Ruhanga - Cont.

This is what I have noted for 24.11 in Ruhanga:

Today was the big day; introduction to the kiddos and the school…. We all met around breakfast at 8 and probably hanged around chatting till 9. By then we got ready slowly to face the monsters! Only to find out on my way there that today’s sports morning...

So, we have to participate, run with the kids, exercise,… Great! Me who always hated sports! But it was fun, all the kids around (150 kids are schooled there) in a circle exercise together and that was fun. At some point Ian had to run off after a kid for some kind of game and fell in a small ditch. I took the opportunity to convert myself from a teacher wannabe to a first aider! So I finally used my beautiful first aid kit (luckily for something very small!). Ah but the kids have this song they sing when a student’s done well or to thank the teachers, I hope I can get it on video it’s the most amazing thing on Earth, it’s hilarious! The lyrics are:

“Teacher teacher [or whoever’s name] you’re so good, please come back another day” (!!!!) And meanwhile, the person praised will stand in the middle of the circle doing circles with their hips. It’s brilliant!!

So after sports, I was placed in P1 class to help them read their books while the teacher filled in their report cards (yes, it’s the end of the semester!). The kids are bright and the names!! Precious, Blessed are the most popular amongst the girls; as for boys the most interesting one I’ve heard so far is Innocent!

Anyway, the day passed like that playing with the kids, watching them rehearse their songs for their parent’s meeting day next week. One song is Farewell farewell my parents. This is because they will be moving schools to the opposite hill across the road (so for them it’s further out, its worth a farewell!!) it’s great!

Around 4-ish we went to the local improvised stadium for a football game between Ruhanga (sponsored by the Lodge) and another team…. So Wendy, Ian, Mike and I go there, relax on the grass with our beers waiting for the other team to show up; an hour or more later, no sign of the team but a threatening black cloud over our heads. With Ian limping we decided it was safer to start walking back as we had no cover there… In the space of 10 minutes the wind was blowing hard and you could feel heavy rain coming up. Luckily a nice pick up car stopped and offered us a ride back to the lodge which was highly appreciated because as we got off the car and walked a couple of meters to the sheltered area of the lodge, we were drenched already!

The evening was nice and peaceful, after dinner we warmed ourselves around a fire and chatted. It was fun, Ann and the rest just kept bringing back funny stories about the lodge it was good…