Watch, Read, Listen

October 2016 – A group of expats in our neighborhood banded together to create a fun Halloween event for a bunch of kids.  I volunteered to make pinatas for the kids to bash. 🙂 I do LOVE a fun arts and crafts project! With only balloons, newspaper, flour (to create the glue), water, some salt,…

13 October 2016 –   Pink Day Assembly at IST. The fearsome IST Elementary Student Council:   What is it about the color pink?   It's funny.  I just googled "Pink Day" and it turns out it has multiple meanings.  I had no idea! For us, Pink Day is all about raising awareness for breast…

Need a BOLLOON??? Bu Cuo….doesn't that mean "not bad"????  LOL!  

24 October 2016 – Annika participated in a MUN session with her school at a different international school in Tianjin (TIS) Annika requested a suit to look professional: Here are photos from the school: Annika isn't in the above photo because she and a few other students were at a volleyball tournament.

18 October 2016 – I do love how IST celebrates UN (United Nations) Day.   The kids and teachers dress up in either their home country or favorite country costumes.  Then there's the parade around the front of the school….and then there's the whole school assembly where groups perform in front of the school.  My…

Weekend of October 15, 2016 – After a several hour drive from our home in Tianjin – first north to Beijing, skirting around Beijing and then heading north and east into the mountains just past Beijing- we landed at the outskirts of a rather unusual town of sorts – Gu Bei Water Town.  There were…

First week of October 2016 –   The Philippines are AWESOME.   Best. Diving. Ever.  The people here are friendly – from the staff to the guests.   I could live here.  Forever. Do we have to move back to the USA????   Check out Sangat Island Resort. (we flew into Coron, Philippines and took…

My view of the world from the Mound.

4 April 2017  One of the reasons I love the country…beautiful clouds!  I did do some color editing to bring out the clouds (via contrast). What do you think?

September 2016 – We have less than one day to explore Delhi.  Certainly not enough time to see everything but we'll get glimpse of a view important sights in Delhi. Qutab Minar – a tower made of sandstone and marble Around 73m tall. Building was started in 1193. WOW! Did I mention that Indians seem…