Tomorrow will be our ONE WEEK in Cape Town! Can you believe it?! It's already flying by. But, this week has been seriously awesome so far! So many great things going on. :)
Yesterday we "hired a cab" to take us to Canal Walk mall for an evening adventure. The cab driver we hired was recommended to us by students and staff on campus. He is a student at UWC and owns a small cab company called Campus Transport that drives UWC students around Cape Town for cheaper than the other public cabs. Pretty cool, right? The driver was fun and seemed like someone cool we could maybe hang out with in the future. He mentioned he could possibly take us to a braai (bbq) in one of the townships sometime--which would be such a great experience! Oh, and the mall was very nice. I got a new blow dryer since I blew mine (haha) and we had a nice pizza dinner.
Today I went to Belhar primary school (K-8th grade) with Munya and Sashley. Munya and Sashley were presenting to 4 classes of 7th and 8th graders tips for entrepreneurship to educate and inspire them. The classes were very receptive and it was super fun to see what youth education is like in Cape Town. There are a couple differences from the States. Here, students in public schools wear uniforms, and they do not wear uniforms at private schools. Also, the schools teach the students two languages--English as the first language, and Afrikaans as the second. There is one class per grade level that teaches Afrikaans as the first language to support students who grow up speaking Afrikaans at home. Cool, right?
Below are a couple photos from the program. At the end of the day, we were able to watch students from the Afrikaans-speaking class present a project in English (see the last photo). I can't wait to go back in a couple weeks for the next entrepreneurship lessons!
Lastly, I have had a few simple "wins" that make my heart happy! I was able to clean my bathroom yesterday and vacuum my room today! I feel so much better when my space is clean. Munya was able to fix my internet so it will hopefully not flake out like it did last night (fingers crossed). Tim told me that I could access iheartradio for free music--which works! I am currently streaming Kiss FM from Albany. Super pumped. BUT even better, I figured out how to transfer the music from my iPod to this netbook so I can have music when I am chillin' in the room or office! :) Sashley invited me to go to the movies to see "The Lucky One" (a super chick flick) with her and some friends next week--hooray! AND she is considering coming to Port Elizabeth with us for an adventure in June.
All AWESOME things, right?
"The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does." --James M. Barrie
Kaity
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