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Busy
What do I do with my last free weekend in a country like Fiji. Stay at home! Taking the rest I think I need and more specifically update my weblog. Revive my past week, what have I seen, what have I been through and what I feel. I still have 4 working days to go.…
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Isa lei
Can it be described? I do not know if the pictures say more than 1000 words. I assume a lot of people probably experienced a warm feeling in their life’s at a certain moment. The birth of a child, love, a beautiful memory. I know I have and fortunately I am lucky enough to get…
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Countdown
It is a very inspiring time here in Fiji. Despite the energy-consuming school where I work, I love to go to work. Energizing yes to organize so many children to a cozy unity where you can do nice kindergarten activities, is not that easy. The children are very busy and the environment is busy too.…
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Respect
I have to sit down for this one. There was still a chair in the office. a bit rickety and I carry some weight extra, but I was willing to try the seat. However miss Rasovanivalu left her chair so that I could sit down. I asked why? and her answer is because you are…
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Past
Time travel. It is as if I have ended up in a history lesson. It is not only school, it is also daily life here. moments that shock me, touch, sad or make me happy. Moments that you think can this still happen in today. Again and again between the past, the future and the…
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Stand still
Little by little I experience the culture here, and I learn to recognize things. The contact with the people here on the street is increasing. The Fijian in particular also live more on the streets and they also appeal to you more. It starts with where you from .. where you stay and then that…
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Schools out
School is over, The children received a certificate on graduation day. What a spectacle. These two weeks have the children Math, English, history and geography. This short project is entirely provided by the volunteers of projects abroad. The martintar community and the martintar public school facilitate this. Children from the area but also from villages…
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Time
Time flies when you’re having fun. I hardly have the time to make a recap of my experiences. My current daily schedule is as follows, I wake up at 6 am because I have a built-in pee alarm. Then I turn around in my bed till a quarter past 7. I check if I have…
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Inspiration
It is a little bit warmer here in Fiji than in New Zealand. 31 degrees Celsius and sweltering. Winter is coming in Fiji. It will be cooler in the coming months. 20 degrees would be nice. We arrived at the Singh family our hosts for the coming 2 month. Andrea and I each have our…
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Nadi project
As of today I got appointed as a teacher. The first position is at the Martintar public primary school for just 2 weeks. It is a summer school. Then after the summer a private school “Namaka Methodist Kindergarten” located in Nadi, Fiji will be my next position. there I will work for 2 months. The…