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Hello!
Just a quick thing to explain all about my school and everything! Am having a brilliant time and I love the school so much! The children are all amazing and the staff are so friendly! Love my uniform too... I feel really part of it all. Definately something I will parading around in once I am back home.
The children call me Shanti miss hehe which is kinda cute and I find myself bombarded with little children climbing over me and pushing them on the swings in the little play area. I have been teaching them the Hokey Kokey which has been great fun, they all know the middle bit now and enjoy the "whole self in bit" which is greeted with lots of giggles! I think its odd how we totally take it for granted that kind of song and they don't even know it! My singing voice is truely terrible though so now the children in Nepal know a totally different version.
I'm even learning some Nepali songs :) my Nepali is getting better each day - I come home with new phrases for my homework and learn them every night and am beginning to use them in shops and things - I think its helping me get local prices as well cos they know we are working there :) Not like we are buying much - i have some tulas which are special braclets which are so colourful and will not come off! And a wooden flute which is green and yellow :) very exciting stuff!
Not only am I learning Nepali songs and words but I am also being taught Nepali dance :) which I have to say is going very well :) the teacher says I'm a natural and I'm rather hoping to know it off by heart by the time I am home :) They are also making a joke of finding me a Nepali husband as they dont want me to leave! I have to say that once I do come to leave the school I think it will be really sad - but I think that shows what an amazing experience it is :)
The school is closed today and tomorrow though, cos alot of the children are really poorly with fever - apparenly its very common in Monsoon season and I seem to have caught it - i was rather poorly the last two days but am feeling much better today - and have enjoyed having a bit of a relaxing day. Tomorrow all of us teachers are school are going to one of the teachers house for dinner and then they are taking me to the caves in Mahandraphul which I'm excited about - and it makes me feel really special too :) although I'm abit worried about how much food ill be given as its rude to leave food!
Last night I took some amazing pictures of the sky as the sun was setting and today I got some great pictures of the lake as I got right to the waters edge in this park - which was literally full of water buffalo! Although my camera has now decided to die so not all the pictures have been put up! This weekend I think we are going white water rafting and camping up in the hills so I shall hopefully have some great pictures! The other girls laugh at me and if the see something nice always say "take a picture rach!"
I think thats about all thats been going on lately! I literally got proposed to by some Nepali man today when I was in the park - he just came over and was chatting to me and then said something along the lines of "would you like a Nepali husband and to stay in Nepal?" I did say no but how funny!
Missing you all so much
Lots of Love
Rachel
Xxxxxx
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