Last week

Last week was pretty busy, we had an Australian school come Monday (6th graders). So I was there to help them out because my real group (Shanghai) didn't come until Tuesday. Then Wednesday I broke off from them to go kayaking with yet another school coming in for a day. It was a pretty logistically crazy week. It was great weather all week, the sun was blazing Wednesday, but then hazed up Thursday and Friday.

My primitive skills package came in and I was able to use some of the materials in it to show how to make a matchless fire, well almost. I didn't have time to prepare everything so we tried a lot with the strikers and just couldn't get it to catch, but all the kids had fun trying and they got the point I think.

I found a stave to make a bow for my bowdrill set and I should be "busting" a coal sometime today. I feel a lot of relief now that I have that box, there are so many projects/possibilities in it. And for someone who is pretty knife-centric I felt pretty lost without my Leatherman the past 3 weeks.

We have a half day of work today and then I might go get some more groceries I think. We have two day camps coming Thursday and Friday so it should be a pretty chill week.

------Cantonese Lesson of the Day------
Joe-san = Good Morning