This is the day we go to see my school where I will be teaching for the next 7 weeks, Ratmalana school for the blind and deaf. We got the local bus 138 direct to maharagama(it's much bigger than homagama, it got a KFC and loads of choices in clothing department) which took around 20 minutes then once we arrived, we visited the Sri Lanka youth centre which is where some of the hearing volunteers will be working at. It was interesting as the youth centre looked mod...

First proper day of training! All of us including Duffy, Stephen, Sophie and us girls went alongside with other hearing volunteers to a nice hotel nearby to homagama area, we did all sorts of things such as formally introducing ourselves, why did we want to volunteer? Why were we here in Sri Lanka volunteering? We were split in two groups, each one of us had to write down three main points; What sort of impact did I want to leave? What am I fearful of? What am I ...

My first day in Sri Lanka was very different to the typical day to day life back home. The moment I arrived in Colombo airport, I was in desperate need for the toilet! Eventually I found it on the way to the baggage claim which took so long, I finally got my suitcase after waiting for like 25 minutes. Sri Lanka very slow and lazy?! I saw a guy holding "SL volunteers" on the paper card, I approached him and revealed that I was one of them, then all at once there w...

I felt really nervous yet I was excited at the same time! I was at Gatwick airport with Asher, Ashley and Davy. I kept thinking about what I was going to do to keep myself entertained for a long flight journey on my own.(It was also the first time I ever flew on my own) My mind was split in two places, I felt guilty leaving Asher when he's going through his final year, and my family. The occasions I would have to miss such as my uncle David's wedding, my Grandad'...