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22/1/14 Wednesday

Another language class today. Both of us not to good with another language. Some of the girls who speak another language seem to be able to pick it up and remember it a lot better than us. After lunch we did some batik art, which Maree loved. Jim has also shown a hidden talent and produced a great piece of batik art.  We get them delivered to us on Friday after they have been boiled and washed.  The process of drawing, waxing, and painting took about three hours, well worth every minute for me. Quiet evening in tonight for us we are pretty tired.  Went to the Copi Desa for a few beers home early.

23/1/14 Thursday

We have had a quiet day today with a cooking class, making our own lunch  of a bean & peanut salad, rice of course, and a soya bean – tempei, lots of chop , chop, chop. Very tasty. (Naomi you would like the food lots of vegetarian)  After lunch we made a bamboo basket and flower offerings to take to the temple which we visit tomorrow.

We have found out who we will be working with next week when we start our teaching, Maree is working with an American secondary teacher, Stephanie. Jim is working with a Slovakian lady called Lydia.  We are really happy to be working with such lovely people. Everyone here is so friendly and caring of each other particularly as a lot of them have travelled here by themselves. Jim went to the gym after tea. Very hot!

24/1/14 Friday

Jim walking every morning went up the rice paddy walk this morning. Today’s schedule went to the Spring Temple and bathed after making a wish had to dunk our head 10 times under the spring outlets (see photos). Torrential rain just before leaving the Temple. Back to Abud for lunch and after our lunch school visit to have a look at some volunteers teaching. That made us all focus for next week with the reality that we had to teach next week and hold a classroom together in a new country with English as a second language. Walked to the market after tea to look for bits and pieces for the Children next week nothing much there.