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Vol. 2 Issue 3 – Apr-May 2007

In this Issue

In the Breeze
About Schooling
Travel
Q & A
New eBooks
About Us

 

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Travel Delhi

Expat Hyderabad

 

 

About Us

Bangalore Breeze is a collection of personal experiences of expats. KC Comal is the Chillibreeze expat ‘reporter from the field’.

 

 

About KC Comal

KC Comal with children

KC refuses to limit herself to one label. Among the many hats she wears are: Full time mom, part time writer, teacher, chef, art collector, gardener, quilter and extremely good vacationer. She has lived in Northern California for close to 20 years. After two decades in Silicon Valley her husband will be working from Bangalore. They have two children, a 12 year old daughter and an 8 year old son.

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In the Breeze

The Bangalore school scene is growing. Share your insights: tell Chillibreeze what school and why you selected it for your expat children. Send in your favorite weekend getaway destination... share your tips with other expats.

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  Q & A's from readers
 

Q: Can you recommend a church that expats attend or one that offers English services?

A: There are many churches in Bangalore, and the bigger ones do offer services in English. A lot of expats attend the BICF, Bangalore International Christian Fellowship meetings at the Taj Gateway on Residency Road Sunday mornings at 10:15. It is an interdenominational church, aiming at an international expat community. There are Indian nationals too, mostly from outside Bangalore. They also have a children’s  program during the service and a youth group for ages 12 to 18 that meets on Saturdays at 5 p.m. Services last about an hour and a half with coffee time after. I believe they also have adult Bible study, but you would have to check with them about the details. Another church I have heard expats talking about is St.Johns Church in Frazer Town. They also have a Sunday school program, and the congregation is said to be very welcoming to newcomers.

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The Travel Section:

April. Spring break and a mom’s thoughts turn to vacation. It seemed obvious that we explore Asia while living in it, as it were, and so I pulled up a map to decide where to head for our family spring break. With a little help from my friends at BBC weather I figured out that most of Asia was, in April, HOT! Almost every place was marked as hot and humid with temperatures in the 100s. Wilting at the idea of sightseeing in 100 degree heat, I set my sights as far as Mongolia (don’t ask, but my 9 year old tells me that there are some awesome dinosaur fossils there) but it was too cold and and that seemed as unappealing as being too hot. Angkor Wat has been on my list of places to see since I first read about it in a dusty social studies book in school. It seemed like it was the dry season in Cambodia and though the weather was hot, it was too exciting an opportunity to pass up. Getting there involves going to either Thailand or Malaysia, and we decided to fly into Kuala Lumpur, spend a weekend there and then go to Siem Reap...

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  Thoughts about schooling
 

A Greetings! The long silence from this end was partly due to the onset of my annual educational angst. Not for me the usual parenting questions of right and wrong, and answering the toughies about death and birth. Oh no, I go straight to the intangible, unanswerable and totally debatable question of schooling.

The confession first: I tend to be an educational maverick. The philosophy I share with a few of my friends (you know who you are) tends to lean towards little or no homework, loads of unstructured time, hands on and manipulative learning, a developmental curriculum, and a largely tie and dye attitude towards authority...

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Best experiences while in Delhi
Most beautiful spaces in the city
Undiscovered places
Best shopping features
Things to be careful about.

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