Thats Life

So just a brief update on life in Mombasa... This week has been CRAZY busy at school as I have been teaching on my own, planning, teaching and marking is hectic! I have also started training from my BTEC in Leadership which has involved watching several presentatiuons in the evening...and I took my kids swimming!

Teaching alone is harder work as the kids are hard to control and teach at the same time, but the week started well and they seemed to be getting used to Madam Elisabeth quite nicely.  THEN on Wednesday it was HELL, they were mental as they had all moved seats and I was just about ready to give up on their ever learnigng anything.  Madam Isabel, their local Kenyan teacher who teachers the subjects I dont (I do English, Science, Sport, Creative art and Reading) whipped them into shape and on Thursday, in their new seats, they were little angels.  I think I am quite a hard teacher but I really don't want them to think they can walk all over me, so I plan to continue being mean until my last week when I will let them do whatever they like!!

Overall however my class are great, I know all of their names now which helps immensely, and having only 23 in a class is a great number....not that there is even room for that many really!! Swimming on Thursday turned out to be a lot of work by I had organised all of the equipment the night before gone into school then gone home to collect it and take it to the pool, taught the beginners, took them back to school, then washed all the stuff for the next class the following day!! Woah. 

It's a bit strange now as a lot of the volunteers that joined with us left this weekend, and a whole new bunch have arrived, I guess I will see a lot of people come and go, although the speed tiume is going by makes me think the time until I am home will fly! I moved rooms so I am sharing with two people who are actually staying a little longer than me, so we dont have to have a constant turn over of new roommates- harsh but fair?

Anyways, on general happenings, we went out for diner last night which was great, I am getting used to the local food which is lovely...cabiji and chapati is my usual lunch at the slum cafe, costing arounf 40p in English moneys- cabiji being bcabbage in tomatoes and onions.  Last night I also trued cachumbari, a cold mix od onions, tomatos and peppers with spices- tasty! Today we headed into Mombasa old town for a stroll around and then planning a quiet night in (possibly meeting the newbies!)...