Visit to the Book Exhibition this year

I went to the book exhibtion last Wednesday. To my surprise, there wasn't a long queue like last year's but the news said that there were 20% more people going to it. Maybe it's because of the longer opening hours this year.

I wasn't able to visit all the 4 halls that day because I spent a lot of time at Hall 5 where I got a foot rest and a book stand from 3M to improve my posture when I work at my desk at home. I hope they can help reduce my headaches and neck pains. I also bought 2 boxes of finger puppets for the school. I'm thinking about having students choose the characters they like and write stories or scripts about them. Wouldn't it be fun for them to do a finger puppet play during lessons? We could even develop that into an inter-class competition during lunch time. There are 25 puppets altogether, one with the theme of fairy tales and the other a farm. I bought a tiger to add to it in case the girls would like to introduce a wicked animal character in their plays. The drawback of the puppets is that they are small (of course, consider that they are for fingers!) which make it inappropriate for performances in the Hall. Anyway, maybe other colleagues would have some suggestions for how to make use of them.

I didn't buy any books this time because of not enough time. I plan to visit the exhibition again either today or tomorrow.

So Embarrassing

It's a Sunday today. I went to Mass as usual. I don't know why but when Rev. Yeung told the story of the song "Puff the Magic Dragon", I started to cry. It was not a particularly touching story but I couldn't stop my tears.

When I was still so busy trying to wipe away my tears without anyone else's notice, the altar boy came to me and asked me to carry the offerings to the altar! Most likely he hadn't noticed the terrible state I was in and it was already too late when he noticed because he had already pushed the cup with the bread into my hands which made it very difficult for me to get a tissue out to clean my face. I had to do it with one hand and I nearly dropped the whole thing in the process!

I don't know whether anyone noticed, I hope not. But I suspected Rev. Yeung saw me. *sighs* It would have been a nightmare if I had dropped the offering. And since I was so flusttered that I couldn't understand the instructions from the altar boy about where to stand. It was all so very embarrassing! I acted like a complete idiot. I really need to stay away from the seats next to the aisle next time!