Concert

This week we had a holiday concert in school. I'm in the choir, so I was very nervous. The audience seemed to like it and my mom filmed it. This is the film:

Glögg again

Yesterday I helped the swedish society to finish the glögg. We had a good time and made a lot of it. The boss came by and told us we need to do another 50 liters for the Swedish Embassys Lucia celebration, so I promised I would help out the next time again.

Making glögg

Today I helped my mother and her friends in the Swedish society to make glögg. This is a traditional wine drink you make for christmas in Sweden. We are making a lot for the Swedish market in december. We crushed spices and let it soak in alcohol. On wednesday we are going to boil water, sugar and wine and add it to the alcohol and spices. I don't drink it because its alcohol in it, but it smells like christmas so I like the smell.

Black belt soon

I am soon going to gradeing Taekwondo.  But to do that I need to practice my poomses. I need to know 8 of them, and I don't know 6, 7 and 8. I'm starting to get nervos becase they are harder and harder. The first ones are pretty simple, but number 4 is really hard and then it just becomes worse and worse. Poomses are like taekwondo movements performed in a special way and I need to remember every one. If the grader tells me to do number 5 I have to remember it and not confuse it with number 6. For black belt they are testing my fighting skills too. I have to fight two opponents at the same time. It is going to be very hard.
Here is a film where I'm doing poomse 2 with instructions in swedish.

In the school

These are some pictures from my last visit to Excellent Care center and school. We are building a teachers room and got money from the Swedish Society to buy desks and chairs for the teachers. This visit was spent looking at the progress the school is making and just seeing the kids. The think I'm very exciting, with my blond hair and white skin and want to touch me and hug me all the time. They are very happy and sweet when we visit.

Tae Kwondo

I'm training taekwondo and MMA and judo several times a week. My coach has now sent the application to the world taekwondo federation for my black belt. I have to apply to Korea and t takes some time so he sent all the applications early. Max got back to me saying that the Koreans would not believe that I was Kenyan so I had to go to Ms Reddler to get a letter saying that I'm a student at ISK. I think it is funny that they can't believe a blond person lives in Kenya. I'm Swedish but I didn't do any martial arts in Sweden so I learned everything I know in Kenya.

Tis is a film my dad made when we were doing reactions.

Painting the set for Arabian Nights

All Saturday I spent painting the set for the upcoming High school play "Arabian night". It was really hard work. I started out tracing a projection that was very detailed and complicated. I used charcoal  and was black all over when I was done.

Me, tracing a projection with charcoal

After this I started painting the whole unit, doors, walls, ceiling and everything, bright red. I was red all over when done. We were about 15 people helping out. Finally, I made papier mache heads and tried to   glue gold paper to a big pirate ship. This took me ALL day and I'm very tired. My brother is doing about five roles in the play, that premiers on the 15:th.

Me, painting everything RED!

Here is the poster for the play. It gives you an idea about the look.

Face painting the Elementary shchoolers

Today I did face painting in the Elementary school. They had a Halloween party and a lot of Middle schoolers needed to help out. I mainly painted spiders, rainbows, daisies and skulls. The kids loved it and I had fun too. It started raining in the middle of my painting session, but thankfully I was under a roof. I didn't really get a chance to talk to all the kids because I had to concentrate on my paintings.