Today has been a day of firsts! I began the day by crossing the road on my own for the first time! Sounds simple but the traffic is crazy and I was previously only crossing the road by hovering near a local and waiting for them to cross! Secondly, I taught my first English lesson. I was told last night that I wouldn't be teaching today but assisting another volunteer with her lesson. However, when I turned up at the bus stop this morning the Sri Lankan co-ordinator who was taking me and another new volunteer turned to us and asked us if we had a good lesson plan ready! We were a bit shaken up but luckily we had some ideas from lessons we are teaching later in the week, but we didn't have a
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