Girls Night Out

The Wongs happened to get some free tickets to the symphony which they couldn't use. (They went to Japan instead!!) So, I went with their daughter-in-law Ivy. We went to a Japanese hawker beforehand with the guys and kids. I had ginger beef and Matt had some pork/egg dish. For dessert we had mango shaved ice--so good as mangos are in season now! Afterward, the girls headed out and the guys stayed, let the kids play in the children's area, and went to look at a fountain. By then it was 8:00 and Analia was ready for bed--so Yu Jin took them home. Meanwhile, we were enjoying Debussy and Rachmaninov. The pianist was very good and played 3 encores!! We used to go to the symphony quite a lot, but now don't!! We might have to try to schedule that back in. Yo-Yo Ma is coming next year!! Thanks Wongs for the tickets!!

Cinco de Mustache

Our school staff had a Cinco de Mustache party. Some of the men really grew out their facial hair. The staff had a great time playing softball. Matt brought two mitts from the States and has had very little use for them until today! He pitched for his team and had a couple of good hits. Ana enjoyed walking around with all the older kids. They were very patient with her and even let her pet the frog they caught. Afterwards we all went into the air conditioned staff room for Mexican food. Our Spanish teacher made some great beans as well as some chicken tacos. Fun, fun, fun!!