Let me start by saying thank you to all the people praying for me. TTC (the company responsible for me) spoke to the school and convinced them to provide our accommodation for the rest of the month. I have a roof over my head, which is what I need really. The little details have been sorted though we would like to know whether we can still eat in the school canteen or not. Most people complain about TTC saying they are useless but whenever I've had a serious problem (being evicted, being robbed, needing medical attention) they couldn't have been more helpful.
Instead of our Mandarin lesson on Thursday evening, Joy, our teacher, took us out. First we had a meal at a place on the side of the road where you pick whatever you want and they throw it together and cook it for you. We hadn't been brave enough to try it ourselves. It was nice though. She also convinced us to try octopus balls. Not the worst thing I've ever eaten but I'd prefer to stick to it being a one off. It was an enjoyable evening. Upon returning, we were getting ready to meet our friend Angel at a bar until I slipped in a puddle and cracked my head on the floor. It was pretty painful so it put an end to those plans.
I couldn't bear to tell my kindergarten class that I was leaving but I did get lots of photos and gave out sweets. One little boy wanted another to give to his big brother so at the end of the 'lesson' we went to find his brother. The rest of the boys in that class tried to con my poor kindergartener out of his sweets until I intervened. This same little boy also told me that I am not going home ever, I'm going to live with him, his brother and his dad. We actually spent our lessons playing games, taking photos and giving out sweets (we spent an excessive amount of money on sweets - we emptied the shelves of both corner shops)
P2A nearly cried when I informed them that it was my last lesson.
We ran around at the end of the school day with bags of sweets, attempting to avoid the P6 boys who barricaded us in a classroom which resulted in climbing out of the window. That move took them by surprise I think.
We were treated to dinner by some of the teachers on Friday, just after we found out that everything was going to be ok =) We had a good giggle together and they all want us to keep in touch when we leave.
I took my kindergarten class on Saturday morning as usual and in the afternoon Isobel and I took some lessons at the middle school. It's all cash in hand so the government doesn't know lol Following this we met up with Aviva in a park. I say park, it's like an outdoor gym with athletic track, basketball courts, and non-electrical gym equipment naturally. We borrowed somebody's badminton racquets and had a bat around. It was fun.
Yesterday, I did very little. I remained in bed for the majority of the day until we went out for dinner. After that, I didn't fancy going back to my room so I went for a meander. I ended up buying some DVD's (6 series of scrubs) I also got my hands on Prince Caspian, which yes I do realise this is not real and was quite obviously filmed from a cinema and at sporadic intervals a figure would wander across the screen. I did spend a while trying to remember which number it was, finally settled on number four and was then bamboozled and the name of the 7th book, which eluded me. I got as far as 1)The magician's nephew 2) the lion, the witch and the wardrobe 3)the horse and his boy 4)prince Caspian 5)the silver chair 6) voyage of the dawn treader. 7)?? the dawn treader was my personal favourite.
There may be a few confused students around as we did tell them we are leaving, whereas we are still around but not teaching. Coco actually called Isobel a liar for saying she was leaving!
Currently, Izzie and I are the only people in the café and are consequently sat on opposite sides using both computers. The waitresses remember us and said welcome again. Oh dear!
Instead of our Mandarin lesson on Thursday evening, Joy, our teacher, took us out. First we had a meal at a place on the side of the road where you pick whatever you want and they throw it together and cook it for you. We hadn't been brave enough to try it ourselves. It was nice though. She also convinced us to try octopus balls. Not the worst thing I've ever eaten but I'd prefer to stick to it being a one off. It was an enjoyable evening. Upon returning, we were getting ready to meet our friend Angel at a bar until I slipped in a puddle and cracked my head on the floor. It was pretty painful so it put an end to those plans.
I couldn't bear to tell my kindergarten class that I was leaving but I did get lots of photos and gave out sweets. One little boy wanted another to give to his big brother so at the end of the 'lesson' we went to find his brother. The rest of the boys in that class tried to con my poor kindergartener out of his sweets until I intervened. This same little boy also told me that I am not going home ever, I'm going to live with him, his brother and his dad. We actually spent our lessons playing games, taking photos and giving out sweets (we spent an excessive amount of money on sweets - we emptied the shelves of both corner shops)
P2A nearly cried when I informed them that it was my last lesson.
We ran around at the end of the school day with bags of sweets, attempting to avoid the P6 boys who barricaded us in a classroom which resulted in climbing out of the window. That move took them by surprise I think.
We were treated to dinner by some of the teachers on Friday, just after we found out that everything was going to be ok =) We had a good giggle together and they all want us to keep in touch when we leave.
I took my kindergarten class on Saturday morning as usual and in the afternoon Isobel and I took some lessons at the middle school. It's all cash in hand so the government doesn't know lol Following this we met up with Aviva in a park. I say park, it's like an outdoor gym with athletic track, basketball courts, and non-electrical gym equipment naturally. We borrowed somebody's badminton racquets and had a bat around. It was fun.
Yesterday, I did very little. I remained in bed for the majority of the day until we went out for dinner. After that, I didn't fancy going back to my room so I went for a meander. I ended up buying some DVD's (6 series of scrubs) I also got my hands on Prince Caspian, which yes I do realise this is not real and was quite obviously filmed from a cinema and at sporadic intervals a figure would wander across the screen. I did spend a while trying to remember which number it was, finally settled on number four and was then bamboozled and the name of the 7th book, which eluded me. I got as far as 1)The magician's nephew 2) the lion, the witch and the wardrobe 3)the horse and his boy 4)prince Caspian 5)the silver chair 6) voyage of the dawn treader. 7)?? the dawn treader was my personal favourite.
There may be a few confused students around as we did tell them we are leaving, whereas we are still around but not teaching. Coco actually called Isobel a liar for saying she was leaving!
Currently, Izzie and I are the only people in the café and are consequently sat on opposite sides using both computers. The waitresses remember us and said welcome again. Oh dear!
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