Bonswa tout moun! Good afternoon everyone! What an exciting past 10 days in the beautiful country of Haiti it has been! My first successful bartering experience in Creole went down, in which I acquired four avocados and four limes for…
Ça sera un post plus officieux que les autres parce que je dois attendre les autres bonnes idées. Pendant le ramadan (26 mai à 24 juin), tout change ici. Il y a des nouvelles règles pour les interactions (je ne…
Jour 18 – J’ai fait trois entrevues pour les femmes qui veulent un prêt. Je suis allé à Bango avec Cheikh (chez Corine, bien sûr). Aujourd’hui, la blague était le Facebook de Sean. Tout le monde l’a regardé. Nous avons…
Surprises are the best! Especially when they involve you being a MC for a huge event… So during my orientation to work I was asked whether or not I wanted to be a host for a huge event Cerecare is…
A quick note on traffic: I’m not sure how it’s possible, but there are both more vehicles and more pedestrians in Nairobi than anywhere I’ve ever been. You would think that one would ameliorate the other, but instead the wheeled…
Je vais essayer d’expliquer le système de microfinance ici. Il faut remarquer que chaque système de microfinance soit distinct. Mais je pense qu’ici il y a un bon système. Les gens viennent s’ils veulent un prêt. Parce qu’il y a…
Jour 12 – J’ai tapé mon blogue ce matin mais c’était tout. Nous avons appris comment cuisiner le plat national du Sénégal chez Michell. J’ai mis des épices dans la tête des poissons et tout le monde a fait quelque…
Right now, it has been two weeks since I started working here at Cerecare, and I have learned a lot about the children, cerebral palsy, and a lot about myself and the world around me. This is just like school…
Rumor has it that there is a city one hour away from Shanghai that is filled with beauty, nature, a deep history, and a very unique cuisine. So I decided to take a weekend getaway to Wuxi, the city between…
The first week of February marked the beginning of the end (of the book, that is). Over 7 months later, it was complete by mid-February! The portion of my job that fell under “editor” had lapsed by this point, and…