pre-Belizean Birthday Bash!
Hola everyone!
I've been bad about updating weekly. I apologize.
Well, I"m here...and with something interesting to report. It's Belize's Birthday (Independence Day) tomorrow! She will be 23 years old. The theme of this year is "Belize at 23- Free, embracing and engaging her people". SOOOOOO....we have celebrations to attend to. Tonight, there will actually have fireworks close to the the government buildings here in Belmopan. Yes, I'm actually going to stay in Belmopan this year. Last year, I went to San Ignacio...and their fireworks actually blew me away. I compared it to a Disneyland show. However, one of the teachers at the school that i'm helping at told me not to hold my breath too much with the Belmopan fireworks show. It's been dwindling for the past couple of years. The fireworks show will happen at midnight! so i must rest up and eat ....because i usually am in bed by 10 or 11pm.
Besides the fireworks, I heard that they will be having a flag raising ceremony.
Then tomorrow we get a holiday...and there will be a parade around Ring Road. I heard that none of the primary schools will be taking part in the marching..so we'll see how big this thing will be. In anycase, I'll be helping at one of the booths to sell potato salad! yes, you didn't know that i could make Belizean potatoe salad, did you? well, i didn't either..but i guess i'll figure it out later on tonight..because that's when i'm going to buy 3 lbs of potatoes, mayonaise, 4 eggs, a can of mixed vegetables and some Heinz Salad Cream. Wish me luck. So tomorrow, i'm guessing that there will be a bunch of booths at some park (i'm assuming Independence Park) and that's where the parade will end.
Hum....i'm excited. I'm booked till tomorrow! :)
Besides that, i've been just busy with helping in a Standard 1 class (3rd grade class) of 38 students! (Crazy big, huh?) So far, they have managed to ware me out everyday till 3:30pm. But i'm catching up. I'm adapting! Also, i'm trying to collect books and magazines for our up and coming LIBRARY at the school!! hint hint!! soo....please keep that in mind ..because I will be asking to get some children's books from who ever would have some to donate. :) I'll write more about that later on..but if you have any children's books from ages 5-14...perhaps we can figure a way to get them to Belize :)
Gracias!
Well, I hope you are all doing well. drop me a note when you guys get a chance.
love, cherry
I've been bad about updating weekly. I apologize.
Well, I"m here...and with something interesting to report. It's Belize's Birthday (Independence Day) tomorrow! She will be 23 years old. The theme of this year is "Belize at 23- Free, embracing and engaging her people". SOOOOOO....we have celebrations to attend to. Tonight, there will actually have fireworks close to the the government buildings here in Belmopan. Yes, I'm actually going to stay in Belmopan this year. Last year, I went to San Ignacio...and their fireworks actually blew me away. I compared it to a Disneyland show. However, one of the teachers at the school that i'm helping at told me not to hold my breath too much with the Belmopan fireworks show. It's been dwindling for the past couple of years. The fireworks show will happen at midnight! so i must rest up and eat ....because i usually am in bed by 10 or 11pm.
Besides the fireworks, I heard that they will be having a flag raising ceremony.
Then tomorrow we get a holiday...and there will be a parade around Ring Road. I heard that none of the primary schools will be taking part in the marching..so we'll see how big this thing will be. In anycase, I'll be helping at one of the booths to sell potato salad! yes, you didn't know that i could make Belizean potatoe salad, did you? well, i didn't either..but i guess i'll figure it out later on tonight..because that's when i'm going to buy 3 lbs of potatoes, mayonaise, 4 eggs, a can of mixed vegetables and some Heinz Salad Cream. Wish me luck. So tomorrow, i'm guessing that there will be a bunch of booths at some park (i'm assuming Independence Park) and that's where the parade will end.
Hum....i'm excited. I'm booked till tomorrow! :)
Besides that, i've been just busy with helping in a Standard 1 class (3rd grade class) of 38 students! (Crazy big, huh?) So far, they have managed to ware me out everyday till 3:30pm. But i'm catching up. I'm adapting! Also, i'm trying to collect books and magazines for our up and coming LIBRARY at the school!! hint hint!! soo....please keep that in mind ..because I will be asking to get some children's books from who ever would have some to donate. :) I'll write more about that later on..but if you have any children's books from ages 5-14...perhaps we can figure a way to get them to Belize :)
Gracias!
Well, I hope you are all doing well. drop me a note when you guys get a chance.
love, cherry