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Hi all. The first week of the month is over. This month we have 4 new volunteers in the house. They are Lorraine, Randall, Didi and Megan. All of them are from Australia and are only staying for one month :(. So there are many people in the house which means that the work schedule is fairly spread out. This month i am have basically the same work schedule except i don't go to the Hospital for Disable children.
At the baby orphanage i really feel i am starting to bond with some of the kids. Trang (Monkey Boy) i would say is my favourite. His picture is the cover for this blog. Alot of the kids have been at the orphanage for years. Truthfully i cannot see many of them leaving until they have reached the age 12. Then they go to a place like Home of Affection which caters for older kids.
Home of Affection last week was difficult, my class are very young and really did not seem interested in learning last week at all. The girl Ly who helps me with my class could also see that they wernt interested in doing anything except colouring in. We have just started some new books so that probably had something to do with there lack of interest. We will see how this week goes.
Tam Thanh last week was a bit of a mess. My normal class who are older and have more English teaching behind them had extra classes at school so i had a load of younger kids who i hadnt prepared a lesson for. Megan was also with me at Tam Thanh on Thursday, alot of her class didnt even turn up. We both took the same class and tried to adapt to the younger students needs. I think it went ok but next week my old class will be back so will know more about what kind of level they are at etc.
At the weekend i went to Hoi An with Lorraine, Randall, Didi and Megan. We also met the girls from Da Nang placement. We had a great weekend, we went for dinner on friday at a place called Cargo Club, which was really nice. I would say even Mum and MC would think the same which shows how nice it was lol. After we went to Before n Now and then the beach party. Being the only male with seven females i had a ball. I got ordered around quite a bit but i am used to that at home so no problem there.
I hope everyone is good and cheers for all your messages.
Ali xxx
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