One Week On...

We have been teaching the children for 4 days now. It took a few attempts to plan lessons to their level of English but we're getting there. Fridays (today) are activity day where we play games and stuff. There was also a TB vaccination drive going on so we had to have 2 classes each crowded into one room. Mine were happy playing an advanced version of catch and I was able to enjoy an intense game of Scrabble with the older kids, or, as it is know in Malay, 'Sahibba'. Very fun!

The Scrabble game was so gripping that we overran school time by half an hour. I then walked into another room to find Jo rocking out on the drums while three of the children were having a guitar lesson. The teacher said she had some kind of natural talent... for a first attempt at playing. He allowed us to come back next week for some drum and guitar tuition. Jo is "like beyond excited".

The other day we cooked for ourselves for the first time. In our flat we have a rice cooker and wok, so all meals must adapt to this equipment. I was in charge of the Chinese knife and Jo the wok. I expertly chopped the chicken and vegetables which Jo adeptly knocked together in the wok with some oil to create a culinary sensation. Success.

Yesterday after school we decided to go and sit on the field outside our flats. Promptly two Malay Indian boys came over to make friends. They seemed funny and we convinced them to stop smoking as they were only thirteen years old. Another guy got out of his car to come and take some pictures of us. We then played some games with them and races while the other guy who spoke no English sat next to me taking pictures of us on his phone. Who knew we'd be so famous! Running in the heat is hard. We came back to our flat and left them at the field. About five minutes later we heard a knock on the door. They found us! Not sure how. Timwei was very wary of the Indian children and we managed to persuade them to leave. A serious chat about the safety of Malaysia followed.

Tomorrow it's the weekend wehay! Plan A: operation Find Will and Kate. I believe they depart from KL tomorrow so this may involve a trip to the airport. Plan B: operation Stay Awake on the Tourist Bus. And take more photos. Should be good! Then Chelsea are playing at night, FACT. So we'll go and see our good friends at Restoran Salam.