Monday, December 3, 2007
It's Almost Christmas
Life is in fast-forward now, as school is gearing up for the upcoming Christmas holiday. I am helping put on a Winter Concert, which is obligatory for every music teacher working in an elementary school. I'm directing a 2nd grade choir, and held my first auditions for a solo! It was so cute hearing 7 and 8 year-olds sing one-by-one and hear their enthusiasm for singing.
It looks like I'll finally get my visa as well, right in time for the holiday-woohoo! This will make life so much better, as I will finally be able to have internet at home and will be able to chat with all of you lovelies at my leisure, instead of the odd moment here and there at school.
I am also really looking forward to getting a car, and having some freedom to come and go as I please.
It's work hard/play hard here in Dubai. I've been meeting people on the weekends from all over the world, touring around the city, going on boat rides, taking a safari desert ride for some dune-bashing fun, and basically just keeping myself busy when I'm not stuck in my classroom.
I am missing singing, and have been thinking about trying to get a gig singing on the weekend. My friend Nate (who I traveled to Sri Lanka with, and is the Middle School band director) plays saxophone a couple nights a week and makes a great income on the side. Of course, it's a lot more time and effort, but I'm thinking it would be a good thing for me to work towards, if I could find the right venue. I'm sure it wouldn't be classical, but even just a few lounge songs here and there...I don't know, we'll see :)
I'm going to post some random photos of life here, and am still working on getting my entire Sri Lanka trip online. One of these months it will happen!
I can't wait to take off for the holidays, just 16 days...I am so ready for a break!
It looks like I'll finally get my visa as well, right in time for the holiday-woohoo! This will make life so much better, as I will finally be able to have internet at home and will be able to chat with all of you lovelies at my leisure, instead of the odd moment here and there at school.
I am also really looking forward to getting a car, and having some freedom to come and go as I please.
It's work hard/play hard here in Dubai. I've been meeting people on the weekends from all over the world, touring around the city, going on boat rides, taking a safari desert ride for some dune-bashing fun, and basically just keeping myself busy when I'm not stuck in my classroom.
I am missing singing, and have been thinking about trying to get a gig singing on the weekend. My friend Nate (who I traveled to Sri Lanka with, and is the Middle School band director) plays saxophone a couple nights a week and makes a great income on the side. Of course, it's a lot more time and effort, but I'm thinking it would be a good thing for me to work towards, if I could find the right venue. I'm sure it wouldn't be classical, but even just a few lounge songs here and there...I don't know, we'll see :)
I'm going to post some random photos of life here, and am still working on getting my entire Sri Lanka trip online. One of these months it will happen!
I can't wait to take off for the holidays, just 16 days...I am so ready for a break!
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