Kaidyn started his Kinder computer club last Monday. He loves it (big surprise). While he is at his club Amanda runs one (cooking club grades 4-6) and I tutor. We still manage to get home every day by 4:30.
Amanda's good friend had her baby back in Alberta on Thursday. Amanda's been pretty excited over the last 2 weeks while she's waited for baby Chloe's arrival. When her buddy was having troubles sleeping in the middle of the night (Alberta time) it was perfect because she could call Amanda and it would be around 5 pm our time. As soon as the baby has a passport they're coming for a visit (which, as you can imagine, makes my wife giddy with excitement). Apparently they've worked out a plan that involves me + Chloe for a long weekend in March while the two of them go off galavanting to some Angkor Wat joint in Cambodia? It's perfect because the baby and I can watch lots of Oilers games together and I can brainwash her to cheer for the good Alberta team!! Anyways,welcome to the world, Chloe. We can't wait to meet you in person.
On Saturday Amanda did the Macau Trailwalker that had been re-scheduled from September. I was supposed to be on her team, but I am now tutoring on Saturdays, and it was Community Day, so we found a replacement for me...Amanda's new pal Kirsten. I'm not complaining. The "12 Km walk" involved a lot of stairs, running on the sand, and on slippery rocks along the shore. Amanda said that the views were spectacular and it was a nice workout. Apparently at the finish line the girls took some goodie bags that were filled with food. The bags were sitting under a tent on the beach. Once they took them (and snarfed down everything inside in record time), they realized that none of the other finishers had goodie bags. The bags were clearly for the volunteers.
While Amanda was running, the kids and I went to the first Community Day at the school. Community day was set up very much like the Lantern Festival at the school. TISPA set up a bbq for food and drinks, parents could rent tables to sell items, much like a flea market and there were fun and games for all the kids. We were there for 2 hours and the entire time, Kaidyn played dodgeball in the gym. They had 2 games set up for the kids, one for the 4-6's and another for the kinders - grade 3's. I tried to convince him to wear shorts to the event, but he insisted on wearing jeans and by the end of the game, he was drenched! Kids don't really seem to care though.
After Community Day, Amanda and Kylisha headed to Zhuhai with Nick and Gill. When they first arrived they all went for pedicures and manicures. The girls said the place they went was a GONG show! The lady working on Amanda's feet was in the all time worst telephone argument ever while giving Amanda a pedicure. She was apparently SCREAMING at the top of her lungs at some poor fool who was dumb enough to keep calling. Amanda said that the angrier the woman got, the harder she filed her feet. Meanwhile, the girl working on Kylisha's feet was having some troubles of her own. She received a phone call on her cell half way through Kylisha's pedicure and immediately started crying once she hung up. Just when it looked like she had pulled it together her cell phone would ring again, she would answer it, talk for a few minutes, and then start crying again. They were both truly dedicated professionals, as they never once stopped working. The girls will forever call this place "Nail Happiness". They got 2 pedicures, 1 manicure and some eyebrow plucking for $13.00 CAD. The entertainment was free. They also managed to pick up 3 seasons of 30 Rock and 13 Wii games. The 13 Wii games cost just over $10 CAD total!!!!!
On Sunday the 10th, the elementary principal organized thanksgiving dinner for the entire staff, or those that had no other plans. The dinner was held and prepared at a restaurant across from the beach in Coloane and was a great taste of home! Everything that you would expect at home was there, except the cranberry sauce. We're not big fans so it didn't matter to us. While dinner was wrapping up, there was a little karaoke of Canadian tunes (Barenaked Ladies etc.) then we went for a quick stroll on the beach. For the past couple years, we have hosted Thanksgiving in SP complete with the annual Turkey Trot. While on the beach, we decided to hold the Turkey Trot with some newcomers. They may think we are freaks now, but I think they thought it was a cool tradition!. Darin, his son Nicholas and Chyrelanne joined us in the race and Kylisha is the 2010 Turkey Trot champion! After the race we had to head home quickly to meet our houseguest from back home!
Soon after we arrived home, Amanda went to pick up Jodi from the Venetian. Jodi's boyfriend works with Amanda's dad and has been travelling through China for the past 2-3 weeks. Tom mentioned that we lived here and after a few emails, we had our first visitor since Pat was here. She is quite the traveller since she has been travelling China alone for a couple weeks. That can't be easy, especially mainland China! Anyways she has been touring around Macau for the past few days and has really enjoyed it. Last night, Amanda, Kaidyn and I (Kylisha was sick) joined her at the Tower where she went bungy jumping! It is the highest bungy in the world off of a structure. She chose to jump at night, so we stuffed our faces at the best Thai restaurant in town (Tuk Tuk) and then headed to the tower for the jump!She ended up being the last one of the evening. We stayed on the ground to watch and as soon as she jumped, we could hear her screaming all the way down. Jodi thought it was the greatest rush of her life! While she was preparing for the jump, Kaidyn and I ran up to Toys R Us (which is also in the Macau Tower) to spend some birthday money Nana and Papa sent. He ended up buying a nerf gun battle set before Jodi's jump. When we arrived back home, we had a quick nerf battle before reading some stories and hitting the sack.
Kylisha has been really sick this week. A fever had her wearing mittens and a hoodie, and also kept her home from school the last three days. Here's hoping she's well enough for Hong Kong this weekend. We leave at 7:15 tomorrow morning. I'm sure we will have plenty to blog about as we celebrate Kaid's turning 6 tomorrow at Disneyland!!!
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