Godfrey, myself, and Sofia!Thursday February 21st
Class went better today, but I also took a half hour break from 9-9:30am as I went over to the kindergarten area (which is a building with a few classrooms) and I met Sofia who took me to a couple different classrooms so I could take pictures. I am helping out a Wartburg friend who studied here last winter term- she is doing student teaching now in Iowa and is teaching her class about Tanzania! It was fun-as I had not been over to see the Kindergarten yet. There are not many children- only like 12 that come normally…but today there were only 8 as it had really rained last night and so the other children couldn’t make it. Students go to Kindergarten to be prepared for primary (grade) school…therefore they can start at age 3 and go for up to 3 years!
I studied during break (after lunch) and took a test at 2:30pm- and the rest of the day I did some studying/blogging. A new student arrived on Wednesday and started class today…her name is Jan and guess where she is from!?? South Minneapolis- MN!!! She works with an environmental organization in Kenya and will move there after finishing the long course here in May! (I think she is in her late 30’s/early 40’s).
Friday February 22nd
Happy 2-22 to everyone!!! It’s only the best day of the year! (For those of you that do not know- I have a thing with the number 22!!) :)
I got almost a full 8 hours of sleep which of course helped immensely with my attentiveness and retention in class today!! The morning went great as I was able to remember words and figuring out sentence formations went much more smoothly! There was a small snail (maybe the size of a small apple) that inched its way across our gazebo as well…I really enjoy snails!! I liked them at home too, but I have never seen snails so big in nature before! (I only remember getting to have a pet snail in 4th grade when the class paired up and we got to do different experiments and tests with the tiny snails)!
After lunch/break I went to my afternoon session from 2:30-4 and then quickly grabbed a couple Maadazi before heading to town with MeeHa and the Korean couple, as well as Sofia and my teacher from a couple weeks ago, Eliza! We walked all around looking at different shops that had kitenge material (the beautiful kinds of cloth material)…and we went to the market where Sofia and I bought a banana for a snack (only 10 cents and we could have gotten it cheaper…)!! Unfortunately the grocery store closed before 6pm today so we just missed going there. I will have to return tomorrow now… anyway, Sofia and I stayed in town as as we wanted to try something new (well, a new experience for me anyway!) so about 6pm Sofia and I walked a few “blocks”- down a street- to meet Godfrey(a teacher/friend) at a restaurant called Savoy. Everything is outdoors really- with maybe something overhead…it’s the most beautiful weather so it works just fine! Sofia and I talked for a while and watched Godfrey play a few rounds of pool. I also bought an English Tanzanian newspaper for about 50 cents…I try to buy a newspaper when I am outside of the school now because otherwise I cannot find an issue to keep! Then Sofia and I played a round of pool and I think it took us the same total time to play one game as it did for Godfrey to play like 3-4 rounds! Haha It was like 30 cents to play and Sofia and I spent at least 15 minutes trying to get one ball in to figure out who was stripes/solids!! (hey, I hadn’t played in a looong time)! Well, then somehow I got 3 balls in a row in…and ended up winning!! It was a lot of fun as I finally remembered/grew more confident in playing! Then, Godfrey had ordered 2 plates of kiti moto (pork)…it was very small pieces…mostly fat, but what was meat was great! It was in a darker orange sauce that was Excellent…very similar to BBQ!! I think a band was slowly getting ready to play, but in the meantime there was some loud music coming from a speaker…some good Tanzanian pop/hip-hop! We took the taxi of Godfrey’s friend ($2.50) and we were home by 10:15pm! Now, I am going to sleep so I can get up for breakfast and have a full and productive day of cleaning/studying/washing clothes/ catching up!
Only one more week in February to go!!! Have a fantastic weekend!!
in joyful hope,
Alana :)
Class went better today, but I also took a half hour break from 9-9:30am as I went over to the kindergarten area (which is a building with a few classrooms) and I met Sofia who took me to a couple different classrooms so I could take pictures. I am helping out a Wartburg friend who studied here last winter term- she is doing student teaching now in Iowa and is teaching her class about Tanzania! It was fun-as I had not been over to see the Kindergarten yet. There are not many children- only like 12 that come normally…but today there were only 8 as it had really rained last night and so the other children couldn’t make it. Students go to Kindergarten to be prepared for primary (grade) school…therefore they can start at age 3 and go for up to 3 years!
I studied during break (after lunch) and took a test at 2:30pm- and the rest of the day I did some studying/blogging. A new student arrived on Wednesday and started class today…her name is Jan and guess where she is from!?? South Minneapolis- MN!!! She works with an environmental organization in Kenya and will move there after finishing the long course here in May! (I think she is in her late 30’s/early 40’s).
Friday February 22nd
Happy 2-22 to everyone!!! It’s only the best day of the year! (For those of you that do not know- I have a thing with the number 22!!) :)
I got almost a full 8 hours of sleep which of course helped immensely with my attentiveness and retention in class today!! The morning went great as I was able to remember words and figuring out sentence formations went much more smoothly! There was a small snail (maybe the size of a small apple) that inched its way across our gazebo as well…I really enjoy snails!! I liked them at home too, but I have never seen snails so big in nature before! (I only remember getting to have a pet snail in 4th grade when the class paired up and we got to do different experiments and tests with the tiny snails)!
After lunch/break I went to my afternoon session from 2:30-4 and then quickly grabbed a couple Maadazi before heading to town with MeeHa and the Korean couple, as well as Sofia and my teacher from a couple weeks ago, Eliza! We walked all around looking at different shops that had kitenge material (the beautiful kinds of cloth material)…and we went to the market where Sofia and I bought a banana for a snack (only 10 cents and we could have gotten it cheaper…)!! Unfortunately the grocery store closed before 6pm today so we just missed going there. I will have to return tomorrow now… anyway, Sofia and I stayed in town as as we wanted to try something new (well, a new experience for me anyway!) so about 6pm Sofia and I walked a few “blocks”- down a street- to meet Godfrey(a teacher/friend) at a restaurant called Savoy. Everything is outdoors really- with maybe something overhead…it’s the most beautiful weather so it works just fine! Sofia and I talked for a while and watched Godfrey play a few rounds of pool. I also bought an English Tanzanian newspaper for about 50 cents…I try to buy a newspaper when I am outside of the school now because otherwise I cannot find an issue to keep! Then Sofia and I played a round of pool and I think it took us the same total time to play one game as it did for Godfrey to play like 3-4 rounds! Haha It was like 30 cents to play and Sofia and I spent at least 15 minutes trying to get one ball in to figure out who was stripes/solids!! (hey, I hadn’t played in a looong time)! Well, then somehow I got 3 balls in a row in…and ended up winning!! It was a lot of fun as I finally remembered/grew more confident in playing! Then, Godfrey had ordered 2 plates of kiti moto (pork)…it was very small pieces…mostly fat, but what was meat was great! It was in a darker orange sauce that was Excellent…very similar to BBQ!! I think a band was slowly getting ready to play, but in the meantime there was some loud music coming from a speaker…some good Tanzanian pop/hip-hop! We took the taxi of Godfrey’s friend ($2.50) and we were home by 10:15pm! Now, I am going to sleep so I can get up for breakfast and have a full and productive day of cleaning/studying/washing clothes/ catching up!
Only one more week in February to go!!! Have a fantastic weekend!!
in joyful hope,
Alana :)
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