Sorry, you all. The blog post should be working now.
Times flies; in fact it's already last year that my parent arrived in Cameroon to pay me a visit. They flew over 19,000 miles to visit me (there and back). It was quite a trip. They arrived in Yaounde (the Cameroonian capitol). They got in the evening of the 27th after about 40 hours of travel and having left Christmas night. The first night they stayed in a hotel in Yaounde. The next day we head out to Bafia.
Well summer break is almost official over. Sunday is today and Monday we start school. I should say "start" school. It will actually take about two week for us to really get going. I already know which classes I will be teach, or I should say I "know" which classes I will be teaching. It will definitely change in the weeks to come.
(Sorry for spamming you twice with this blog entry)
Summer break has come and (almost) gone, and I haven't yet updated you all on what I've been up to. In theory, as a Peace Corps Volunteer we don't have summer break. We should find a small project in the community to occupy out time.
Here in Cameroon the school year is divided into three trimesters and each trimester is divided into two sequences, which means we have six sequences in a year. This week marks the end of the 5th sequence. The year is definitely winding down. And my first year in Cameroon is almost over, but it doesnt seem like an entire year has almost gone by (maybe it's because I measure time by blog posts).
Last week, I was in Kribi. Kribi is a beautiful coastal city in Cameroon with amazing beaches, weather, and views. This week was to be a training for the volunteers who came to Cameroon the same time as I, and it was for most people, but not me.
The following question were posed by 2nd and 3rd graders at Rural Dell Elementary in Ms. Lushenko's class. They had some very interesting questions; I thought I would also share them with all of you.
Here in Cameroon, just as everywhere else, kids love to play. There is definitely a lack of toys for kids, but that doesnt stop them at all. Recently my neighbor kids found a box in my house and they asked me for it. They played soccer with it for a good 20-30 minutes. Anything that you can kick is a toy. Soccer balls need not be inflated; a ball of twine is also just as affective. Kids here will also make what might be considered the Cameroonian equivalent of a remote control car. The kid below went all out with his.
Ok well it's official; I am truly a Peace Corps volunteer. I moved to my post about two and a half weeks ago. So I am living on my own now; im no longer with my house family.
And since I have arrived here I have not had internet. Or actually my internet was BARELY working, just enough so that I kept trying to use it but not enough to get any work done, ugh. Anyways my month of internet just ran out so it doesnt work at all, which has forced me to go to internet cafe, which i probably should have just done to begin with.
Anyways what has happened since I last posted....(oh gees)
A lot has happened since we have last spoke. I am still with my host family. I will be with them for a little over a month still. I am really enjoying it here, but Im also looking forward to being at my post. August 18th is the date of our "swearing in". This is when I will actually become a true volunteer (right now im just a trainee). I will be posted in Bafoussam. It's a pretty large city (im very excited).