I AM GOING TO DIE OF HEAT!!!

it's reaching 40 degrees celsius here,
and i swear i will never ever ever
complain about lovely wonderful cold UK weather again!

so yeah yesterday was terrible because
there was a strike called, and that means every shop
has to close and no vehicles are allowed on the roads,
which was terrible because we walked 2-3 hours
under the stupid sun.

and i went to the Patan hospital yesterday,
where i will be volunteering once a week
in the pediatric ward, which will be really really nice (:

you know, for one of the worlds poorest countries,
the hospital is about as rundown as the Selayang one
in KL where I went for my JPA hospital attachment,
which is saying something about the condition
of Malaysian hospitals!

and then we walked a couple hours to this place called
Emmanuel Crafts, which is a beadmaking business
for single mothers/widows which was really nice
because all these women who had nothing just a couple
of years ago now can support their children thru med school!

and finally today, i went to visit Good Shepherd school
where I will be primarily working.
I had to take the bus there, and seriously-
this bus was terribly terribly jammed with people
and because they dont have proper bus stops,
people can just hail the bus anywhere by waving
and everyone just piles on, there's never too many people on the bus.

together with the constant honking,
it was seriously bleargh.
and then i started thinking:
'what on earth was going through my mind when
i wanted to work for 10 weeks in a place i've
never even been before?!!'

but thankfully, the school more than made up for it.

Good Shepherd School is a school for slum children,
and most of them are seriously seriously poor
but you wouldn't know it from seeing them
because they were so affectionate and lovely
and i had such an amazing time!

got to play with the 3 year old nursery kids for
the whole day and i really want to bring them all
back to the UK with me! (:

and i found out that i'll be teaching science-
which honestly, i dont remember anything of!
but i'm sure i'll figure something out.

but yeah, i'm really excited to be working there
because it's just such a lovely environment and
it was really refreshing to see all the teachers
have such a heart for children.

it really reminded me of my primary school days though,
when i walked into a class the kids all stood up
and greeted me, it was exactly what we would've done!

but yeah- things seem to be going well,
hopefully i'll be able to integrate more and
find my way around, because this place
is highly confusing- there are NO road names!

pray for my teeth because my gums got swollen when i
first got here and i thought it was because of the heat
but i think now it's more because my wisdom teeth
are growing out and painkillers don't work,
and you know how i hate going to see people
of the medical profession for health stuff so
i really hope i dont have to go see a dentist!

but yeah it's a lot to get used to,
for example water is not safe so it takes some getting used to,
having to boil water for dishes and use filter water
for teethbrushing, i've gotten so used to drinking
straight from the tap in the UK!

and people think i'm from India ):
that should give you an idea of how dark I am at the minute!

see you!