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| Gen leaving Ranau |
"All by myself..." again. Gen is safely back in Glasgow and hopefully advising Andrew on colours to paint the walls of the flat. It was so lovely for her to share a little of my life here in Ranau and get to know some of my friends and what I do but it is rather limiting when you have no transport and waiting for your mother to come home from work! Work I hear you say - yes I do actually work! Now let me take a typical day, for example like last Tuesday. I received an email last weekend telling me about the launch of the the 100 Day Countdown to the Olympics in London. Where might be the most likely place for it to be launched in Malaysia? - well of course Ranau! It was sponsored by the British Council (and others) and the head of the British Council of Malaysia along with the Director of Education and other VIP's were present and the mentors in the region were asked to put in an appearance. So Emily and I turned up and saw the 100 balloons going off and the Olympic torch being lit and the parades, local dancing and music and we even got to climb over the barrier and shake hands with the VIP's. The final icing on the cake is that I now own a bright red t-shirt saying "Olympic Countdown Ranau 2012"!
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| Ranau Sports Komplex |
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| Bamboo Recording Studio, Tambunan |
As soon as we had finished there we went to collect Gen and three of our teachers and headed off down the bumpy, potholed road to Tambunan, a small town about an hour's drive from Ranau. We were heading for "The Bamboo Recording Studio" (surely you've heard of it) and there we met up with two other mentors and some more teachers. The reason for the venue was to record the songs in Year 1 and 2 in order that we can sell (for a loss) the CD and songbook to the parents which in turn will hopefully encourage the children to listen and sing English at home. The one hour booked turned into three hours very quickly. None of us had ever sung together and despite the simplicity of the songs we've managed to end up with an interesting mix of Sabah/Irish accents and odd harmonies! It is certainly not the best, however we are hoping that the parents and children won't mind too much. We all had a good time together and afterwards we ate and had a hilarious drive home arriving back in Ranau about 8 pm. So there you have a typical day at work - no wonder I'm so tired la!
As soon as we had finished there we went to collect Gen and three of our teachers and headed off down the bumpy, potholed road to Tambunan, a small town about an hour's drive from Ranau. We were heading for "The Bamboo Recording Studio" (surely you've heard of it) and there we met up with two other mentors and some more teachers. The reason for the venue was to record the songs in Year 1 and 2 in order that we can sell (for a loss) the CD and songbook to the parents which in turn will hopefully encourage the children to listen and sing English at home. The one hour booked turned into three hours very quickly. None of us had ever sung together and despite the simplicity of the songs we've managed to end up with an interesting mix of Sabah/Irish accents and odd harmonies! It is certainly not the best, however we are hoping that the parents and children won't mind too much. We all had a good time together and afterwards we ate and had a hilarious drive home arriving back in Ranau about 8 pm. So there you have a typical day at work - no wonder I'm so tired la!
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