Author: jambodoeslife
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Movie Day FJDE
OK, well this is a quick post I am making only a couple of days after my last one. I wanted to post about our Movie event yesterday with my Disability group, FJDE 😀. We had been planning this for a while (see my prior post) – A trip to Dili to watch a movie…
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A Busy July In Timor-Leste
It’s been a very busy few weeks since my last blog post and so I have a lot of photos to share 😁. The good news is that I have progressively gotten my health back after the Dengue and I have been able to continue my activities here in Fatuquero. I have been here in…
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Dengue & New Bike Routes
Many of you will not have heard of the Dengue Fever, but it is a mosquito transmitted viral infection which can cause a range of symptoms typically including high fever, nausea, vomiting and muscle soreness. Well, shortly after my last blog post I was diagnosed with Dengue 🤨. It started with a rapid high fever…
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Ainaro, Dili and Training
It’s not been long since my last post, but there has been a lot going on, so a new post is needed. As usual, I will let my pictures do the talking. Ainaro Trip We have two volunteers in the town of Ainaro (Ian and Christina). It was Christina’s birthday and, so, a few of…
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Maubara Cycling and Singapore
It’s a while since I posted a blog, but a lot has been happening during that time. I hope to cram a lot into this blog post. All Travel and adventure!😁 Maubara Cycling I am starting to plan more lengthy rides on my bike and I really hope I can make some epic rides while…
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Fatin Turizmu
Well it’s been about a month since I was back from Dili. The weather is starting to change, less rain in the afternoon (sometimes none) and the morning bucket showers are starting to get pretty nippy. We are easing into “Tempu Bialoron”, the Dry Season. A time when, here in the mountains, the temperature cools…
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Class b12 – Word Order 1-SUBJECT+VERB+OBJECT and use of “DID”
CLASS 12 – FJDE Monday 7th April Word Order – SUBJECT+VERB+OBJECT and used of “DID” This was a really good lesson to put some meaning to the order of vocabulary we have been using since the start of the course. For the FJDE students, I think that the correct structures were already beginning to be…
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Class b11 – Modal Verbs “CAN” “COULD” “MAY” “MIGHT” “MUST” “SHOULD” “WOULD” “SHALL”
Here I will post our lesson white board photographs and date so they will never be lost 😁. CLASS 11 – FJDE Friday 21st March and Monday 24th March. Modal Verbs “CAN” “COULD” “MAY” “MIGHT” “MUST” “SHOULD” “WOULD” “SHALL” This lesson was difficult from the perspective of completely understanding and remembering the modal verbs an…
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Class b10 – Conjunctions-and-but-or-so-because
Here I will post our lesson white board photographs and date so they will never be lost 😁. CLASS 10 – FJDE Monday 17th March. Conjunctions-and-but-or-so-because. The translations and meanings from Tetun for these conjunctions translate well between the two languages. So this lesson’s main aim was to expose students to new vocabulary. We decided…
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Class 9 – The Verb “To Be” Past and Future Tense
Here I will post our lesson white board photographs and date so they will never be lost 😁. CLASS 9 – FJDE Friday 7th March. The Verb “To Be” Past and Future Tense I thought our class with FJDE went well. For some this was a “refresher” and others it was “new”. We decided that,…