Friday

forgot to update this yesterday evening......had a quiet morning yesterday and just went into town to bank and wandered around for a while. was no tuk tuks at guesthouse so we jamp on the back of a motorbike again. came back to guesthouse for lunch and chatted to a few people and off to new hope we went. another good day, class size seemed to be much smaller for the younger kids but apparently some of them start their weekend on a friday so do not come to school. was good though, we went through the alphabet which they can all reel off to you but when you ask them to write a particular letter they have no idea so working on that with them. its the same with numbers, they can count really well but when you ask them to write one number and mix the order up they are lost!! gave out balloons to the young ones in my class and i had every kid in the school coming to me after that haha wanting a baloon, even had two kids sneak in my class where we were watching cartoons because they wanted one! think most kids ended up with 1 in the end. played footy with the older kids for a wee while and they looked almost amazed when saw me doing keepy ups. going to watch their last game of the tournament on sunday which should be fun. my last 2 classes yesterday were also fun as they understood most things and were able to have conversations with you.

after we got back to guesthouse it was a quick shower and change and out for dinner as couple of volunteers last day yesterday. had a nice meal and then went to a bar place for drinks which were all cheap to start with but also buy one get one free....we then went out on to pub street where there was live music on the street...good laugh! on the way home i experienced my worst case of begging yet...bearing in mind it was midnight, i felt someone grabing my arm and when i looked down there was this young girl, about 6years old i would say and she was holding a baby which must have only been a month or two old and asking for money......i nearly gave in but every1 i was with persuaded me not to. she would not let go of my arm though......why do they always go for me??! there were other young kids out selling bracelets on pub street aswell but they were not hassling you for money etc and were just dancing with everyone but this wee girl had the tears and everything! you feel bad for not giving but you could not possibly give to them all.