<!-- @page { size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --> March 10-13, 2009 It's been a dry past few days, which has been a nice change. In fact, from what I have seen, water levels seem to be going down all around Okahao. This doesn't mean that we're out of the woods just yet, but it's definitely at step in the right direction. My week has been good to me so far. I collected applications from learners for library assistants and...

Helloooo...I'm sorry that it's been so long since my last post. Things have been busy and crazy here, and to top it off the phone company decided to randomly disconnect my phone and internet and it has been...less than simple..to have it all sorted out. Hopefully I will be able to be in touch with the rest of the world soon! Some of you have been asking for my phone & mailing information, so I've posted it below. Postage and calling to Namibia can be quite pr...

Maybe it was the sunshine, maybe it was the good night's sleep, maybe it was the 5:20 a.m. yoga, maybe it was the Universe cutting me some slack, or maybe it was simply the catharsis of a good online vent, but today was...a complete 180. I let so much off of my shoulders in what was meant to be a wry and honest word expulsion of a blog entry. I realised, from the few concerned comments I received, that my sardonicism may not have translated over the internet. M...

Riding the Curve In our WorldTeach orientation we learned about culture shock-its stages and manifestations and relative timeframes. We talked about the "culture curve", a graphical mapping out of the highs and lows of cultural awareness and culture shock upon being immersed in a new culture for an extended period of time. I'm not going to bore you with the details, but let it be known that I have now set up camp in stage two: Initial Culture Shock...

The Weekend.. I feel as though in every blog I post I report how exhausted I am. I wish this entry were different, but after an eventful and blustery weekend I am really just so tired. My poor overworked and underpaid brain cells are being constantly pulled in all different directions and are at serious risk of imploding - which doesn't sound so terrible really, if it means at least a few moments of inactivity and peaceful non-existence... Anyways, my weeken...