Today was the first day of school. After all the prep work it was nice to actually get started. I am now exhausted. I took some pictures of my classroom but forgot to bring my phone home so I'll post the photos later.

It was pouring this morning, something it's done for three straight days. I've never worked in a school where it rains in the corridors! The hallways are open to the outside so there's a lot of splash, plus the ceilings leak in places.

KAS is building a brand new campus next to the old building so there's not much impetus to fix things like leaky roofs. We got to tour the construction site last week but it was a little hard to imagine the end result. There was a ceremony at the new building on Friday for the Ghost Festival. From what I understand, the festival is a chance to placate the ghosts by offering them food and money. There were tables set up all over the city covered with food and burning incense and braziers on the sidewalk where paper money was burned (not real money - I think the ghosts aren't particular). Anyway, I think the ceremony went well and we are on schedule to move into the new building in April.

Here's a link to the architect's video:
http://www.kas.tw/kaohsiung-american-school/campus/