First day today at the school!! I'm a bit nervous but excited at the same time! I paid 500 rupees for the Tuk Tuk to the school as we agreed that it was risky to be late on our first day if we took the bus. It only took us 40 minutes to get there, it was worth it as I saw some lovely sights along the way such as beautiful green, rice paddy field, the bustle and hustle of each town we passed. We got given our timetable for the day and I was shocked. I just got giv...

I woke up in the morning and i felt like i didn't deserve to have it stolen especially when i am giving up my 8 weeks to volunteer in Sri Lanka. I reported it to the staff, and Mr Neil in the morning. He was horrified at the fact somebody stolen it, Sri Lankan people are very proud of their heritage so its such a shame for them when a fellow sri lankan steal. After a morning of playing games and zip climbing which I enjoyed doing especially when my team won! I wa...

Breakfast was average, fried egg with toast (more like bread) I got ready, I decided to wear my waterproof black trousers which could be zipped off as shorts with a swimming costume underneath with a vest. We got on a open small van, we squeezed in all together and I was on the edge, I felt like I was going to fall couple of times especially when it turned sharply! I got given a life jacket which I put on, a helmet and a oar paddle. Few minutes later we were all ...

Morning was a 10 minute lesson slot each to practise teaching, I was just grateful at the fact I was teaching to 6 people instead of a big group or something like that! Sophie said we had to pretend that we were teachers at the school, how would we approach the children? what form of teaching attitude? I taught them past, present and future tense saying that it was aimed at the older children which was in grade 10, 11. I got told that it was great but that even t...

Sri Lanka Youth centre awaits us! We took the same method of transport as yesterday, once we arrived we decided to wait in a cafe, once I saw a Milo poster advisement, I was tempted to have one! To my delight I saw some Milos in the fridge so I bought one for 40 rupees, then everyone bought one too!! What a good influence I am! :-) Sophie took us to a room where we will be having our further training, it was interesting as we mixed with another hearing volunteers...