{"id":1927,"date":"2014-08-26T19:45:04","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T12:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/?p=1927"},"modified":"2014-08-26T19:46:00","modified_gmt":"2014-08-26T12:46:00","slug":"1927","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/?p=1927","title":{"rendered":"Friday, 8\/22\/14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I managed to finish up my first arrangement today. It should have been simple, but I\u2019m so slow. I should be quicker on the next one.<\/p>\n<p>Judy has her first big assembly today. Her songs are a big success. Her constant search for music that is interesting and different, has allowed her to build a big digital library of great music for school groups and assemblies for almost any occasion.<\/p>\n<p>There is a reception and meal this evening at BISS for all the faculty and staff of the school, and their families. The meal is catered by \u201cTaj\u201d, an established Indian restaurant here in Beijing. We had it a couple of times last year, and we\u2019ve eaten at the restaurant several times, as well. The food is always great, and tonight is no different. I still don\u2019t know what all of it is, but it sure tastes great.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_1710.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1926\" src=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_1710-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1710\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_1710-224x300.jpg 224w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_1710-764x1024.jpg 764w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_1710-624x835.jpg 624w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_1710.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_1709.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1925\" src=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_1709-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1709\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_1709-224x300.jpg 224w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_1709-764x1024.jpg 764w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_1709-624x835.jpg 624w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_1709.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s nice to see some of the \u201cold\u201d faces tonight. I haven\u2019t seen many of them since we returned after the summer. It\u2019s also a little strange to realize how many of the faculty we knew last year have left for retirement, or jobs in other cities and countries. It\u2019s just part of the culture of the International Schools. People eventually move on. It\u2019s so different than teaching in districts where there are many 25 to 30 year vets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I managed to finish up my first arrangement today. It should have been simple, but I\u2019m so slow. I should be quicker on the next one. Judy has her first big assembly today. Her songs are a big success. Her &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/?p=1927\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1927"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1929,"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927\/revisions\/1929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}