Now the hard work really starts. I went with C. to Schwartz Matriculation this morning taking VIIIa and VIIb. I still didn't really do anything and will probably only go this week, after which I'll hopefully have found somthing else. We've spent so much time doing so little that I don't really feel like doing anything anymore! I must though, I'm sure I can get into a routine. We're looking for things to do at weekends, like going to Kodaikanal, Conban valley, Cape Comorin etc. The Conban Valley project is a Christian Mission station with Real Missionaries! C. chatted to one of the missionaries in Madurai who invited us to visit.

The HM at Schwartz Matriculation said that they don't want us to do anything after February because everyone will be revising for the March exams. Great. This cuts us down to seven weeks and means we'll have to find something to do for two weeks in March.

We talked to the HM at Schwartz Boys' and told him we weren't getting anywhere and always ended up talking to the same group of people. We told him about their lack of interest and cooperation. We said that they were just using it to skive studying and for the most part ignored us during the sessions. He said that he'd known this after the first two weeks and was glad that we'd brought it up so he could do something about it. So no more Schwartz! Muthu asked C. to teach him English and I'm sure a couple of others will come to, but all that can be done at our house.

I was feeling pretty homesick yesterday but it took me a while to work out why. I just had this depression. I think if I got some post I'd cheer up a bit because it's like talking to home. Today it was okay because we've been doing things. In the afternoon I taught Mrs. Juliet's choir 'Father God I Wonder' and they are going to sing it in assembly tomorrow. I think it will be quite difficult to teach them to sing harmonies, but I'll start with simple two-part choruses and we'll work up from there.

At St Andrews we talked about festivals - Christian, Hindu and Muslim. It took them ages to work out what Christmas celebrated which is a good reminder that we're not in (Kansas) a Christian country anymore. Mind you, most kids in England wouldn't know. They drew us some of those amazing patterns you see outside people's houses during festivals.