We had science day for the younger students today to try and get them to do science later on. I did three one hour demos on the trot in the science lab. I am quite tired now but Ken, Sean and I are out in an hour to get chicken and chips. I am so looking forward to it.
I found a cockroach in my shower. I saw it out of the corner of my eye and somehow did not feel like a shower that morning. Sprayed it. There was the most enormous spider on my wall last night. I don't usually kill spiders but the thought of it walking on me in the night was too much. Sprayed it. Saw one of the little geckos in my bathroom. Didn't spray it.
We are doing training with all the science teachers in Educaid from tomorrow morning for 4 days so more hard work. I feel a trip to the beach coming on sometime.
The head of science lost his stepmother yesterday so he had to go the the funeral today. There is too much death around. We are going to have a big push on TB at the school, getting them to recognise the symptoms etc.
going to have my shower, ready to go out.
will write again soon,
Pat
Wednesday, 26 January 2011
Friday, 21 January 2011
I'm back
I shan't say anything about it being hot, I don't want to rub it in. they actually think it is the cold season, but I suppose by comparison it is a few degrees cooler than usual in the mornings. The Harmattan is blowing and it brings fine dust from the Sahara so it is hazy a lot of the time and everything gets covered in a fine layer. To me it is a warm gentle breeze.
Ken came out with me. He is a retired biology teacher who worked with Miriam. He is out for a month but hopefully we will persuade him he would love to come again. It is nice to have someone to chat to and he has been to interesting places like India nd the Galapogos islands.
when we finally got back to school it was 12.30 and there was no electricity so we had to unpack by candlelight. The mains voltage yesterday evening was so bad we had to turn the generator on. The lights were too dim for anyone to work. Still, at least Freetown has electricity, no-one else much in this country does.
Time to start getting ready for the day, hope there is some water by now.
Pat
I got a nice surprise when I arrived in my room, Miriam had got a wardrobe built with shelves and a hanging rail. It makes me feel much more at home than living out of bags.
We have run out of water in the flat at thie moment. The kids have to fill the downstairs tank from the tap with buckets and then it has to be pumped to the upstairs tank. The pump was turned on this morning but snce there is still no water, someone has gone to check the downstairs tank. Hope there is water for a shower. I have had my coffee so that bit of the morning in OK.
Ken came out with me. He is a retired biology teacher who worked with Miriam. He is out for a month but hopefully we will persuade him he would love to come again. It is nice to have someone to chat to and he has been to interesting places like India nd the Galapogos islands.
when we finally got back to school it was 12.30 and there was no electricity so we had to unpack by candlelight. The mains voltage yesterday evening was so bad we had to turn the generator on. The lights were too dim for anyone to work. Still, at least Freetown has electricity, no-one else much in this country does.
Time to start getting ready for the day, hope there is some water by now.
Pat
I got a nice surprise when I arrived in my room, Miriam had got a wardrobe built with shelves and a hanging rail. It makes me feel much more at home than living out of bags.
We have run out of water in the flat at thie moment. The kids have to fill the downstairs tank from the tap with buckets and then it has to be pumped to the upstairs tank. The pump was turned on this morning but snce there is still no water, someone has gone to check the downstairs tank. Hope there is water for a shower. I have had my coffee so that bit of the morning in OK.
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