A quick update
Been here now a couple of months and I think that I am settled in quite well. Been hanging out with this guy Dave and surfing this last week as I mention later. He is an Australian volunteering over here and a really cool guy. You have to understand that as I am sitting now in the computer room I am getting assaulted by a bunch of mosquito’s; every night I get eating alive. Pretty busy with the field placement that I am doing. I move to another part of the organization this week and I am hopeful that I will be a little more involved in community work than the last department. However I am learning heaps about community development theories and practices and that when you try to them into practice in an organization it becomes a little more difficult. This is clearly visible with where I am working and has got me thinking about when I have a job that the things I’m learning now may actually be hard to put into practice when working in the community.
I am nearly half way through the semester up to week 7 and after this week is the semester break. I’m a little bummed that I have a class right in the middle of the break. Means I can’t travel to far but I am going to try and get away for a few days anyway. Thinking that I might go to a surf camp out in the middle of where the swell comes in. It is out on a tiny little island in the middle of the ocean. It will be either be Yanuca Island or Tavarua Island. Both are expensive and I would only stay a few days nevertheless it is something I will do at least once.
The work is now starting to come in pretty thick and it is probably a good idea that that I am not away for the whole week thus giving me some time with no one else around to knuckle down and do some solid work.
It has been a shaping experience so far and this week with the workshop is no exception. Many questions have been raised with no real answers yet I as they say I will keep my chin up.
Thankyou for your emails and comments. I look forward so much to your emails keeping me up to date with the going on in Australia and else where. Hearing about the mundane normal stuff like the footy and the weather is really cool.
I am nearly half way through the semester up to week 7 and after this week is the semester break. I’m a little bummed that I have a class right in the middle of the break. Means I can’t travel to far but I am going to try and get away for a few days anyway. Thinking that I might go to a surf camp out in the middle of where the swell comes in. It is out on a tiny little island in the middle of the ocean. It will be either be Yanuca Island or Tavarua Island. Both are expensive and I would only stay a few days nevertheless it is something I will do at least once.
The work is now starting to come in pretty thick and it is probably a good idea that that I am not away for the whole week thus giving me some time with no one else around to knuckle down and do some solid work.
It has been a shaping experience so far and this week with the workshop is no exception. Many questions have been raised with no real answers yet I as they say I will keep my chin up.
Thankyou for your emails and comments. I look forward so much to your emails keeping me up to date with the going on in Australia and else where. Hearing about the mundane normal stuff like the footy and the weather is really cool.
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