afghan wedding

i started teaching an adult english class (a class of all men) in the mornings before school and one of my students invited me to his wedding weekend this past weekend. it was quite an experience. the men and women were in separate reception areas. when his mother-in-law/ aunt found out i was his teacher we got to sit in the table of honor, front  center, we sat with his family.

 the lovely couple~ (he is 11 years her senior and they are first cousins, i guess you have to keep things in the family) the bride was at the beauty parlor from 8am-6pm (they make her face very pale almost like a porcelain doll and put bright lipstick on with glitter, lots of eye make-up and they take all the hair off her body except the ones on her head and eyebrows)

  there were lots of dancing. the women wore colorful clothes with lots of sparkles, glitter, shine and bling

 yum, we had lots of food~ kabali pilau, kabobs, mantu, chicken, spinach and  meat balls. they piled the plates on top of each other. our table got served food first

  we got our picture taken with the bride and the groom (they changed their clothes and made their appearance)

science fair~

the middle school and high school students participated in the science fair this past week. some of the projects were very impressive , some really showed the kind of place we're living in  and some you just didn't understand what they were trying to prove ..... but all the students put in a lot of work and effort.

~ great work scientists ~

Independence from Mujahadeen

we have the day off today but it is advised that we stay on the compound because of security issues (there are suppose to be more terroist activities and suicide bombers on holidays)

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there was an attack near the national stadium both small arms and rocket and there was assassination attempt on president karzai                                                                                                                               

well, we spend 5+ hours watching pride and prejudice and ordering supplies for next year

 trip to the cocoa cola plant in k-town  with the 4th graders

board room~    

machines (they make everything there from the plastic bottles, coke, sprite, fanta and water- except they don't know the secret ingredient which comes from in atlanta, ga and they get their sugar from dubai        

a & d showing how they make plastic bottles from tubes  

they gave us free caps~   what a fun & educational trip

final product

spring break in bangkok, thailand

we had the NESA (near east south asia) council of overseas schools conference in Thailand.

we stayed at the shangri-la hotel~

McDonald's in Bangkok ~

shopping at the pat tong night market ~ it was crowded & busy. i realized i am not good at bargaining....

taking the sky train to downtown bangkok  

we sae teeny boppers having some sort of talent show

jazz at brown sugar ~

tour of the emerald palace

i would recommend a holiday in thailand~ relaxing massages, yummy food and cheap shopping.