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End-of-the-Year Banquet
One of the highlights of the year for the foreign faculty is supposed to be the end-of-the-year-banquet to thank all teachers for their hard work. I guess this year’s highlight was that the food only lasted for the first half of those who lined up. (Talking about “banquet” here.) Unfortunately, I was one of the latter half of those lined up, in other words, I was one who didn’t get much food except a bit of leftovers (no more than I would get for a normal dinner). But then, I got to be one of those who were allowed to line up early for the dessert. It’s a small comfort, isn’t it?
Spot the Buckets
Today I’d like to play a game with you. It’s called “Spot the Buckets.” Take a look at the pictures of our lobby below. It’s been raining. So you can see there’s a rather fine and colorful collection of buckets and bowls spread more or less evenly all over our lobby. (They are meant to collect the water from the leaks in the lobby ceiling. Can you tell we’re having another problem? Smart observation! Like I said a couple weeks back: the lobby is a perfectly “rain proof” place – always precise about telling you when it’s raining outside or not – no chances of missing a thing; completely reliable). And today, I’d like for you to share in our fun and find out how many buckets you can count on the pictures below. (There are no doubles, though I have to admit, the pictures are missing another entire side of the lobby. Maybe we could add to the challenge, and have you guess how many buckets are still missing!)
Saying Good-Bye
Every year, we get to celebrate commencement, which usually is a bittersweet experience. Bitter, because it’s sad to see yet another group of students graduate; sweet, because of course we’re excited for them to move on to bigger and better adventures. This year’s graduation ceremony is no difference and so we get to cry and celebrate all in one occasion. Congrats, grads!
Homecoming Part 2: The Show
Part 2 of the homecoming celebrations is the show, which actually deserves the predicate grand because it IS one of the best performances we get to see throughout the year. And being, as it was, all about water, we were in for a treat. But see for yourself:
Homecoming Performance 2013
Homecoming Parade 2013
Water & Earth – A Grand Occasion
Every year toward the end of the school year, it’s all about Homecoming, and of course this includes the grand homecoming parade (if you ignore the fact that “grand” can be quite a relative term, esp. considering how many onlookers you (don’t) see watching the parade). The fun part about this year’s parade was that it was all about water, earth, and saving the world’s natural resources etc., though I wonder how much of the world’s environment was protected with this parade, esp. considering the materials that were used to create the floats. As a matter of fact, I wasn’t the only one able to observe that plastic and styrofoam generally are considered harmful for the environment. But maybe for a parade meant to raise awareness exceptions can be made …
Sunday School, Part 2
Like I told you the other day: Holidays always come with one little downer – extra work, which this semester usually means school on Sunday for me, or what others may call Sunday School. But hey, I don’t want to get too fussy about this, because overall I get to have another day to sleep in that way, except, of course, that recently we haven’t been able to sleep in anyway, because of all the construction noise. So, it doesn’t make that much of a difference anyway, does it, to have school on a Sunday morning …?
May Day
May 1st is always a great day to look forward to. After all, it’s one of the big holidays in this nation, which also means that we usually get to have a couple of days off. Of course, that also means we have to work at little harder instead at other times, more particularly on the weekend before or after the holiday. But then you get to enjoy a nice couple of quiet days. And quiet is always good on a campus that is otherwise fairly overpopulated. So, I’m off to celebrate my May Day!