Happy Birthday Emily Teacher!

On Wednesday, August 4th, I celebrated my birthday at Madhi High School.  I was previously informed that I needed to buy enough candy to distribute to each of my classes as well as the other teachers so on Tuesday evening, I went to the store and bought over 300 pieces of my favourite fruit candy, Falero!

When I woke on Wednesday morning, I decided to go all out and wear my new sari.  I rushed over to our neighbors and politely asked in broken Hindi if she could help me pin and wrap the yards of fabric that make up the outfit. After I was dressed, I grabbed my bag of candy and headed to Madhi.

When I arrived at school I was greeted by all of my Spoken English students wishing me "Happy Birthday".  I was so surprised they knew, but then I remembered they had asked me several weeks earlier when my birthday was. When we went to the classroom, my students formed a circle around me and presented me with gifts.  I proceeded to open them and found that they had gotten me a few figurines, several pieces of jewelry, beautiful cards and various little trinkets.  I was so touched that they made such a big deal of my birthday.

The rest of the day, I handed out candy to anyone who I passed.  Everyone shook my hand and wished me many happy days in this new year. I even handed out candy to all of my friends in the village.

All in all, it was a great birthday.  I ended it with all of the fellows.  We celebrated over Chinese food at our favourite restaurant and mango lassis at the ice-cream shop.