Chapter 19 PICTURES!!!

Tuesday, October 27th

We had our first official LADY BUSINESS meeting....we booked our flights to Singapore! YAY, we're going to travel SE Asia. I'm so excited!!! Buckee and a friend are going to come with us too! We'll start in Singapore, train up to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, and then land ourselves on the beaches of Thailand....that's not the end of our travels either, just the beginning, but it's what we have for now. Wahoo!

Hanna Postma: Lady Business member. Getting down to business.


Thursday, October 29th

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Today we had our Halloween Party for all the kids at Maryland. Us teachers had a great time dressing up for the occasion and 'spooking' the children. We played Halloween bingo, made oreo spiders, told scary stories, and had a rockin' (very much makeshift) haunted house!

Me: Witchy T...I have the cackle to prove it!


Getting ready for the day...When we got to school Sarah and Hanna weren't as 'scary' as anticipated, so with limited resources, we scrapped some things together, and basically went as death for Halloween.

I had a pick + Sarah had hairspray + Maryland school had a blow dryer = deadly combination. Thank goodness for my professional hair-doing skills, a mom who is an expert stylist, and a childhood in southern Utah where I was able to learn all about the POOF!


It's the day of our Halloween party and Hanna still wasn't sure what she was going to be...Thanks Ray Ray for the inspiration (spider earrings). We turned Hanna into a black widow, well, sort of.

Before....


After...Like I said....she was sort of a black widow. Due to my novice skills, Black Widow met Kiss at approximately 12:00 noon.


Maryland teachers...Tabbi didn't get the memo we were going as DEATH...caught in a tornado.


SPE children...cute little things! They're teaching me patience, haha. I just love them.


Costume Contest.
Joe: Spookiest Costume
Karen: Cutest Costume
They really get into Halloween here, can't you tell??? ha.


...and here's another pic of Sara...she is so adorable! She's always bringing us teachers little treats!


Me and Tabbi's 2A classes!


The after party...we couldn't stand to just go home and not show off our fun costumes, so we hit up Max and Vivian's after work. Ha, we love eating at this place. You should have seen the stares we got, especially on the bike ride there. As if we don't get looked at enough. We definitely got the double takes.


Saturday, October 31st

Today all of us teachers went to Mingdao University with one of our students, Kitty, and her parents, George and Grace. George is a professor at Mingdao, and he needed a little help with an international event his department was throwing for their students.

Our job: Three minute presentation on our experience in Taiwan
The trade: We got to go paint balling, kayaking....and to dinner!

Mingdao Students + Maryland Teachers. Hardly any of the students spoke English, so it was a bit challenging to communicate, but nonetheless, we had a great time!




Paint Balling! I've always wanted to go, and I finally got the chance! Nervous? Maybe a little at first, but once the whistle blew, it was game time...all fear was brushed aside!

The battlefield...pregame.


Hanna and I...ready to hit the field...Bring it!


Hanna and I mappin' out our game plan!


War's tough..I got shot in the face. A little sting, no biggy.


Kayaking! Yet again, another sport I've always wanted to do, but have never had the chance.

Hanna and I getting ready to hit the water for the first time.


After a few go's, we finally got synchronized with our rowing. Champs!


Maryland Teachers.


George and Grace were so nice to take us out to dinner after the day's events. We went to a fun restaurant up the mountain near the high speed railway. We sat out on a patio watching the high speed train pass us by.

Great food + Great scenery + Great company = GREAT TIME!

Dinner at the high speed rail. We had a great view and a great sunset to watch as we ate and chatted.


Tabbi and I with our Fruit Tea! No worries, it's not 'real' tea...the Asians call every drink tea!


Bowling! It was our friend Emily's birthday (AKA...secretary at Maryland), so we had a girl's night out on the town. HAPPY BIRTHDAY EM!



Sunday, November 1st

...and this would be Mr. Furry Legs...RIP...we found him lurking on a plant shelf in our stairwell. I wish I could have gotten a picture of him when he was actually alive, but I couldn't bring myself close enough to the furry critter. Sarah and I kept screaming; really, if you had an eight-legged creature in your house, the size of your entire hand, I bet you'd be freaking out much like we were!


...the man who did it all! Thanks Sammy for bearing with us, taking one for the team, facing your fears, and smashing Mr. Furry Legs. Now I can sleep at night, sort of.