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As we celebrate our last day of school for the month with boggle and party scrabble, my previous grade 7 students decided to have a small Halloween party together with my grade 6 class. We had our pizza and chicken galore, delivered by the Pizza Company at our classroom. Everybody was happy while devouring on the foods with the thump thump music loudly playing in the background. Some danced, some sang and some rapped! I have the talented students giggling their way on a Friday afternoon.
When the clock hit 2pm, all of us hurried to the bus and off we went to Northbridge Community which is 2 minutes away from the school to bid farewell to my student Koichi Mayumi. It’s his last day at school today because he needs to go back to Japan to continue his studies. For the short time spent, he managed to know more people around and we are happy to be one of them. His mom, Mrs. Christina is a Filipina like me 
She is very sweet and humble despite of the riches they have. In the house, Koichi has his own baseball training machine which he use everyday to practice. Little that we know, Koichi is a Little League player back in his country so it is important for him to keep up his skills and even enhance it. All the students stand amazed while watching him hit the ball. We didn’t stay long in their villa and finally everybody bid farewell and said thanks for the sumptuous foods they made for us. To Koichi, I hope you will become the next Matsui of Japan! Go Go Go!
Everybody is celebrating Halloween and my kids are just staying home doing their little homework from their mommy. Later, after dinner they will receive a small treat so they won’t feel sad. To sum my post, here is the history of Halloween 
Halloween (also spelled Hallowe’en) is an annual holiday celebrated on October 31. It has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holy day of All Saints. It is largely a secularcelebration but some have expressed strong feelings about perceived religious overtones.
The day is often associated with the colors black and orange, and is strongly associated with symbols like the jack-o’-lantern. Halloween activities include trick-or-treat, wearing costumes and attending costume parties, ghost tours, bonfires, visiting haunted attractions, pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror film.
Trick-or-treating is a customary celebration for children on Halloween. Children go in costume from house to house, asking for treats such as candy or sometimes money, with the question, “Trick or treat?” The word “trick” refers to a (mostly idle) threat to perform mischief on the homeowners or their property if no treat is given. In some parts of Ireland and Scotland children still go guising. In this custom the child performs some sort of show, i.e. sings a song or tells a ghost story, in order to earn their treats.
It’s time to review your knowledge in the periodic table of elements and our lesson for today is about Gold which has Au as it’s symbol
But let us cut the crap and not discuss the element, let’s analyse the gold in our life. It could represent as our family, work, friends and many more that is as important as gold. I am saying this because as we grow old we learn to value things and people that exists in our daily struggles in life. We all know that gold is one of the most difficult to find elements in the world. There’s plenty of them in the sea and in many parts of Africa but still, you need great courage and perseverance in searching them. Just like the people around you!
Some maybe 24k, others will be 21k and so forth. What exactly I want to say is that there’s no greater joy than to spend our precious time and love to those who makes us happy and complete. And because of this we value them in every little way just like how we adore gold accessories and other ornaments made from it.
To end my sentiments, I am leaving you a quote which I like most
- never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.
Treasure them while you still have time…that’s all
There will be a big event in the Penh and it’s going to last for 3 days, for me it’ll be 6 days, whoopeee! Though I don’t have any plans to go out of the city this Water Festival, I have decided to spend it with my family – quality time with them and we are going to have swimming sessions for three days!
If time will permit, we’ll go to Koh Kong or Sihanoukville for a swim but if we’re not lucky, we’ll end up at the Phnom Penh Sports Club which I think is not a problem as long as we can enjoy and relax.
Talking about swimming, I think I will be needing a good swimsuit for this activity. Something nice and comfortable since I gained weight after giving birth to Aiken. I need to hide the extra bulge of fats that formed in my body for they do not look good not unless there will be a miracle and all of them will be gone in a day (how I wish). So a good style will surely fit my interest
It’s the last day of school now and holiday will start tomorrow. I’ll be finishing some more tasks within the day and off I go to my relaxation
