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28/05/2014 17:41
I’m in a creative mood, so I thought I’d write another quick blog, that’ll probably end up being a big long ramble.
Right now, it’s Monday evening, and it’s raining. We’re happy about this, because our water supplies are getting low, and hopefully our water barrel will gather a bit … so long as the...
First Week Back
28/05/2014 17:35
My first week back in Paramakatoi is now over. Only 9 weeks left of fun and excitement, as Miss Odessa puts it! It felt strange coming back. Over Easter, I think it had dawned on us just how little time we have left, and I had been thinking about it so much that it almost felt like my time was up...
Exams, Illness, Spiders and Parties!
04/04/2014 17:52
SpiderAs usual, life still rocks.
Last week, my life was (as it is this week) consumed by marking exams and invigilating. I’m still marking the Grade 11 Pre-CXC Exams (like Prelims or Mocks) and haven’t even started marking the End of Term Tests for Grade 10 or 11. Thankfully some other teachers...
Moved House
26/03/2014 17:08
Well, I’ve certainly been busy for the past few days. Last week, the whole of Grade 11 was out of lessons so that Mr Panday could do maths stuff with them, much to my disgruntlement. The students and Rosie had to report for duty at normal time and stay at school until late from Wednesday to...
Education and Phagwa
26/03/2014 17:06
Well, I went to Town. Not going to lie, I didn’t enjoy it at all. It was way too hot and the mosquitos were a nightmare. At night I would sit on the floor of my flat in my underwear dripping sweat and oozing blood from my many scratched mosquito bites. I also had an upset stomach, so ate nothing...
Exams, Bagpipes, Town and Anthropology
21/03/2014 17:34
Time is, once again, flying by. I now have 5 months and 5 days left in Guyana. Not long at all, and certainly not as long as I would like.
I’ve been busy at school lately. Last week, the Grade 11s write their Mock CXC Maths and English exams, so now Rosie and I have horrific amounts of marking to...
Mashramani and the Benab
03/03/2014 16:24
Guyana celebrated its 44th Birthday two Sundays ago … a day known as Mashramani. The whole of last week was a week of loud music and more disruption to the normal school happenings.
The Kato boys came over on Saturday and on Sunday, the four of us went down to play Bingo (turned out to be...
Football, Jamun Trees, Computers and Ants
19/02/2014 15:47
Once again, I’ve been busy in Paramakatoi lately.
FRIDAY:Miss Odessa had to leave for Town for some reason. Before she left, she called me to the upstairs building and told me I was in charge of the brand new computer lab up there. I spent the day trying to remember everything she told me about the...
Down the Mountain (... and back up again)
10/02/2014 17:12
Today, I decided to make a visit to the neighbouring village of Mountain Foot. As the name would suggest, it’s at the bottom of a mountain, and therefore takes a long time to get to. Mountain Foot is nice. It’s nestled in a valley, surrounded my jungley mountains and submerged in the jungle...
PK Shenanigans (A Quick Update)
06/02/2014 15:49
Well, where to begin on this latest update of Paramakatoi shenanigans?
Our Desk Officer from PT, Chris, has been to visit us and ended up staying for five days. He was unable to get to Chenapau, so Ben and Harry had come to PK to see him. So our house was pretty busy, especially when the Kato boys...
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