17 days 'til departure...
Well, I figure I should add a few more details on my upcoming adventure.
First off, as I mentioned, I am working for an organization called WANEP (this stands for the West African Network for Peacebuilding).
http://www.wanep.org
I found out a few weeks back that I'll be focusing mostly on Peace Education stuff. I guess they once had a very vibrant department for peace ed. but there have been a few changes in staff which means I get to do some fundraising and program planning, which should be fun.
In ten days I leave Hali, which is both exciting and sad. Don't let people say bad things about Nova Scotia - it's a great little place, seriously. Plus, if you focus on the good things: the boardwalk, how crazy-friendly people are, and the fun way they say "caaaaar," it's a bit easier to look past the brutal shopping and other crummy things that come along with a small town.
In thirteen days I'll be home sweet home. Definitely looking forward to some good cooking, and well, just being around friends and fam - good times.
In seventeen days I leave for Ghana. This has not sunk yet, AT all. I figure once my defence is over (Tuesday - gah), and I am at the orientation session in Waterloo with people discussing the various challenges of cultural shock, well perhaps it'll be more real then.
In the mean time though, I should start thinking about this defence... more details to come.
First off, as I mentioned, I am working for an organization called WANEP (this stands for the West African Network for Peacebuilding).
http://www.wanep.org
I found out a few weeks back that I'll be focusing mostly on Peace Education stuff. I guess they once had a very vibrant department for peace ed. but there have been a few changes in staff which means I get to do some fundraising and program planning, which should be fun.
In ten days I leave Hali, which is both exciting and sad. Don't let people say bad things about Nova Scotia - it's a great little place, seriously. Plus, if you focus on the good things: the boardwalk, how crazy-friendly people are, and the fun way they say "caaaaar," it's a bit easier to look past the brutal shopping and other crummy things that come along with a small town.
In thirteen days I'll be home sweet home. Definitely looking forward to some good cooking, and well, just being around friends and fam - good times.
In seventeen days I leave for Ghana. This has not sunk yet, AT all. I figure once my defence is over (Tuesday - gah), and I am at the orientation session in Waterloo with people discussing the various challenges of cultural shock, well perhaps it'll be more real then.
In the mean time though, I should start thinking about this defence... more details to come.
posted by Laura at 2:55 AM
2 Comments:
Rambly letter from Chris L.
Sammy, we will all miss you of course. I am sitting in the Learning Commons bubble thing with Malcolm, so count him in on this letter, too.
Thank God one of you liked this place! I was becoming preturbed.
I love Hali, it being my watering hole, diving hole, and drinking hole, obviously. But it does have brutal shopping. Absolutely brutal. I'd say, aside from the weather, that shopping is the worst thing about the place. That, and the public transportation. It sucks. I'm glad I have a car. I don't know how you guys cope!
But yeah, things you have to look for:
-Great geography (plz, discount the West Coast for a moment)
-Down-to-Earth people
-Great relaxation
-Good beaches
-Good drinking
-Fishing villages!!!!
-Maritime atmosphere
-Me, of course!
Ahem.
Hopefully you'll be able to bring a bit of your Maritimer slackness and Edmontonian drive to Ghana! I suppose that might be called "Canadian work ethic... fast but relaxed" or something. Good blog! Much more enteraining than, uh, n/m :)
Anyway, back to the bubble.
Cheers,
Chris L
Rambly letter from Chris L.
Sammy, we will all miss you of course. I am sitting in the Learning Commons bubble thing with Malcolm, so count him in on this letter, too.
Thank God one of you liked this place! I was becoming preturbed.
I love Hali, it being my watering hole, diving hole, and drinking hole, obviously. But it does have brutal shopping. Absolutely brutal. I'd say, aside from the weather, that shopping is the worst thing about the place. That, and the public transportation. It sucks. I'm glad I have a car. I don't know how you guys cope!
But yeah, things you have to look for:
-Great geography (plz, discount the West Coast for a moment)
-Down-to-Earth people
-Great relaxation
-Good beaches
-Good drinking
-Fishing villages!!!!
-Maritime atmosphere
-Me, of course!
Ahem.
Hopefully you'll be able to bring a bit of your Maritimer slackness and Edmontonian drive to Ghana! I suppose that might be called "Canadian work ethic... fast but relaxed" or something. Good blog! Much more enteraining than, uh, n/m :)
Anyway, back to the bubble.
Cheers,
Chris L
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