St. Patrick's Day Party

Last Friday night there was a St. Patrick's Day party at our local bar - The Maple Leaf. Martin and I decided to take Katie (the new teacher at my branch) out for a meal and a quiet drink or two...

Me and him.


Pudding arrives... but most of it ends up on Martin's face.


Green Richard!


Who's that??


Rich and Katie discovering new functions on her camera.


"Even little guppies don't smile!"


Kate and Katie :)


Chinese Martin.


Gail enjoying her night off work!


Pascal: back in Taiwan but still can't figure out how Chinese cigarettes work!


Sam - the new teacher working with Martin at Shane school.


And then we played a little game... someone said a phrase and you had to manouver your face into that expression!

"The stinky tofu smell just wafted in the room"


"One of your students just vomited on your feet!"


"You are totally shocked at something but try to smile and hide it"


Neill then brought out the shooters.


Mandy.


Sillyness.

Shane School Spring Festival 2006

A few weeks ago Martin's school put on their Spring Festival show in Yuanlin. I helped Martin write the script for his class' performance of "The Little Mermaid" months ago, so was excited to see them actually perform it.

It was a night of watching lots of gorgeous little children performing fun little plays and songs... all the while attempting not to get too broody!!!

Stu's little Oompa Loompas from "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"


Teacher Rea in "The Majic Jungle Cupboard".


I just loved these little ducks!


Martin's little narrators for "The Little Mermaid".


Flounder the fish.


Undeniably the best costume that night... Sebastian the crab!


Ariel visits Ursula the sea witch.


The anxious teacher watches on from the sidelines...


On the wedding ship - King Triton blesses Ariel and Prince Eric.


Watching "The Wizard of Oz" took me back to my high school performance of Dorothy!


The Changhua Shane teachers show...


Teacher Rachel means business.


All the boys in a row.

Tung-hsiau Ocean Park

A few weeks ago Martin and I found ourselves on a fairly warm Sunday afternoon with nothing to do... so we randomly picked a spot just north of Taichung to visit for the day. It turned out to be quite an adventure at the Tung-hsiau Ocean Park - we saw lots of different kinds of fish and other aquatic beings, drove around on a funky pedal-car thing, took a stroll on the beach and made friends with the farm yard animals. Lovely.

Me on the beach.


Me and Martin.


Big pollution poles that have been decorated with some funky sea-life pictures.


Martin should never have let me take control of the steering wheel...


Signs are not always this obvious in Taiwan.


My turtle friend.


The two headed goat is quite an attraction here...