It was a good morning, and it was a chilled day. We had late wake up, so I was happy to be awake later than usual in the camp. Then, for breakfast we had cottage cheese pancakes with the choice of either condensed milk or sour cream and also porridge. After that, we had «Call of Zamballa» where announcements about that day’s activities were made. We were told that there would be no lessons for that day and also there would be a Fair and Sport Tournament later in the day. For the rest of our time during the Call of Zamballa, we practised our dance that we would perform for our parents later that morning. Music for our dance was «Waka Waka.» I really liked our dance, but I wished parents were going to be there to see our dance live and not just on-line. So the next activity we had was «Power Time» where we met with group members and counselors. During the power time, our counselors showed us the expressions of that day: Word of the day – Chillax, Tongue twister of the day – Children in Chile are Cheerful and Chilled, Saying of the day – Take it easy. At the end of the power time, we got to choose the team leader of that day. The team leaders were the Sasha and Matvey. After that, we had an on-line meeting with parents, where we performed our dance. I think they really liked it.
Late in the morning going into the afternoon, from 11:40 to 13:25, we had a fair. Fair is an activity that gives us the opportunity to earn coupons which we could exchange for snacks at the shop. To earn these coupons, we need to go to the location of a particular station and complete the challenges there. I liked these tasks because they were very interesting, but I really enjoyed the challenges of the Table football station. At that station, we played this game for one minute where we need to score goals and win the match to earn coupons. I bought two mini jelly, lollipop, candy and marshmallows with the coupons I had earned. After the fair, we had lunch and then nap time. During the nap time our counselors gave us our telephones to have with us till 19:00 that evening. I used the opportunity to say hello to my parents.
After nap time and call of Zamballa, we had Sport Tournament, where we played football between four teams and a special match at the end between staff team and children team. Six people were in game in every team. It was very interesting, and I was also happy that my team won the tournament. Then, it was time for «Stations at option» and I went to the sport station, where we could use the swimming pool. From there I went for dinner.
After dinner and the call of Zamballa, we had African party. For the African party, we had to put on special costumes and the girls painted their faces. My team put on the yellow jackets usually won by construction workers. These were the same costumes we used in our music video for the gopher characters. We danced a lot to the music played by Alena. At some point, Alena showed us a dance video on the projector and we tried to dance along. Evening snacks and bedtime routine followed after that. I really enjoyed that day and it is my favourite day so far in the camp.
Saveliy Zakharenko, Blue power
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My name is Mmesomachi Nwachukwu from Nigeria. If you struggled to read the first sentence because of my name, you can call me Meso. I’m from Nigeria currently living in Moscow, Russia. I’ve been in Russia for over three years now. I come from a family of two parents and three siblings making us a total of six people in the family.
I did all my education, asides University education, in Nigeria. I am currently studying Mathematics at RUDN University. Due to Nigeria being an English speaking country, English is my first language. Howevere, having stayed this long in Russia, Russian will soon be my second language. I’m still learning it. So far, I enjoy living in Moscow because of the diverse international communities in Moscow.
Growing up in Nigeria, I always liked having new experiences. From traveling, to trying new fun activities or challenges, I’m eager to do it. Coming to Russia was a new experience for me, and even so, coming to this camp to serve as a counselor. Back in Nigeria, I usually worked with children in teenage years, teaching maths, so although I have experience with children, I’ve not had the exact experience this camp has afforded me.
So far in this camp, I must say I’m impressed with the children’s desire to learn English: not being shy of making mistakes and wanting to engage me in conversations, using English. This has given me renewed motivation on my mission of picking up the Russian language.
In summary, I would say I’m an optimistic person who is a bit adventurous. «Do svidaniya.»
Mmesomachi Nwachukwu, chief of the Blue power
