Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Nagatuon ako sang Hiligaynon (I'm studying Hiligaynon)

Today, I started to make full sentences in Hiligaynon.  That's just about the excitement for today.  We also started learning the words for fruits and vegetables, which is important to me.  I know you probably have no use for specific words, but just know that there is such a thing as a rambutan.  


More blackouts today but lunch was delicious!  We played cards in the staff house for about an hour.  Then we went to the district library at the department of ed, where we will be able to find books and resources to use for our classrooms.  It's difficult to see how little the capital of this province has to provide for the education of students at 65 schools.  But we will all do our best with what we have and try to make some permanent changes for the better.  
I finally talked with my mom about different Hiligaynon vocabulary and phrases.  It's fun to talk with her about little things in the language.  Sentences are starting to make sense a little bit.  
I'm really missing Andrew and Estella today.  I looked up flights from Iloilo to Beijing.  They were too expensive for me to be able to afford now, but hopefully I can find some discount airfare to go visit some day next year.  Maybe I'll find a PhP 1 seat some day...

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