Hello Everyone,
So this week has been pretty eventful, at least for things outside of the ordinary. I have been having class every Monday as always, but this week I've also had a Peace corp interaction. Yesterday I had a couple of people stop by to drop off some extra bug spray and to check out my room to make sure mosquitoes can't swarm in there. Lately I've been using Soffell which is a lotion based bug repellent that has been great. Mosquitoes haven't been the biggest concern here, but I am definitely keeping the last time I applied repellent in the back of my head.
On the note of my room I have finally broken down and bought a new mattress, which was one of the best decisions I've made since being here. I can't stress enough in you are at a Peace corp post and you are sleeping on a foam pad (like I was), then find a way to get a mattress. I have been sleeping much more soundly and I've been feeling better after I wake up in the morning, so that idea to buy a mattress from the TL8s was a 10/10 in my book!
Classes have been going well and I've slowly been finding my groove in how and when to plan my classes. The occasional feedback from my students, juxtaposed by their scores on my placement test have kind of honed into the general starting place for my English classes. On top of that I have the first dialogue of my Tetum Dialogue series translated and am having a few people check out the phrasing to see if it's understandable. This is pretty exciting because hopefully it will get my students and others involved in the process of speaking and listening to English conversations in different environments. The first movie I'm using is Infinity Wars and it will hopefully be a good kickoff to this project. I'll make sure to keep you all updated on the results of this endeavor.
The pictures below are kind of random, but they are all in order at least. The first one is of an insect that Badinas and I discovered that we are both convinced is a new species, so if anyone want's to throw money at us for discovering it we'll be in touch. Otherwise if you know what it is, we would love to know. It was super weird and loved to jump around, so if you can tell us what their name is in the comments maybe we'll try to make contact next time. The next three pictures in all honesty were fillers I took of the office because I knew I had to post today, but they look cool right?! The last one is the bed I bought which definitely set me back, at least until my travel reimbursement comes in from the Dili trip. It just means I'll have to haggle for all of the Red Velvet ice cream bars I get. lol
It's been a pretty nice week and I'm glad to have this outlet (the blog) because I feel not only accomplished after this, but also I feel reset, like I'm ready for the future. I look forward to my conversation with Osseo Sr. in a couple weeks, it'll be nice to give some more goal 3 back to the states. Well, this is the part of the blog where I say I have to go, but thankfully until I see you next time, I'll leave you with this.
Much Love,
~BW
So this week has been pretty eventful, at least for things outside of the ordinary. I have been having class every Monday as always, but this week I've also had a Peace corp interaction. Yesterday I had a couple of people stop by to drop off some extra bug spray and to check out my room to make sure mosquitoes can't swarm in there. Lately I've been using Soffell which is a lotion based bug repellent that has been great. Mosquitoes haven't been the biggest concern here, but I am definitely keeping the last time I applied repellent in the back of my head.
On the note of my room I have finally broken down and bought a new mattress, which was one of the best decisions I've made since being here. I can't stress enough in you are at a Peace corp post and you are sleeping on a foam pad (like I was), then find a way to get a mattress. I have been sleeping much more soundly and I've been feeling better after I wake up in the morning, so that idea to buy a mattress from the TL8s was a 10/10 in my book!
Classes have been going well and I've slowly been finding my groove in how and when to plan my classes. The occasional feedback from my students, juxtaposed by their scores on my placement test have kind of honed into the general starting place for my English classes. On top of that I have the first dialogue of my Tetum Dialogue series translated and am having a few people check out the phrasing to see if it's understandable. This is pretty exciting because hopefully it will get my students and others involved in the process of speaking and listening to English conversations in different environments. The first movie I'm using is Infinity Wars and it will hopefully be a good kickoff to this project. I'll make sure to keep you all updated on the results of this endeavor.
The pictures below are kind of random, but they are all in order at least. The first one is of an insect that Badinas and I discovered that we are both convinced is a new species, so if anyone want's to throw money at us for discovering it we'll be in touch. Otherwise if you know what it is, we would love to know. It was super weird and loved to jump around, so if you can tell us what their name is in the comments maybe we'll try to make contact next time. The next three pictures in all honesty were fillers I took of the office because I knew I had to post today, but they look cool right?! The last one is the bed I bought which definitely set me back, at least until my travel reimbursement comes in from the Dili trip. It just means I'll have to haggle for all of the Red Velvet ice cream bars I get. lol
It's been a pretty nice week and I'm glad to have this outlet (the blog) because I feel not only accomplished after this, but also I feel reset, like I'm ready for the future. I look forward to my conversation with Osseo Sr. in a couple weeks, it'll be nice to give some more goal 3 back to the states. Well, this is the part of the blog where I say I have to go, but thankfully until I see you next time, I'll leave you with this.
Happiness, true happiness, is an inner quality. It is a state of mind. If your mind is at peace, you are happy. If your mind is at peace, but you have nothing else, you can be happy. If you have everything the world can give - pleasure, possessions, power - but lack peace of mind, you can never be happy.
~Dada Vaswani
Much Love,
~BW
