I left Heathrow, England on the 4th September 2009 and will be arriving back at Gatwick, England on the 27th July 2010. Wow, I can't quite believe it, my time is over in The Pearl Of Africa! Before coming out here people kept saying enjoy every minute as your time will fly by. 'Yeah, Yeah, Yeah' I said, only for my final weekend to come and I don't know where the time has gone! I have enjoyed every minute out here even when something was difficult, as I had to f...

Friday we didn't get to bed until after midnight due to packing, packing and re-packing with it still not done! Up early in morning as we had to go to the Post Office and the doctors for a final check up, I was fine but ring-worm on my leg and a skin fungal infection on my shoulder :)We spent our day doing our final shops in Owino and the Craft Market with us girls and Bens mum, Tammy going to Lotus Mexicana at 5pm for some lovely cocktails. Around 8 we headed ba...

7:30am Madam Samali and myself went to the road, for the morning market, where we bought a huge sack of matoke and 12kg of meat. A man took the matoke back to school by bicycle, whilst we had a handle each and carried the bag full of meat back to school.Walking out to assembly, I heard Mr Sentoogo telling the school 'Today we have been blessed with food! Not just the teachers but you too will be eating!' Everyone was cheering, clapping, it was fantastic to see an...

Since writing on my blog at the weekend that we needed some rain, well guess what, everyday but one it has rained! I can't believe it. I defiantly don't want it now, not in our last week! So I'm going to say, as I must of jinxed it beforehand, 'I don't think Bulenga needs anymore rain, it's had so much!' :)Being our last week, the school has been in preperation for Friday, our last day at Bulenga Modern! Looking into class today, watching P1 and P2 practising the...

On Sunday we were told to go to school as parents were coming to see boarders and any parents with weak children. We turned up at 12 and come 3 we were still sat in the staff room. Jane was with parents so we told her we'd take Carol home for the afternoon, only to find Carol sat my a tree upset. Other boarders had been laughing at her and writing on the blackboard 'My name is Carol and no-one likes me as I have no visitors' This is then when we realised today ...