Got my ticket!!!!!!

YES!!!! I just got my ticket and I am going to Melbourne, baby!!! I am ecstatic! Frickin cost me more than I wanted to pay, but that's what happens when you don't book early!!

Only problem is I have to fly on Xmas day. =( Ah well at least I managed to even get a ticket. Shopping, here I come!!!

University Gardens

Ferrymead - Part 4

Ferrymead - Part 3

Day at Ferrymead - part 2

Day at Ferrymead

Staff Xmas Lunch

At Addington Raceway - The Silks Room

With Flora - a teacher aide in charge of one of my form students.

With Karen, another colleague in the Maths dept.
With Hanafi, another Maths colleague.
With Anne from IT and Bob from Science.

Prizegiving Morning - Last day of school!!

My girls and boys from 9LN.

Diane, who's leaving.
Lindsay, who's leaving.
Robin and Catrina.

Few more days to go!!!

Wow you won't believe it but tomorrow is effectively the last school day of the year, since Friday morning is prizegiving and then the kids piss off and we have staff lunch somewhere nice.

The Year 9 form teachers got a nice card presentation this morning at assembly. A few kids from each form class said some nice things about their form teacher and presented them with a class-signed card or the like. It was a nice cap to the year.

Paired Say Ku's green skirt with a French Connection tank I bought in Melb.

Bren, I am now deluged with great skirts and dresses due to forethought and great planning. I asked before she came over, master tactician that I am! You should try this, and it's more convenient for you since you go back to Kch once in a while.

Why are you dressing so posh?

Yes that's me. Posh is my middle name. HahAhah I got asked this question last week and today as well because I was turning up to work in these nice dresses and skirts. I have Say Ku to thank for that.

Here's Say Ku and I.

And one of her skirts. I got so many compliments on this skirt. I think the happy pattern on it cheered people up. Hee hee.

Great Wall ctd...

The Tan family and Say Ku.

Say Ku, Grandma, Ben.
Lambshanks.
Which Ben devoured.

Grandma.

Great Wall

Had dinner at Great Wall last night with the relatives.

Discussing food options.
Mum and I.
Dad and I. He's seriously got the rascal face going on.
Dad, Uncle Min, cousin Aaron.

Tug of War

We capped the day off with a tug-of-war between houses.

I've got a bunch of Ngata supporters sitting behind me waiting to cheer on their team mates in the tug of war.

Ngata teachers looking on and sizing up the competitors.

Tug of war getting started.

Oded (to the left) trying to work the Ngata crowd.

Ngata team (on the right) winning this round!

Junior Activities Day

It was Activities Day today, did a lot of walking. And taking pictures.

Here's Lindsay, my good friend who's leaving this school to teach at Lincoln High next year. We've formed a great bond cos he taught at Brunei for 6 or 7 years and he went down to Miri quite often. I didn't know him then, but it's something we have in common, so I'm really gonna miss having him around the school next year. *sigh*

Here's Blair wearing our House colours, Go Ngata! He's my mate from teacher's college, we got hired at the same time.
One of the different activity stations we had scattered around the top field was a dunking booth. Here's Craig Squires, the Year 9 Head of School, getting ready for another dunking.

Another strange activity, I dunno what they're doing with the giant balls. Trying to keep it off the ground? Trying to move it pass a finishing line?

Some sorta egg and spoon race, without the egg and spoon. I'm not too sure of the activities, cos my duty was to roam.