On Sunday 19th November, we had a party to celebrate Freedom English School's 30th anniversary.  We feel very lucky to have been able to celebrate it with so many students, former students, friends and Freedom family.  It was also our first post-Covid party, and we're already looking forward to having more parties, events and picnics in the near future!

We would like to say a special thanks to Mamatoko Kitchen for the great restaurant and party venue, and to Dance Circle Baam for the incredible dance performance and lesson.

Please enjoy the photos, and we'll see you next time!

Fernando and Greg appeared on Colourful (からふる), the RKK TV magazine show, back in June.  Although we were both quite nervous about forgetting our lines, I think we did pretty well.  Thanks to all of the staff at RKK for taking such good care of us!

Please check out the video below.  Don't forget to like and subscribe to the Freedom English School YouTube channel for more fun content coming your way very soon.

 
My favorite dessert is Haupia. It is a traditional Hawaiian coconut dessert. Haupia is like a coconut pudding. It is delicious and very simple to make! You only need four ingredients and about two hours to let the haupia cool and set. It is easy to get coconut milk at Kaldi or any other grocery store! It is also vegetarian/vegan. Below is my favorite haupia recipe:
 
Haupia Recipe (makes about 16 pieces)
 
Ingredients and tools:

• A 20cm x 20cm pan
• Full fat coconut milk (about 400ml)
  • Usually 1 can or 2 boxes
• 5 tablespoons of cornstarch (Other starch is okay. My favorite is tapioca starch.)
• 4 tablespoons of granulated sugar (use coconut sugar if you are vegan)
• ¾ cup of water (about 180 ml)

 

Instructions:

1. Get your pan.
2. Heat your coconut milk in the pan over medium heat. Stir occasionally with a whisk.
3. While it is heating up, combine the sugar and cornstarch in a bowl, add water, and mix until it melts together.
4. When the coconut milk just starts simmering, add the cornstarch sugar mixture and whisk.
5. Keep whisking until the mixture becomes thick. It usually takes about 5-7 minutes. When you lift your whisk, the haupia should stick slightly then slip away.
6. Pour it into your pan and let it to cool on your counter for 30 minutes.
7. Put it in your fridge to set for about 2 hours or until it is completely cooled and set.

 
Enjoy!

Here's a short video showing you how to make a simple but cute origami ghost for Halloween.  Enjoy!

For Olympic-themed summer homework, in class we helped our student to research:

• a country,
• its flag,
• a popular sport from that country,
• a successful athlete from there,
• and how many medals that athlete - or country - won at the 2016 Rio Olympic games.

Our students' homework was to record themselves presenting their research at home. 

Please take a look at the video.  We think it is absolutely fantastic. We're so proud of everybody.

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