February 2008
3 posts
I have Changed my Blog Address
I changed my blog host as I was having issues with tumblr and blogger has some better functions like being able to comment etc. So the new address is: http://gumbygeckosimon.blogspot.com/ All are welcome….
Snow Capped Meru
After a two a two week dry spell which I am told is a long time, it has been raining for 48hrs. Solid spurts at a time anyway. The kind where you find your self up to your knees in water one minute then twenty minutes later it has all disappeared. The great part of the rain was that it gave Meru a snow cap which has looked ‘Alp’ like for the last couple of days. The president dissolved...
January 2008
8 posts
Almost a month...
It is hard to believe that I have been here for almost a month now. Am well into the routine of school now. The kids are great! They are all very engaging and keen to participate at all times which is certainly a refreshing change. They are extremely competitive which regularly results in arguments no matter the game. They turn out in what ever sought of PE uniform they can throw together which is...
Tanzanian Phone Number.... This one actually works
So it turns out the number on a sim card does not actually mean it is the real number for your sim card. So here is the real number… +255753885588 Should work
Tanzanian Number
Had to buy a new phone as my Aussie one would not accept Tanz sims. My old number still works but if anyone so needed to call me then this is your cheaper bet. +255783371794
Hey
Just testing this chat thing, if anyone feels like humoring me.
First Week
Well have been here a week and half now and it certainly feels a lot longer than that.The first week of teaching went really well. Still feeling my way through the younger age group, what they have done in the past and how much English they understand (50% Standard 1 class’s understand none which is certainly a challenge). The school seems to be in full swing this week with all class’s...
From the cradle of Life
This was my first and hopefully now last generic email that i sent if you did not recieve it. Mombo, Well has certainly been a whirl wind few days since leaving Sydney. Especially after finding out about the election problems in Kenya just before I left. So here is a brief run down. I flew straight to Jo’berg where somehow Derrick (a South African I lived with in England) after a few...
Well here we go in the world of blogging. Watch out Youngie!