Business Class on the brain

Business Class: We have had a great turnout. Averaging about 20 kids per session. While we have been working hard to keep the noise down, it is still too noisy. This week my assistant did not show up to help with the lesson, nor did he call me. Instead, he was out of town and a flaked. I ended up getting Guli, one of my Outdoor Ambassador students to help. He worked out well. Actually, too well. The kids started to complain about Ervis. The next day I set up a meeting with Ervis and 2 student reps. The kids were great in their discussion but Ervis was very defensive. Hopefully today I will talk to him and he will be more reflective. We will see how neser goes.
This weekend Leslie and I went with Arti and his gang of 8 women to visit Saranda, visit and any other places we passed along the way. The women were 12 to about 50years of age. To me the women were very nice, ragging a lot about my Shqip, put very nice and patient. One of the youngest girls about 14 spoke English pretty well and here mother English was better than my Albanian. Leslie could not stand the women however, maybe because she could understand what they were saying. Possible too, they sang and talked the entire trip while she tried to sleep.
Outdoor Ambassadors went okay.This week we took the picture and video to the Alex, or Port tourguide, as a thank you, for the tour. He gave me a bad time about my albanian but was very very happy with the gesture.

Arber Project is going along well. We have been approved for our video and translation stuff.

As for the 3 of us getting along we continue to be good friends and sitemates.......this is our lul time however, we finally know oneanother well enough so that getting to know conversation has stopped and we just spout off about anything on our mind. It is kinda relaxing. Pretty soon we be used to that and style of conversation and each others company will be back to normal. I am lucky to have easy to deal with sitemates

Going faster

The communtiy for the Blind Project is still on hold...They have not yet met with the Mayor to ask for a space for a center. I am not sure weather it is Doda who is the bad cog or the Community for the Blind membsers. After all this I think it is Doda.

My Business class was off to a good start. I was totally happy with my first day but today so so.I had 15 kids sign up....16 kids showed up the first day and today I had 20 plus kids. Today however did not go good. Too much talking. I think I may make it into 2 classes. 4 days in total. It will be a killer for Erivis and me but maybe best for the class.Erivis is my translator and very authoritative. Almost too much authority for the Club/Class but we will see. I think the lesson was good, but I hope I can pull it off.

Got a new friend, Marku...an Albanian who came to visit his family for 2 weeks. He has now been here a few months because a cop took his car (he had English plates) and while he did not break the law and had all his papers, he did not bribe the cop and now has to wait for some one else much higher up to get involved, or, pay someone even more money to make the problem go away.

The gym has been bought out by the other gym owner in town. He has brought his clients in, good, but bad, because he has also brought in the old rules...put nothing back and shirts and shoes optional. Now it is fall so it is not as bad but in the summer who knows? He has made it into a gym that only Albanian Boys could tolerate. No-one else...

I have been feeling totally wipped out the last few days, I think the business class which I wanted to do it, is draining me...I hope I get through the first 2 weeks and I settle into a routine.

Our computer lab is not in operation lately...we are getting new internet..since the bashkia pays for it and is in charge...an hour project becomes 1-2 weeks.