man how cool was it havingben over?!? It was such a novelty waking up with family for 7 days in a row! It was such a special time :)
We went up to Sakao Island which was great to see again - we did some more sailing, paddled round in an outrigger, talked to a crazy french man (had been sailing solo for 3 years!), hung out in the village and then sailed home 30hours on board a friends yacht. It was awesome. Then we spent thew next few days at work and aaround some places close by. It was just so good to chat and laugh and hang out! Ill post pics when im at home (at work now so no gat photos). Ben did real good learning some language too!
2 months today till i come home! WOW!! Thats a bit scary. Work is going alright - busy which is good.
Thinking of everyone heaps and looking forward to summer with y'all.
Photos coming soon
Friday, 19 October 2007
Thursday, 4 October 2007
Wan truk hemi capsidem! Wan truk hemi capsidem! That was the cry this morning at wortk when a cow truck rolled at a roundabout next to work! Immediately all offices were suddenly deserted as everyone twent to check out the stampeeding cows who were trying to get away (and did). I was left standing thinking about the picture i had in my head - a capsized truck (thinking more like a capsized dinghy) but eventually went to check it out when everyone else came back. And then several hours later - truk hemi stan-up bakagen! The truck is standing again, no cows inside.
Ive spent most of the week decorating the new library at work (ever since i was like 11 ive had idyllic ideas of being allowed to decorate a classroom....so finally ive got my chance - am loving it. We are having an official opening in a few weeks.
Have been thinking and discussing lots what development actually is. Or what good development is. Looking at how much money is wasted on aid programms, I sometimes think it would be far better to spend all that money, scrap all programs and then just send a coupple of kids to school in NZ, who can then come back as proper builders, doctors or whatever. Then at least you take a big step forward for a few kids, instead of offering the majority a watered down effort at stuff. Like there are so many agencies working for youth here that lots of youth get lifeskills workshops, (we breeded a generation of young people who understand workshop to mean free lunch and a certificate to be more important than actually applying skills) and now we have a huge number of kids, still unemployed with no real hope of a good job. Maybe it would be better if we just sent a few kids to university who could then get a steady income and job?? Dont know.
Very excited about benjamin coming in a few days. it wil lbe great. Will post some pics of goings-on soon.
Me
Ive spent most of the week decorating the new library at work (ever since i was like 11 ive had idyllic ideas of being allowed to decorate a classroom....so finally ive got my chance - am loving it. We are having an official opening in a few weeks.
Have been thinking and discussing lots what development actually is. Or what good development is. Looking at how much money is wasted on aid programms, I sometimes think it would be far better to spend all that money, scrap all programs and then just send a coupple of kids to school in NZ, who can then come back as proper builders, doctors or whatever. Then at least you take a big step forward for a few kids, instead of offering the majority a watered down effort at stuff. Like there are so many agencies working for youth here that lots of youth get lifeskills workshops, (we breeded a generation of young people who understand workshop to mean free lunch and a certificate to be more important than actually applying skills) and now we have a huge number of kids, still unemployed with no real hope of a good job. Maybe it would be better if we just sent a few kids to university who could then get a steady income and job?? Dont know.
Very excited about benjamin coming in a few days. it wil lbe great. Will post some pics of goings-on soon.
Me
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