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July 25, 2004 - Carigara celebrated its town fiesta on July 16. Symboliclly, I believe the fiesta is dedicated to the triumph of the Holy Cross (each town has a saint to dedicate their fiesta to). Anyway, I asked the kids, but they didn't help me find a better answer. The most exciting part for me was saying "bye-bye" to our two pigs. They had grown rather big and in my personal opinon, too greedy. They would complain a lot (noisily) when they were hungry (always). They provided a tasty treat for the many people who ate at our house. Our house is much quieter now.
There was a parade and even a carnival. On the Wednesday before fiesta, our teacher announced |
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that we would not have classes on Thursday and Friday. Everyone broke into applause and cheers. One of the funniest things I've seen. It was a good reminder that kids here might like school, but they like time off even better, ie, they are normal kids.
I can't imagine having a nicer "work" environment than school here. I come to school and am greeted by shouts of "kuya lane!" every day. It is often smiles like those on the right that greet me. The kids are great at proving the theory that the way to make people like you, is to like them first. Sometimes though our classroom is noisy, like a market. Its even noisy for my helpful friend Sherrie.(below) |
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I have been happy to meet people from Carigara who live away from home via who found me via the internet. They usually write that they are thankful that I am here. I tend to think I'm the lucky one. I wonder if I will ever again have a job where I am so well liked by so many people.
One of the neat things of working with young people is watching them grow up. The students I knew as 1st year high school students last year have grown up so much since I met them. The girls are now young women with suitors coming to their homes. Though they will put their studies first and not have time for boyfriends until "4th year college". Good for them. |
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