I almost forgot to write on this blog... I guess after this restful weekend and charged Monday! So on Saturday, I went to teach the kids at the school. I had given them some homework to do on the conjugation of the verb "to be" and how to ask questions with who, what, when, where, how, etc. Most of them did their work, but some tried to cheat in class! It really PISSED me off, especially as I had let them use their notes and gave many free bonus points just for having done their homework. So, I was mean with the last class and told them that if I caught any one of them cheating, they would all get 0. Fortunately, I calmed down within 5 minutes and the students didn't seem to have minded my earlier outburst!
I came back home exhausted after school. With trying to recover from malaria, having to wake up at 7am on a Saturday morning is just not cool. So I slept for about 3-4 hours. It was nice. I woke up, showered, and got ready to go to the Uruguayan party that the military was having at the Welfare club, which is the local UN bar. There were about 100 people, with 90% men. Yeah, literally, only 10 women or so, and I was the youngest. So, I had all the guys staring, old or young. One was actually pretty cute, blue eyes, but I couldn't tell if he was in his 20s or early 30s, so I didn't give it a try... We danced cumbia, ate lots of great pizzas, and drank some tonic and sprite (remember, malaria meds...)
When I got home around 1am or so, I watched some of my Korean soap opera and fell asleep after wanting to kill our 2 dogs. Those stupid dogs kept running by my window, barking non-stop... yes, that's our lullaby music every night, and it sucks! I don't even know why we have those dogs. They keep eating, they sleep all day (instead of at night), and then they attack us outside when we try to play ball (stupid dogs almost broke our volleyball). Anyways, another reason why I don't like dogs.
On Sunday, I woke up around 1pm and watched Sweet November. I cried my eyeballs out... it's such a sad and sweet movie.. cheesy, but oh well, it's nice to decompress on a Sunday. After that, we went to play volleyball. Quentin, our "coach," couldn't come. So we played for about an hour, got our asses kicked, since the other team had this professional guy, and I just wasn't feeling it either.. maybe the rainy weather :)
So today, we had a few grant-closing meetings, talking about procurement and regulations and making sure that we followed donor compliance. I hope I am not boring anyone too much. Otherwise, worked a lot, spoke Kiswahili with Ben, and translated some docs into French all day. This week we're supposed to lead some trainings on focus group discussions. Should be interesting. That's all... I'm out!
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