There is a 7 person team here from Ireland. They have been here for a week and are here until Thursday (they are amazing people who make Apple crumble!) They decided to take all the girls and staff (around 80 people) on a full day trip to a waterfall about half an hour away, and then we went to a hotel type place for lunch, and then we came back to KGH and they had hired some cooks from a restaurant in town to cook dinner. It was a beautiful sunny hot day - the weather here doesn't really vary - and I got a sun burn. In January. I'm going to have epic tan lines! Here are some photos from the day.
Chocolate in India
I have been craving chocolate ever since I finished everything my mum sent with me (thank you mum, it was needed!) *remembers smarties in fridge, goes and gets said smarties* Ok, now I am finishing it! So, I was craving chocolate and thought I should buy some here and try it before I guilt my friends and family into spending a weeks wages on mailing me chocolate. Kit Kats are one of my favorites so I bought 4 itty bitty ones for 5rupees each (9cents) They are TINY!
They are pretty much a two bite deal. And they are designed to not melt which is odd, but much appreciated here! So have no fear friends and family! I won't be trying to guilt you into mailing me copious amounts of chocolate! But, I may think of other things to guilt you into sending me...
English Class on a Wednesday part 2
I did mad libs with both classes today. Here is what the older girls (2-4 standard) came up with for their story:
Once upon a time there was a princess named Paru. Her parents were King David
and Queen Renoka. They lived in a nice black & white
castle in the land of Bananas. One day Princess Paru decided to go visit Justine.
Justine lived in the land of Germany which was very small.
To get to Germany, Princess Paru had to use a bus.
She also had to cross a road. After 67 days Princess Paru
reached the land of Germany and was told that
her friend Justine had traveled to the land of Bananas to visit Princess Paru
in the nice black & white castle. So
Princess Paru traveled back to her nice black & white
castle and had tea with her friend Justine. The
End.
English Class on a Wednesday Part 1
Today in school I did Madlibs with the girls. They really
enjoyed it so now I need to come up with more, and it’s not very easy to do!
Here is 1 standard’s story (their words in red) and their photos so y’all know
what they look like:
Once upon a time there was a princess named Lizzie. Her parents were King Sam
and Queen Sindu. They lived in a big red castle in the
land of Strawberries. One day Princess Lizzie decided to go visit Jayne.
Jayne lived in the land of England which was very cold.
To get to England, Princess Lizzie had to use an airplane.
She also had to cross a street. After five days Princess Lizzie
reached the land of England and was told that
her friend Jayne had traveled to the land of Strawberries to visit Princess Lizzie in the big red castle. So
Princess Lizzie traveled back to her big red castle and had
tea with her friend Jayne. The End.
India ~ First 12 days at KGH
I am so far behind on blogging! I guess my last post was about my trip over, so I have a lot to cover!
I've been at KGH for 12 days. I didn't sleep well when I first got here but now I am sleeping almost too well! I nearly slept through breakfast this morning! I eat breakfast with the girls at 8, then I will be prepping to teach something in the home school which starts at 9:30. I'm not sure what I'm going to be teaching yet. Last week was a week to adjust and this week I've taught math and English but I don't know what I'll continue teaching. After that I do some prep work for the computer class and then I go and have lunch with the girls. After lunch the children all go back to school and I'm not quite sure what to do with myself. It's a very laid back atmosphere but I need to keep myself occupied! The home school children have English with Jayne and Kannada and Hindi with Roopa in the afternoons so there isn't anything I can teach then. I have been doing more prep for computers in the afternoon because I really don't know what I'm doing, but once I get that sorted out I'll have to look for something else to keep busy with. The girls seem to have rather busy schedules and not a whole lot of free time. On Monday (which was a holiday) I thought some of them were free and we were playing a game, but it turned out they were supposed to be studying!
I have 9 girls in my computer class although I thought I was supposed to have 12. I don't know where the other 3 have been during class time. I'm focusing on writing informal letters first and getting the "boring" stuff done before we get into research and other stuff online. I hope I am able to teach them something as I am not the best with computers. They all seem quite happy to be learning though, so that's always a good thing!
So, that's a rundown of my time here. I'm such a boring blogger! And I can't upload photos at the moment as I'm uploading a video to facebook and the internet isn't very good!
I've been at KGH for 12 days. I didn't sleep well when I first got here but now I am sleeping almost too well! I nearly slept through breakfast this morning! I eat breakfast with the girls at 8, then I will be prepping to teach something in the home school which starts at 9:30. I'm not sure what I'm going to be teaching yet. Last week was a week to adjust and this week I've taught math and English but I don't know what I'll continue teaching. After that I do some prep work for the computer class and then I go and have lunch with the girls. After lunch the children all go back to school and I'm not quite sure what to do with myself. It's a very laid back atmosphere but I need to keep myself occupied! The home school children have English with Jayne and Kannada and Hindi with Roopa in the afternoons so there isn't anything I can teach then. I have been doing more prep for computers in the afternoon because I really don't know what I'm doing, but once I get that sorted out I'll have to look for something else to keep busy with. The girls seem to have rather busy schedules and not a whole lot of free time. On Monday (which was a holiday) I thought some of them were free and we were playing a game, but it turned out they were supposed to be studying!
I have 9 girls in my computer class although I thought I was supposed to have 12. I don't know where the other 3 have been during class time. I'm focusing on writing informal letters first and getting the "boring" stuff done before we get into research and other stuff online. I hope I am able to teach them something as I am not the best with computers. They all seem quite happy to be learning though, so that's always a good thing!
So, that's a rundown of my time here. I'm such a boring blogger! And I can't upload photos at the moment as I'm uploading a video to facebook and the internet isn't very good!
India ~ Week One
Wow! I've been in India for almost a week. I was going to update my blog
once a week but a few people have been asking about my time here so I’ll
blog now starting with the flight over.
My flight from Toronto to Frankfurt was delayed an hour and a half, which
meant I would have about 10 minutes to make my connection in Frankfurt. When I
got on the flight in Toronto they had no room for my carry on so I had to check
it planeside and they were having it tagged to Bangalore. When I realized how
late my flight was going to be I realized none of my luggage would make the
connection. I wasn’t very impressed with them for making me check my carry on
suitcase as I hadn’t put any clean clothes in my backpack! When we got to
Frankfurt a whole bunch of us had to rush through the airport to make our
connecting flights. There were three flights that were delayed because of our
delay in Toronto. So here we all are rushing through the airport only to
realize we had to go through security to get to our gate. No idea why there is
a security check in the middle of the departure part of the airport! But
anyways, we all made the flight and it was long and boring. I dozed and watched
movies on both flights. I got to Bangalore at 2am and none of my luggage came
through at the baggage claim. I knew it was going to happen but I was really
tired and didn’t want to deal with the hassle. But I filled out a form to say
that my luggage was missing and I got 4000 rupees (about $70 Canadian) to buy
toiletries while I waited for my luggage. That 4000 could last me over a month
here as there isn’t much I need to buy! So after all that hassle I went and
found Ron and Lilo waiting for me at passenger pickup.We went back to their place and I spent the next four days trying to adjust to a new timezone and climate. I haven't adjusted to either of them yet! I went shopping with Lilo on Tuesday afternoon to buy some clothes for here but they need to be tailored so I can't wear them yet. For the four days I spent at Ron and Lilo's Ron was on the phone multiple times every day trying to locate my suitcases for me. The first two came Wednesday morning and had apparently been on my flight with me and just didn't make it to baggage claim. And the third one, my carry on, made it Friday morning. On Saturday the three of us and two of their grand daughters drove to Kollegal Girl's Home (KGH) and I was given a tour of the property. There are 5 dorms where the 64 girls at the home stay. Three of the volunteers here are dorm mothers. Then there is a school that most of the girls go to along with over 700 children from the surrounding area. About 12 of the girls are home-schooled and there are 3 young girls - likely aged 3, 4, and 5, in the kindergarten program. I'm going to be helping with the home-school and teaching computers to the older ones. I'm not sure what I got myself into!
My next blogs won't be as long as this one! And if there are grammatical errors I'm sorry, I have been averaging 4 hours of solid sleep a night and have been up for about 20 hours today...
And I just realized I repeated my previous post. Sorry about that. I'm too tired to go back and edit this one at the moment.
And I just realized I repeated my previous post. Sorry about that. I'm too tired to go back and edit this one at the moment.
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