This morning we had a meeting with all office staff and site managers, Gavi gave a presentation about how to give good instructions, things to watch out for and common misunderstandings. We talked about the different kind of persons too, and how to respond to them.

At the end of the presentation we played a little game, to see which team remembered the most of it. We won ( ofcourse :) ) with Shane and myself being the two persons who remembered most. I brought the final victory home for our team after the last timed quiz.  ( and I must say we were very lucky that Didier did worse than I did :D )

Yesterday Terrence went back to rehab, but he didn’t have time to pick me up. Well, that or he wanted to go out with the girls all by himself. Still dont’ know :)
Was a bit sad, I really wanted to go.  Haven’t seen Sarah since sunday and I like talking to her, but I guess I’ll have to wait till sunday.

Other than that there’s not much to say really, I can’t go out with this damn leg. Its getting better however :)
So how was your week ?

This weekend was pretty quiet, I stayed at home at saturdays and went to rehab and church yesterday. I wanted to write a small diary note on fridays, but somehow the internet got fukt at the office :( The only thing working was mail through SMTP, which I don’t use :(
Oh, and I went to rehab last thursday too. It seems weird, but I like being there…

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I just got back from the hospital, we had a little accident with the motorcycle. I’m pretty much ok, only have a few bruises and my knee is fukt. The private hospitals in South Africa seem to do a nice job, I got out in two hours :)

I was sitting at the back of the motorcycle while Dewald was driving, we were on our way to buy a computer cable thingy.  A car stopped in the middle of the road without signalling to turn or anything, so Dewald passed it at full speed. When we were right after the car the driver decided to turn in, so we crashed into the side. Don’t really have an idea what happend after, I hope I did a nice salto before landing on the pavement. :)
Anyway, we both landed on the pavement, next to the broken motorcycle. I stood up immediately, looking if Dewald was ok. Was heavily bleeding from my nose, hand and knee but didn’t seem to notice it at the time.

Bystanders helped us, giving me a tissue and some sugerwater because I was shaking a bit. I found my shoe under the motorcycle, which was leaking gasoline. I doubt if it survived the crash, there were pieces of plastic and metal all over the place. Guess Dewald will have to come to work on foot xD.
Ambulances were there pretty quickly, we were lucky to crash a few blocks from the hospital I suppose. Medics checked me out, saying my knee shows burnwounds and it doesn’t look too good. They seemed surprised I could walk. :)

Dewald has hurt his arm pretty bad, not broken luckily. Sitting in the office, just had lunch. I got hungry in the hospital :)

Well, that was pretty much my day untill now. Lets hope the rest is better ;-)

Yesterday evening I went back to the rehab house for a couple of hours, just to chat to the people there. Talked to Jeffrey, Sara, Rosalyn & her brother ( I keep forgetting that guys name. Its something like “Andrew” :D ).

While I was talking to Sara I noticed she changed a lot since the last time I saw her,  she thought about what I said and probably came to the conclusion that I was right. She was very optimistic, knowing that the situation she’s in now isn’t the best place to be but its necessairy to get out of the life she’s living. She was also thinking about going back to school or try homeschooling, another thing I tried to convince her of last time. There was no more black make-up and she didn’t try to hide herself from everything and everyone, so I’m pretty sure I got through to her. I even get hugs :)

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Rehab

Yesterdayevening I went to a rehab home here in Cape Town, thats a home where people can kick off of drugs or alcohol addictions. Its very different than the homes we know at home, mostly by the fact that the person who runs it is in fact the mother of a drug addict. She doesn’t get any funds for what she’s doing, but somehow manages to pay the rent and buy the medicines.

The people I’m staying with visit the rehab sometimes, bringing distraction to those who live there. We bought some drinks for the evening and played guitar ( well, Terrence did. I can’t play :( ). Its a good way to learn about society, because on these places you’ll hear and see things you never would otherwise.

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