Desperate Dan's Cows head pie and the students in the park.

I have not been feeling too well the last few days, but I thought I'd go out for the evening.  I stoped at my local beef noodle restaurant and ordered my usual.  I try to get the porkmeat rather than the beef but there has not bee much of that lately.  I prefer the pork because it looks more like meat, less vessels and weird grisly bits on it, and it also tastes just like German bacon.  anyhow it was late in teh evening and noodles are a breakfast food.  Whilst I was waiting I looked in the big boiling pot.  There was a cows head in it complete with teeth.  I looked again.  Yup!  I took a photo, no one even cared!  I am sure we do this in the UK on a huge industrial scale, but I don't expect to see it in my local restaurant!
Not the best of photos, but I'm sure you can see what I mean.  The teeth are to the left of the yellow electrical wire, what appears to be canine teeth, I cant explain.  But there was a man outside looking for his dog! (joke)


Anyhow after this I went to the park.  The pupils had had a few days off school and as I sat on teh wall, a couple of the girls called me over.  They wanted to take a few photos.  We took a few, pulled some faces and then I challenged them to dance.  We went over to the big dance group and joined in, or at least I did!  They giggled away and took a video!  I later returned the favour!  We then said goodbye and they went home.  I wandered off to the other end of the park and walked past a few of the older musicians.  We greeted and I walked on.  I had heard a guitar!  Excellent!  It turned out to be a couple of the students.  I sat with them adn joined in a few songs and ate some of their sweets, then wandered between the two groups accompanied by one of the students who was my 'translator'!

Two of my students in the park

As above

  I challenged them to dance!  They tried, at least one of them did!


 As above


 Some of the boys from my school singing in the park.  They are talented!

Some of the oldies and one of the young ones in the park
Eventually I went home.  Not a bad night, but I was not feeling well... maybe it was the canine toothed revenge from my dinner, but more likely some of my own cooking from the previous day!

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