weekend
Friday was a very exhausting day at school - somehow nothing was working at school and everyone was asking us for favours.. By the evening I felt quite tired but still went out with the others. We went out (10 Germans, 1 British guy and me!) to a pub at Clifton's Beach. Later on we went to a private party. It was quite ok - there was even a band!
On Saturday we went to Century City, a huge shopping mall about 20 minutes from our place. We spent more than 2 hours there and in the end I was really fed up. I don't think I want to go there again - it was too crowded and too commercial..
In the evening we went to Khayelitsha - we were invited to a gathering of school teachers. The party was really fun and we danced a lot! The party took place at the home of one of the teachers. This was one of the best parts of Khayelithsa, there were no shacks there, but large brick houses. It's home to the middle class and mostly government employees work there. At the party I talked to the Xhosa teacher and she promised to teach us some basic Xhosa! (On the weekend I practiced the click sounds, but I still cannot distinguish two sounds from each other). I also asked her about school fees - it's about 200 rand per year for one student. This is not expensive, but still, many parents cannot afford it. Only about 2 - 5 students from Esangweni are able to go to university each year - there are two options, either the parents pay the fees or you get a scholarship (which is very difficult to get because of high competition)..
Sunday was lazy day.. The weather was not too bad. At first we went to the Waterfront and then to Bloubergstrand - the beach with a nice view to the Table Mountain. I attempted to draw Table Mountain, but the result is not too good - it was really difficult to draw the shadows on the mountain..
In the end it was so cold that we had to watch the sunset from the car..
On Saturday we went to Century City, a huge shopping mall about 20 minutes from our place. We spent more than 2 hours there and in the end I was really fed up. I don't think I want to go there again - it was too crowded and too commercial..
In the evening we went to Khayelitsha - we were invited to a gathering of school teachers. The party was really fun and we danced a lot! The party took place at the home of one of the teachers. This was one of the best parts of Khayelithsa, there were no shacks there, but large brick houses. It's home to the middle class and mostly government employees work there. At the party I talked to the Xhosa teacher and she promised to teach us some basic Xhosa! (On the weekend I practiced the click sounds, but I still cannot distinguish two sounds from each other). I also asked her about school fees - it's about 200 rand per year for one student. This is not expensive, but still, many parents cannot afford it. Only about 2 - 5 students from Esangweni are able to go to university each year - there are two options, either the parents pay the fees or you get a scholarship (which is very difficult to get because of high competition)..
Sunday was lazy day.. The weather was not too bad. At first we went to the Waterfront and then to Bloubergstrand - the beach with a nice view to the Table Mountain. I attempted to draw Table Mountain, but the result is not too good - it was really difficult to draw the shadows on the mountain..
In the end it was so cold that we had to watch the sunset from the car..
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