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 looking forward to? And then we all read each other answers which I admit was quite interesting! As usual I waffled on the answers so I apologise to whom had the unfortunate privilege to relay my answers! After a few hours and a plateful of lunch (devilled chicken with rice) which I did not really eat as it was so spicy it practically left my poor tongue aching for couple of hours! (why did i dip my finger in the sauce and aimed straight to my mouth!?) should've mixed it with rice to settle down the spice. Anyway it was time for swimming! We all chilled out, masking in the glorious sun and catching up mainly. I sunbathed with Frankie,thanks god she likes similar things as me! Poor molly, she had to sit in shade all day, I asked her whether she felt like she missed out but she answered that it was as usual for her while she was growing up so she doesn't know what she's missing out. The day went quite quickly, sunny weather became cloudy with a hint of black clouds in sight, we all got changed and headed back to homestay. I was sat on my bed, when suddenly Molly cried because her video camera (bought by her parents as a present) was cracked on the screen, I did not know what to do as I didn't know what she was like with these situations...luckily she perked up a bit after Frankie hugged her, I wanted to comfort her but I was unsure whether it would make it worse or for better! Now I know she likes hugging etc so its recorded for next time (I hope not though!) It was a bit hard for everyone including me because it was just second day of our 8 weeks adventure, we felt really homesick, missed families/friends and for myself, my comfort zone was gone. I was exposed and I had to deal with it, I used all my willpower not to cry, and surprisingly it worked! (I felt like I had to after seeing Frankie and Molly crying as i didn't want them to feel more depressed) We went off to snooze land! Bye...,