It has been a crazy week at school. We had a "rain day" on Tuesday, which was also the planned day for the boys Sports Day. It never rains in Oman; we have Sports Day once a year ... what are the odds. Sports Day was cancelled that morning as we had thunder and lightning just as we were getting ready to leave the school to go to the stadium (nice stadium, 3500 seats - it's kind of neat to be there on the field, even without a crowd!). School was cancelled at about 9:30, buses were called in - some did not arrive until about 1 pm, and some of the kids that were getting picked up by parents/drivers were there until about 2 pm. They wouldn't do well with Snow Days!!
Other than that, it's been quiet. Jacqui and I are still trying to catch up on work and shit to be done. We are so looking forward to a quiet weekend, or two, three, ... It seems that everything has been so hectic since before the Christmas holidays; trying to spend time with family and friends, coming back to Oman, going to Bangkok for a job fair, Jacqui getting a job in Bangkok, ,,, It feels like we haven't stopped in so long. We just want a few days of nothingness. We need that so much! Weekends are too short!! We have holidays in 8 weeks, and are very much looking forward to it!! (Not that we are counting!)
Bottom line, we are good! Healthy, happy and still having fun!
Thursday, January 26, 2017
Thursday, January 19, 2017
Thursday, January 19th - We are moving to Bangkok!!!
Our Christmas holidays were great, but very busy. We spent time with our children (Dave now counts as one of our children!) and Jacqui's family and we also managed to see a few friends. January 2nd came way to fast, but we had to get back to Oman so we boarded a plane that night to be back in Muscat at about 1am on the 4th, so we could be at work by 8am on the same day. It was, needless to say, very productive!
Three days later, on the 7th, we flew to Bangkok for a job fair. It was held at the same hotel that we had gone to in September; what are the odds? It was quite impressive to see all the different schools (about 150 of them) and all the participants (600 ish) looking for interviews and jobs. We spent the week in Bangkok as we couldn't get back before Thursday pm (the fair went until Wednesday pm), so we figured we might as well spend the rest of the week. We had some interviews and Jacqui was able to secure a job at Ruamrudee International School, in Bangkok. The fact that the job fair was in the same city was great, as we were able to visit the school on the Thursday and visit neighbourhoods where we can potentially live for the next few years. The school is a real school, with 2 librairies, a triple gym, tennis courts, 2 swimming pools (one olympic size), a catholic church (in a predominently muslin neighbourhood in a buddhist country!). Everyone that we met was so friendly! Jacqui will be replacing a young teacher that graduated from Laurier University! Isn't that ironic? We are so looking forward to moving and working there. I don't have a job yet but I will substitute and tutor at the start of the year until I get a position somewhere. At worst, I play "retired"!!!!
We got back to Muscat on Saturday afternoon (1 pm) and from there, tried to get back in a normal routine. Went grocery shopping, came home and basically went to bed! We were still jet lagged and our bodies did not know in which time zones they were! Sunday was back to school, except I wasn't at school that day as I had to attend a workshop somewhere in Muscat. It ended up being a very long time since both Jacqui and I had been teaching; I had gone 47 days since the last time I saw my grade 10 students in a classroom. That's insane!
School is the same; there is still some shit going on but nothing that anyone cannot handle. So every thing is fine and we are looking forward to a quiet weekend.
Three days later, on the 7th, we flew to Bangkok for a job fair. It was held at the same hotel that we had gone to in September; what are the odds? It was quite impressive to see all the different schools (about 150 of them) and all the participants (600 ish) looking for interviews and jobs. We spent the week in Bangkok as we couldn't get back before Thursday pm (the fair went until Wednesday pm), so we figured we might as well spend the rest of the week. We had some interviews and Jacqui was able to secure a job at Ruamrudee International School, in Bangkok. The fact that the job fair was in the same city was great, as we were able to visit the school on the Thursday and visit neighbourhoods where we can potentially live for the next few years. The school is a real school, with 2 librairies, a triple gym, tennis courts, 2 swimming pools (one olympic size), a catholic church (in a predominently muslin neighbourhood in a buddhist country!). Everyone that we met was so friendly! Jacqui will be replacing a young teacher that graduated from Laurier University! Isn't that ironic? We are so looking forward to moving and working there. I don't have a job yet but I will substitute and tutor at the start of the year until I get a position somewhere. At worst, I play "retired"!!!!
We got back to Muscat on Saturday afternoon (1 pm) and from there, tried to get back in a normal routine. Went grocery shopping, came home and basically went to bed! We were still jet lagged and our bodies did not know in which time zones they were! Sunday was back to school, except I wasn't at school that day as I had to attend a workshop somewhere in Muscat. It ended up being a very long time since both Jacqui and I had been teaching; I had gone 47 days since the last time I saw my grade 10 students in a classroom. That's insane!
School is the same; there is still some shit going on but nothing that anyone cannot handle. So every thing is fine and we are looking forward to a quiet weekend.
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