"So you are a communist, too?"

Before you send the hate mail, I was just having a little fun.

Spring Break... never felt so good

Right now, I am in the midst of a 10 Easter Holiday break from school... and loving it. You always think the kids love vacation time the most until you become a teacher.

It's been a busy couple of months at school and here are some of the things I have meant to post, but haven't had time to.


Above are some J4F students armed with a catapult they made at education camp. I had to help chaperon the entire 3rd and 4th grades for 3 days, 2 nights at a camp. I lived with 13 rambunctious Primary 4 boys in a small cabin and helped with half the class for three days. There were some fun activities, but it was totally exhausting.

Below, I followed up education camp by chaperoning a kindergarten field trip the next day. We took them to Ma Wan Island where there is a life-sized replica of Noah's Ark (seen in the background). Needless to say, I was whooped by the time Friday rolled around.


Above, two of my P6 students got first and second in the 100m sprint at Sports Day. I was so proud of these two guys who are also really great guys.

Below, 3 of the winners of the parent-teacher-student relay race. The girl on the left is also one of my students and "wow!" is she fast. I had no idea. The one in the middle is a colleague and she was surprisingly quick too.

Grave Differences

As I was walking to school from the MTR last Friday, I noticed an even-larger-than-normal crowd waiting for one of the buses that goes into the Mainland. I quickly remembered that it was the Ching Ming Festival weekend- or grave-sweeping day. On this day, many Chinese families make a pilgrimage to their ancestor's tombs and honor their deal relatives by sweeping the grave, burning incense and making food or drink offering to their dead family members.

When I got to school, I remembered that almost 2000 years ago, someone else was making a trip to the grave. Greeted by the chants of "Hosanna!" and a pathway of palm branches, Christ rode into Jerusalem on His way to the Cross and later... Joseph of Arimathea's tomb. However, that was not the final destination for Jesus, who rose from the dead three days later. In doing so, He not only became the ultimate offering, but He conquered the grave.