Sports Carnival at Souphanouvong

Today was the start of the Sports Carnival at Souphanouvong University. Of course I was barracking for the Faculty of Languages. We have an uphill battle as we're the smallest and newest Faculty with only 100 students so far, while the other faculties have about 900, so all things considered we did well. The girls' soccer team drew against the Economics, Tourism and Business girls, and the boys' ketaw team put up a fantastic fight.

Personally, though, I found it quite terrifying. Ketaw is a bit like volleyball but with a small rattan ball that must be kicked over the net. The agility of the players is astounding, and the potential for seriously pulling a muscle in a painful spot is alarming. The photo gives you a tiny inkling of it. anyway, I though Giles might like to introduce ketaw to after school care. If you Google 'rattan ball' you might find the rules!

It's great having Jeremy working at the University too. He's helping the lecturers in the Faculty of Agriculture put together research proposals. Of course, he's in his element - loving finding out more about agriculture here, and delving into research on rice blast and the like. It's hard to get him away from the Internet now he's discovered Google scholar. And we have PLENTY to talk about. He has located three sad little heifers, and tomorrow we have to go and buy a sickle so that he can find them some more to eat.