As always, the boys would have fun trying to push each other off the edge and would even challenge each other. You'd see many of them standing back from the edge until one would wander too close and someone else would sneak up behind to push him in... during the struggle a swarm of boys would come up from behind and the next thing you know, one after the other is getting pushed over. It was really very entertaining.
A few of my freshman and sophomore students foolishly challenged me to one-on-one matches to see who could push the other over the edge. I didn't tell them I grew up with a twin brother who was the top wrestler at our school... let's just say it wasn't an easy match like they expected. Well, not for them at least. I don't resort to wimpy pushing. I usually just got them in a headlock with the left arm, picked up their legs with my right arm, walked to the edge of the dock, and threw them over. Piece of cake... Don't mess with a Subris girl, haha, not even one under five feet tall.
There was always a great deal of showing off and jumping into the water in crazy ways. Taylor had the shooting star perfected and tried to teach some of the boys. One student in particular, Anthony, spent a great deal of time trying the shooting star... yet somehow always back-flopped instead. After many excruciating attempts, he convinced me to try. I almost had it the first time and that just embarassed him. Sorry, haha. I never quite got it right though.
The students also enjoyed taking pictures of each other (and themselves of course) underwater with my camera. If you go to Palau, an underwater camera is a must. It certainly is a lot of fun and is great for snorkeling.
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so jealous of you, pretty girl :)
wow leah! beautiful pictures, they say it all;) but i'm going to come back and read some of your posts too when i'm not at work, hehe. feel free to let me know how you are, blessings and peace! --Kori p.s. i live in the dry desert. ha. i want to visit you so bad now!
Good morning how are you?
My name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys traveling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.
I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately it’s impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.
For all this I would ask you one small favour:
Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from Palau? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in Palau in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and a original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:
Emilio Fernandez Esteban
Avenida Juan de la Cierva, 44
28902 Getafe (Madrid)
Spain
If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com, where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.
Finally I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.
Yours Sincerely
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