Hello one and all!
Writing to you at the end of a rather good weekend! We only work half day on a Friday (we don't just skive and drink Chai in the afternoon though- there's lessons to be planned!) which is probably a good thing because I was getting a little annoyed with the class on Friday morning. For the first time I actually felt like a teacher and was really disappointed when nobody had done their homework or got higher than 9/30 on the weekly test! Now I can truly understand when teachers in the UK get annoyed when students don't do homework- it really messes the lesson plan up! Either way, my annoyed-ness didn't last long as it's very hard to be angry with the cutest kids in the world.
So, after an afternoon of meetings and planning was the social event that everybody had been waiting for- the inter-school volunteer Pub Quiz (minus the Pub) organized by moi. Feedback was pretty good, and it was very close at the top although it did get very heated at one point with an argument between arch rivals Drovi and Malenta (my school) over suspected cheating!
On Saturday 35 of the volunteers went to McLeod Ganj (where I went last weekend) and a group of us decided that we'd avoid the crowds and do some local sightseeing (which proved to be a very wise choice!) We headed to Baijna to Lord Shiva's 1500 year old temple (13 Rs / 16p for the 45 min bus ride- I'm going to be so heartbroken paying Arriva prices!) which was very nice, although much like all of the other Hindu temples that are here but older! After a lush lunch of Chilli Mushrooms (I resisted the meat- but did have french fries on the side...) we headed back into Palampur, had a look around and then took the 40 minute stroll back to the house.
Today 5 of the Male species decided to go for a stroll / ramble / hike / mountaineering expedition up a nearby waterfall. After initial confusion with a Taxi driver we ending up starting off in the wrong place, but it was amazing nontheless (see the photos above). The waterfall itself was beautiful and the terrain was very hilly and high. We took some potatoes with us , lit a fire and the end result was a pile of beautiful jacket potatoes Ray Mears style.On the way back we took a short cut and came accross a little village where the people were living in tents on the side of the hill. The children were playing happily, the parents looked like normal parents but still- it doesn't quite seem like justice.
And so here endeth the lesson! That's my weekend in less than 500 words! I don't have much else to report, although I did get into all my univeristy places for next year so now need to decide where to go (although I may not go yet... gap years are fun!). Also, there's no school tomorrow (public holiday) so that means some time for community visits which should be pretty cool!
Hope all is well in England. Don't let rain or cold get you down, know that it's sunny somewhere :)
Callum x
p.s. you may get a sore neck looking a the photos because I can't get them to rotate... sorry! xx
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