Hi, So my first day of teaching is over, but luckily I just shadowed Jen for the first day and got to know the ropes about eating in the canteen and where certain classrooms are etc. I have my first lesson on my own tomorrow and I am very scared! I have done a rough lesson plan and will finish it tonight before bed. As its not a school as such, and the lessons we do would not happen if we were not here, there is no curriculum for us to follow, so we just teach ...

Hello, Well since my last blog I have now been at the project for two nights. I have not actually done any teaching yet as I arrived on the friday night and teaching is only monday to friday, so I have had a chance to explore the city a bit. I am sharing a room with another volunteer called Jennifer, she has been here about 6 weeks so is able to show me the ropes. Our room is on the same floor as the students dorms so I have met quite a few of them as I walk p...

Hey, Well I after feeling a bit less jet lagged I went out in search for something to eat, luckily staying in China town. The food is so cheap, I had a variation of chicken chow mein for under one pound! I went for a wander around the rest of china town and came across frogs in cages, ready to be made into frog porridge, not something that I will be trying! I am just heading off to my project now. I have just been taken out for lunch, I had a pancake filled with...

Hi! So I have arrived safely in KL this afternoon. Its strange to think that back at home its about ten in the morning and its nearly six in the evening here! I arrived very jet lagged as both planes were delayed by about two hours. It is so hot here, but more in an opressive way, there has already been a thunder storm since I have been here. I think I may be needing my umbrella a lot! People had warned me about how persistent the taxi drivers at the airport wou...

Hi! So I have arrived safely in KL this afternoon. Its strange to think that back at home its about ten in the morning and its nearly six in the evening here! I arrived very jet lagged as both planes were delayed by about two hours. It is so hot here, but more in an opressive way, there has already been a thunder storm since I have been here. I think I may be needing my umbrella a lot! People had warned me about how persistent the taxi drivers at the airport wou...