It was good fun, and the children showed off their dance moves, the prepa and kinder kids were putting everyone else to shame. Even me and Mali joined in with the dancing!
We also decorated the doors of the classrooms for the children. Mali and I took the initiative, and instead of using the pre bought buzz light years and other Disney characters, drew our own. Mine being a spongebob and Patrick from a well loved tv show. I'm pretty proud of my artistic talent! And the kids loved it.
Being Scottish and all, I have a love for irn bru. I have to say I've missed it a bit but good news! I have found a replacement. Sort of. It's called tropical banana. It looks like irn bru, it even tastes like it. Right up until it hits you with a very, very strong banana flavour. I suppose it's better than nothing!
We've gotten pretty creative in the apartment over the past few weeks. We started by making birthday cards, moved onto using milk cartons for various storage pots, started making threaded bracelets and our latest burst has been to decorate the apartment with superhero logos. It's a great way to brighten up the place, and superheroes are cool. No matter what anyone says. So far we have spiderman, the hulk, superman, iron man, wonder woman, captain America, cat woman and of course batman.
Clothes here can be pretty expensive when you're a volunteer. But, we've found some fantastic second hand shops in Trinidad. If you're prepared to rummage you can find almost anything you need! Yesterday I managed to get two shirts, shorts, a black dress, a skirt and two tees for only £7. Bargain. And with a little sewing and a good wash they're pretty much brand new. Mali and I have decided that rummaging is the way forward.
Had my first Honduran haircut today. It was well due, having not cut my hair for a year, it was seriously needing it. Mali offered to give it a shot. At first I thought that she was hacking away at my hair, turns out it was the noise of the scissors. Panic over. Halfway through I asked if she'd ever done this before. The answer,being no did not fill me with great confidence. But actually, after much hilarity, I have a perfectly normal haircut. Safe to say Mali will be cutting my hair again!
We went to visit our hosts to catch up and see how try were. They're always very generous and give us bananas or beans when we visit. And always offer us coffee. As a coffee lover I always say yes. And this time I was extremely glad I did! The coffee was perhaps the best coffee I've had in my life! And that's no exaggeration. Conchita explained that when the coffee was ground pepper is added to give it extra flavour. It was amazing. I was so impressed with the coffee they gave me some of that aswell.
knew you would find a good soda!!
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