Pam in Taipei

damn those winter bugs.... :)

I didn't think it would happen to me this year, but it did.

I've been hit by the Christmas bug. I guess you can't help it when you get a visit from Santa and little 8 year olds give you cute cards and presents they wrote and wrapped themselves. Here's a sample:

I'll need to work on that spelling with him, but his heart's in the right place.


A personally wrapped mini-noodle snack from 7-11. Probably cost the equivalent of 30 cents Canadian, but all the more touching because I know the kid bought it himself rather than it being a gift from his Mom.

On Wednesday I got them to write letters to Santa. Here is a small sampling:

(From Tiger,
Dear Santa,
I have been a good boy this year.
I know all the vocabulary words.
For Christmas, please bring me many toy cars.)

(Dear Santa,
I have been a good girl this yeer(sic).
I drew a nice picture for the Teacher(sic).
For christmas(sic), please bring me a teddy bear.
From, Britney)

On Thursday, we practiced singing "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" for Santa's visit the next day:

Today, Santa came to visit our class. (Santa was of course one of the jollier teachers on staff in costume):

Santa asked English questions and gave out presents and the students sang their song for him. And yes, it was very cute.

Tomorrow, we will have our staff party and I will find out who my Secret Santa is. This is the fantastic present he left me today (it must be a "he" with this sense of humour... either that or he really knows what teaching is like!):

posted by Pamplemousse @ 5:58 PM