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February 27, 2005

hey hey everyone

sorry its been an absolute age again since i last wrote! time really is flying so flippin fast and i dont get much oppertunity to get to the internet cafe.

well, ive been having an amazing time here, as usual. it is a bit of a struggle sometimes, india is tough,just the emmensely different and rich culture. not to mention the appaling poverty just everywhere you look. sometimes its just all a bit too much, but god is totally my rock when it is hard. so all is cool. but i wouldnt change a thing, i really am loving it so much, its an amazing experience and i love living and being a part of such different cultures. india is stunning too, when you look above the busy crowded city areas!! but yeah, i am so happy to be here.

the projects have been fab, really got stuck in now. Balwadi has managed to get another room in the slum which the one is in presently, which is awesome as theres so many kids on the waiting list of the school. so thats real exciting, should get up and running in the next couple of weeks. i have loved teaching at the pre school so much, i didnt relaise it but its actually a real privaledge to teach these kids the fundamentals of their knowledge that they will carry with them for the rest of their lives. the kids are absolutely adorable as well, i really am going to be sad to leave.

and relationships are really building up so well with the women who work at Jacobs Well. we can all have a real laugh with them now which is great. i love walking back into the office each day and getting to hang out with them for a while, before doing the stretch class at the end of the day! which is going very well by the way, basically just 20 minnutes of histerical laughter due to the fact that these girls have never done anything like this before. it really is hilarious. but one of the ladies invited us to her house after work, and she was so so happy that we came. but it was a real eye opener. after seeing these women in a pretty normal environment every day, at the oasis premises, you forget that they are actually so poor. it really was heart renching, just one room, concrete, no proper floor, where her, her brother and her mother all live and sleep. they had no belongings either, just some cooking pots in a corner. was real tough. really does break my heart. but shes such a beautiful girl, anita, and shes so content with what she has, realises that she is very poor, but will never moan or complain. these women seem to just know that thats the way it is, and nothings going to change that fact. still not right though. feel like you want to transform all the slums! just isnt fair.

but theyve been teaching me how to stitch properly! they have these amazing vintage Singer sewing machines, theyre amazing. but they produce the most amazing clothes, really beautful stuff. its such a good project for them, really makes them feel that they belong to something, ang gives the a bit of hope i guess. the english classes they also get are so amazing, opens up endless oppertunities for them here where you have to speak englih to get anywhere. i really am learning that english is the international langage!! really, everyone speaks it. feel quite lucky that i dont have to learn a language! heheeee. GCSE french and german was enough thankyou very much.

ive heard theyre thinking of abolishing GCSE's and A levels?? is this so?? can someone please fill me in!! havnt heard any news in ages, and just get to hear little snippits of whats going on. have heard about a british library nearby so im going to have a look later, apparently they have the times and independant and stuff. never been so excited about reading a paper!

so yeh, havnt been ill again since last time which is great. really is hard work being ill here! for a minute i thought i was going down with the flu again, but all turned out to be okay. am enjoying being on top form for once!! is so tiring though, its getting real hot now, and it just burns you out. apparently when we all go on holiday, its going to be smack bang in the middle of summer, hitting the 50's. oh dear. sun cream and litres of water me thinks.....

we've been planning our holiday already, as weve been told we have to get train tickets real soon. so, it looks like were going to be able to trek around. we'll start of in a place called 'Goa'. theres real stunning beaches here, pictures look amazing. then we'll head north to rhajistan for a while, check out all the cool palaces and desserts and stuff. oh and the camels of course. then we'll head over to Deli, hit the Taj and all that. cant wait, but just is going so quick. we only have 8 weeks left before we leave for holiday! couldnt believe it when i worked that out this morning. crazy.

We all went sari shopping the other day, theres two weddings for staff memebers of Oasis which is so exciting. cant wait. but they told us that you have to wear saris, and you cant wear the same one to both weddings. i wasnt complaining though, the textiles here are just so amazing. the colours and the silks are beaut. was very happy to get myself a couple of indian numbers!!is pretty cheap too. so that was fun.

KFC is still under 'refurbishment'!!! what am i going to do?? paid a visit the other day to check the story, and it actually looks so much worse than it did a few weeks ago. and if indian timing is anything like african timing (which ive been told, and am slowly learning, that it is) then i dont htink its going to be ready for me before i go.....................arghhhh!!!!!! its okay though, because it was good, but still didnt taste half as good as home, so i guess im not really missing home. just hope KFC in oz is more like the real thing. ooo by the way our ALPHA placement in Sydney has fallen through - they cant take us on anymore for some reason, so were going to actually be in melbourne for our time in oz. they havnt completely sorted out what we'll be doing yet, but oasis UK will let us know soon. so watch this space. im told melbourne is actually cold, which will be refreshing after so much heat! really looking forward to it. you flamin golare!!! yeh, need to work on my accent.

so, thats the recent update. thanks to those who've been emailing, it really is so great to recieve your mails.

til next time
miss you all greatly

later x

Posted by Bec on February 27, 2005 11:14 AM
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