SUNDAY, 2\/16\/14<\/b><\/p>\n
Today, Judy gets a chance to relax a little, and prepare for a very busy two weeks.\u00a0 \u201cAnnie\u201d is two weeks away. She manages to find several projects around the apartment that I didn\u2019t realize needed doing, but that\u2019s not unusual.\u00a0 I spend most of my day working on arrangements for the BHSFIC orchestra\/band.\u00a0 It\u2019s such an odd instrumentation, I have trouble figuring out how to sort out the parts.\u00a0 Combine that with my lack of familiarity working with the software programs I\u2019m using, and it adds up to a lot of time.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n MONDAY, 2\/17\/14<\/b><\/p>\n BULLETIN!\u00a0 Judy called from school to tell me that a media producer was visiting the school.\u00a0 He was looking for students to participate in a \u201cPromote Beijing\u201d commercial with Jackie Chan.\u00a0 The producer is a friend of the family that owns and administrates BISS.\u00a0 The commercial is supposed to be filmed tomorrow (Tuesday), so they\u2019re scrambling to select a group of about 35 students to be involved in the project.\u00a0 The producer and the \u201cHead of School\u201d walk from class to class, hand picking students that best suit their needs.\u00a0 They casually walk into Judy\u2019s room and ask if any of the 1<\/span>st<\/sup> or 2<\/span>nd<\/sup> graders can sing.\u00a0 Naturally, the kids that could sing are not the ones originally selected to participate, but they get added to the list. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The really fun part of an operation like this is the logistics.\u00a0 The selected students have to take a letter home with instructions for attire, schedule, and permission. \u00a0Then they have to show up the tomorrow, dressed correctly, with properly signed permission letters. \u00a0There will be tons of questions as soon as those letters get to the parents.\u00a0 Everyone is excited to see Jackie Chan.\u00a0 I hope it all comes together.<\/span><\/p>\n I spend the afternoon getting a haircut.\u00a0 I always enjoy walking by the McLaren car dealership that\u2019s near the hair stylist.\u00a0 I flirted with the idea of buying a McLaren hat, but hurriedly left when I realized they were the equivalent of $100 USD.\u00a0 I walked down the street past the US Embassy, enroute to the Marriott for my swimming session.\u00a0 It\u2019s about \u00bd mile.\u00a0 I had seen signs advertising \u201cLady Street\u201d, very near the Flower Market.\u00a0 As it turns out, it\u2019s a huge market underneath the Flower Market specializing in women\u2019s clothing and jewelry.\u00a0 It\u2019s always a surprise to me how these huge market areas are hidden at the end of a dingy alleyway, or in the middle of what looks like an impoverished area.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SUNDAY, 2\/16\/14 Today, Judy gets a chance to relax a little, and prepare for a very busy two weeks.\u00a0 \u201cAnnie\u201d is two weeks away. She manages to find several projects around the apartment that I didn\u2019t realize needed doing, but … Continue reading