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At one point of time, I thought I was to close my Sunday 2pm's neighboring kids gathering. For Peace Corps required all kid's pictures posted at any of outgoing emails, etc. all need the parents' approval and signatures on file.   But the forms for parents' signatures make all parents came with kids at 2pm to tell me that they were happy for me to have their kids to have something to do and they are fine on knowing that I am taking pictures of kids only be posted in this blog for my nieces, nephews, relatives and friends worldwide to know where, what and how my life is in Ntwane, South Africa.   Thus, we did as routine, memorizing the timetable first  and I had the advanced ones to help younger ones or slower ones to memorize it too. . Then we continue on to the coloring.  The bigger kids used the floor as table..... The younger ones used the benches for it.  All enjoying it well. There came the birthday for Bonga, my host ma's granddaughter from her s...
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This week had been all pressures from all classes requirements and continue intergrading with host family and the surrounding neighbors. One night host Mom bring home her sister’s daughter, age 40 and been fallen few times.... Host pa, ma brought her to the clinic and referred to the hospital and few more fallen down after, she hurt her angle.... Now the whole week been staying in the hospital..... couldn’t know details for not enough languages from me to them, Vis versa...... The week started with a wind storm and got cold for the rest of nights.  The first couple nights I had my sleeping bag out on my blanket again..... Rushing day in and day out by the van taking us to and from village and resort.... See what the monkeys can do with garbage can!!!   The female monkey might come for food for the younglings...... The male had followed just for her... Was that of what I felt the pressure and cold these early mornings, so what in my camera been darker..... But it had bee...
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 All our lessons in language, cultural integration skills, and work skills..... all were piling up, all aiming to how to pass the interview, that coming up in only few weeks..... One day, we have the diversity groups of people to come talk to us on their experiences on the transition in South Africa, from early 1990s and on....  Young (age 15) and old (age 71); black, white, mix, Asian, disable and LBTGA... all have their own stories to tell...  mostly moving..... That day on my way home..... these were the scene, I saw...... Darker.... as we were off from classes later in the day???....... But closer to host home all brighten up again..... Host ma was to make “pap” that made from maize powder in boiling water with the tools above..... She was happily showing me how...... This was most of time on the table for dinner..... We were granted with one shopping day at the larger mall further from our host homes. ...