I'm a bit behind in posting, but that's mostly because this week was a busy one. Easter College was celebrating its 108th year as a school this week, and we've been having a lot of activities to keep us busy.
Monday was a half-day for the students, as they were dismissed at lunch to go and watch the Chinese New Year celebrations. We teachers stayed and had a vespers service to begin the week-long Anniversary Events.
(Okay, so there was a Fun Run on Sunday which officially began the proceedings. But I consider Fun Run to be an oxymoron, and used my discretion about attending the non-mandatory event. Sleep and church outranked running around parts of Baguio City.)
On Tuesday we had an academic bowl with some other schools in the city. I didn't get to watch any of it, I was teaching in the morning and helping demonstrate a waltz step for the third and fourth years in the afternoon. Junior/Senior Prom is this coming week, Feb 14th, you see, and apparently there are several formal dances they do during the prom. Very different from my own senior prom, where I came mostly to say I had, and then spent a good chunk of it sitting with my best friend writing fanfic in a corner.
Wednesday was the talent show, and I wish with everything I had that I had video of one of my fellow teachers during it. I have no idea why he isn't already a Youtube sensation. The man has such confidence that even when each of the dance moves is absurd you can't help but be drawn into it. I mean, you laugh your head off afterwards, but he does a fantastic job of taking you along for the ride while he's in it.
Friday was our ending celebration, starting with a gigantic school-wide mass, followed by an awarding ceremony for teachers and staff for years of service and then for teacher of the year. And in the afternoon the college departments each took a lower year section of the school and had afternoon activities.
Saturday was the employee fun day, which meant we did exercise in the morning, played parlor games, danced, had a huge lunch, and then had a seminar on empowerment in the afternoon. Saturday also had an alumni concert in the evening which sounded great, even from my room. Although as I had to wake up at an absurdly early hour Sunday morning, I could have done with having it end sometime before midnight, or at least to have not switched into straight rock for the last few hours.
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