Celebrating with my Korean friends from the left:Jang (dont know the next two people) Taehyun, me, JB, Hanmie, Kevin, and Sung-o
Birthday day 1:
I showed up to school (with my tiara that came in the care package...hand made of course) and Mark had all the kids bring me cards and some of them had little "presents" they made. It was so sweet. They all said one nice thing about me (which because of the crown most said Miss Pupper is a queen) Then we celebrated Sung Min's birthday because I share my birthday with my student. His mom had brought lots of treats, enough for both mine and Marks class. It was fun. About mid day security comes to my room to deliver a HUGE bouquet of flowers...From my mom and dad!!!! So unexpected and wonderful. Then a few minutes later the office staff Jenny, Unna, Hyeji, and JB comes in singing with a cake for me. The staff is so wonderful!
At the end of the day a few of the staff took me out to eat. Mama and papa bear, Gigi, Joy and Chris, Vanessa and Rob, Mark, Karen, Sunghwa, Brie and Jordan made it out. It was really nice. From there some of us walked to Cafe de Moim for a party. Simo, the music teacher for my kids, shares the 15th of october as well. We had a joint party at the cafe with dancing and live music. Almost all of the Chadwick staff showed up and many played instruments and sang at the open Mic. It was so much fun. (I don't have the pictures from this event yet...but I will get them when I can)
Day 2: Saturday (still my birthday because it was the 15th in the US ha ha) Brie took me out to lunch for my favorite Kimchi jigae. Then Joy and I met Hanmie, one of the security staff, for a night out. We ate dinner with Hanmie and Jung, then played pool. Hanmie kept disappearing from the pool place and we couldn't figure out why. They took me next door to the nooribong room and it was all decorated with balloons, candles and a cake....that is where Hanmie had been :) My Korean friends (and joy) celebrated there. It was SO fun, we laughed, danced and sang.
Sounds perfect, Miss Pupper :-). Great your mom and dad figured out how to send flowers...very cool. It sounds like you were very gracious sharing your big day with so many people. Sadly, Deborah had to share her (and your) birthday at home cuz Eliza was sick. ON the other hand, at least they got to be together. Sounds like you have great friends there. That makes me happy.
ReplyDeleteThanks Marla, It helps to know you are happy for me :) I am making friends. Although no one can ever replaced my California friends, I have met some good people!
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