Sunday 21 July 2013

it was going to be a good day


Last day of teaching for week two. Gosh how time is flying by  here. 
Off to the lucky boys football club.   This started off a to what seems a good day with all the s's going well. Till we get there and to cut a story short it takes an hour before I am aloud to start and this is only cause I put it to a do or die time, I.e we start or we go home and if we go we aren't coming back. I don't get paid for this and I'm getting offended that u won't let us start. ( mean while he laughs in my face !)  Prick!

They he tried to get on my good side with soda and sweet potato ... I'm saying to myself fuckkkk off. 

 The afternoon was brill, full class with everyone wanting to be involved and even had a bandaging race woooooo.  They then treated us to food. Even had grace said.  We had rice beans and porridge ... The porridge tasted like glue!  Ewwww

Ahh well The day is almost over  off to ruma tommorow  yeahhhhh  can't wait

Gifts for you all


Saturday has arrived. Buttt it's not our weekend yet. 4 sessions stand in the way!   So off we go to the Saturday morning at church :) where we had only 3 turn up .. But they where keen And they learnt so it made it worth it! 

Afternoon session was quite a way away so a nice long ride on the picky :) love it.   The group  gave us a prayer and it work along the lines  we are angels from god sent to teach.  :-)  at the end they gave us food . Beans and sweet potato  it was yummy, this was followed  by some milky  chi. :-) 


All the picky drivers all had first aid kits given :) my driver enos who is a enormous bloke built like a brick shit house. He was well pleased of having one. That's not all they got a compact first aid course too.  

Saturday 20 July 2013

Hammock swinging


Up at the crack of dawn to run the well dry again. This is not looking too good. 

Another full day of teaching ,and some major off road-ing  on the motorbikes to the afternoon Session.  Where I think the picky picky took off at some points,. Good fun tho. 

This day did have a twist tho....  Dan and Scott ( two thirds of the leadership team ) had been arrested and detained due to a sting by the police here.  They was rounding up picky picky drivers about insure ace and licences to see if they had them,  unfortunately  the driver of the picky picky  that they was passages of, didn't have one of the above.  But few hours later they wear let free :-)   

 Both groups today was fun :)  and we was treated to a lovely 2 course meal in the evening.  First up was  a curry style korma without the chicken followed up by the best fruit salad I have ever had. Mummmmm. Deli ices it was. 

Just to finish the evening off I was treated to a hammock swing session . They are the most relaxing thing ever. Defo going to get my self one when I'm back. 

Just sleep all night in one or read my books ( that's another thing I've taken up here ... Reading books .... Hummmm ) 

A new experience to most...


Up bright and early,  to continue  with teaching week 2 :) topics of this week is choking , bleeding, shock and also snake bites! Some interesting story's told about snake bites , most of all it wasn't surprising  when most of them had killed many of a snake. 

But first !  I come into the class and go 'GOOD MORING'  and no reply.  Right!      Time for the wake up shake up dance ! Ahhahah you will be awake now XD
Funny enough they all enjoyed it and appreciated it. 
 
You know it's a good sign when they all remember what you taught them last week :-) 

When the topic of bleeding come round, we have to show tem how to make an African version of a bandage .... This consists of two things, a triangular bandage and a sanatrey towel.  This was a new experience for most here and it brought giggles along with it too. 

This was the same for all groups that day. It was a good day Woop. 

Wednesday 17 July 2013

muzungu price


The Dan alarm has returned with vengeance.  Flying in a 6am on the dot!    We all know what this means .... To the well we go for a session of pumping the well.  Which now we have run dry!  As much as I hate to say it a little rain shower wouldn't go a miss now. 

Off to be a teacher it is now with 2 sessions back to back in the morning,  and one this afternoon . Having to lay the law down about mobile phones too. One thing I was hoping not to have to do. 

At lunch I was getting supplies in the way of food.  Getting some eggs and the lady was trying to charge 13 shillings per egg.. I'm like whattt.  3 eggs for 20 shillings I thought was a good price ... Till I found out that I should have got 5 for that price!  So just as I'm white I have to pay double ! 

The afternoon session was a good one,  covering lots of  first aidy stuff.  And again the lovely woman's group gave us food and Lemmon grass tea. 

Tuesday 16 July 2013

Hippo spotting ?


Up with excitement , it's hippo spotting day!   

But first lets enjoy the comfort for the three S's  before we go back to the hole in the ground... 


Off we went back in the tuck tuck off to lake Victoria :)    Jumped into a boat,  and off we go.  We get more than hippos too, we see monkeys at shore, n the birds of kenya too . 

We see lots of hippos up close  and personal too. It was well worth it and a great way to finish the weekend!

Now for a spot of lunch then back into the probox. ( yes I was back in the boot) . Back to ndhiw we goooooooooooo. 


Today marks a good for first aid Africa, both the ministry of health and of education have given us there backing and endorsed the training we do!  This is a big step for us XD

I'm not American !


After a lie in and no dan alarm to be seen, getting up at 8 was perfect :)   Then someone else cooking breakfast, I love these weekends away.  

And I don't think people will understand the happiness we all had using a flushing toilet and a warm shower XD

After dragging ourself away from the simple things that make a difference,  we descend  on the mass market of kisumu. Where there was all kinds of food and clothes. This is where we repeatedly got mistaken as Americans ... It got annoying after the 7th time! We also found out at the same time everyone here is Obama's cousin. Hahaha yeah right.  

Getting asked how's winston churchill. I was saying to myself ' I dunno he's been dead over 40 years' 

Then it's retreading back to the rooftop bar for a spot of Lunch before going to the national museums of Kenya, ( yes we know I don't do museums but this was different )  saw all the history of Kenya and how it has made today.   Including there huts and the animals to Kenya too :)

As it is the weekend we treated ourselves to a pizza mummmmmm.  But In order to get there, we had to experience another Kenyan transport .... The tuck tuck, it's basically a three wheeled car that has a law mower engine ... Hummm again it was A bumpy ride. 

Tomorrow is hippo spotting day so tune back for more tomorrow :)