January 2005
Have been at a conference this week and had no time for anything. My inboxes are still filling up much faster than I can answer so apologies if you have not received a repy o your emails.
Back in Thailand - Mayor jetlag. Bought a pedomiter; 5406 steps yesterday (not counting when I took a shower).
Happy New Year to you all. It has been very strange so far with issues to do with the tsunami disaster taking over everything else. We are so busy at the moment preparing for the opening of school tomorrow knowing that we have lost 5 children. Also a number of parents and one part time teacher have died.
Sorry for not having replied to all emails yet, as you can imagine there has been more to do than time allows.
Just to lighten the mood. Shep suggests the following if you are missing Christmas already:
On a sadder note here is the story of one of our families at school as told in the Independent:
Mike is head of the Maths department here at Patana. Here is his lucky escape story: