We leave here on June 22, less than three weeks left!\u00a0 We still have classes, grading, an English Corner, and some dinners to attend.\u00a0 We’re paring down our “stuff” and planning for the summer program we will serve.<\/p>\n
We have to change our visa from one category to another, and this change requires a trip to Hong Kong.\u00a0 I’ve often wanted to go there, so I’ve reconciled the extra cost.\u00a0 Also it will allow us to visit some former students.\u00a0 That trip will take place at the end of this month.<\/p>\n
There’s a lot of detail to take care of in these coming weeks, but we’re plugging away at it.\u00a0 One exciting thing for me is the upcoming voice student recital, June 18.\u00a0 I’m supposed to sing two songs, one a traditional American song usually sung in the Spring time, and the other a traditional Chinese song. For the American one, I have sung the tune all my life, but the words are different from the ones I’ve known.\u00a0 I have to memorize both songs.\u00a0 Wish me well.<\/p>\n
My teacher is excellent.\u00a0 She has taught me more in these few months than I have learned in a lifetime of choir singing.\u00a0 When I was very young, I hoped to be a singer, but as time went on, that dream seemed impossible.\u00a0 Now, however, this late in life, I will sing a solo.\u00a0 My teacher wants her students to see that it is never too late to learn something new.<\/p>\n
We’re quite excited about the summer program.\u00a0 It is a new phase of this well established program.\u00a0 We’ll be training teachers who will train other teachers.\u00a0 So, it will be mostly methodology, not all the “cultural exchange” that happens in the regular program.\u00a0 Our trainees have already attended the main program, and this will be considered “advanced.”\u00a0\u00a0 We’re honored to be part of this special team.<\/p>\n
I’ll try for a few more posts in the next weeks, but then, there may a stretch of silence.\u00a0 After we return home, I’ll start again.\u00a0 Keep checking in though, you never know what you’ll find.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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