HOLY OVERSIZED FLYING BISON!

IS THAT SOME AVATAR ICE CREAM!?!?!?! YOU BET YOUR SORRY ASS IT IS! BUT THIS IS NOT SOME "DAVID CAMERON PREACHY HIPPY POCAHONTAS REMAKE WITH BLUE ALIENS" AVATAR! UN-UH! THIS IS "PUBESCENT BOYS AND GIRLS MANIPULATING NATURE TO BEAT THE LIVING CRAP OUT OF ONE ANOTHER" AVATAR! JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THAT THING AND TELL ME IF YOU SEE ANY TREE HUGGING CRAP! THAT'S RIGHT! YOU DON'T! ALL YOU SEE IS SOME GLOWING BALD MONK KID ABOUT TO LAY THE RIGHTEOUS MOTHER NATURE-Y SMACKDOWN ON A FOOL!

NOW YOU ARE PROBABLY THINKING THAT THIS IS NOT LEGIT YOU DON'T HAVE IT IN THE US OF A AND THEREFORE IT MUST BE FAKE BUT JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THAT LEGAL PRINT. THIS THING IS TOTALLY LICENSED, WITH THE POWER OF COPYRIGHT LAW! LAWYERS HAD TO SACRIFICE THE BLOOD OF THEIR FIRST BORN CHILD OR SOME JUNK LIKE THAT SO THAT THEY COULD MAKE THIS ICE CREAM, SO YOU BETTER SHOW SOME APPRECIATION.

SO THERE IT IS! THE MOTHA FREAKIN' ICE CREAM ITSELF. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE A BAD ENOUGH DUDE FOR THIS!?!?!?! ONE LICK AND YOUR TONGUE WILL ENTER THE AVATAR STATE!!! DO YOU THINK YOU CAN MASTER THE ELEMENTS OF ICE, CARAMEL, BUBBLE, AND GUM IN ORDER TO RESTORE HARMONY TO YOUR SORRY UNAWAKEND SENSES!?!?!?! WILL YOU BE THE ONE WHO FINALLY BRINGS BALANCE TO YOUR IMPOTENT TASTE BUDS!?!?!?! WHAT'S THAT!?!? WHINING ABOUT HOW YOU CAN BARLEY SEE THE ARROW!?!?! WELL OF COURSE YOU CAN'T SEE IT DIM WIT! HAVE YOU MASTERED ANY ONE OF THOSE ELEMENTS YET?!?!?! YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. GET TO WORK YOUNG GRASSHOPPER!

Oh, and for the record. The ice cream absolutely sucks. Don't buy it. This is another M. Night Shyamalan level blow to the franchise.

"Could you please come to school? Some students want to ask you about the Words Competition."

Turns out those kids had no intention what so ever of asking me about the Words Competition. To side track for a little bit, the Words Competition is an event hosted by my bosses to bring kids from all over Indonesia together for a performance competition. Anyways, what those kids did want was to give me a SURPRISE BIRTHDAY! It was totally nice of them. How nice of them you ask? Well look at the pictures bellow. 

That is me in the red. You know it is me because I'm right behind the cake, as is fitting for the birthday boy.

Me using them food service skills to expertly cut the cake.

PERFECT CUTTING!!!

Photographing a photographer. That is meta, yo.

Look at me still going at it! Nothing can distract me from my skillful slicing.

You know, these really are not my students. They are the grade 11 kids who frequent English Club. 

Finally I take my eyes off the cake.

Awwww, adorable.

So clique. Tsk tsk.

Students. . . doing student things. I guess.

I teach at a very classy school.

Ummm, I don't know. I did not take these pictures by the way.

Look at how well I cut those slices.

Final picture before leaving.

I did the Indonesian thing and took my present home before opening it.

What could it be!?!?!

A BOX! . . .but what is inside the box?

It is a shirt! I think my kids are trying to tell me something.

The next day I wake up and find another present on my doorstep. It made me even more happy, but I did not take pictures of it. Use your imagination. Just know that it was awesome.

A really nice stream

My counterpart, being his usually awesome self, took me to visit a really nice stream one day. It was quite far away, about 20 minutes by motorbike, but the trip was well worth it. So bellow I shall present photographic evidence the existence of a stream in my town. However, as for whether or not it is a nice stream, well, that is for you to decide.

Told you it was a nice stream.

Anklung Night

Huh, so I did not do a post on this. Just found that out as I was looking through my blog, looking for the right post to upload these pictures to. Anyways, we are doing it now, even if this was waaaaay back in the day. Before I became a teacher but after dinosaurs. It is not that overdue.

This was the venue.

 

There were many puppets there.

 You know it was a good tourist attraction because it had a gift shop.

Look at how cool that gift shop is! It must be an awesome place to visit.

A trash can.

In Indonesia, soccer balls grow in trees.

Soon these soccer balls will be ready for harvest.

Something. I don't know.

So peaceful looking. Like something on the cover of a self meditation book.

A hut. The hanging things are anklungs.

Some type of music-y thing. I think.

Yeah, still not sure.

Ah, so it was a music-y thingy. My powers of intuition never fail me.

Always gotta take pictures of bamboo.

AHH! What is that!?

Oh, it is a ram. Hello there ram.

This did not look like it belonged on the cover of a self meditation book.

Oooh, I can't wait for soccer ball season.

Decorative coconuts.

The MCs. They MCed it up.

The stage.

Hey modern drum set, what are you doing here. This is for traditional instruments. Get with it.

The puppet show was pretty intense and violent. (No, I'm not kidding)

The cavalry had arrived!

They even brought flags. How professional.

The path has been cleared for the VIP.

Looking cool. Like a boss.

Everyone to your positions!

And now, entertainment for the VIP.

Dancing. . .

More Dancing. . . 

More Dancing. . . (hey, making captions is harder than you think, ok?)

Straight chillin'. Like a boss.

They are doing. . . ummm, something.

Time to leave, like a boss.

Gettin' outta here. Like a boss.

Peacock dance. Some one should tell them that female peacocks don't look so colorful.

Stop trying. We all know you are female.

Your lack of Y chromosome is still obvious.

Time to bust out the anklungs.

Release the toddler!

Too much totes presh.

So adorable he does not have to stay in formation.

Anklungs ablaze.

Look at how adorable he is!

Yeah, he is adorable all right.

Anklung orchestra. They were admittedly awesome and even played Bohemian Rhapsody.