So I am very behind on my blogs and my journal. So sorry I will catch everyone up on things for last week and the weekend now and try to post again this weekend. Also I am doing about a week and a half in one blog this time so I can be caught up hopefully. So sorry if its really long this week!
We had a little staff get to know you kind of thing. Most of the long term people went which was good. One of my goals here was to get to know the staff. They are all super nice but sometimes it is hard to connect with them because they are always busy or we are busy. This program was for the volunteers to get to know the staff and talk to them and ask about their stories and views on south Africa. It was a great way to start to know them.
We went to the district 6 museum. There we talked to a guide who had lived there. He was friends with one of our drivers when they lived there and wrote a book. District 6 is a community just like every other community where mostly blacks lived. When apartheid stared the government kicked out all of the people and bulldozed their houses. Everything was destroyed besides places of warship. They were forced out of their own communities. Not just blacks but every religion, race, ethnicity. It was super interesting. I bought a book from a guy who lived there and it was his story told. After the museum we went to Charlie’s Bakery. IT WAS ABSOLUTLY THE BEST DESERT EVER (sorry mom and grandma. Your stuff is still the best it is just bakery things not cakes like yours). I got a cupcake and a cake thingy here. They were sooo good!!
We went to Gugs “Mzolis Tavern” which is a place where you buy meat and they cook it right there for you. It is one of the townships and it is packed. Everyone goes there. It’s the “hip” place. After lunch we went to Bongani’s youth singing and acting about the issues in south Africa or the history. By singing and dancing they tell the story of what their families went through or they have been through. It was really interesting and moving. They told us that singing runs in the blood of Africans because the way they deal with issues is singing it out. It was pretty awesome.
So I wore a dress…I know very weird. It was a pressure thing. Everyone was so dressed up and wearing heals. So I wore a dress. We went to a very nice dinner at the waterfront. It was really pretty. I could for once not eat lentals (that’s all the vegetarian meals here…im sick of them). The dinner was delicious. Afterwards we went to the clubs and dance the ngiht way….the way it should be done in cape town.
So now the house is basically empty. 7 people and then people are leaving and coming this weekend. This week has been bonding time. We played “family fun night” basically. We played card games and outdoor games. We don’t have any afternoon activities anymore so were on our own until our afternoon placement starts. Today we climbed lions head. It was really fun and hard at the same time. We wanted to watch the sunset. We climbed to the top and ate cheese, crackers, and fruit. The view was absolutely beautiful. You could see all of cape town. We were literally in the clouds. It was amazing. I would do it 100 times more (I might do that). It was worth it. we were over looking the ocean and city. We could even see and island. How cool is that! I loved it. We watched the sunset which was beautiful. I basically ran half the way down because I needed to get energy out of my system.
Oh placement where do I even begin. It has been a hectic. Let me start with we walk into class one day and our teacher isn’t there. She left no lesson plan or anything for us. We start off with the usual morning routine. Let them play. I give a girl her medicine and put on her splints. We then have them all clean up and sit on the rug for circle time. We do a little bit of singing songs and going over numbers and then all craziness brakes loose. The kids are running around and are going crazy. Mara has to feed Kudazi and I had to deal with the other 11 running around kids. Finally I just let them outside because I had no clue what to do with them. After the teacher not being in class for two days it got more calm. Placement is fun and relaxing. We are on my body theme for the next two weeks and are teaching them all about body parts and shapes. We are trying to work on fine motor skills with the kids because a lot of them don’t have them. I love running around and helping the kids with their work. I have a new goal for the rest of my placement here. I want to work with two of the kids to have them focus more and listen. They are sever issues and can’t grasp things so I want to help them with that.
That is all for now folks
Peace out
p.s. for anyone who cares I am sorry I don’t proof read my blog before I post it. I don’t really have the time. So sorry for not looking over my blog before posting
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