Hello! Well next weekend is bank holidy weekend and Claire and I have abvout 4 days off in total so we are heading up to Cherating on the east coast of Malaysia. I will be weird swimming in a sea that isnt the Atlantic or the Med! For the past few days we have met up with another i-to-i volunteer Sara, from Sweeden. We have all been out a few times in the evening and then we went into part of a rainforrest yesterday and did the canopy walk. You literally have t...

Hi, So in this v hot country I have managed to get a cold! I think it must be going from air-con to hot environment all the time! I lead a reading group in the Library the other day which I enjoyed. Like in primary school the girls are put on a certain level of reading book. All the books in the library are donations and bizarely they are all Enid Blyton etc, so I am reading the famous five etc with the girls! They have baby sitters club books which some are re...

Hello! Well since my last blog I did indeed go to the fish spa and get my feet eaten! I think my feet must be really in bad condition becuase I had nearly a whole shoal at one point eating my feet whereas some people had very few! You all side round the side of a spa like pool and dip your feet in. It was packed! It takes a bit of getting used to, it doesnt hurt and mostly tickles! Since then I have been busy lesson planning and teaching. I am currently in an i...

Hello! Well since my last blog I have been to Melaka and back! Melaka is south of KL, about a two hour bus ride away. The buses are so cheap here, about two pounds each way, which when you compare it to the price of just the local bus in Northampton is amazing. Anway I made it to Melaka and got a taxi to the hostel I was staying at as the local bus didnt seem to turn up! All taxi's work on fixed rates in Malaysia which is a good thing as it too my taxi a while...

Hello! Well I am nearing the end of my first week of teaching, I have taught six lessons so far! I am teching three classes. To explain a little, there are about 80 trainees and they all study one of five courses; healthcare, kindergarten,culinary & bakery, tailoring and computers and accountancy. I am teaching English (and as of next week a few computer classes) to the Culinary and Bakery girls, Sewing and Tailoring and the healthcare girls. I get incre...