Bryan Adams and me!

Hi everyone,
Here are a few key highlights from my life in the past few weeks:
- two of our elementary teachers are in hospital! The Grade 3 teacher fell out of bed on a leg that was asleep and broke her leg in two places and had to have surgery...they think she has osteoporosis, because a break this bad shouldn't have happened just falling out of bed. So, she is off for at least 6 weeks....then- our Grade 4 teacher is in the hospital after she lost feeling in her right hand. After a series of tests, they concluded that she has blood clots between her clavicle and shoulder....so they went in to remove those and found she had more small clots lower in her arm too- and she is only 40! So, they don't yet know why her blood is clotting....or why she hasn't yet got feeling back in her fingertips. Her pinky even started to grow gangrenous (is that the word?), so she had to have another operation to cut off the dead part of her finger! Poor lady. I went with another teacher to visit her last night in the hospital (luckily she's in the brand spankin new hospital right near us). So, she'll be on blood thinners all her life now, but they are still searching for more answers...they think she could be diabetic too. Makes me thankful for my health.
- As the title of this post says, I am going to see Bryan Adams (yes, the Canadian singer) on Feb 5th here in B'lore! I soon found out upon arriving in India that he is HUGE here! For example, go to any Coffee day or Barista coffee bar (like the equiv of Starbucks) and guaranteed, he will be played sometime while you are there :) So funny- his tickets supposedly went faster than when the Rolling Stones came to Bangalore!!
- I have found a new restaurant I really like- if anyone comes to visit me I am taking you! It is called Infinitea and sells a lot of cool flavoured fresh brewed iced teas...but also good food! I had an awesome fish dish and Kathy had a great stuffed chicken. Mmmm. Yum.
- Kay, well I have Thursday off...so I might not be in contact for a few days....I think we're going to this place called Golden Palms for the day that has a pool and a spa and a restaurant/bar etc. After all, it is 30 degrees and gorgeous here...just to make you all jealous who are withstanding the snrain (our family word for snowy rain!) in Canada!!
Jess

Me and kiddies again :)

Here I am one day when we had an end of term special lunch in the classroom.

Last day of school

Here I am on the last day of school before the holidays. We are making a shirt with handprints on it for one student who was leaving us.

Sideways...not the movie...

Darn it. I forgot this one was sideways too. Kay, well, turn your head again for this Zurich pic!

Closeup!

Here is a closeup of me along the river in Zurich. It was early morning, can you tell? Nobody else is out and about!!

Me again!

Here I am again- on another of Zurich's slopey streets!

Me in Zurich

Here I am in my lovely makeshift winter boots (!) in Zurich

Kids at Christmas concert!

Here are all the kids at the school after the Christmas concert. They all got together to sing a song- very decorative, eh?!

Zurich photo

Okay, someone will have to teach me how to make these go straight up and down!! Just turn your head to see this picture from downtown Zurich!

me and Niv

Here is a photo of me and the art teacher Niv from the Christmas party

my kiddies!

Here I am with my kids at the Christmas performance! Look at our hand-painted backdrops!

Here I am with Cheryl and a rickshaw driver Muniraju. So, this is what an autorickshaw looks like! This pic was taken in front of my house.

new photos

Here I am with my 'Rajasthani look' as Ashi called it!
I was wearing this at the 'Thanksgiving Dinner' in November.