Sorry, it has been an AGE since I last wrote anything here... Well, today I went for a walk. It is Sunday, and a beautiful day too, so I took my camera with me and off I went. Today's route took me along the sea-front and then up through some terraced rice paddies and then back home. It was really beautiful. Now is the season for planting the paddies, so they are filled with water, and one by one are starting to get planted with tiny wee baby rice plants... really pretty stuff. In the evenings there is an almost deafening chorus of frogs...having big froggy parties in the paddies. I love the frogs. Anyway, one today's walk, I was walking down a narrow street, when all of a sudden I heard my name called out. It seems I had passed the home of one of my 14 year old students, and he was helping his mum bring in the groceries. He waved and so did his mum. I waved back and called out hello, then continued on my walk. a few seconds later the boy came running down the road after me calling my name. I stopped and turned around, just as he reached me and handed me a bottle of oolong tea. "Here, this is for you. It is a hot day." he said. "It's ok, really. We have HEAPS of them at home, so please take it." So, I was rather moved by that gesture. Not many 14 year old boys would do that back home. Later on the walk, I saw a snake in a rice paddie. It was a pretty snake, reddish brown with lines running the length of its body. I stopped to watch it escape for a while, and then continued home. Well, that is all for now. mata ne!