Right, the internet in school has been broken for the last few weeks so its been difficult to find time to write my blog. Not much has happened in the last month or so, teaching has definately got a lot easier. I think i wrote about how bad 5th and 6th class were, but now they're fine and we actually enjoy study period with them now. LKG (kindergarten) are still a bit hit and miss, some lessons have been a disaster and some are okay, but we've given up on making them sit down and teaching them because it does't work so we just play with them and teach them nursery rhymes. Teaching LKG is at the same time the best and worst job we have; they are just soo adorable so we love (some of) them to bits, but then its also pretty disgusting as they often reek and have snotty noses and hands and you just want to be as far away from them as possible!!
We celebrated Diwali last month which was such an amazing night, watching fireworks across the city from the rooftop of a block of flats. I've never heard so much noise in my life, I felt like I was in a war zone!! Then last week Holly had to go back to England for a week so I was on my own, and happened to be ill that week too and one day had to teach 7 lessons and then 2 hours of study period in the evening, it was horrible!! Holly coming back on Sunday was like christmas had come early - there had been lots of little things we wanted from the UK and she was able to bring them back with her, so we now have speakers and a radio and just little things like some ear plugs for me (so the 5am bell doesn't wake me up!), and then also she brought back loads of tinsel and christmas hats and jaffa cakes and Terry's chocolate oranges, i was so happy!! But we've wrapped up all of the treats and put them in a box under the christmas tree to open on christmas day! I spent most of my free time last week making christmas decorations so our room now looks amazing with a paper christmas tree, paper chains and tinsel everywhere! Also Holly brought back some christmas lights so it looks so good. If you haven't noticed I'm getting really excited about christmas given the amount of times I've just mentioned it!! I'm really gutted i'm not at home for chrsitmas so we're trying to make the most of it here. This week has been really nice because I've received a few christmas cards and presents in the post (thank you everyone!!) which are now under the tree too... exciting!! :D
Last Sunday Holly got back in the morning, slept for a few hours and then in the evening we had a wedding to go to!! Bharavi, who is our country representative and kind of oversees everything in India with Project Trust, invited all the girls living in Hyderabad to a wedding he had been invited to. It was absolutely amaaaazing!! We got dressed up in our Saris and Padma madam at school gave us some jewelry to borrow - i wore this really nice sari i bought second hand in Goa for 300RS, and people have said that new it would have cost 6/7000Rs!! The wedding was breathtaking - it was the daughter of a famous film producer so there were probably thousands of people there and it was just the most beautiful, most colourful thing i have ever seen! I will upload photos as soon as the internet in working in school.
This week me and Holly have been assigned the task of doing the school play, so have had rehearsals with the children. We're really enjoying it, its nice working with the older children too because we can't teach them because we're not qualified so its nice to get to know them. Also - everyone that knows me well enough will find this hilarious - i am teaching the children to sing! We're started a choir practice to teach them christmas carols to perform in the christmas show, but not gunna lie the children are mostly awful singers! But maybe thats just because they're learning from me!!
Anyway my time is running out in the internet cafe, i will try upload pictures as soon as i can, and if i don't update my blog before the 25th - MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE :D
