I’ve told many people that one of the first things I wanted to do once back in Africa is get a cat. It’s still one of the first things I want to do, but it’s on hold while I’m living in temporary housing. (Although my roommate said it would be okay if I brought a [...]
Archive for July, 2009
I need this to happen
Posted in Random on 28/07/2009 | 1 Comment »
Over the river and through the woods
Posted in Everyday Life on 26/07/2009 | 1 Comment »
CF is focusing its PMTCT interventions this year on two districts, Maseru and Thaba Tseka (TT). This week I had the opportunity to finally get out of Maseru and visit TT – about a four-hour trip from Maseru. The ride out there reminded me a lot of Peru, except that the roads were wider and [...]
allAfrica.com: New Lease for PMTCT
Posted in News on 22/07/2009 | Leave a Comment »
I found this pretty interesting so I thought I’d share. Also interesting is the fact that the Government of Lesotho is already starting people on HAART if they have a CD4 less than 350. So obviously they’re ahead of the times from a lot of other country programs out there. SOUTH AFRICA: NEW LEASE FOR [...]
Housing
Posted in Everyday Life on 22/07/2009 | 1 Comment »
There have been a number of inquiries about my housing situation here so I thought that I would share. As part of my contract the Foundation is putting me up in shared housing for up to four months. That means right now I’m staying in a 3-bedroom flat outside the downtown area. There’s a living [...]
Long Weekend/Trip to Thaba Bosiu
Posted in Everyday Life on 22/07/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Friday was a public holiday to observe the King’s Birthday so in addition to a shortened workweek I had lots of time to explore over the weekend. On Friday my roommate Anita and I ventured to Ladybrand – a town about 10 minutes into South Africa. Honestly, it was a lot smaller than I was [...]
Relearning an important lesson
Posted in Everyday Life on 14/07/2009 | 1 Comment »
Today I had the realization that I need to learn an important lesson all over again. As a Peace Corps Volunteer you get those two words drilled into your head during training: patience and flexibility. On my first day, attending a workshop not directly related to my duties felt like a great way to ease-in [...]
TIA (This is Africa)
Posted in Everyday Life on 11/07/2009 | 4 Comments »
The flight to Johannesburg was not as bad as I thought it would be. It helps that Delta doesn’t stop in Dakar when flying out of Atlanta anymore AND that I didn’t have to sit in the middle seat because the people in the window and aisle seat were traveling together so they gave me [...]
Amazon cuts the price of its Kindle
Posted in News, Random on 10/07/2009 | 2 Comments »
This morning my mom read in the local newspaper that Amazon cut the price on it’s 6″ Kindle from $359 to $299. Well, lucky me, I bought a Kindle 8 days ago at the $359 price point. So I called Amazon’s customer service this afternoon to see if I could get a $60 refund, and [...]
This is it
Posted in Random, tagged Ramblings on 09/07/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Man, the time is going so quickly. In just over 36 hours I’ll start my 24 hour trek to Lesotho. It’s overwhelming for so many reasons. First of all the timeframe that I’ve had to get ready. I accepted the job last Thursday and then I booked my ticket for 8 days later. At this [...]
Getting started
Posted in Random on 09/07/2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve had a number of people ask if I’m going to blog my new adventures in Lesotho. I’ve been deciding whether to write a personal blog or to write more anonymously about my experience as an NGO expat worker. Obviously I decided on the former. Here’s the overview: last week I accepted a job with [...]
