I think I have tonsillitis again...yayyyyyy! This makes it the 6th or 7th time in about a year I believe but I've kind of lost count! I'm going to wait a few days to see if it is actually tonsillitis and not just a sore throat before going to the doctors what with it being R500 just to see the doctor!
In other news I'm settling in well I think! I'm slowly slowly learning all the names of the volunteers and the kids are now totally used to me being back which is nice. I still haven't worked in any of the houses...I'm stuck in the office which I find mind-numbingly boring!
Saturday, 15 February 2014
Sunday, 9 February 2014
Internet Woes!
The day after I arrived, the internet people we buy unlimited internet off decided they weren't providing us with internet any-more. This means I'm back to pay per MB internet which sucks! The people we're using now say they're setting up a time-based service, which I think means pay per month, in the next few weeks hopefully! In the mean time, posts will probably be few and far between...sorry!
I haven't started work properly yet, I did 2 nightshifts a few days ago but they don't count! But I start working in the office tomorrow. It could be fun...I think I'm going to be quite busy, there's a fair few things happening in the next week that I have to help organise but after that it should die down. Because I haven't been working in the days, I've been able to go to outside time and just play with the kids which has been really nice, so I've been singing lots of songs!
Hey ho! I can't think of anything else interesting to put down so I shall update again when something interesting occurs!
I haven't started work properly yet, I did 2 nightshifts a few days ago but they don't count! But I start working in the office tomorrow. It could be fun...I think I'm going to be quite busy, there's a fair few things happening in the next week that I have to help organise but after that it should die down. Because I haven't been working in the days, I've been able to go to outside time and just play with the kids which has been really nice, so I've been singing lots of songs!
Hey ho! I can't think of anything else interesting to put down so I shall update again when something interesting occurs!
Wednesday, 5 February 2014
I'm back!
I arrived safe but tired yesterday evening! I'm on nightshift now...it's getting a bit deja-vu-y right now!
Some things have changed a LOT since I left. The volunteers for one! I hardly know any of them, but I'm working on that :) And back kitchen has been re-arranged which is a bit weird. I'm back in the same room as I was last time but because there are 3 other girls, there are a lot of pictures and things on the walls.
The kids are all the same though! I arrived too late to see them yesterday so I went to the house today and saw some of them, then saw the rest in outside time. One of the older girls saw me first and did a brilliant double take which prompted all the other kids to see, so I got mobbed by 10 to 20 kids which was really nice!
I think some of the other volunteers might have a slight issue with me. I'm trying not to step on anyone's toes but today especially after seeing all the kids I think I might of peeved some of them off a little. But I'm working in the office for the next week or two so hopefully I can hide away until I get used to them and they get used to me and I can slowly emerge!
Some things have changed a LOT since I left. The volunteers for one! I hardly know any of them, but I'm working on that :) And back kitchen has been re-arranged which is a bit weird. I'm back in the same room as I was last time but because there are 3 other girls, there are a lot of pictures and things on the walls.
The kids are all the same though! I arrived too late to see them yesterday so I went to the house today and saw some of them, then saw the rest in outside time. One of the older girls saw me first and did a brilliant double take which prompted all the other kids to see, so I got mobbed by 10 to 20 kids which was really nice!
I think some of the other volunteers might have a slight issue with me. I'm trying not to step on anyone's toes but today especially after seeing all the kids I think I might of peeved some of them off a little. But I'm working in the office for the next week or two so hopefully I can hide away until I get used to them and they get used to me and I can slowly emerge!
Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Damson in Doha
Hello all! I'm currently in Doha awaiting my connection to Cape Town, I'm bored and I have electronics, so here we are! It's nearly midnight british time, I think it's around 2 or 3 am Do a time and I've been up for 17 hours...and counting!
I don't actually have anything interesting to write but I'll try me best to do a post within my first few days back :)
I don't actually have anything interesting to write but I'll try me best to do a post within my first few days back :)
Saturday, 25 January 2014
Friday, 24 January 2014
Non-School-Uniform-Days
My old primary school had a non-school-uniform day for me today and they managed to raise a whopping:
£227!!!
So I am very VERY grateful to them all! And next week I'm going in on Tuesday and Thursday to help them out with hand washing some socks to raise some more money! As well as an assembly on Wednesday...
In other news: I have my driving test tomorrow. ARGH! Actually no, I think I should be OK as long as I don't let nerves get the better of me and make a stupid mistake. I took Sarah with me for me lesson on Wednesday because I reckoned she would be more distracting than the instructor could be. I'll also hopefully be more focused with the examiner! I'm fairly confident, I think I've achieved a nice balance between being too cocky and over ambitious, but I'm confident that I can pass. (It will be horrifically awkward if I have to post on here that I fail!). But I'm also hoping that something happens at the very beginning of the test that makes me think I've failed: the theory being that if I do the majority of the test thinking there's no hope, I'll be much more relaxed and therefore less likely to make any mistakes! I have managed to convince myself it doesn't matter if I fail so there's less pressure, and actually it doesn't matter so much. I really hope I can pass first time so that I'll be able to drive in SA which will make me much more independent and less reliant on other people, but I've already spent a year out there unable to drive so it's not so much of a big deal!
You might be able to tell I'm still trying to convince myself!
Monday, 20 January 2014
Teaching Debrief!
The teaching was...OK!
My laptop wouldn't connect to the projector so I had to use the teacher's computer. That meant in one class, one of the videos didn't play and the other class didn't have a computer I could connect to so the teacher just held up my laptop to play the video.
I'm doing another 2 lessons on Wednesday so I've pre-loaded the images and videos onto the school's drive so they can be accessed by any computer in the school AND I've checked everything works and can be seen on the school's computers just in case! So hopefully all will go well on Wednesday!
Then I've also been asked to do a whole school assembly the Wednesday after and show them what life was like as a volunteer instead of about the kids, and that week they're going to do a non-school-uniform day and I think they might even be having a 'wash your own' week where the kids get sponsored to wash their own socks!
I bought my insurance today for the whole of my trip and that was the last thing I had to 'buy' or was on my list of needs money-wise that didn't include day-to-day spends, so in theory everything is planned!
Well, apart from my visa. I'm hoping it will all be OK. But I'm really nervous there will be a problem with it. I can phone up on Wednesday to find out whether my application has been approved/the visa has been granted and if it hasn't then if it's because of my pitifully poor form writing skills, then it will take 5 working days to process a fresh application which has to be over the counter aaaand the only embassy is in London. So here's hoping it goes smoothly because as much as I would love to go back to London, I really don't want to go back!
Argh...the stress!
My laptop wouldn't connect to the projector so I had to use the teacher's computer. That meant in one class, one of the videos didn't play and the other class didn't have a computer I could connect to so the teacher just held up my laptop to play the video.
I'm doing another 2 lessons on Wednesday so I've pre-loaded the images and videos onto the school's drive so they can be accessed by any computer in the school AND I've checked everything works and can be seen on the school's computers just in case! So hopefully all will go well on Wednesday!
Then I've also been asked to do a whole school assembly the Wednesday after and show them what life was like as a volunteer instead of about the kids, and that week they're going to do a non-school-uniform day and I think they might even be having a 'wash your own' week where the kids get sponsored to wash their own socks!
I bought my insurance today for the whole of my trip and that was the last thing I had to 'buy' or was on my list of needs money-wise that didn't include day-to-day spends, so in theory everything is planned!
Well, apart from my visa. I'm hoping it will all be OK. But I'm really nervous there will be a problem with it. I can phone up on Wednesday to find out whether my application has been approved/the visa has been granted and if it hasn't then if it's because of my pitifully poor form writing skills, then it will take 5 working days to process a fresh application which has to be over the counter aaaand the only embassy is in London. So here's hoping it goes smoothly because as much as I would love to go back to London, I really don't want to go back!
Argh...the stress!
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