Note from Facebook [JAN. 23, 2010]

sleepover at the aquarium w/ 100 kids; beloved magician & bye bye Michael

Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 6:32pm | Edit Note | Delete I went to Tainan to teach on Tuesday and my brother went along because we were going to join the kids for a sleepover at the aquarium on Wednesday and Thursday.
The kids absolutely loved my brother...he played magic shows and goofed around with them.
The five year old little boy kept knocking on my classroom door when I was teaching because he wanted my brother to play basketball with him.
We went to the aquarium the next day but were not assigned to the same group as any of my students. My brother and I took care of students from another free school also in Tainan.
The girls totally went ga ga over my brother and we even saw a girl breakup her friendship with her friend when fighting over my brother's hand. HAHA. There was also this problematic little girl who would only let my brother hold her hand (she's wanders away if you don't hold her hand). When we went through a dark tunnel with no light (for fear of bothering the sleeping whales) little kids cried and grabbed on to us. It was a very fun trip but very tiring. You really learn a LOT about taking responsibilities!
At one point I was holding a first grade boy's hand because the dead corals we were walking on were hard to walk on. He got tired of me holding him back and asked if I had problem balancing myself. Without putting much thought to his question, I said "yes". "NO WONDER YOU KEEP HOLDING MY HAND," he said with a sigh. :D LOL
Ron couldn't stop crying when it was time to part with the kids.

"Now you know how I felt when the kids left me," he said to me a few hours earlier.
I was, however, not crying for the kids...My dog left me today.
Michael did not like his new owner and while preventing him from biting her, I got bit today. He would never bite me voluntarily though. He did go home with her though because after about an hour or two's struggle, Michael's new owner's BOYFRIEND managed to make him behave. I'm going to miss my baby very much.