Go jump of a bridge… oh wait… I did!

Hey party people,

What have you all been up to? I’ve been having a lot of fun, next to working on my internship of course!

The kids from Vissershok went to the beach and I went with them. It was so much fun. The kids are having a three week holiday break from school. This means that Vissershok is closed for three weeks. This gives me plenty of time to work on the reports that I have to write for my internship. I’m also starting on writing a manual for the programme that I’m doing for the SOS kids. So don’t worry people: I am working on my studies here in Cape Town! And I’ve chosen my minor. I’m gonna follow the English Language and Culture minor. I can hear some of you thinking… no it’s not because it’s the easy way out! I’d like to get to know the British and the American culture better and I really want to improve on my English writing. This could be very useful for my future, since I want to work abroad and stuff.

Enough about studying… I did a lot of fun things as well. I’ve been to Carla-Ann’s first birthday party. Carla-Ann is the daughter of Emelio (my project manager) and Claudine. It was a wonderful Winnie the Pooh party. Such a great and cute family!
Speaking of Emelio, he plays in a band called ‘Plush’. They are REALLY GOOD. They are famous in South-Africa and they’re breaking through in the UK at the moment. Seriously, they are really good! So if you ever come across Plush; go see them play and buy all their cd’s!

I went ice skating in Cape Town! Yes, you’ve heard it right: ice skating in South Africa. Guess the Dutch in me just couldn’t resist. And some of the people from Kylemore came over and stayed with us to celebrate Easter, which was so much fun. We also went to the movies: ‘10.000 BC’ one of our friends, Philip, had a small part in that movie. It was so funny to see him on the big screen.

Last week I went to Knysna. It’s about seven hours away from Cape Town. Truly a beautiful and peaceful place. YFC has got another team there. You can do and see a lot in Knysna. I went to a safari and BUNGEE JUMPING from the world’s highest bungee jump bridge (216 meters). It was great, I absolutely loved it! I’ve put some pictures of the jump online, but you can also see the video of the jump on my YouTube:

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=_JAnAY5dMmI

So I’ve had a lot of fun times here, but also some sad moments. As we all know, people come and go and so do the volunteers & interns. When I arrived in Cape Town, I lived in a house with 12 people and now we’re only with eight left. Feli was the first one to go, Gabrielle and Jessi left last week. Amy went back to the States last Sunday. That was really hard for me, because I connected really well with Amy. She’s one of those persons that you just love so easily. I’m really gonna miss her, but we’ll see each other again someday.

At the end of April the four Dutch girls (Daniëlle, Corine, Riëtte and Esther) and Theres (German) will be leaving as well. YFC does not exactly know when new volunteers and interns will arrive (July is the first month as it is now) this means that I’ll be here with Gabe and Jana. Just the three of us… It will be strange, but I know we’ll have a great time together. Jana (German) is 17 and Gabe (American) is 19. I see them as my baby sister and my baby brother. Which is funny, because I’ve always been the youngest at home. It is great to have them around. I really love spending time with them.

As you can tell, I’m still enjoying my time here. I’m having fun and I’m actually working on my studies. Thank you for the messages and e-mails. I really like to hear/read about what how everybody is doing.

Lots of love,
Bao-Nhi