Ok, so i lied a little when i said i would type something tomorrow. It clearly isnt the 17th. But ive been busy. Which is a good thing right? So, quick catch up. Things i have done since last speaking include: Met Kayise (the girl at LEAP who is used to write to in England), went to a monkey zoo (random i know), accompanied 5 girls to an engineering day, had a Braai (bbq) with the Matric (a-level) girls at a place called something that sounds like Mmzolay, waited more than half an hour in a bank just to exchange travellers cheques (the banks here are terrible), went to a teachers engagement party, ate sushi, had an african drum lesson with LEAP pupils and the Bishops boys (the local private, and therefore mostly white, all boys school), got my grades, got my tummy pierced to celebrate, fallen in love with rusks (the things you eat with tea or coffee), went out with Sonia to a club called Zulu, and visited Robben island. A little elaboration on the above: The Braai was amazing, a real party in the street. Cars with their boots open playing music and people dancing and singing and drinking and talking in the middle of it all. The meat was fantastic! Buy whatever you want, hand it over on a tray, wait while they cook it, find somewhere to sit, pour the (most amazing) sauce over it all and rub in, get the loaf of bread you bought and everyone just go for it. Not pretentious or fancy, just good food and friends. The activity category for this entry is ferry. The only reason is because i like to keep you on your toes, and of course we caught the ferry over to Robben Island. It was brilliant weather. Gareth had thought it was going to be a miserable day but i forced him out of bed anyway. Lucky i did because i have some great photos of the day (which i will put up when i have a moment, i promise!). Apart from that, ive been working at LEAP obviously. Usual occasional covering of lessons but mostly other things including...... every Grade 10 pupil needs to have a folder of their work prepared which im helping with, the library is an unorganised mess with many new, donated books still in boxes, theres a new reading corner that needs sorting, i help in the afternoons with the younger pupils from other schools (to help them catch up with the lack of maths and science in their curriculum), I help a Matric girl called Busisiwe to revise once a day, and many other random things too. There was one lesson that i remember in particular and must mention. Penny asked me to cover one of her English classes. They were reading Romeo and Juliet. I was just supervising whilst they read through the different parts, stopping them occasionally to ask if anyone could explain what had just happened and explaining if no-one could tell me. Then i noticed three boys were looking down but not at their books. It was so blatant that they were looking at a phone. So i walked over and held out my hand then sat back down. Once Capulet had finished his monolgue i asked if 'one of the boys at the back could explain what Capulet had just said?'. Obviously they couldnt so i asked if anyone else could explain to the boys what had just happened. Then i did the whole 'well, then maybe next time you should try listening instead of...blah blah blah'. Its only then i reaslised how perfectly i had assumed the role of the teacher. I was apalled at myself! I just couldnt beleive it, it was only a month ago i was using my phone in lessons. But then again, i never got caught! Thats all for now. Ill try put the pictures up and maybe sometime ill elaborate a bit more on other things. xx