Saturday Flotsom

I have been assigned the task of the writer for Johor state for our company newsletter. Kind of silly - I have never received the newsletter myself, so not sure how valuable my contribution will be. Sort of a dilberty thing I think.  Anyway, I tracked down all clusters in Johor asking for input and got a couple of replies of what they are up to. I, on the other hand, have three entries of what I have been doing outside normal job descriptions. And I had to stop there because I have a limited word count allowed. Nice to be the writer - I can pump myself up nicely.  Two of the others held special phonetic workshops. Hmm, should be interesting; we do not teach phonetics - we teach phonics; and it is a little late in the year to begin that. Another taught a special workshop on teaching various activities in the classroom. Hmm, what exactly do they do with the direct contact with the teachers then?

Being presumptious, I am writing here to advise if anyone thinks they might want to buy me a Christmas present - a Seuss book would be wonderful.  Being even more presumptious, I am writing a list of the books I want.
FOX IN SOCKS
THE LORAX
THERE IS A WOCKET IN MY POCKET
HORTON HATCHES THE EGG
I HAD TROUBLE IN GETTING TO SOLLA SOLLEW
HORTON HEARS A WHO
BARTHOLOMEW AND THE OOBLEK
THE KINGS STILTS
THE TOOTH BOOK
SCRAMBLED EGGS SUPER
THE SNEECHES AND OTHER STORIES
YERTLE THE TURTLE
AND TO THINK THAT I SAW IT ON MULBERRY STREET
MY BOOK ABOUT ME
WET PET MY PET YOUR PET MY PET
WACKY WEDNESDAY
OH SAY CAN YOU SAY
MARVIN K MOONEY WILL YOU PLEASE GO NOW
OH THE PLACES YOU'LL GO
ALL ABOARD THE CIRCUS MCGURKUS
GREAT DAY FOR UP
HORRAY FOR DIFFENDOOFER DAY
OH THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK
SIX BY SEUSS - THIS ONE IS GREAT - THE KIDS WILL LOVE IT
IN A PEOPLE HOUSE
I CAN READ WITH MY EYES SHUT - FABULOUS FOR DIRECTIONS!!!
SNEECHES ON BEACHES
GERALD MCBOING BOING -FUN FOR THE KIDS
SEUSSISM FOR SUCCESS - (FOR THE MORE ADVANCED KIDDOS)
TEACHING WITH FAVORITE DR SEUSS BOOKS - BY JOAN NOVELLI
(this is not a Seuss book, but a teaching suppliment - would help the mentees use the Seuss books effectively) if you find it , please get it to me!

ok, I think I have filled enough pages with this list. It could go on and on, but if any or all of these end up in Malaysia there will be some very happy children here. Yesterday I had a class zooming around the outdoor area while they blew bubbles before I read The B Book.  I slipped the bottle of bubbles into a young girl's hand when she produced a huge grin after blowing bubbles herself. Her teacher was astounded.  She has not spoken a word or smiled in the class all year. (a product of a nasty divorce). If a bottle of bubbles can encourage a smile, imagine what a box of books will do.

Now I must tackle the water hose debacle. What a nightmare. I have purchased two hoses and connecters already, and this one is so bad that I wear more water on me than my plants and patio floor ever get to experience. I have bought clamps, screw drivers, and rolls of plumber tape, all to be discarded and dismantled on a daily basis. The nice man who sold me the latest batch of stuff insists it will work. I took a pair of scissors and cut off the culprit this morning and I am marching back to his shop to have him decipher the problem. I refuse to disconnect the hose from the water supply. That is the only area that is working.Wish me luck on this one. I intend to flash a few ringgits his way to see if he will come over and fix the problem once and for all.  There is no where in this country one can buy a garden hose with a connector at each end. Only the hose - and then you build the system. And the system is not very buildable - the connectors do NOT match the size of hose. Good God! I first learned about male/female ends (to join plumbing) in Canada. I blushed when I understood the context. I am thinking that the system here is female/ little boy ends - they do not match!