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And she took off with two pairs of socks and a mission...
at least her feet weren't cold
25 July 2007 @ 11:28 pm
Budapest
Cape Town
Nairobi
but maybe
Ougadougou?
Rabat?
La Paz?
I was led on by a Canadian NGO who turned around and crushed my dreams like nothing else. So NGO #2 came by to pick up the pieces and hold my hand 'til I find my very own little developing country and all will be well.
I'll be back in Montreal next week.
10 July 2007 @ 09:29 pm
So here goes:
I'm going away again. I'm doing a NetCorps internship this fall with Human Rights Internet. I'm leaving Vancouver in early August for Nanaimo, will be in Ottawa and Montreal at the end of August, and then I take off to Another Country.
According to the NGO I've been talking to, I'm qualified for a few of these internships, and it's up to me to narrow down my choices. I think it's fair to give them my top three, even better to give them a Number One. Where shall I live and work for 6 months of my life? Here, my worldly friends, are my choices:
Budapest
The only option where I've been before. Beautiful city, difficult language, art, culture, the ex-pat life in Europe. Probably the option with the least amount of culture shock, but also cold winters and no ocean.
Kuala Lumpur
It's cheap and modern, and easy to find vegetarian food. It's a stone's throw from Indonesia and Thailand. Not terribly far from Vietnam. I could spend my winter along emerald waters. Oh, and people are friendly and the city is safe.
Cape Town
From the age of 14, I've always been fascinated by South Africa. I have this little dream to find my old pen pal in Durban, but that's not the reason I'd go. Cape Town sounds beautiful, and the internship I'm looking at would have me visiting farms in the Western Cape. People tell me South Africa is dangerous though, but maybe only to those with no common sense. Also, English will get me a lot further here.
Nairobi
Kenya! Safaris and animals and baobabs! I've been reading the blog of another Netcorps volunteer in Nairobi, and she pretty much sold me on Kenya after she'd travelled from Ethiopia to South Africa in her time off. There's apparently a sizable expat community of UN workers and other do-gooders.
Banjul
Where? The capital of the Gambia, Africa's smallest country. The town is small, the people are friendly, and it's said to be quite safe, although I'm to expect a lot of marriage proposals. Probably not so many other westerners there like the other places. But the ocean!
I'd have to decide by Friday. I'm open to allllllll suggestions.
I'm going away again. I'm doing a NetCorps internship this fall with Human Rights Internet. I'm leaving Vancouver in early August for Nanaimo, will be in Ottawa and Montreal at the end of August, and then I take off to Another Country.
According to the NGO I've been talking to, I'm qualified for a few of these internships, and it's up to me to narrow down my choices. I think it's fair to give them my top three, even better to give them a Number One. Where shall I live and work for 6 months of my life? Here, my worldly friends, are my choices:
Budapest
The only option where I've been before. Beautiful city, difficult language, art, culture, the ex-pat life in Europe. Probably the option with the least amount of culture shock, but also cold winters and no ocean.
Kuala Lumpur
It's cheap and modern, and easy to find vegetarian food. It's a stone's throw from Indonesia and Thailand. Not terribly far from Vietnam. I could spend my winter along emerald waters. Oh, and people are friendly and the city is safe.
Cape Town
From the age of 14, I've always been fascinated by South Africa. I have this little dream to find my old pen pal in Durban, but that's not the reason I'd go. Cape Town sounds beautiful, and the internship I'm looking at would have me visiting farms in the Western Cape. People tell me South Africa is dangerous though, but maybe only to those with no common sense. Also, English will get me a lot further here.
Nairobi
Kenya! Safaris and animals and baobabs! I've been reading the blog of another Netcorps volunteer in Nairobi, and she pretty much sold me on Kenya after she'd travelled from Ethiopia to South Africa in her time off. There's apparently a sizable expat community of UN workers and other do-gooders.
Banjul
Where? The capital of the Gambia, Africa's smallest country. The town is small, the people are friendly, and it's said to be quite safe, although I'm to expect a lot of marriage proposals. Probably not so many other westerners there like the other places. But the ocean!
I'd have to decide by Friday. I'm open to allllllll suggestions.
13 May 2007 @ 03:26 pm
You know, the tides are turning, a new day is born, those kinds of things.
I have a month left of classes here at Concordia, and the class is all about film and video production. I've got use of an old Bolex and we're going to make a nice little 16mm silent film about a miner's insomnia and all the hallucinations that result. There'll be animation projections, hand-built sets, and good ol' slapstick violence. Then there'll be a couple videos about somethin' or other...
In about six weeks time, I'll pack up EVERYTHING and make a run across the country and call Vancouver home. Unless I seriously fuck up the telephone interview on Tuesday, I'll be interning at ACCESS Artist Run Centre and working on an independent study built around the democratization of software, anti-aesthetics, diy design, using a pirated copy of Flash MX 2004 as my medium.
There's a possibility of renting a room in July for $150, but I'll probably just stay with my brother. In August, Eden and I should secure something to call home.