Archive for March, 2008
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
Tamil Nadu to Kerala through Karnataka
March 4, 2008 - Cochin, Kerala - India
Notes from the past two days – traveling from Tamil Nadu through Bangalore, Karnataka to Cochin, Kerala.
Departure times should include a1 hour Mad-is-always-late contingency timeframe.
Bananas do not travel well. Ever. Even if they looked tasty.
When the cellphone stops working, do not trust Evy to wake up […]
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Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
Last week at Shanti Bhavan
March 3, 2008 – Tamil Nadu, India
The George Foundation – Shanti Bhavan
This past week has been my favourite so far. It’s been excessively hectic, but I suppose that’s my preferred work environment for the most part anyway.
I was given permission to start a little film class with the grade 8’s who were interested – […]
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Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
igloos
I’ve been teaching my Grade 6 geography class about the Inuit, and while in Hosur last weekend bought some sugar cubes and Maida flour to make ‘igloos’ with ’snow’. The kids loved it. More than I realized. At a certain point, partially through the proceedings, it seemed there was a deficiency in […]
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Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
Office Politics
February, 2008 - Tamil Nadu, India
The George Foundation – Shanti Bhavan
I got caught up in office politics today. It was horrible- at least, I found it really awkward- and it really shouldn’t have been a big deal at all.
The grade 6 class that I was helping with was doing a special project - building […]
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Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
Banks, Food Poisoning & Canada Geese
February 23, 2008 - Tamil Nadu, India
The George Foundation – Shanti Bhavan
I never realized how dependent I am on revolving my life around the joys of food until I got restricted from doing it. I curse the gods of food poisoning. I suppose it’s good that my stomach realizes a bad thing immediately, […]
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Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
sisterly bonding
February 19, 2008 - Tamil Nadu, India
The George Foundation – Shanti Bhavan
Weird snuffling noises are emanating from the other side of the room. The creature emitting them happens to be my sister. Now she’s decided to eat an apple. I can hear every bite being chewed with smacking loudness. Evy with […]
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Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
Winnie-the-Pooh and other stories
February 18, 2008 - Tamil Nadu, India
The George Foundation - Shanti Bhavan
I’ve been put in charge of reading to the preschoolers for this week. Every night, from 8:15pm to 8:30pm is story time at Shanti Bhavan. Last week I read to the ‘Big Dorm’ (Grades 2-4). The first night I made the […]
