The First Goodbye

Expect much much more on this. But next Thursday is our KOTO class six graduation.

Last night was the kind of unnoffical staff goodbye to them. First off hotpot/lau followed by the inevitable karaoke session.

With graduation plans still being put in place, I'm manic right now and will write in greater depth on it all after the event. Suffice to say, I have been around these kids for 18 months and have watched them grow from being a rag tag bunch of street kids into the beautiful, confident adults they are today.

I can only say, without any hesitation, that I would be proud to have any last one of them as a young brother/sister, son or daughter. They are remarkable human beings.

Celebrating their achievements, and contemplating their departure, is going to be a massive mix of emotions.

If you want to see some very happy kids from last night then look here. Not sure if this will work (let me know) but there is a short film of them arriving on their bikes for karaoke too. You'll find that here. I'm in the pic above, I'll let you guess which one is me.

* Update - Have been told that the film works but took five minutes on adsl. Probably best not to bother if you're on dial up. I am sure there is a way of making it smaller but god knows how.