Crianças - The Second Lesson

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We had our 2nd English lesson for the kids of Beluluane. At this Saturday we had a little less time, so we just refreshed the Head-Shoulders-Knees-&-Toes song we learned last week, and in order to learn the directions (left, right, forward, stop) we played a "blindfolded-maze" game:

Blindfolded-Maze Game

We set up obstacles course using benches and chairs in the yard. Blindfolded a kid and had the other kids guide him / her through the maze using direction-words.

The kids love the camera, after the course
they stayed for dancing for me

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Mozambican Shoe Polishing

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Did you know that you can polish your shoes by the peel of a banana?

It has lot's of nutrition which helps to keep the leather in a good condition!!!

Polishing by Banana

Cleaning by a napkin

The Shining Shoe

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The Bet

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During the Domicilo, we heard the "One Step of a Time" song from one of the houses we passed. Rapson said Rihanna was the singer and I was so sure that she wasn't. And he was so sure about Rihanna, so we had to bet:

- If Rapson wins, I'll have to buy a present for him
- If I win, he will have to invite the nicest girls of Maputo for my B-Day party!

I have never loved Jordin Sparks as much as I did today!!! =)

Rapson, you can start calling the girls! ;)

The Computer of CEB

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On the very first day the local boss, Cesar made me responsible for the computer of the center. This is a computer only for preparing reports and storing the pictures we take - we don't have internet there. It started with a few error message, so I was asked to get rid of them. Deleting some "half-installed", useless programs helped a lot to get rid of some of the error messages. :)

Cesar told me, that one of the previous DIs was good at making files disappeared and asked me not to do the same. Of course on the following day, by chance, I made a few hundred files hidden (including my boss's personal folder), and the "unhide" button did nothing. I was so happy about it and I couldn't wait to go home and check out the internet for some solutions... Of course I found it and I managed it work on the next day.

On Friday I decided to make this computer a little bit faster, so I switched off a few unnecessary services in the Administrative Tools. Well, it seemed I switched off some necessary ones too, because after restarting, I got nothing but a clean desktop (without icons and without a START menu, without having access to the control panel)... And I was so happy, when I tried to restart with the "last known good configuration" - I got the same blank desktop... It took me around 3 hours to fix this problem I caused for myself...

I've told nothing to my boss about these (yet), but I talked to Rapson. I told him that I fixed some of the small errors on the computer, but I caused more bigger ones here - which took lots of time to correct. And what did he answer to me?

"Don't worry, it's normal here. It's very normal."

So I'm not worried any more... =)

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Xipamanine Mercado

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In the afternoon I went to visit the Xipamanine market in Maputo. I was told this is the biggest and cheapest market in Maputo, but I was also warned to leave my valuable things at home to prevent being robbed (so I left my camera at home too, no pictures from the market).

Well, the security wasn't as bad as they tried to scare me. For first sight, it was like the "Jozsefvaros" market in Budapest - not worse and not better. I bought some 2nd hand clothes here and I paid almost nothing: 7 shirts, a very good quality of shorts, and a new flip-flop cost me altogether 440 MT which is around 12 EUR.

I think I'll come back here some other time too! ;)on too!!! ;)

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Crianças - The First Lesson

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The Saturday has come and we spent the morning together with the local kids again. Just like in Denmark we can't think about this activity as a work - spending time with the kids is always much more fun then work. ;)

Teaching English

Reka and me decided to start to teach English for these kids. Since non of us has any teaching background, it was a little bit brave decision, but we both like challenges! ;) It seemed the kids enjoyed our first lesson, but we were aware of our mistakes:

- we tried to teach way too much new English words in the first lesson
- we didn't repeat these new words enough times

- we didn't have enough English games. We should teach more playfully, we should try to find more English games.

But all in all, they enjoyed it, and we'll be better next Saturday! ;)

Hospital

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Today I went with the girls to the local Hospital in Beluluane. Well, maybe it's a little bit exaggeration to call it this place a hospital, it's much more a "First Aid Center". Here are the services you can get here:

- First Aid
- Counseling during pregnancy
- Counseling for new born babies & weight control
- Pharmacy
- Diagnosing & Treating sicknesses & diseases (Malaria, TB, Diarrhea etc)

Laurinda, Cris (a Brazilian DI), and me in the Hospital