Comments on: Exciting classroom visitor http://blog.larkin.net.au/2008/05/20/exciting-classroom-visitor/ Thoughts on teaching, technology, learning and life in an era of change. Sat, 07 Aug 2010 02:08:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ken Allan http://blog.larkin.net.au/2008/05/20/exciting-classroom-visitor/comment-page-1/#comment-525 Ken Allan Fri, 30 May 2008 09:25:20 +0000 http://blog.larkin.net.au/?p=673#comment-525 @John - Lake Nyasa is a huge lake. I am not a geographer. I wouldn't know the Great Rift Valley from the statue of Venus. One thing I do know is that Lake Nyasa was huge enough to have tides, and surf that would match many sea beaches. I was between 7 and 10 years old when I was in Nyasaland. I spoke Nyanja fluently. All I can remember now are a few words. Inde, meaning yes, Eei, meaning no. Basi, meaning enough or finish, and chimanga, meaning dried maize. It is significant that my memory is vivid with the lay of the country, for I can recognise a photo of Dedza Protectorate alongside a thousand photos of other lands. Ka kite @John – Lake Nyasa is a huge lake. I am not a geographer. I wouldn’t know the Great Rift Valley from the statue of Venus. One thing I do know is that Lake Nyasa was huge enough to have tides, and surf that would match many sea beaches.

I was between 7 and 10 years old when I was in Nyasaland. I spoke Nyanja fluently. All I can remember now are a few words. Inde, meaning yes, Eei, meaning no. Basi, meaning enough or finish, and chimanga, meaning dried maize. It is significant that my memory is vivid with the lay of the country, for I can recognise a photo of Dedza Protectorate alongside a thousand photos of other lands.

Ka kite

]]> By: John Larkin http://blog.larkin.net.au/2008/05/20/exciting-classroom-visitor/comment-page-1/#comment-524 John Larkin Sat, 24 May 2008 07:15:52 +0000 http://blog.larkin.net.au/?p=673#comment-524 Thanks Ken, Yes living in a semi-Chinese household most of our shoes are outside the front door and I always give mine a bit of a flick and a thump just to check. Malawi! That is intriguing. Is Lake Nyasa an extension of the Great Rift Valley? Cheers, John. Thanks Ken, Yes living in a semi-Chinese household most of our shoes are outside the front door and I always give mine a bit of a flick and a thump just to check. Malawi! That is intriguing. Is Lake Nyasa an extension of the Great Rift Valley?
Cheers, John.

]]> By: Ken Allan http://blog.larkin.net.au/2008/05/20/exciting-classroom-visitor/comment-page-1/#comment-523 Ken Allan Sat, 24 May 2008 07:06:41 +0000 http://blog.larkin.net.au/?p=673#comment-523 Kia Ora John. What a beauty of a visitor. Though I'm not really a fanatic where spiders are concerened I do take an interest. Let's face it, I have to for my wife adores spiders though our children both hate them. Yes (@Sarah) we do have huntsman in New Zealand and the ones we see can be easily 5 or 6 cm across. They like to hide in my gardening shoes that usually sit in a dry spot on the covered patio. So much so that I deliberately give each a thump now before I put them on - a practice I learnt when I lived in Malawi as a child. We had a few greeblies there including 20 cm long centipedes. Not so friendly huh? Ka kite from Middle-earth Kia Ora John.

What a beauty of a visitor. Though I’m not really a fanatic where spiders are concerened I do take an interest. Let’s face it, I have to for my wife adores spiders though our children both hate them.

Yes (@Sarah) we do have huntsman in New Zealand and the ones we see can be easily 5 or 6 cm across. They like to hide in my gardening shoes that usually sit in a dry spot on the covered patio. So much so that I deliberately give each a thump now before I put them on – a practice I learnt when I lived in Malawi as a child. We had a few greeblies there including 20 cm long centipedes. Not so friendly huh?

Ka kite
from Middle-earth

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