Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Part of my “assumed” responsibility as a class rep is, to arrange social gatherings such as coffee mornings with parents. Because most fathers are work during the week, they can’t come. So most class gatherings are attended by moms—and me of course. Not wa...
Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Christopher’s weekly spelling words are theme based. Seldom do I come across a group of words which, I have difficulty seeing how they all fit together, or are somehow related to one another. But this week’s words really confused me. This week’s spelli...
Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 For the next several weeks, it’s all about time and money. Not American money, but Royal money. Time doesn’t really matter. Time is universally the same no matter where you go in the world. But let us not forget about time zones. Correct me if I’m wrong but, Russia has the most time zones of any country. The other day I found a bag of plastic coins—British coins, inside Christopher blue bag. ...
Every school rehearses with their staff and students, what to do if there should ever be a fire, tornado or other emergency situation. Nowadays, intruder alarm drills are being added to the list of possible scenarios, even here in the Middle East. This evening, as we're putting Christopher to bed, my wife comes out of his room and says our son has something he'd like to discuss with me. So I go back and we start talking. "We had a pretend intruder alarm today, daddy." "Did you," I said. "Tell me ...
Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 We woke up this morning thinking school might be cancelled, due to a massive sandstorm that had rolled through Kuwait City over night. I quickly reached out to another parent/close friend of ours on the other side of town, whose child rides the bus to scho...
Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 On December 20, I decided to leave our school’s PA for good. That decision didn’t come easy, but I’ve simply had enough of what I believe to be mediocre management. Christopher’s former Head Teacher in London, summed it up pretty well when, she made t...
Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 All of us have our favorite television shows from childhood. Some of my preferred shows: Emergency, The Brady Bunch, Sesame Street, The Electric Company, Mr. Rogers, Captain Kangaroo and more. Because my late father was a volunteer fire fighter, I particul...
Happy 2013! Gosh, another year gone by and what a year it's been. We returned from our short trip to Dubai with several suitcases full of necessary essentials like, clothes, a couple of DVD's (halal version, of course--censored) making them far less entertaining than one which hasn't been exposed to government sanitizers. O yeah, we spent an ample amount on oink oink products. We love Spinneys! Kuwait could build and operate a Spinneys supermarket for the 2-2.5 million expat community who enjoy eating...
To all the loyal and faithful followers of this blog, allow me to be one of the first to wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas and a joyous and prosperous NewYear. I would like to tell each of you how much I genuinely appreciate you dropping by my little section of the World Wide Web and reading my rumblings. While I may not always respond to your comments, know that I value each and every one of them. Although I'm unable to read and comment on your blogs as much as I'd truly like, know that...
Guess who forgot to put his orange book bag inside the car this morning? Sadly, nobody realized it until it was too late. At school: Christopher: "Where's my book bag, daddy?" Me: "In the car next to you," I say. Christopher: "No, it's not in the car." Me: "Well, I guess you forgot it." Back home, I stumbled upon this poor, lonely school bag, standing right where Christopher gets in/out of the car.
