Head, shoulders, knees and toes.

I just had to add this video of my students at Tempurung singing with such great enthusiasm and joy. It really made me laugh as you can hear. I hope you enjoy it too.

Teaching at Tempurung seaside lodge- Sabah, Malaysian Borneo

Here's me with some of the wonderful staff at Tempurung Seaside Lodge where I've spent the past two weeks or so. It's definitely the most exotic location I've ever taught in. Our classroom was overlooking the sea and sometimes the wind was so strong it blew all our paper around. I always had a delightful sheen of sweat on my brow but thankfully the students were hot too! On our last lesson we swam in the sea together fully clothed. The kids favourite game seemed to involve pretending they were drowning and getting rescued by me- "Teacher, teacher. HELP US!" It was a health and safety nightmare! Actually I really enjoyed it and we had some tears yesterday when we said goodbye.

As you can see, they look like real horrors. The cheetah team and the lion team. Favourite games- What's the time Mister Wolf? and singing Head , shoulders, knees and toes.

One Saturday, I went to local towns, Beaufort and Kuala Penyu (Turtle Bay) and looked around the markets.

People paint their homes amazing, bright colours.

Snake fruit.

Bamboo shoots.

Sunset at Tempurung.

These jellyfish are pretty common on the beach.

My classroom/ dining room.

Kuala Lumpur

Detail on a lamp post.

At the bird park

Central Mosque


Old railway station

Crossing the road!

Central Market

At the Masjid Jame

Little India

Old meets modern.

Detail on an abandoned house.

The Colonel's still watching you- creepy!

Michael Jackson Tribute

Malysian English spelling is very interesting for a spoddy English teacher!

KL Tower

Advertising hoarding with a tour group

Petronas Twin Towers