Today was a special morning. I woke up with the intention to call and change my flight. So I borrow a phone and it has no minutes on it. I get a second phone and it is dead. The other phone is missing so by the time I locate it and call it's been awhile. Half way through my flight change the phone dies....
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Monday, June 30, 2014
Sunday, June 29, 2014
FIJI schools
Things I have taken note of: - kids set the table for teacher'a lunch and do the dishes - kids call adults mam and sir- they are always aware of you and always make sure you have a place to sit - they use blackboards- they burn their trash- no toilet paper in bathroom you have to ask...
Saturday, June 28, 2014
Nananu-I-Ra Day 2
This morning we woke up and the girls decided to try wind surfing. Basically a sail on a big surf board. I was very skeptical but decided I should at least try. Try being the keyword in that sentence. Warren started by having us just stand on the board in calf deep water. 1. My balance is not so great 2. Falling off in calf deep water and jumping on...
Nananu-I-Ra
Friday: finish work and head to the bus station at 4pm. Pay $12 and get on bus that last 3 hours and some change. Then we get off th bus in the dark and a taxi is waiting. After pilling in we arrive at a small dock with a little metal open air boat. Oh let us add it is hayley, Matt, Abi, manti and myself. We take a 20 minute boat rid through the dark...
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Animal abuse
There is one bing that infuriates me in. Regular basis. I have a hard time with this and controlling emotions because I want to cry and scream at the same time. We are talking about animals here people and most people know animals are my weakness. A big weakness. In fact one of the few things in my...
Drug awareness day
Today in Nasouri is Drug Free Day. All this week schools have been decorating their schools, making banners, and having assemblies. Then they all came together at the park today with the ministry of education. They started by marching in with some drummers and holding large banners each school made. So all the schools were under these huge two...
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Nuku
I love that when we go into a classroom the kids bring us chairs to sit down.I love that the people are so friendly and kind.Spent the day at Nuku and FENC yesterday. At Nuku we taught more about drug awareness and did the heart oragami and are going back today to do another round. Tomorrow is their big drug awareness day and I am really excited for...
Monday, June 23, 2014
Teaching at Bishop School
Today we went to Bishop school for my first set of lessons. When we walked in we were stunned my the massive amount of children... Turns out the other second grade teacher was sick so all the kids were in one classroom. We started by introducing the theme of food for the week and then did the peel banana song with the kids and the girls camp milk song....
Saturday, June 21, 2014
Rugby: Fiji vs. Samoa
After our "camping" adventure we headed to a rugby game. Now you know me. I know nothing about sports and I am perfectly happy that way. But this rugby sport is pretty interesting! I mean what other sport puts men in tiny shorts then proceeds to cheerleader Toss this previous mentioned man in the air oh and wrap it up by sticking your head in another...
Friday, June 20, 2014
Fiji camping
So maybe we should start by defining the word camping because when I was asked if I wanted to go to the village and then spend the night for camping I was like sure thing. But what ensued was um words can't describe. There is no way for you to understand what we went through unless you were here. So let's go back to when we are all in the back of the...
In fifth grade
Today at St. Agnes school I got to work in a year five classroom. It was a great experience. They were reading Cinderella and then answering questions about it. I was able to walk around and help and assess that there is a significant vocabulary deficiency. Then the teacher had me correct the page with...
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Fiji hospital
So for those who know me you know I don't believe really in medical care unless it is an emergency or something obvious that Dr can fix. As a general philosophy I believe your body can heal itself and you should do a fair amount of research on what you can do. Anyway that being said I had to go to the Dr. Here in Fiji this morning. I have been having...
Health promoting schools
I got to tag along with Anne Clare, Nikki , and Alyssa today to a school out in nasorui. This was the most beautiful school I have been to. On arrival we began painting a sign that indicated the school was health promoting. Climbing up a wooden desk and sitting on some homemade scaffolding we painted. It was very hot and sweat just poured out of us...
First day in the classroom
Tuesday. June 17. Happy birthday to me. Woke up at 3am wide awake so I got up and hung out in the quiet house. Will say after living alone it's a big adjustment to going back to a roommate atmosphere but luckily they are all so nice. So at 7am Hayley, Michael and I got on a bus into suva. Once there we could not find a bus to where we needed to go....
Health Promoting Schools
Today I went with Nikki, Alyssa, and Anne-Claire to a school in Nasouri. First, talk about beautiful. There is this gorgeous river that runs through and te bright colored huts adorned with equally bright laundry makes for some amazing scenery. So at the school we worked on painting a sign signifying that they are health promoting. We got to climb up...
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Fiji Facts
-They drive on the left side of the road -Kissing sounds are to get your attention They make those sounds so loud... I don't know how they do it. -Shoes are optional. Sandals are loved.-Buses are crazy and do not run on a schedule - a piece of cardboard or wood...
Monday, June 16, 2014
Day 1
Work up at 5am wide awake so I decided to get up and shower. Well it's like doing the hokey pokey because the water is so cold and so you like jump in then rinse off and jump in again. Then watched some people do insanity on the balcony... Maybe one time I will join them... Hahahahaha. Then we ate some oatmeal and got on a bus. The buses are crazy...
The House
Well we got to suva and got off the plane. It was so tiny and they walked our luggage to an outside spinning thing. Then Manti and Michael picked us up. We got into a taxi and drove 30 min to our house! It was a gigantic disaster the neat freak in me started to twitch. There are three bedrooms full of bunk beds. I'm in the first room with Holly, Abi,...
Nadi to Suva
Got off the plane and missed my connection but getting off the plane we went straight outside and were greeted by loud chirping birds and the beginning of the sunrise! We were able up bypass the long customs line by playing the I'm going to miss my flight card! I am so glad I am with Hayley because the customs guy wS drilling us! It was pretty intense!...
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