This week Curacao is completely under the spell of the carnival. It’s like the island is ‘breathing’ carnival. For Christians, Carnival is not a good thing. For most people on Curacao Carnival is part of our culture. This year they are celebrating Carnival’s 50th birthday. As a child, we used to go and watch the …
I finally finished the correction and had some time to focus on the table tennis tournament. Finally a tournament only for women. It was held in memory of a former Curaçao table tennis champion, Alice van Putten – Davelaar. When I think of her I recall a picture of her and my mom wearing orange …
This week and next week are all about reviewing the work of my kids. Normally I love to do this, but this time a lot of questions popped up. Like: why things taught at elementary school, this year in 2 subjects still don’t stick. I am teaching the best 12/13 years old on the island. …
This week started in a fun way. The school board I am working for, RKCS (Rooms Katholiek Centraal Schoolbestuur), celebrated their 50th birthday. We have the same age. 🙂 We started the week with a scavenger hunt. It was a fun day with great views and great colleagues, Edgar Palm (principal), Magali Felipa (Dutch teacher), …
It has been 6 months since my last post. My idea was to take a break of 1 or 2 months and then to resume writing again. As usual, a lot of things happened. Am I still on the road to Ph.D.? What happened in my personal life? And table tennis? In this post, I …