Summer camp 2013

So my VPN is having trouble connecting to a server in adifferent country so I am unable to post any pictures at this point, but mysmartphone is able to connect so I can post text through there.Summer Camp 2013I had a great time this year…Unlike last year I was able toattend the entire camp…pretty much because they were able to find a sub for mefor this year classes because odies is very low on classes and high onteachers.We did 8 different characteristics over a four day period in which over 60 kids attended. We reviewed and taught, Honesty,Selflessness, Diligence, Courage, Forgiveness, Excellence, Respect, and Self-Control. I thought that I might be a Team Leader, but nobody volunteered to be head of sports. So I kind of got put in charge of that area. But after the meeting, one of the other volunteers went up to the director and said that he had lots of ideas for sports and he really wanted to help. So he got to be my helper. I went up to him everyday and asked if he wanted to do any of his games and each time he said that he wanted for me to think of something. There Was a little problem with bei in chargenof sports.  We weren't outside for any of the activities. We had an area to work with on the top floor. It was about half the size of a soccer field penalty box, and it had a roof. We did play soccer on the final day...we played redlight, green light, relay races, around the world ping pong, four square, duck goose, tag, tag dodgeball..... So I had the pleasure of meeting all of the kids over the four day period. There was this one girl who would find me and latch on to my hand and wouldn’t let go until I would drag her around the room.She had a name for the game but I can’t remember what it is. So the location was a school really far down in the south of Kunming and I live on the northish side of Kunming. So I had the pleasure of waking up at 6:00 in the morning and taking a bus to a location to get in a van that would take me to the school. Now, this was no minivan.....it had hard seats and no leg room. I got to the camp and immediately had to setup all the electronics and work out all the kinks.....the fist day we get there and the computer that were going to use didnt have an HDMI output in it....and the projector didnt have a VGA input in it....luckily another person brought their airbook and adapter so we could use that. I remembered why I never signed up to help out with the electronic equipment at church. The second day the power cord was left at the hotel so the power went out on the computer half way through the morning presentation. Those were really the only hiccups from the week. I do remember being flat out tired for basically the whole week and it was awesome to finally get to bed by 9:00pm on Thursday night and sleep til 7:30 the next morning.....I think I am now on a Morning schedule. I HATE IT!!!!!!

Ultimate Fris.

So Kunming held it first annual Ultimate Frisbee tournament last weekend. It was a two day event and the last picture is the trophy. It was called the Golden Cat Hat. Now, this was a hat tournament...and if you dont know what that is, then that is what the internet is for. Out team got third place, and the final game went to hard cap and the best player for the second place team got hurt in the final score. It was interesting for me because it was the first time i had ever played in an ultimate tournament. I learned a whole new bunch of terms like poach, soft cap, hard cap. The frisbee group in Kunming plays ever Sunday and Wednesday but it was never really fun because the level of play isnt even good. So i dont usually go, but the tournament was fun. Per mom's request, i made sure to get tons of pictures...as you can see

UGH!!!!....

so every month our internet goes out for 3 days....never knew why....still dont...so this month the 4th day came around and still no internet....so we called the company and they sent a guy over to "investigate" he realizes that connecting with the telecom company that we need to enter a username and password....which is fine....he got the username, but he said that we need to get the password..from the telecom company..we asked why he couldnt just call in and ask for the password...then he said that it would be easier just to change the password....which we said was fine. So another couple of days went by...and we call the same guy up again...and he said that he changed the password, but didnt tell us...so we then try the new password and it still doesnt work..so we had been trying to get him over here for the past two days and he shows up....which is fine because we are actually here...he is here for over an hour and cant figure it out...so after a while he verifies the username and password with the telecom company and realized that in the username...one of the letters is supposed to be an M and not an N.....needless to say we are pretty pissed....