111m bungee jump and other activities at Victoria Falls

I have forget to describe this heat what we have faced in Malawi past 2,5 months so let me do it now. When we woke up at the morning it is really hot, even though we have sleep with our windows open. So when we drink our morning tea and put our uniforms on it's coming pretty warm. But that warm is nothing comparing to that heat when we walk to the hospital and then I am feeling so HOOOOOOOT that I am fully covered with sweat. That feels like I would have really big pee on my pants or maybe better way to say I feel like I am like ”uitettu rotta” like Elina said, that means in english ”drowned rat” :D Some evenings the sweating is so bad that even that I take as cold shower as possible and after a few minutes I am again covered with sweat, so I feel like I would even took a shower except my hair is still wet :D Those days I just want to lay down on my bed and don't move even a muscle, sometimes it helps and sometimes it doesn't. When it doesn't help then I am going to take three to four showers in those evenings :D :D :D hahahaha. This heat is sometimes too much for me. Anyway this is challenging and I like it. I like the heat but without sweat,! I don't like to wash my clothes everyday :D

Okey two weeks ago we joined one students lesson. In this class there was something like 180 students! All those students were part of one class! Amazing how many they were :D Actually in kcn there is first year students in one class about 200, second year students about 180 (those whose lesson I did joined) and third year students about 100 etc. So classes in Malawi are REALLY BIG ONCE! Teaching methods are pretty much same as we have in Finland except that these students must do all the time presentations that is how they learn and when they are doing presentation teatcher is interupting them ALL THE TIME. Or that teacher was... :D His voice was just like a microphone! And I think that he was a bit rude to students like when one student was saying something and of course when there is almost 200 students she should almost yell that everybody can hear her so teacher said ”WHAT?! I can see that your lips are moving but there is coming no voice out! Could you please say something! Your voice is as loud as mices voice!” That is so different! I can see status different between malawian student and teacher and finnish student and teacher – and it is huge! In Finland you can doubt about everything what teacher say and ask for arguments but in Malawi you couldn't even think about doubting what teacher have said even that you were thinking if that really is true! :D

When our holiday started also rainseason started :D hahahaha! That is so my luck! My first holiday day I went to crosroad hotel's swimming pool and I swam smth like 3 hours and then started to rain, so we thought with Elina that when it is raining should we just wait that rain would stop or perhaps should we took some beauty salon services – and so we took some manicure and pedicure ;) what a lovely holiday start was that :D just relaxing when a lady was masaging my hands ;)

feeling tired for travelling 13hours in a bus..

Unfortunately there wasn't any other people going to Victoria falls and South Luangwa National Park so we took our own trip to Lusaka by bus and continue our trip from Lusaka to Livingstone by bus. (And we also saved something like 700€ when we took our own trip to Sambia!!!) Actually the trip to Lusaka was about 13hours sitting in a bus from Lilongwe to Lusaka! And from Lusaka to Livingstone about 7 hours. First bustrip was quite interesting, I had my big bag with me and because it's africa in a bus racks were really small once so our bags couldn't fit there, so we had to sit with our bag at our legroom for 13hours! And ofcourse there was also some food bags under our sits so that they did fall to our legroom's while we had sit there something like 5 hours.. so I can tell you – there was basically no space for legs at all!!! :D After sitting there for 13hours and going to Lusaka backpakers get a dormetory room it was REALLY nice to just lay down and eat! Yeah, we did stop maybe few times but we didn't really have big stops so that we could really eat something. Actually our biggest stop was at the border where we had to first check out from Malawi and then we went back to a bus and drove maybe 50m?! And then we had to chek in at Zambia side and of course change some malawian kwachas to zambian kwachas so that we could pay the visa. Yeah, it was quite funny afterall. We were thinking with Elina that why we just didn't walk that trip? Why we have to drive that 50m :D

As soon as we reached Zambia I saw the difference between Zambia and Malawi and how poor people really are in Malawi. In Zambia there is even double-decker houses and even apartment buidings! So amazing! In Malawi I have seen only ONE apartment building and that was that 5 star hotel at the Lilongwe. And now in Zambia there is so many apartment buildings! Amazing! Second thing what I saw was of course when we are girls – shopping malls! SHOPPING MALLS!! There is nowhere REAL shopping malls in Malawi! No where! But now when we drive through Lusaka's center we saw at least 3 BIG shopping malls! And then third thing was lights – there is lights. Much of traffic lights and of course street lights when it's dark just like we have in Finland, but in Malawi no way! When it's dark there is no people anywhere, no lights – nothing. But now when it was quite dark when we came to Lusaka there was much of people at the streets and lots of street lights and much more cars! So I was thinking that how can anyone have a culture shock in Zambia, in Lusaka if even we haven't got any in Malawi where life is REALLY different than what we are used to. Zambia seems to be more westernized than Malawi, even people are dressed more like in western countries. Zambia is really much more richer than Malawi, I hope that there is not so big breach between rich Zambian people and poor Zambian people. I feel that in Malawi there is some rich people but most of the people are with average circumstances and then there is much poor people but I feel that there is not so big breach between people with average circumstances and poor people in Malawi. I hope that I felt right way :) After being in Lusaka 1,5 days we continue our trip to Livingstone. It was much more enyouable trip – only 7 hours in a bus with 2 small 10min stops. We stayed in Jollyboys and it is really nice place to stay. Actually it is quite international place – almost all who did stayed in Lusaka backpakers did went to Jollyboys as well. We stayed there in a private room what was really nice. And there was also a swimming pool! Not that I would really need it when it was quite cool, but of course I had to use it just because we had one at our lodge!

Victorian Falls – amazing even between dryseason and rainseason! Just so awesome! It's definetly worth to see even in a dryseason! If you ever get a change to came to Zambia or Zimbabwe you have to go to see them. It is so worthy! They said that after rainseason Victoran Falls are really full of water and you even can feel the water when you are walking at the top. It was a bit clammy even that there was not so much of water so I definetly wonder how clammy it would be in the spring or June when it is full of water?! We also saw the difference between one day of raining and it was huge! First there was only a couple of waterfalls here and there but now we saw quite many of them in one spot! Amazing how much 12+hours raining would really do to the waterfalls!

When I went to Malawi I knew that in Victoria Falls you may do some activities but I wouldn't NEVER EVER believe that I WOULD DO BUNGEE JUMP! To be honest I did seriously think about doing it about 3 days before. One of my teacher in KCN had told me but I wasn't really thinking of doing it for real. Just joking like yeah right I will do that when we are going there. But when I talked with my friend who did encourage me to do it I started to thinking about it for real. And when I heard that two guys from Australia was going to do it then I was seriously thinking that I would join them. So one thing leads to another and so happened that I booked my ”air package” at monday morning and so happens that I did do bungee jump very first time in my entire life! Ah man! Our air package included zipline, bungee jump and bridge swing. Never ever scared so much and never had so much fun at the same time! It was like winning my fears! First I do the zipper – so I did went from Zambia to Zimbabwe with a zipperline. It was pretty cool as well. And the view was so amazing at the middle of the trip! Then second was bungee jump. I still can't believe that I did jump 111m upside down! Actually I did scream even before jump so I could say I did really SCARE! Hahaha. But afterwards it was so amazing - even that I had to keep my eyes closed because otherwise I would throw up because of all swing and dangle upside down :D I did open my eyes once and then I felt so nausea and that I would soon throw up so I had to close my eyes and focus that I wouldn't :D. I was first women who did bungee jump and I was proud of myself! I am the winner.... lalalalalaaa!!! :D Everyone who know me know that I am very easily encourage to do something crazy, extreme and wild things :D I quess that I am kind of YLLYTYSHULLU!!! :D Never wouldn't believe and the pictures look so unreal – me jumping?! WHAT?! OMG! I DID IT!!!!!

zipline from Zambia to Zimbabwe

swing

111m bungee!

swimming when it's heavenly raining :D

I also enjoyed the rainseason on my own way – swimming on the swimming pool while raining! Hahahaa! That is really crazy Finnish girl who definetly enjoy doing crazy, awesome, extreme, wild things like bungee jump! COLORADO you are next! :D Also something crazy happens to Elina – baboon stole her bag! :D Hahaha! It was quite fun after he had took all her stuff out of the bag and ate two lollipops. We were wondering with two australian guys that why did baboon took Elina's bag when she had only 2 lollipops which doesn't really smell at all while the other guy had an apple and other guy had some müslibar?! Maybe he just smell something and Elina was good target?! :D Anyway when baboon had eat all Elina's lollipops he went away and then Elina got all his stuff back :D Well, all her stuffs was on the ground and her bag was up-side-down but anyway, baboon didn't broke anything what is really good. Luckily Elina did gave her bag to baboon because one man told us afterwards that this baboon is a bit dangerous – it may also bite if it doesn't get the bag, so luckily Elina did gave the back to it!

Yesterday we went to Livingstone Island walk and afterwards we ate very nice perhaps our FIST real breakfast in Africa. :D First we got a free transport to one 5 star hotel and what a shock was it when we came to that hotel and heard first time in 2,5 months finnish! And it also felt very weard to talk finnish :D haha. Then we took a boat ride to vic falls top and the view was really amazing! First I wasn't going to swim because it was a bit cooler day, but because our guide told us that it is once in a lifetime experience to swim in a devil pool so I decide to do it even that I am not really really good swimmer but I do enjoy it. Water was pretty brown because it had rained day before yesterday about 13hours! Water flow was pretty high there and there was only a few ropes at the edge of vic falls, what also makes it feels a bit dangerous and same time quite fun! Only that we didn't really saw where rocks are because water was brown so we had to swam exactly after our guide. When we finally reached the devil pool I was a bit nervous.. ”öm,öm,öm... You want me to jump to the edge of vic falls?! Without anything saferopes or anything?!” But because one spain girl did jump there I also did. And then I saw that there was really some big rock what make us staying in a devil pool and not to fall down with water falls :D Ugh, it was pretty crazy to swim at the edge of vic falls! I wonder how someone had got enough
courage to jump there to find the devil pool? Nature had made it anyway... :)

I was planning to post my blogg yesterday but unfortunately we got really big blackout what tooks perhaps 2hours! It was maybe longest one we had got here for now, actually we had got longest blackouts here in Zambia than we have faced in Malawi! In Malawi we have got only maybe max 1-2 min blackout but now we got about 2 hours blackout!! :D But it was pretty nice just to hangout and in a candlelight and chat with our new australian friends :) And planning what to do for next days ;)

And today was also quite nice day. We took a helicopter flight over victoria falls! And what an amazing view it was. It took only about 15 min, but it was worth it. It was also our first time to be in a helicopter. Helicopter did arise much faster than an aeroplane but it was quite nice and noisy! :D hahaha. Tomorrow we are planning to do some volunteering here in Livingstone in some orphane home :) Like reading a book or playing with kids.. <3 Let see what we can do, how much do they understand us :) I am also planning that someday I will come back for a couple of months for volunteering in a orphane home, that would be my dream to help these poor kids who doesn't have parents anymore. Most of orphanes are orphane because of HIV/AIDS. Parents have died

for AIDS..

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Amazing, confusing, life changing life in Africa!

I can't believe that these amazing, life changing experience in Malawi is soon coming to the end! I have only 2 days clinical practice left and then only 2 weeks holiday! What a shame is that! Everyday I love Malawi and Africa more and more. Past few days I have been thinking about what am I gonna do when I am at home, my whole life is different now. I don't really know what I am gonna do in my life, but I know that these experience was just the beginning of doing something great for God. He has showed to me so many things here, my heart is so so so BROKEN.. These people here in Africa are so poor that they don't have clean water and they cant afford for buying food or water, so how could they afford buying clothes what we are sending to them from our countries for FREE. I wouldn't NEVER EVER think that they have to buy those clothes... But the thing is that even that these people doesn't have money they are happy! You don't really see anywhere people who would look really sad, or depressive or anxious. I wish that people could feel so accepted in Finland, than I feel when I am here in Malawi. Everyone is everybodys friend, you don't have to go anywhere alone or without talking to nobody, there is always someone who to talk with. Because people do talk with random people! Most of the people are so full of life that we should take as an example how much better life would be without material. Seriously if you would compare a child with a brick-toy and a child with a superfancy electrical car and hundreds of other toys, you will see the difference. I have seen the difference. And it is HUGE, there isn't enough words to descibe it! I don't really know what to say, my mind is so confusing right now... I don't know should I laugh or cry, at least I know how much God is taking care of me, how great He is!

Okay, that was maybe a bit depressive so let me tell you something funny. Last weekend I went to my friend's room just to say hello to him. He was playing chess with his friend. We talked just something random, and somehow the subject did came to me. So my friend sayed smth like ”she is getting fat” and the other boy said ”no, she doesn't look like that” and my friend ”oh, yes he is! You didn't see her when se came to here!” I was having so much fun, I did laugh for these two boys conversation about my weight! If they would have this conversation in Finland I may be would be a bit hurt, but I was just laughing to them. The thing is, men like more girls who are fat. Or that's what students have told to me. If you are fat, you are able to get a good man. How odd is that! I think that men are thinking also that if woman is fat she has money, and maybe also the other way.

So last weekend there was a disco in our campus. My friend asked me to go there, so we went. I haven't been dancing like that since I gave my life to Lord and I think that in Finlad if someone ask you to go there you would go there with him and then you probably wouldn't dance together. So I wasn't prepare to dance with him! I didn't understand that of course you have to dance with him when you are going to the disco with him... so I did dance a few songs with him but my disco ended pretty fast because someone hit me on my BUT! And it really hurted. Anyway I didn't feel very well there because I was only white girl there so I felt that I am on a spot because everyone was staring me. So I decided that this was it, I wanna go to sleep.

2 weeks ago I was in a burns unit, it was really great week! Even that the ward was pretty quiet I did enjoyed to be there. I did saw really huge wounds, I haven't EVER seen so big wounds before. Some of them was a bit gross but I don't know why somehow I just wanted to stared the wounds :D One man had a wound on his lower leg and the leg was about three times bigger than the other (bloated)! I am not going to describe how it did looked but I can say that some sensibles would ran away and I just wanted to stared that wound....hahahaha. Weard, I know. Last week I was in ICU that's intensive care unit, and I felt that it is more like monitoring room. First students didn't really record much of patients but then when the nurse in charge did said about that so they had to change a tactic. Students anyway feels to be really lazy, or maybe it's not just students rather all malawian's! They wake up really early and then they drive like crazy to get to work and when they finally are there then they just sit and watch some videos, play games,be in facebook or chat! It's just so odd... I had one patient with one student so we did bedbath to her and that took maybe like 2hour at first day because qualified nurse must see that we can do it. So we did that, and then after that student said to me that she is so tired. I was so suprised, in Finlan we would do those like maybe with 6 patient. So I was really suprised that how she can be tired when we had done only one bedbath. Anyway it was really nice to be in ICU, and see what is intensice care in Malawi. Actually I found out that most of those patients are there because of the husband. My patient was lying on the bush about 2 days because husband was trying to kill her. So nurses and doctors said to me don't get married if you don't want to end up like this. Hahahaha, very funny!

Hmmm.... Liwonde! Oh my gosh, it was amazing! We did saw so many animals which are in jungle book and lion king! I was even a bit feeling like I am female Mougli :D We did went there by minibus, because we don't wanna spent all of our money for taking a couch and big busses leave when they are full so you maybe have to wait something like 3 hours, like we did when we was going to Dedza few weeks ago. So we took a minibus, and it left like 30min after we went there and it took only 4,5hours to Liwonde. So it was pretty ok. Even that it was totally ful, and there was some foodbags and a bike behind us and a woman next to Elina couldn't lean on back rest :D haha. We haven't still get any bus drivers who would drive like a crazy – maybe because I always pray before we leave that bus driver will drive us safetly to and nothing bad is going to happen. And he has drive quite safetly and nothing bad hasn't happened. And that is not just a coincidence, not for 6 times contiquous!

When we arrived to Liwonde we did call to Liwonde safari camp to pick us, that was the place where we were going to stay. They did pick us, with a real safari car! How awesome was that! ;) That place felt just like we would be in the wild! First night we went to a sightseeing towel where we could see the elephants and other animals, if they would past us. It was a bit scary but at the same time excited when it became really dark and we heard some noices all over us but didn't see anything. We stayed there something like 3 hours but elephants didn't came. Unfortunately I did slept in a bed where was ants..pretty much, so they marked my left hand :D But I didn't mind, next night I just change the bed. In that safari camp there was no electricity so, we did have to use only candles and our flaslight. Somehow darkness made me feel tired so I was fully sleep when it was 10 o'clock! And then I woke up at 6 and I was fully awake :D At Saturday we went to game drive and it was fun. We did saw elephants and lots' of bumbas and some bambis.... it was so much of fun. But the heat, it was just so awfully hot! But luckily we had a bar where we could took cold drinks and of course showers, but there didn't came so cold water..but anyway it did fresh a bit. At afternoon we took a walking safari with a guide of course! We did walk just so close to elephants that I was pretty freeking out. The guide said that if he say that we must run then we must really run. But luckily elephants didn't see or smell us so we didn't need to run. It was so amazing excited! :D

Last night I did went to sleep like 9 o'clock and then I was fully awake at 4.30! And sun was shining already! So I get up and went to sightseeing towel to taking pictures at 5 o'clock in the morning!!! I haven't NEVER EVER wake up so early, some days I have go to sleep that time but never woke up :D amazing how I have became early bird when it is so fully agains me! :D 4.30! Omg, what is wrong with me! Hahaha.. I would say that in that safari camp there was only one minus – ordering food takes soooo long. Like at sunday we orders a breakfast 20 past 5, and it took something like 1 hour to make them for us. Of course I do understand that they have to heat anthrax, but anyway.. So we were a bit because of our breakfast did came so late. We took a boat safari at sunday and it was also so great. We saw hippoes and weard birds, and crocodiles! At the river there was also much of fisher men, and the view was so amazing! Ah... I can't waiting untill next weekend when we are going to Sambia to Livingstone to see Victoria falls and animals.... Ahh. Let the picture's speak for one's part!!!!!

Dedza

Ok, I have to repost this my dedza-blog because I don't know how but somehow it had desappear! Luckily I did have saved it to my laptop because I didn't write it all at the same time :)

Ok, now I have wrote 1,5months in finnish so maybe I'll now write in english even though my english isn't as good as it could be... So to my international friends I was couple weeks ago at Blantyre and we, I and my finnish friend Elina, visited Gift's house. We met Gift's sisters, mum and grandma. Mr. Sozela was preaching in Mzuzu (that's at north) so we didn't met him. But hopefully we will meet him someday or at least I will! Travelling with bus to Blantyre was quite excited! We went into a bus about 7 o'clock at the morning, and we waited and waited and waited...untill the bus was full of people and a bit more. Then we left and we stopped like 7 times in every small villages where was some men selling what ever they had – fruits, drinks, potatoes, mangoes,... Even that we stopped a lot journey was only about 5,5hours! I didn't scared being there maybe because I did said to Lord that He should send angels to make sure that no car will crush on us! Well we didn't and I am totally fine, still. One girl from norway went to Zomba that same day and she said that it was really scary and she prefer to take a couch! When we came back to Lilongwe we did took a couch. But it was far too expensive in my style. Well, of course we have to pay ”white peoples price” so we paid almost 3 times more when we came back to Lilongwe than when we went to Blantyre! But everything else was ok, and there was so many different places where to visit and what I want to see so I think that I will go there when I have one week time for writing exercise :P

Elina got a txt from a friend who is having exchange period in Belgia. Some midwife had told to her (Elina's friend) some really ”wild stories” about her exchange period in Africa. So she asked to Elina if Elina have see something wild and crazy nursing things here. Wild and crazy?! What? Maybe it's just that we haven't got any lucky to see anything REALLY wild and crazy nursing things here or maybe some european girls are just so sensitive..? The wildest and craziest what I did saw was a boy who had been in burning house, so he was really burned. His black skin was red and pink and some part was also burned black. But I didn't think that it was gross, I think he was cute even that he was burned. Or maybe wildest and craziest thing is that there is 2 to 4 children in one bed, but they looks very fine there. They all have gardians and most of them doesn't look so ill. Not if they get right treatments.. so I wonder what is this wild and crazy things this Belgian midwife had her experience in Africa?? Maybe in labourward? :)

This weekend we went to Dedza, and how nice small town it was! But how much we had to wait in Lilongwe that the bus would leave! We waited first 2,5 hours that the bus would get full and leave and when it finally left it stopped first time after 100m (?) that some ppl could buy some snacks etc what those men were selling... Well, at least the trip took only about 1h to Dedza! When we arrived to Dedza there was many ppl who did stared at us. Sometimes when I get so much attention I feel that I am wearing something stupid but I quess that the reason why they stared was just because we are white? Maybe there is not so much of white ppl visiting in Dedza :) When we arrived there we decided to go to Dedza Pottery where you can buy handcrafted ceramic things (cups, figurines and other statues). Near Dedza Pottery there were some art shops which we also visited and bought some really nice handmade postcards. Elina took a minibustaxi to Dedza Pottery but I didn't want to spent so much money for travelling there so I took a bicycletaxi! And let me say it was so FUN! I laught for the whole trip to Dedza Pottery which was maybe 4km. The bike was like some ”tandembike” but just that I didn't have foot pedals so that poor black guy had to do really hard work to transport me to there :D Oh I hope that I would take a photo of that so you guys could see how much of fun I had! :D Luckily there was only one rise (where I did walk for a while) so the driver didn't need to do so much work.

We came back with minibus and it was also really fun! Haha :D As I have already told you they always pack full of ppl in every vehicles. So I (and my bags) was sitting in one really tiny space in minibus, and we left when minibus was so full that there was no empty spaces. With minibus it took about 2 hours to travel to Lilongwe, so we saved about 2 hours! And there was about as much space to your legs than in a real bus, so it was ok to me.

We saw two girls from Mozambic when we came back and they said that here is so much more garbage! So maybe there is some places in Africa, where they don't throw all garbage outside..? The way how we recycle here in our hostel is that we just put all our garbage in a bin and then a cleaning lady or man burn them. Pretty different than in Finland! :)

Btw, Mangos are so so so DELICIOUS here! I just have to eat them everyday untill I go back to home.. they taste so much better here! But I wonder, why mangoes are readier in Blantyre and even in Dedza than in Lilongwe? I always have to keep them about a few days untill I can eat them because they are not exactly ready when I buy them in Lilongwe. I wonder why, when it is even a bit hotter here than in Dedza or in Blantyre..!

We just realised that we have anymore 6 weekends left!!!! Oh man, how fast time is flying! Hope that I could stop it so I could spent more time here ;) hahaha... well, I'll be back... someday in a future! :)

Malawian wedding!

Yesterday we went to traditional african weddings where my friend was a bridesmaid. In africa weddings starts usually about 8am in a church ceremony and then there is a huge break untill 2pm when the wedding really starts. Well, of course they are so different than in Finland! First of all in some weddings all bridesmaids and a bride are wearing same clothes and they are dancing one at a time. They all are having a fruitbasket and they are ”trying to sell” the fruitbasket (and their self) to a husband. Of course a husband refuse untill a bride comes. Then when he have accept a bride and her basket then a bride will go to change her clothes – some fabric what a husband is wearing. And my friend told me that the one who is deciding the fabrig is a husband's parents. This wedding where we were they wasn't so traditional, a bride was wearing a white dress just like in Finland. But of course there was much and much of dancing, and throwing money to the baskets or just throwing money to the air where some ppl were collecting them. In these wedding they were ”selling” bridesmaids,flower girls and boys. And when somebody have ”bought” them then they can go to sit down. These malawian wedding was all about just throwing money. They don't bring any wedding presents this money throwing dancing thing is ”the present” for the couple. One part of the money is going to the wedding place rent, one part for guards and rest they will keep for theirself :) Wedding started about 2 pm and ended smth like 5pm. So it was 3 hours just throwing money! No food, no snacks, no drinks, nothing like what we think that wedding is about! So so so DIFFERENT! But it was very nice to see how it goes here! And of course even that malawian ppl doesn't have much money they will save many many months so that they can buy really nice and fabulous dresses to weddings! There was so many ppl who was wearing like really nice dresses or suits! Just AWESOME! Malawian people are really investing to weddings that everything is going to be perfect. They will save money for dresses, they will take photos of married couple + bridesmaids + flower girls and boys. I can imagine how long time they have to save money so that they afford to have the wedding.

Past week have been quite cold after +35°C degrees (when I did burn my scin first time). I think that it has been smth like +20°C past week and first time in this whole trip I had to use a big blanket! I have use like 1,5months only a small blanket but now even that we did keep our windows closed I had to use my thick socks! When outside is cold then water is also really really cold, almost like icecold water. I didn't wanted to even wash my hands when water was so cold. But ah how great water felt yesterday after showering in a cold water when we finally got hot shower! Ah, that was just so great. But of course ”cold weather” is not only bad things!! After 1,5 months we did went to a aerobic, and of course because I am always doing every excercise really seriously so I did that too so I had really REALLY painfull stomach muscles! I think that maybe I haven't got so painfull stomach muscles after work-out! :D It was so painfull that I couldn't stand with staight back or lay down and strech after it! :D We also went for jogging at Friday morning (8am) when it was so nicely cold. I had went to walking once before at 6.30am but it was so so hot after half hour that I decided that I could not do it untill it's really cold. So at Friday we went to jogging and we did found out that here in malawi ppl are not really jogging at all! They were all just stairing us when we jogged. So maybe if we would go at 5am when sun is rising then there wouldn't be so much stairing eyes! :D But it was really nice to jog after not doing almost anything for past 1,5month. And I am pretty proud of myself when I did have strengt enough to jog for about one hour! :)

Last week I started my clinical practice in hospital adults wards. First I was in surgery ward, well of course there was some confusing things when I didn't have any clue where is students so I tried to find out and when I finally found out it had took already 2 days, but it was ok to me. I went to male surgery ward (yes, here in malawi they have classify some wards for female and male). There was studying first year nursing group so I found out when they did some mistakes what I wouldn't done. But it was nice to see that I have learn something :D (and of course say it to them when they did something wrong) It was very nice when one student wasn't able to fix iv-line so we had to put a new one. And I had to try it first, it was my first second time in my life so my hands was just shaking and I was so nervous (I don't really understand why they were like that! It always happens when I do smth for first times) So then iv-canula didn't went to vein so we had to stick that poor man twice and even thirt time untill I made it ! WUHUU! :D Oh, you should had to saw my face after it, I was so proud of myself :D :D I found the vein even that he was black man! :D hahaha. Onyl one thing what I didn't like it in surgery ward with this group was just that they spoke most of the time chichewa and I understand it only couple words so I missed very much of their conversasions. This week I am in burns ward and at least this group is very nice and they are speaking much more english than the other group!. It's really nice place to be in burns ward. I can have a change to do lots of wound dressings, playing with kids etc. Even today there was some really cute little boy who did follow me. First he was a bit shy but when he saw me second time he just yelled ”AZUNKU!!!!” and run to me :D Then he took my hand and rub it to his face and hair :D hahaha. I think that he just wanted to feel how doesn white skin feel like :D Ah, how cute! :) <3