What Did You Do During Your Last Week of School?

This week was eclectic.

It was the last week of school for regular school classes. Next week summer school begins, but that is a different story.

WEDNESDAY - MASSAGE DAY
Ms. Kay invited me to accompany her and Miming for a massage at a new place in Super-Mall. So after work on Wednesday I met them at SuperMall and after I got a delicious green tea frap from Starbucks :) headed to a little place in the Mall.
It was the size of a small boutique store, set up sort of like a small area in a hospital. It resembled stretchers with hospital curtains around them... Should I have been concerned at that point.... maybe, was I? Naaw. I just decided to go with it. So I got to pick out my preferred scent of massage oil, thank goodness. It was helpful having my Indonesian teacher friends there translating.
I was given a strange looking strapless Mu-mu and some of those little paper undies things. Again, I just went with it. So after I suited up the masseuse came in. She started with the legs and it was all going normal until after she did the initial massaging she started smacking my leg! I was just trying to keep it together and not laugh and just kept repeating my new mantra "just go with it". This lady was strong though, she not only pressed hard when going with the grain of the muscle, but she did a number on my calcaneal tendon (the one in your calf muscle) by pressing hard and going left and right and back and forth on it. Ouch.
Then after the legs were done she moved up to my lower back. Or so I thought. After a little bit of lower back massaging, then she pulled my paper panties down and went to work on my butt. Maybe it would be normal in Canada for this kind of massaging to happen. I have had a full body massage before, but not the but part, not like this anyways, but perhaps the most weird part is that I couldn't understand what she was saying to me so I had no warning....
The rest of the massage was good. The only other weird part was when she massaged my stomach. Its kind of weird getting an abdominal massage as there are no bones there to push back like there are in the other parts of your body....
Anyways, all in all for an hour massage for about 8$ CAD is nothing to complain about especially if you come out feeling much relaxed after.


THURSDAY - CANUCKS & SAGES INSTITUTE
Got up early and went to school to watch the Canuck's game... but we all know how that ended. We have ASN (All Sports Network) at school which was showing the Stanley Cup Playoffs to Asia. Unfortunately we had the American hockey loving international TSN feed. I miss Sports Net Pacific... Anyways, the lesson plan for that morning was Canadian culture.... e-hem, meaning that instead of Writing class we watched the hockey game. The kids were pretty into it and were upset that the Canucks were lost. Maybe not as upset as the players though...
After the game we went on our field trip to the Sages Culinary Institute. It was great. The master chef there taught them via demo how to make Spagetti Carbonera and Mac & Cheese. The kids were loving it and they did a really great job. Sadly I didn't get to cook. I spent my time helping the kitchen-challenged kids. Seriously, what grade 7 doesn't know how to wield a knife? But hopefully they do now... Thankfully there was extra and some of the kids gave me the extra Mac & Cheese, so I didn't go hungry.




FRIDAY - FAREWELL PARTY & KARAOKE
Last Friday was the last day of school. "School's out, Scream and SHOUT!"
Each grade gave some sort of musical performance. Awards were handed out for the top students. The parents brought food and we had refreshments afterward. All in all a good day. Also got some really nice teacher gifts from my students. And also got some hugs! I am going to miss my grade 6 class.
After we hung around doing nothing until 4pm (the kids were gone by noon, but the principal who is currently out of town left word that we had to stay until 4pm, the end of our regular school day...) we went to Karaoke. This was my first real Karaoke experience. And it was awesome. Now, not to slight my mother, but I inherited her vocal talent. That is to say, I mostly use my talents to sing in the shower and around Campfires. But I killed it in Karaoke. Among others I sang Celine Dion's "Power of Love". It was a real show stopper and I think it loosened everyone up, because after that nobody was shy to sing!