First, let me tell you about yesterday at KAS. There was a formal celebration of the completion of the new building and all the bigwigs of Kaohsiung came, including the mayor and a big delegation from AIT (American Institute of Taiwan), the closest to a US embassy that we have here in Taiwan. There were a lot of congratulation speeches and the lobby was filled with lovely flowers.

I didn't actually hear any of the speeches since they held the ceremony during the school day but you won't hear many complaints from the teachers. I'm pretty sure we've heard enough self-congratulations for awhile.

Friday was also the spring concert. With the completion of the new building there is now a venue for school performances. It's a beautiful space, lots of wood and great acoustics. The talent of the students is really incredible and both of the music teachers are magical. All of the students were great, from the pre-k kids singing "Head, Shoulder, Knees and Toes" to the 12th grader playing Rachmaninoff. Here is the middle and high school string orchestra performing excerpts from Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture.

Today was spent at day one of my two-day weekend workshop, but this evening I finally got back on my bike. First I biked on the sidewalks of the park next door to the apartment then I ventured out onto the streets and pedaled around the park. I was not surprised to find that it hurt my wrist a bit to hold on and to brake. What I did find surprising was the vertigo sensation as soon as I got moving. It was an odd feeling to see the world rushing by, even though I was only going a few miles per hour. I'm not sure if that's residual concussion symptoms or if it's just getting used to balancing and moving again on a bike.

Besides that, it was really great to ride again. I was so happy I even took a selfie.