Saturday 16th
February
Lie in! Got up at 7:30,
with breakfast scheduled for 8:30, though it came at 8. Then, got
ready and went to the school, stopping at the paint shop on the way.
Once we got there, we prepared and sketched our mural on the wall,
ready to paint!
The Wall Beforehand
We Were Allowed A Picture On Top Of The Van ^.^
Many of the students had
turned up at the school, ready for our leaving ceremony. It was very
similar to the welcoming ceremony- lots of dancing and speeches! They
dedicated a few birthday songs to Nicole as well (sixteen on Monday).
Everyone in our group was given a necklace; and, of course, there
were many chances to get up and dance!
Waiting To Start
After the ceremony, we had
a chance to say goodbye, which was very sad. We've got so close to
the students, it's really hard to think we might never see them
again. All of us took a lot of final pictures, and gathered email
addresses. I hope they all go far in life, they're all 100% amazing.
Ida Turned Up, Wearing The Top We Gave Her As A Present For Hosting Us
Guess Who?!
Yet More Pictures!
Carried on painting- we
got the whole base coat finished, then went back to the guest house
for lunch. Miss W and I bought a tin of pineapple at the shop, so we
had some of that each, and the rest is saved for the morning. Also,
Will has found a new way of raising money- he's getting people to pay
him for doing small jobs, such as cooking their noodles for them.
However, Ben was less than impressed when the only bowl Will could
find looked like one you'd feed goats out of!
In the afternoon we went
back to paint: we got most of the base done. Yay! Had a small scare
on the way back when the van didn't start, during which I had fun
using the night mode on the video camera (it was my day to use it,
which I've enjoyed!). Thankfully, the van started again after being
hit with a hammer.
Near The End Of The Day
Lots Of Paint
After dinner, we did a
quiz in our room groups. Eleanor and I called our team 'Guess What!?'
after my uber-cool catchphrase. There were four rounds, each given by
a different teacher: General Knowledge (Miss W); Films, Books, TV (Mr
M); Gambia Knowledge (Miss A) and Music (Mr B). Eleanor and I thought
we did really badly, but we still came second ^.^ Only downside was
that we each won a hideous belt- as Miss A said, it wasn't a prize
for doing well but a punishment for not coming first. We tried to
lose them, but we've been forced to wear them tomorrow.
Daisy and Florrie came
first- they won the all-coveted prize of plastic teapots- whilst Will
and Ben (team name- 'The Flowerpot Men') came third, winning two
grotesque dolls.
Dolls...
It was meant to be bedtime
straight after that, but then someone realised it was earlier than we
thought, so we stayed up a bit longer. No-one mentioned the time, so
it ended up being a lot longer!
Last day in Farafenni
tomorrow :(