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Full moon madness and school begins!

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September 10th 2011
Well, things have gotten a tiny bit hectic with school starting today--t was generally chaos at the school, and if I had any illusions about how the children's behaviour was going to be--rather, how wonderful I imagined, and the key word here is IMAGINED, it was going to be--let me be the first to inform you that those illusions have been completely and surely shattered by day's end. LOL ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more