There were many end of semester/Christmas parties in November and December. Woodstock staff are party animals! (Well, it's because there will be no social events to go to unless we plan our own...)
First there was an "Ugly Sweater Party" at Nan/Emily/Lauren's house. These ladies are pretty creative with their parties! But the problem was, not many people owned ugly sweaters. Emily actually went down to the bazaar just to find herself one. Great party spirit.
Then there was a Halloween party at the same house. Good friends, good food, and some stupidity was needed towards the stressful end of a semester.
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| Ben + real guard uniform he borrowed from a retired Indian soldier |
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| Nan, Aman, me and Kate |
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| Our host, Lauren, Nan and Emily |
There were also many small house get together parties that involved really good food!! It's nice that Woodstock have many young teachers in 20s~30s, and we all share (at least) one very same strong interest - travelling! It's fun to get together and talk about all kinds of places we have been to, where you are from, and all kinds of adventure stories! It's also nice to have occasions like these to let it all go and have fun outside school once awhile, since it's not easy staff to find social events to go to at an isolated boarding school like this.
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| First of many chocolate fondue party at my house |
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| A dinner at Tim's at Boys Hostel - Alvin made a banana cream pie! |
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| A get together at Elsa's. Many cups of tea and soup. |
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| Party at Raveen's. Great Indian diner and lots of classic rock. I also played around with Rob's hair! |
And of course there were many X'mas parties. There are large number of Christians in this community since Woodstock is a Christian school, but there are also quite a few non-religious people around. Non the less, we still attend all the X'mas events, enjoy the great free food and jolliness of the event. Caleb, Jesse and I baked MANY cookies and other sweetness to bring along to the parties. I have seriously never been this full from Christmas food!!
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| X'mas party at Judy's. Lots of food! Even ham! |
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| Short breads. We left the evil skulls at home to not to destroy the joyful mood of X'mas. |
We also did X'mas gift exchange party at Caleb's. It was really fun to see all the really unexpected and well-expected gift that we got for each other... Caleb got me a treasure chest and Jesse got me a tall mirror. They were both VERY necessary things for me at the time. Specially the mirror... I don't know why but I just could not find a full body length mirror no matter how and where I looked. Jesse got one made by twisting people's arm at bazaar. I also got to shave both of their faces as their X'mas gift for me. My brothers wouldn't let me do it so it was my dream come true.
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| We got this made at a local tailor for about 10 rupees each |
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| Jesse, Alison, Caleb and I with food and gifts |
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| It was not as easy as I imagined... no blood involved though! |
There was also X'mas banquet at school for staff members. Each of us received a gift from school, and this year was a really nice comforter. What a practical gift! Young staff have't had enough of parties so we went down to the Hostel and basted some moves. It was after all the kids have left for holiday, so we had the whole place to ourselves. Hostel is the newest building so it's equipped with DJ stuff and a nice hall for dancing. It also have a swimming pool and basketball court! Anyways, it was also Jesse's birthday so we had a cake and lots of drinks!
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| Megan (another band teacher) and I. Megan is wearing a beautiful Tibetan dress called chupa. |
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| Banquet food |
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| After the banquet, bonfire & music at quad |
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| Dancing at Hostel. Watch out for Devan's move! |
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| Dancing to MJ at steps outside... |
And lastly there was a X'mas carol night at our principal, Dr. Laurenson's house. There is not much t say except the fact that again, there was lots of drinks and food involved!! It was getting really cold by then but it was really nice and warm inside. Woodstock has a really cozy and warm community that makes you feel at home.
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| House packed with staff singing carols |
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| Pete and Dr. L |
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