Ms Mala's Wedding It was very exciting getting an invitation to my first Indonesian wedding, I didn't know what to expect and was looking forward to finding out!! The invitation was completely different to home, it was had a hard back red cover with gold writing on the outside and inside was the details in English and Bahasa with a picture of the bride and groom in the background. I was unsure of what to wear, but finally chose a maxi dress that I had brought...

Chinese New Year ~ Year of the Rabbit Sorry I am really slacking with my blog, things have just been crazy with work, and it is really hard to find 5 minutes to sit down and write and not feel guilty because I know I should be doing school work!!Anyway I am going to get up dated now!! Thursday 3rd February 2011, Chinese New Year and we have the day off, got to love that!!I had already made the decision it was not going to be an early morning, as needed a lie...

Birthday Fun in Indonesia Woke up at the usual 5:30am, but today was special, it was my birthday!! Opened my cards that I got before I left and brought with me, it made me feel homesick and miss everyone from home loads!! It felt weird to think that it was my birthday in Indonesia, but in the UK it was still the 25th, the time difference definitely confuses me here, cannot get my head around it!! Anyway it was off to school just after 6am, on the way I got my fi...

First Few Days Teaching Firstly I need to apologise for not posting on here recently, school has been so manic and I am still trying to get into a routine at the moment, as things need changing a lot. Well P1 South America are officially mine now and I am responsible for teaching them.I was a little scared to say the least as it was a new country, new school and a completely different routine, but I was up for the challenge!! I had a few plans for the day, but...

First day of School! After a really bad night sleep the alarm sounded at 5.30am (yes that's right, not seen that time in a very long while) and I woke feeling really sick, I'm not sure if it was something I ate or nerves or just a combination of everything, I got myself ready and the school driver, Mr Toto, picked us up around 6.15am.I arrived at school, still feeling rubbish but put a brave face on, as was looking forward to meeting my class.Ms Lysbet was worki...