If you’re happy and you know it…
Laurie and I have been at Tiny Angels for ten weeks. We now have only six weeks left of teaching… how did that happen? Time flies when you’re having fun/moulding young minds.
What will I do when I have no one to sing “If You’re Happy and You Know it Clap Your Hands?” with me? How will people know if I’m happy?! :P
Posted April 30, 2012 at 6:25am
“Miss! Miss!” - the daily ups and downs of being a primary school teacher.
Six weeks into teaching and life at Tiny Angels is going swimmingly.
Our students make me laugh so much - we are so lucky to hang out with them. Everyday I get a student coming up to me saying “Miss, you teach our class now okay?” …which is a good sign!
We are also busy teaching them manners… “Give me that pencil PLEASE!”… and “say thank you miss” are our new slogans. At night I go to bed with the sound of “MISS! MISS!!” ringing in my ears.
Posted March 30, 2012 at 4:08am
Finally, I attend a wedding in India!
Last week, Team Takdah attended a Nepali Buddhist wedding. We all planned to get ready in our room at Tiny Angels… turned up with our saris and realised… none of us knew how to put them on!! 
Posted March 13, 2012 at 10:03am
Tiny Angels week three: WOW! I can ACTUALLY teach!
Life at Tiny Angels is going well. I am plodding along very happy and healthy, and everyday something happens that surprises me, makes me laugh, makes me angry, makes me think, and makes me work hard. I am taking every day as it comes and soaking in every moment - the tough stuff and the beautiful stuff.
Since my last post, Laurie and I have moved into our new room in the school, which is big and warm and has… wait for it… TV!! 10 boarders and 4 staff members also live in the school. Living here is like one big family, our meals are cooked for us and the principal and his family are so generous and lovely, they have really made us feel at home. (Plus they force feed us and worry about us a lot! In a good way!)
Posted March 10, 2012 at 8:45am
Namaste from Takdah, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India!
Namaste everyone!! 
Laurie (my volunteer partner from Scotland) and I are now settled in to our new home at Tiny Angels’ School, Takdah, which is a one hour jeep ride from Darjeeling.
This area (Gorkaland) is heaven. Driving into Darjeeling, we were met with the breathtaking sight of buildings and Buddhist monasteries and temples built into the side of the cliff. It’s all fresh air, prayer flags and beautiful, peaceful Nepali people. It’s hard to believe we’re in India; it’s so clean and quiet. The first few days in Darjeeling were cloudy. But on the third day, I looked outside the bathroom window and BAM! There were the Himalayas!! You could stare at them all day.
