Thursday, December 12, 2013

IT'S BEEN QUITE A YEAR


2013 has been quite a year. This is the staff of my school photographed yesterday at Hikurangi Primary School. They are a great bunch of people working in a great school. It's been quite a year. A year of survival. The school survived an ERO visit (Educational Review Office). The teachers and children survived teaching, learning and living together. I survived a massive heart attack a hop, skip and jump from where this photo was taken. Yes it's been quite a year.

4 comments:

Ben said...

You certainly can say that. You look like your old you.

Alden Smith said...

Yes, although I am probably more my NEW me rather than my OLD me - 20kgs lighter for a start - I will soon be as lithe and fit as an Elfstandentock skiier.

Ben said...

I meant you, when we first met and when you just finished your bycicle tour in the Netherlands.

Alden Smith said...

Ok. Yes I was about 90kgs then - I was 86kgs this morning. Hope to get down to around 75 - 80kgs, I think that will be a healthy weight for me. I used to be that weight when I was in my early 20s. The good thing about loosing weight is that I get lots of old clothes to rip up for rags to use for when I paint the boat when I get her out of the water some time soon :>)