So October has been eventful! First I got a bit ill. Not anything serious, just something one of my kids gave me. I got yet another IV needle thing in my arm though.
On the 2nd October it was Gandhis birthday so we got to have a big assembly celebrating his life which was fun. I am being given lots of gifts from my kids, some of it is really sweet; drawings and art. I have also been gifted some very questionable stale Bombay mix though- but its the though that counts :).
On the 3rd October my partners Joanna and Emily left for their holidays in Tamil Nadu. I stayed at home and celebrated Durgashtami ( Goddess Durga festival) with my village. Great food and I got to wear my nice Salwar Kameez.
I've been learning Telagu and eating Dosas mostly as my school was on strike for a bit at the end of September to October. This was due to the split up of Andhra Pradesh. On top of that there has been no power most of the time so as i said- mostly practicing my Telagu with some help from my kids & Gayathri- who is a 10th class girl.
The cyclone. Now the cyclone did hit us for one night & for like 15 minutes in the afternoon. It was wet and windy- rain like you wouldn't believe, but it didn't last long. I live on the second floor of one of the school buildings so i'm not in danger.
My partners Jo and Emily returned on the 16th and I had missed them a lot. There were usually cool lightning storms at night, but it can be a bit scary on your own :). After they came back we started teaching again. Well actually we invigilated exams which isn't the most riveting of jobs but oh well. I love the kids here, but teaching really isn't as easy as i'd hoped! However I'm coping just fine & didn't get taken by the cyclone. I love India & I never want to leave. I want to be a nurse and work here. Everything makes me happy except for 'Idly' ( its this food of steamed balls of soggy bread! ) I don't like it very much but at least its food.
My lizards Roger and Rajesh are doing great, oh there was a scary monkey on the roof of the opposite house. I'm scared of monkeys now after this psycho monkey chased me and Emily down the street. To be fair to the monkey Emily was carrying a bag of bananas. We outran it but now we are both more than a bit terrified of monkeys!
On the 2nd October it was Gandhis birthday so we got to have a big assembly celebrating his life which was fun. I am being given lots of gifts from my kids, some of it is really sweet; drawings and art. I have also been gifted some very questionable stale Bombay mix though- but its the though that counts :).
On the 3rd October my partners Joanna and Emily left for their holidays in Tamil Nadu. I stayed at home and celebrated Durgashtami ( Goddess Durga festival) with my village. Great food and I got to wear my nice Salwar Kameez.I've been learning Telagu and eating Dosas mostly as my school was on strike for a bit at the end of September to October. This was due to the split up of Andhra Pradesh. On top of that there has been no power most of the time so as i said- mostly practicing my Telagu with some help from my kids & Gayathri- who is a 10th class girl.
The cyclone. Now the cyclone did hit us for one night & for like 15 minutes in the afternoon. It was wet and windy- rain like you wouldn't believe, but it didn't last long. I live on the second floor of one of the school buildings so i'm not in danger.
My partners Jo and Emily returned on the 16th and I had missed them a lot. There were usually cool lightning storms at night, but it can be a bit scary on your own :). After they came back we started teaching again. Well actually we invigilated exams which isn't the most riveting of jobs but oh well. I love the kids here, but teaching really isn't as easy as i'd hoped! However I'm coping just fine & didn't get taken by the cyclone. I love India & I never want to leave. I want to be a nurse and work here. Everything makes me happy except for 'Idly' ( its this food of steamed balls of soggy bread! ) I don't like it very much but at least its food.
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