Cassy heads to Fulong on the north coast tomorrow with a legion of Grade 8 kids and a mismatched jumble of lieutenants to keep them fed, entertained and hopefully so exhausted by day that they'll sleep at night. It's a logistical exercise of military proportions and Cass is a leader on two of the activities. She'll once again attack the precipitous slopes of the north coast on the famous Sah Lin Trail and no doubt produce a straggling tail of whinging kids who perhaps have never done such strenuous exercise in their lives: Cass does it all again with a second group! She'll also take control of the film "shoot out", an idea she borrowed from Newcastle's own 24 hour shootout and modified to become one of the highlights of the whole camp. As usual with school camps, she'll basically be on duty 24/7 for the duration, so by the time she returns on Friday afternoon, she'll be ready for some serious relaxation.
We went down to the new Tienmu branch of Eddy's Cantina on Saturday afternoon and had a fantastic big lazy afternoon feast. This guy can really cook. We're pleased to see a young guy like Eddy make a go of it: we stumbled across his hand cart on the Damshui seaside many years ago and have tracked his progress as he made it first to a restaurant high on the hill in Danshui, and now, his second outlet in our suburb.
Today we went down to Miramar to see the atmospheric and absorbing movie, "Drive". We were attracted by many actors with supporting roles whom we admire from their TV series' work. There were actors from Mad Men, Breaking Bad and Sons of Anarchy who all did a great job. Weirdly, the main character uttered no more than 3 or 4 words for the entire first half of the film! It was different, but excellent. Cass rates it an A- and I agree.
Photos are a bit different this week. The first is of Cass posing with a tiny pig who we caught at meal time, at its little trough in a shop just round the corner. It has a tiny harness and happily wanders the footpath greeting the passersby...we're hopeful it will remain "pet worthy" and not end up on the dinner table! Others are of Eddy's, the water section at the supermarket, and a few more photos from Linda's wedding which she posted on Facebook and I gleefully downloaded to pad out my meagre photographic efforts this week!