chicken salad...

...is best made with 6 ever so skeptical advanced 4 students. 

i wish you could have heard the groans coming from each of them when they saw the combination of chicken... nuts... mayo ... and what? piña??? actually, it quite remarkedly resembled the tone in their voices when i assign them homework. today they are slaving away at a reading exam.. i can just see the determination in their faces to finish and begin their weekend. this class is finishing our regular cycle of english classes this month. next month they will begin the rotation of TOEFL classes. four months of preparation for an exam that if passed will officially declare them as fluent English speakers. they are almost finished! im excited for them... its always so fun to see students working and studying and see them in class day after day...cycle after cycle (hopefully) ...to start friendships with them and watch the ways they grow not only in their English but also in life in general. 

i thought it necessary to include this second picture.. just because it really looks like leilan is about to stick her fork into the unsuspecting martin. hehe
and by the way.. mom... thanks for the recipe :) jiji

it works out better when you have a recipe. ...and also... they completely scarfed down the chicken salad. guess the mayo pineapple chicken combo wasnt such a bad idea after all.