Pets!

No Surprise there! Yes, in the past 12 months we have managed to collect a few pets. Monki was our first. Given to us by the lady who lives down the road. He was a Ferrel kitten that she had been feeding.

Lady came next in May. Went against all my beliefs and purchased her from a pet shop! Lovely beagle, who is great with the kids, but does have a strong mind of her own. After taking Lady to the vets for routine injections, I came out with another dog.

Sausie had been dumped and left for dead. She was given a second chance by the local vets, as long as a home could be found for her....I think I must have had the word "MUG" written across my forehead!
Since coming to us, she is a new dog and spends her days chases Lady and cats around the house for hours.

Hamish has a passion for fish, so of course he has a large tank in his room, and for his birthday he was given a small patio pond, which contains fish and two terrapin turtles.

Tiger Lili was next....This tiny kitten was first spotted at the guard house at school. Very friendly, but very thin and had a bad eye infection. I left her under a lot of protests from the kids, keeping it in mind the next time I went past, if she was still there I would take her to the vets and have her sorted out. As it happens, she was picked up by a friend of mine, who then phoned me asking if I would like a kitten! So here she is...

Birthdays

Similar to the UK, kids parties seem to be becoming more and more "adventurous". We have been to Rock-Climbing, Cinema, Pool Parties (the most popular), Go-Carting, Banana Boat, Aquarium, Pottery, Art-Attack Parties.

I think the most memorable to date was a Birthday Party Charlotte went to. Go-Carting. The kids had 2 hours of track racing, followed by 1 hour of eating and drinking. The parents had been sent to China Town to pick up some copied Formula 1 gear (T-shirts, baseball caps, padded jackets) and then the kids were split up into small ability groups. The winners from each had the pleasure of standing on the podium and receiving their prizes!

Hamish had his Birthday Party in December at the KLCC Aquaria. A lovely 1yr old aquarium, that stocks some amazing fish and sharks. The party organizers laid on a tour of the aquarium followed by food and a clown for entertainment. They also provided goodie bags from the gift shop and the cake. The kids talked about it for weeks!

Tamana Gara

Alice Smith took their year 8's to Tamana Gara for their trip this year. Sara spent 4 nights in one of the most ancient rain forests in the world. It started off with a 4 hour coach ride, followed by a 2 hour canoe trip down the river to the Hotel. Trips were laid on for the kids, and they vistited bat caves, the Orang tribes people, and walks into the jungle. Their local wildlife were monkeys, wild boar, lizards and an abundance of insects.

Banana Boating

This has been great fun (for the kids). Although I have done it ... once.....I dont plan on doing it again! I think us adults must have fallen off at least 5 time in the space of 10 minutes, in the most murky water imaginable!

The Mines Resort is about 20 mins from the house. It was once an open cast Tin Mine, which when it was closed some 15/20yrs ago, was flooded to create the deepest manmade lake in Asia (1500metres). We usually take a few families down there. Its great to take the kids too and has its own manmade beach and great food, along with watersports and a freshwater pool.

Saturday Sports Term 3 (2006) Term 1 (2007)

Alice Smith holds a Saturday Sports, which involves a different sport every Term.

In Term 3 of last year, Charlotte took part in the Tennis. She has never played tennis before, and it turned out that she was actually quite good! She picked up a trophy for the best Year 5 Girl and in the league she came 4th out of 10 over a 5 week period. Graham also helped by refering some of the matches.

In Term 1 of this year, Charlotte took part in the 5 a-side football. Her team the "LOCOMOTIVE MOLES" came 1st in the tournament out of about 6 teams! For this she also got a trophy. Charlotte helped her team by scoaring some goals!

St Chrstopher's Under 11 Football, Penang

Whilst older kids and Mums were living it up in Bangkok, The under 11's were up in Penang with their Dads!

The kids went up to Penang on the Bus on Friday lunchtime, followed by most of the dads on the Saturday Morning travelling up under their own steam. It was a day of tournament matches starting at 9am, consisting of 6 girls teams and 10 boys. They played six matches and won 4 and came 3rd overall.

Saturday night was spent at the hotel, and then the long trip home again with parents on the Sunday Morning.