Sunday, October 26, 2008

After a very long week of camp, we tried to go out on Friday night after the kids left. I got to the city and had one beer and fell asleep, so went back home to bed. The next day on my day off I didn't even get out of bed till 3:00pm. I woke up about eleven, then just watched movies. We had a goat party on Sat. They went out at midnight to buy the live goat, then the guy they bought it form killed it and then they brought it home. They had to cut it up, but they didn't do it too gracefully, they just chopped the thing into bits right through the bone and everything so you had to eat around bones the entire time. It was ok, but the experience was cool. IT was very tough and gamey.

Today at work I was on the eco stuff. So me and 3 others went to the garden and worked the fields with the 80 year old grandma who speaks no english. It was awesome, Adrienne told me she was saying I was doing a really good job. After farming me and dave who I work with had to get the bio gas generator going. What we are doing with that is making methane gas out of buffalo poo. So we had to go out with shovels to collect buffalo poo and then find a way to squeeze it into the small mouth of a big water jug. So I came up with the idea of mixing it with some water, then putting it in a plastic bag with a hole in the corner and squeeze it in like cate decorating frosting. It worked ok, but was pretty messy. We had gloves on, but it was nasty.

Now we have medititation on the beach at 6:30, then acupuncture at 7:30.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

I am coordinating a camp this week. It is a lot of work. I have to do the logistics, and then plan everything out right then make sure the staff are following the schedule and the activities are going well and then also keep the teacher who came with the kids happy and talk with them. I just run around all day fixing problems and trying to prevent them from happening. It is tiring. Today I had to be to work at 6:30am and I just got home now at 11pm. I also have to be back to work by 6:30am tomorrow. I do get to sleep in my bed though and not camp which is good. But I am ready for the week to be over.

The weather has been so hot the last two days. It started to cool down to the low 80's, but it was back up to the 90's today and yesterday and the sun has been so hot. My face is pretty burnt and i put on loads of sunscreen and even wore a hat. The heat also makes it hard for camps because the kids get too hot and don't want to do the activities.

Better get to bed, only get a few hours of sleep between my workdays.

Friday, October 10, 2008

Lately I have been very busy. This past week we had 3 camps at the same time with a total of about 350 kids. It was crazy and hectic, but the kids all left and I have tomorrow off. Tomorrow I am going to take Kryn to the Big Buddha and show her around Lantau. Next weekend Kehm, the nepalese guy is hosting a goat party. I guess it is like a tradition to have goat parties around this time of year. Basically he buys a live goat, and back home he kills it and cuts it and then barbecues it, but I think what we are doing here is buying a live goat, then taking it to get cut and then having a bbq. It sounds awesome and I can't wait! I guess he uses pretty much everything from the goat, so that should be interesting.

Just wanted to write so everyone knew i was alive and everything is going good.