School Ship (Schulschiff)
Bertha von Suttner is a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, receiving it in 1905 for her book, Die Waffen Nieder/Lay Down your Arms. The Schulschiff in Vienna, docked at the Danube was named after her and just as the book’s name suggest, despite being an international school in its own right, you can feel the camaraderie of students when you enter. These students have parents coming from different countries yet here, there’s no blue, no black, no red, no yellow for them.
Friday was somewhat a bit colder than usual with the weather hitting -1° a first time for this season. Bundled up we braved the cold, boarded the tram and off we went to the school. Dawty will move up to a higher school next year so we were looking for schools around. We tagged the boys along because they thought it’s such a cool place to see. It is!
The exterior is every inch a ship, there was even another ship that passed by while we were in one of the rooms – craft/home economics room. Too cool! But what’s cooler is the reception we received from both the students and the faculty. They were all accommodating, answering questions school-related or otherwise.
Two students of the fifth grade toured as around the ship, showing us the more important rooms – library, computer room, gym, cafeteria, faculty area, and the music room among others. We were also showed and brought to some of the classes while the “tour guides” share their own anecdotes.
After the tour we were told that kids could participate in activities in assigned rooms. All three were given passes which will be stamped if they finish a task. We first got into surprisingly, French room. ^_^ The two older kids had to match the names of animals with the pictures—in French. It was a good thing that the names are a bit the same with their Spanish and English counterparts. They went to the next table and did numbers with little boy joining in…it’s a good thing he is taught by his siblings well, he answered quite well too.
We later on went to the library, the computer room, the craft room and made lots of stuff. Will tell you about those on our other blog. Notice the colorful stool – it has been painted by kids.
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Dresses (for weddings)
Our trip home last year was not purely vacation. We attended my older brother’s wedding and the boys stood as bible bearers while daughter was one of the flower girls. She donned a haltered- flowing white gown made of chiffon and tulle. The boys wore white silk terno and white shoes.
Being away proved difficult for the fitting. I am no dressmaker. True, I had lessons back in grade school but I do not have a decent tape measure so the ensemble ended up ill-fitted. ^_^ I had to make adjustments so they would be wearable.
So here are some things that you might want to consider when choosing or having a dress (bridesmaid or not) for a wedding done. That is, if the couple would not provide for the dresses or the dressmaker at the least.
Get a real dressmaker to measure you up or anyone in the family for that matter. I had to learn this one the hard way. Make sure you add a bit of allowance for measurements.
Have the dresses done way ahead of the planned wedding date, in case you got thinner (hopefully not the other way around), you’d get the chance to have your dress fixed.
Coordinate with the bride or wedding planner for your dress’ color. You wouldn’t want to show up having the most different dress, would you? You’ve often read and heard to leave white to the bride, there’s a good reason to heed that.
If all else fails you can always look and eventually buy bridesmaid dresses, mother of the bride dresses as well as for mother of the groom too from Gray & Osbourn by some of the top UK designers.
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School Hunting or Fishing?
That time flies by so fast is so true, my daughter would be finishing grade school soon so we were into school hunting this month. The Austrian school system is very different from what I was used to so I had to familiarize myself well before choosing which school to enroll her.
Schools around have Open House days allotted for kids and parents visiting. There were activities in each school that kids could participate in to know what to expect if ever they decide to enroll in that certain institution. As usual we had to tow the boys with us. It was a good thing that we did because they had fun going around the school. Not only because of the activities but because the school is housed in 2 ships! I will make a detailed post soon…
The photo above is my son standing by the school’s docking station. He’s holding a small kite-like piece that he made at the art room of the school ship. He said he would pretend it to be a fishing rod. ^_^
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College Thinkers
Wouldn’t you be proud to see that one of our own is featured in this graphic about the Colleges of our (worldwide) top thinkers? I am, and because I went to the same University too! Philippine national hero Dr. Jose Rizal was one of the top thinkers listed here along US Presidents Obama, Clinton and Bush; Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nelson Mandela; Charles, Prince of Whales for political figures. Others listed are Steve Jobs and Bill Gates or undoubtedly their contribution to technology; Sir Isaac Newton for Science, Math; Stephen King for being a bestselling author; Steven Spielberg for his contributions to the entertainment industry; business entrepreneurs Marc Jacobs and Sam Walton and Che Guevara, revolutionist.
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Mixed Martial Arts Stats
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