Not climbing Mount Kenya

When in Zambia, I fell down some stairs during a rehearsal. It was a bit painful, but not really bad. I visited ISL's nurse and she applied deep heat. When I got home from the trip, my mom realised that my ankle was quite swollen. After taking a long walk, and realising that I was in pain, we went to the doctor. He said that I could not clim Mt Kenya with a sprained ankle. We went to school to get my backpack and give them the note from the doctor. Now I have to make an essay on indigenous people to make up for my absence from the trip.
I'm going to write about the same people, who lives up north in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Russia.
I feel really disappointed to not go on the trip, but I understand that it is going to be very had for me to make it to the top in my condition. It would be even more depressing if I went and had to turn around after the first day. I am, however, glad that I get to write an essay about the sames. I know too little about these people who actually live in my home country. We are always saying that the sames are Swedens masaai people (they make similar jewellery) and now I get the chance to explore if there is some truth to that saying.

Drama trip to Zambia

Even though I was partially sick in Zambia it was a lot of fun! ISK had the smallest group there, but there were lots of students from the other International schools from all over Africa. I got to know a lot of new friends and they were a lot like us. We participated in many workshops, like acrobatics, musical theatre and also make up.
For the final performance we were mixed into different ensembles and later performed.
I learned a lot from the musical performance work shop, because that was a new experience for me.

Going to Zambia for an ISSEA trip in Drama

Of course I got sick the days before the trip to Zambia. My mom went to the mandatory school meeting and got some useful information and now we received the final info on e-mail.  It sounds really interesting and fun, but I will not have the time to blog in a few days. I'm hoping that I will feel better tomorrow so I'll have the strength to fully enjoy my trip. Many students from many International schools in Africa will be there and I'm looking forward to participating in all the classes!
When I ge back, I'll only have a few days to prepare for the trip to Mount Kenya. My dad has to pack my bag and bring it to school on Thursday. I hope everything will be OK!

More pads?

Mr Curry who is in charge of the pad, panties and bras drive was asking for me. I went passed his classroom, but he had class so he couldn't speak to me. I heard from the other students that he really liked my pads and might want to buy some. I gave him my e-mail address and my phone number and I hope he will get in touch with me!

Mount Longonot climb

We did a test climb up mount Longonot. It was quite steep and very hot. I still felt that I did OK. We were to bring the backpacks we're bringing to Mount Kenya, so we could try the out. I was told that I had the weight to far up on my shoulders, but felt OK. I'm told different things by different people. My taekwondo trainer, who climbs mount Kenya every year, says I should keep the weight high, so I think I will trust him! I did OK on the way up and ran back down. Mount Kenya will be harder, with walks all day, but not as steep. I'm looking forward to try it!

Making bags to the pads

We are making some bags to keep the pads in to the girls in Somalia. We are going to make about 200 - and that feels like a lot. My mom was cutting and I was sewing and putting in the drawstrings and we have finished about 50. The problem now is to get snap buttons. They are quite expensive in Kenya so we are going to have our next guest bring many of them from London. We can buy coloured plastic ones on the internet and send it to her so she can bring them. She will come in February, so now we can produce the pads and the bags and then we'll put in the buttons when we get them. It feels like our study is a small sewing factory, but I really enjoy the work so we'll just keep going until we have enough. I also asked my mom to buy fabric dye, so we can make a few different designs. It is always more fun to change colors and make different looks. I love the idea that they are going to be sent to Somalia. I'm not sure how they will get them there. Are they planning to take them to Sweden and send from there? That sounds a bit crazy when Somalia is fairly close to Kenya. That will however not be our problem, even though we will do everything we can to help.

Picking trash in Karura

Every morning during the holidays we are walking Ziggy in Karura Forest. I'm always surprised to find lots of trash on the ground in this beautiful place. There are signs to not litter everywhere, but people seems to not care about that. I decided to bring a plastic bag to pick up all the trash I saw on my walk. It felt good to do three good things, walk the dog, get some exercise and clean up a bit. Karura is a fantastic place with lots of animals and interesting vegetation and it is really a privilege to have access to it every day and it is pretty controlled when it comes to walking dogs. Some dogs have in the past attacked both other animals and people so no they are very strict. Some dog owners has even been banned. I usually keep Ziggy on a leach, but it would be great if I could have the opportunity to puppy train him a bit, so it would be great if they could lift the ban in a few areas of the forest. In the bigger part there is a part where you're allowed to keep the off leach so we go there in the afternoons. I hope all the dog owners starts controlling their dogs and respect the rules so no one gets hurt and the good dogs can be off leach a little bit more.