Day 24- A full week!
Unfortunately, my write ups every 2 days didn't pass the 3 week mark, as I got caught up with various activities. To quickly catch up with a couple of things I have been doing I will just write down some highlights from each day!
Day 18- I was at Chilenje B and Libala High School all day and had classes with the children, it was quite tiring but I always love to interact with them so it didn't get me down!
Day 19- I met the Rotakids at Libala Basic and made a plan to this week, finally getting to grips with my appointments and making sense of them, after that I had the Interact meeting at Libala HS, where we decided on the tshirt logos that I made and then we had some fun singing, I also met Sean, one of the main connections with the Rotary club back in the UK.
Day 20- I was at Chilenje B with the Special Needs Dep all morning and noon, we played some cool games of guessing shapes and spelling and I made pancakes for the students, which they were really happy about! In the evening we went to a braii which was delicious, at the same friends that we went too 2 weeks ago, and this time I ate something called Pani Puri, which you can barely fit in your mouth and you need to eat it whole!
Day 21- Saturday was a full on day, I was at my friend Elaine's last soccer game. They lost 3-0 and after waiting for about 3 hours for them to play we went home defeated. But then me, Elaine and George, went for lunch and milkshakes at Levy and saw How to train your dragon 2 in 3D which was much more amazing than we expected. All in all a good day, and it was followed by really good sushi at Aviva, I had stuffed crab to start and rainbow sushi for mains, which I could not finish, and then we went to Skybar, and saw the whole panorama of Lusaka from the table, it was so beautiful, you could compare it with the dark night sky illuminated by stars.
Day 22- I went to an African birthday party for Michael, Juliet's friend, that just returned after 7 years from the States, and we stayed there and partied for the whole day, until about 8. I got to see how a real African party is and everyone was impressed at my dancing skills, even Michael that lives in Chicago said that he has seen white girls dance but never like me, so I ended up being severely embarassed at all the compliments so by the time we left I was red as a lobster. Then I ended up going to watch the World Cup at a terrace with Sid and his friends and had some very interesting debates and conversations on life, etnicity, Buddha and other topics.
Day 23- The fatigue started to kick in and the fact that I had a bunch of Rotakids to do arts with was daunting, however, due to lack of resources, we had to change our plans, and I ran across the street with Sean to buy some baking stuff, and ended up making omlettes and pain au chocolat, African version. We are doing origami on Thurs so will have to plan that better! Then I moved to Libala HS and did some more project writing sessions as well as played basketball and volleyball and ate again nshima, yum!
Day 24- Today was a bit more relaxed, we went to the YWCA in the morning and then at 1 attended the Rotary Club of Lusaka meeting, that resulted in me maybe starting up their website and attending another club''s Rotaract meeting on Wed possibly. Afterwards, I went to get some thank you gifts for my hosts and mainly just tried to organise the rest of my week.
I might be going either to Livingstone or Kafue this weekend, so have loads to plan, as well as do my work and move my things. Will have a lot going on so will probaly resort to updating the diary once a week, nevertheless, it seems easier to write every two days if I have time and internet as everything is more vivid in my memory. Time will tell!!
Day 18- I was at Chilenje B and Libala High School all day and had classes with the children, it was quite tiring but I always love to interact with them so it didn't get me down!
Day 19- I met the Rotakids at Libala Basic and made a plan to this week, finally getting to grips with my appointments and making sense of them, after that I had the Interact meeting at Libala HS, where we decided on the tshirt logos that I made and then we had some fun singing, I also met Sean, one of the main connections with the Rotary club back in the UK.
Day 20- I was at Chilenje B with the Special Needs Dep all morning and noon, we played some cool games of guessing shapes and spelling and I made pancakes for the students, which they were really happy about! In the evening we went to a braii which was delicious, at the same friends that we went too 2 weeks ago, and this time I ate something called Pani Puri, which you can barely fit in your mouth and you need to eat it whole!
Day 21- Saturday was a full on day, I was at my friend Elaine's last soccer game. They lost 3-0 and after waiting for about 3 hours for them to play we went home defeated. But then me, Elaine and George, went for lunch and milkshakes at Levy and saw How to train your dragon 2 in 3D which was much more amazing than we expected. All in all a good day, and it was followed by really good sushi at Aviva, I had stuffed crab to start and rainbow sushi for mains, which I could not finish, and then we went to Skybar, and saw the whole panorama of Lusaka from the table, it was so beautiful, you could compare it with the dark night sky illuminated by stars.
Day 22- I went to an African birthday party for Michael, Juliet's friend, that just returned after 7 years from the States, and we stayed there and partied for the whole day, until about 8. I got to see how a real African party is and everyone was impressed at my dancing skills, even Michael that lives in Chicago said that he has seen white girls dance but never like me, so I ended up being severely embarassed at all the compliments so by the time we left I was red as a lobster. Then I ended up going to watch the World Cup at a terrace with Sid and his friends and had some very interesting debates and conversations on life, etnicity, Buddha and other topics.
Day 23- The fatigue started to kick in and the fact that I had a bunch of Rotakids to do arts with was daunting, however, due to lack of resources, we had to change our plans, and I ran across the street with Sean to buy some baking stuff, and ended up making omlettes and pain au chocolat, African version. We are doing origami on Thurs so will have to plan that better! Then I moved to Libala HS and did some more project writing sessions as well as played basketball and volleyball and ate again nshima, yum!
Day 24- Today was a bit more relaxed, we went to the YWCA in the morning and then at 1 attended the Rotary Club of Lusaka meeting, that resulted in me maybe starting up their website and attending another club''s Rotaract meeting on Wed possibly. Afterwards, I went to get some thank you gifts for my hosts and mainly just tried to organise the rest of my week.
I might be going either to Livingstone or Kafue this weekend, so have loads to plan, as well as do my work and move my things. Will have a lot going on so will probaly resort to updating the diary once a week, nevertheless, it seems easier to write every two days if I have time and internet as everything is more vivid in my memory. Time will tell!!
