so much to say and no time. as usual. AACK.
i'll start from the beginning i guess:
packages do arrive here. this is good.
i started a five day internship today and i'm happy about it. the NGO is in the exact line of work i'm interested in learning about and contributing to. it is half vocational training and half microloans/grants. in general, i really want to be involved with MFIs (micro financial institutions) that incorporate a degree of education, and financial education in particular, before giving out loans. it appears this organization does precisely that: it trains youth, 15-30 yearolds, on a specific vocation (they become apprentices) and on business plan writing. if the youth graduates, then they become eligible for loans. this organization also works specifically with IDPs (internally displaced people) and is largely funding by UNHCR, which is the refugee relief leg of the UN. the main lady there has an amazingly kind and patient way about her. i hope to learn and lot and to figure out a way to contribute to who are already highly educated english speakers.
what else can i say? i finally get infront of a computer and forget everything. the mud volcanoes are hilarious. they erupt slowly in these big bulbous bubbles. for some reason they draw me in, like some sort of slow meditative trick keeping me in a trance. and then when they burst i laugh like a 5 yearold.
yesterday i had my first fully azeri conversation with my host mother. this was an amazing feeling. it keeps me encouraged.
oh, and i started sunday soccer with my pct friends. it is amazing. it was so much fun. we played in the worst conditions i've ever played soccer in, but it was thoroughly hilarious. we played on sandy mud that was squishy in some serious wind. whenever i passed the ball it came back to me. i'm still sore from it, but i think we will all keep it up and play every sunday. hopefully we'll find a better field for the next time, but i'm not counting on it. however, it's all part of the fun...adusting to some funky conditions. the funniest part, i think, was when huge pieces of trash would blow across the field faster than we were running. ha
3 comments:
Alexis!
I had heard rumors that you were now in Azerbaijan.
Glad to hear that you're having a good time (and apparently enjoying Turkish beer).
Hope all is well,
Alex Sevald
I can totally picture you standing infront of one of those bubbles clapping your hands as you laugh. Oh goodness... i miss your ultra cool dorky ways. :-( Whats your FAV song by the way? let me know ASAP. :-) by sweetums.
YAY YOU ARE DRINKING BEER.
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