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ESL and the Sunset Cruise

Tuesday 21 February Today was interesting. I worked with my English teacher on writing a friendly letter and comprehension. It never ceases to amaze me how hard the English language is. I take for granted a lot of things in…

Signs of Improvement

Wow. I haven’t written in a while. Sorry about that. I have been busy but mostly I haven’t written because I haven’t had anything good to say. These past couple weeks have not been good. Suffice it to say that…

Signs of Improvement

Wow. I haven’t written in a while. Sorry about that. I have been busy but mostly I haven’t written because I haven’t had anything good to say. These past couple weeks have not been good. Suffice it to say that…

FIRE! and Success

So last night was a surprising and eventful one. After not being able to sleep for most of the night, for multiple reasons, I awoke to a noise coming from converter that I had my computer charging on. Well, subconsciously…

Building a Greenhouse with “Experts”

The word expert evokes a certain degree of respect and awe to most people. It is like the words connoisseur and specialist, they all try to differentiate those who know the most from the others who would like to know…

The Coolest Cats

It was way too difficult to pick just a few pictures of the older kids because they are so cute. They will seriously steal your heart away. First up is Nugget. Yeah, that’s right. Her name is Nugget and don’t…

Focus on the Positives

This week has been crap to be perfectly honest. It has been overwhelming, draining, exhausting…I could go on but no one wants to hear about my bad week so let’s focus on the positives like talking about the rest of…

Focus on the Positives

This week has been crap to be perfectly honest. It has been overwhelming, draining, exhausting…I could go on but no one wants to hear about my bad week so let’s focus on the positives like talking about the rest of…

Cracking the Whip

This week has been an efficient use of time for the most part. Even though I took off two days in order to go to Jodhpur for Republic Day, which is one of India’s independence days, I have managed to…

Reading Levels

  Thursday was picture day. I spent most of the break looking for Nosipho. Her hair is different! It’s so cute. It’s braided now with a red streak it in. Apparently that hairstyle is very popular here. I played with her…