Saturdays at AISL

January 19, 2014

Our life seems to have slowed down a bit.  There’s no rushing off to do this or that, which I guess can be a good thing.  We get to actually enjoy what we’re doing and we have some free time at last.  In Singapore there always seemed to be somewhere to go and something to do… here… not so much!

The campus at AISL is a beehive of activity on Saturdays.  Yesterday, for example, there were high school students outside playing volleyball and the elementary students were out playing Saturday Soccer.  The students are divided into groups (Pre-K & K, Gr. 1&2, 3&4, 5&6) and they each play for an hour, beginning at 8am.  Once the children are done, there are a group of adults who take over the field for a couple of hours in the afternoon.  Elementary boys meet for Boy Scouts after soccer, and that goes until about 4:00 in the afternoon.  Yesterday one of the children who lives on campus had a pool party for her birthday, so there were an extra 20 or so children running around with that.  Many of the residents tend to leave on Saturdays to get away from it all.  We actually enjoy seeing all of the activity, and of course, Laryssa loves it!

A few photos of the Saturday activities:

 

Volleyball on the top left, Saturday soccer on the right.

 

 

Laryssa’s Soccer Game 

 

 

 

Other things we do to amuse ourselves on the weekend:

Baking

 

 

Gardening

(Chris has basil and cilantro growing here, and he’s started a variety of other vegetables off in these little beer can containers.  They’ll be repotted soon into the larger pots.)

These photos were taken last week.

 

 

These were taken today.  They have really grown this week!

 

 

Yesterday Chris rearranged the pots and attached them to the railing, so now we have a little more room.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

The broccoli wasn’t doing too well outside; it flowered too soon.  After a bit of research, Chris learned that broccoli prefers cooler temperatures.  The broccoli’s new home is in front of the AC.

 

And now, off to make the weekend pancakes.  Perhaps a swim afterward!