I'm here at VSO's training centre and I have completed one of my courses which was on Teacher Training. It was a really good course and I now feel that, with a bit of practise, I will actually be able to do my job in Malawi. Training is quite different to teaching children as I realise that I can't bribe adutls in the same way I would children!!!
I met loads of great poeple on the course who are all doing simliar things to me in various destinations around the globe. It is great to hear all their stories plus a few more holiday destinations for the future - although not sure about visiting the north of Cameroon where the staple diet might well be grass and sand!!! (Only joking Alex!!) Jennifer, one of the girls from the course actually lives and teachers in Musselburgh and started her teaching at the same time as me - a very small world indeed!! The photo is of the folk I meet on the Teacher Training course and yes I did take it so I couldn't be in it!!!!
I've completed the first day of my motorcycle training (well half a day as some boy needed to go out on the open road to get his licence part and I am no way near ready to do that yet.) I did ok but was really good at stalling the bike. I managed an incredible speed of 10 miles per hour before bottleing it!! They say that in Malawi my nearest internet access in 1-2 hours away - well at my speed try 3-4 days away!! I'm sure I'll improve tomorrow - I'll need to or I won't be going anywhere.....
I'm away to read the course stuff as everyone else is in their training sessions. I've met a few folk who are heading to Malawi as well which is great. One of them is a surgeon which will be all good if I fall off my bike - only slight hitch is that is will be 7 hours away at normal speed!!
All for now and sorry for the spelling mistakes but this is the second time of typing this entry as the pop ups are blocked for the spell check and I lost the last entry to cyber-space!!
Caz xx
