It was so nice to have Sharon as our driver/translator on Saturday;
we don't see her often enough, and she loves to have a break outside the House.
This time there was no problem picking up
Tom and Ubie from their hotel. All the communications worked well
althouugh with the Music Festival being on and a Red Shirt rally planned, we
were a bit concerned about traffic in the later part of the day.
Consequently, we collected them at 11.00am, and went to Tesco Lotus North
for lunch. Imagine our surprise to learn that the children wanted K.F.C!
Tom and Ubie had had latish breakfast so it
was decided to get a bucket of chicken and one large fries between us all, and
it was plenty. However, all through the meal the children were looking
outsideand pointing to a vendor selling guava and green mango, so Ubie
went out and got a bag of each for them. Although the guava was a bigger
hit than the mango (which was a bit sour), it was actually the strange mix of
salt, sugar and chillies which was THE hit of the day, as Art dipped his finger
in and ate it rather as we used to eat sherbet as kids. Boy, that child must
have a stomach like asbestos.
Lunch over we went upstairs to buy a new
pair of Barbie sandals, underwear and a pretty pink dress for Ploy
(who was wearing a hand me down from China), and a T-shirt, pants and
Ben 10 sandals for Art. Then it was off to deposit them in the Playhouse
for a while. We sat nearby so we could keep an eye on them and have a
cold drink, and then they called us when they were ready to be collected. Art
had been eyeing some of the machines earlier, so they were allowed to try a
couple before going home.
It was good to see that now they're getting
to know their sponsors, they are less shy than before and seemed very much at
ease in their company.
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100 Years From Today
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was, the sort of house you lived in, or the kind of car you drove. But the
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