I apologise for how
disorganised and delayed this post is…but, better late than never!
We arrived in La Union, our
home for the next 10 months on the 10th of August. We live alone (as in me and the wife, Kate) a minute's walk or so, depending on how quickly you run up the hill - from the other American teachers and our 'food home' which we share with Molly and Sharon. We have a hall and a room off the hall where we do the majority
of our ‘living’. Separated from our bedroom by a curtain is our bathroom, complete
with a 'shower' tap of cold water. The food situation is slightly inconvenient as both of us are
hungry all of the time but it means we aren’t segregated from the rest of the
group.
This month consisted a lot of worrying about the bats that we think have living in our hall…They are very noisy and Heather told us that they carry rabies so we try and avoid going in the hall in the dark.. Just another challenge of living here!
Our first week in La Union
was spent decorating classrooms. Writing names on various decorations and
getting very friendly with the glue gun! After a few days of using it be were
pro’s!
Results day was a very very
bad day. Both of us were really ill and not terribly happy with the grades that
we got, but that is again, just another challenge for us this year. The UCAS
application system was so much fun that I’ve decided to go through the whole
process again! I didn’t get any healthier for a few days so Jake, our boss, and school director, took me to the local clinic. The doctor poked my stomach a few times,
asked me questions, which then Jake had to translate and answer for me, before
he diagnosed me with Gastritis, the inflammation of the lining of the stomach, which is just a wonderful illness. It was a lesson never ever to drink the water here!
Luckily a huge water cooler bottle thing comes to a grand total of 75p so we’re
okay! After a few days of colourful pills I was healthy again, just in time for
school to start!
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