Emily's Trip to Thailand

Last week Emily traveled to Chiang Mai, Thailand with all the other grade eight students at TIS. It was the annual "Experience Week" where grade 7-12 students travel abroad or take part in educational conferences. It was a fun-filled week as Emily and her classmates took part in many activities: Muy Thai boxing, archery, batik painting, cycling, canoeing, Thai cooking, shopping and a trip to the Elephant Nature Park. More photos from her trip can be found here.

Emily the Track Athlete

Emily tried some new sports this year - Javelin, High Jump and Long Jump. I think she was partly interested because her Dad was coaching! She really developed an interest for the javelin and the high jump but not so much for the long jump. Unfortunately, she was only entered in the long jump at this years DSEJ track meet. Nevertheless, she gave it her all and finished in the middle of the pack. She is very much looking forward to next track season. 

Our New Home

The Varga family blog has been a bit quiet lately... it's been busy for all of us. We've been getting settled into our new home. Why move? Our previous apartment was sold and the new owners told us the lease would not be renewed. So we started looking around for prospective buildings with a plan to move in March or April. Of course we found an amazing place and couldn't let it slip by. So there we were, moving seven days prior to Christmas. It was crazy but it made our holiday in Malaysia that much more special. THe apartment itself is bigger than our previous one and on a quieter street as well. We are on the 27th floor and while we gave up an amazing view and a balcony, we still have great views of the inner harbor and of the mainland.