re reading a little story book called “The Fairground Ghost“. In there, they talk about goose bumps. So I asked my kids if there was a similar term in Korean. Turns out there is. In Korean, the term is Duk Sial (hope I have the spelling right), which literally means chicken bumps. According to Wikipedia, the use of $BIRD skin/bumps is quite common. In fact, the term in Dutch also uses chicken.

OK, OK… I realize this is a pretty poor entry. It’s been a rough few weeks for me, hence the lack of blogging. I’m trying to get back on track.

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Aug

Welcome Nick and Jessica

Two new teachers arrived today. Nick and Jessica are from the US. They were married just a few weeks ago. What a honeymoon.

The kids really seem to like them. They seem enthusiastic (just wait until presentations, LOL).

I wish them the best of luck!

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Jun

Baking Soda Volcanoes

C1 made the classic baking soda volcano today. They have been (and will for the next week or so) studying earth science. This is one of those classic science project projects. It’s simply. It’s safe. It uses common household materials to do it. Make a volcano cone out of modeling clay. I simply put clay around an inverted paper cup and cut out the bottom of the cup. Put the clay volcano over a small plastic container containing baking soda and flour. Combine vinegar, warm water and a few drops of red food coloring in a small bottle. Pour the liquid slowly into the container with the solids. Then stand back and watch your volcano erupt!

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May

April Birthday Friday

Well, since May’s Birthday Friday is right around the corner (like next week), I decided it was time to finally get April’s pictures up.

Our birthday boys and girls

Our birthday boys and girls

Blow out the candles!

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Apr

Koreans in Space

Last evening the first Korean astronaut blasted off on board a Russian Soyuz space capsule. Yi-So-yeon is the first Korean astronaut and the fourth Asian woman to visit space.