So, I thought i did not caught any thing but I found out I caught a flu as I woke up sat morning. The flu has pretty much sucked the energy out of me, I feel light headed at work and I am too tired to go on by 10 at night. Due to this, I really have not sit down and type up my Africa experience. Will get on it as soon as I feel better.
Currently some thing been on my mind. I have been a nomad for the last 5 years, moving every 4 months, home city does not feels like home but at the same time don't really have a place to make it a new home cause I was moving so often. One of the by product of the co-op program I guess...am I the only one who have this feeling?
until next time...
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Alive and kicking
Back in good old Canada the frozen tundra. After 100 emails (most of them are for keeping me entertained during the day) and a few important one...it is off to run some errands. Overall, the trip has been amazing, I did not pick up any sickness to my knowledge other the a little stomach problems. So much has happened during the 2 weeks and my thoughts are a bit disorganize...I guess more details about the trip in a later post once they are organized.
until next time
until next time
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Long Weekend & Flight info
Long Weekend:
This long weekend has been restful, I slept pass noon on one of the day hopping this twitch right below my right eye would have gone away but it did not although it is getting better. I have no clue why I have this twitch but I want it to go away. I headed out to downtown again on sat and went to the Glenbow Museum. It is similar to the ROM but way smaller but still a fair sized museum. Knowing that I will be away for two weeks, I got my starbucks fix by having a green tea latte. The expresso shops in other parts of the world are ment for people to slow down and enjoy a cup of coffee while waiting for a friend to arrive and go on to do what was planned. But I noticed in Canada, most people are just rushing in and out of the shop, grapping their caffine and on with their busy life. Maybe for your life style, you need to rush but i think it is still improtant to slow down once per day. Now...all I need to work on is that someone I need to meet up with. Other than the museum, I did not do much, packed a bit for my trip and went to the mall to pick up a few things. If you are wondering if I had turkey for Thanksgiving...well I did not. I had sushi instead which was a bit off but I am not complaining. So it was a good quiet long weekend.
Flight Info:
So in a few days, I will be sitting in a plane for 20 hrs flying to Zambia. I think I am going to bring a book or two to read. Any suggestion as how I can entertain myself?...I wonder if British Airways hire cute flight attendants?...I'll let you know!
Leaving Oct 12:
Calgary 2:00pm Air Canada AC1154 -> Toronto 7:45pm Oct 12
Toronto 11:55pm British Airways BA 96 -> London Oct 13 12:00 noon
London 7:15 pm British Airways BA 255 -> Lusaka 6:15 am Oct 14
Returning Oct 24
Lusaka 8:50am British Airway BA 254 -> London 6:05 pm Oct 25
London 11:55 am British Airway BA 93 -> Toronto 2:40 pm Oct 25
Toronto 5:00 pm Air Canada AC 133 -> Calgary 7:10 pm Oct 25
Until Next Time...
This long weekend has been restful, I slept pass noon on one of the day hopping this twitch right below my right eye would have gone away but it did not although it is getting better. I have no clue why I have this twitch but I want it to go away. I headed out to downtown again on sat and went to the Glenbow Museum. It is similar to the ROM but way smaller but still a fair sized museum. Knowing that I will be away for two weeks, I got my starbucks fix by having a green tea latte. The expresso shops in other parts of the world are ment for people to slow down and enjoy a cup of coffee while waiting for a friend to arrive and go on to do what was planned. But I noticed in Canada, most people are just rushing in and out of the shop, grapping their caffine and on with their busy life. Maybe for your life style, you need to rush but i think it is still improtant to slow down once per day. Now...all I need to work on is that someone I need to meet up with. Other than the museum, I did not do much, packed a bit for my trip and went to the mall to pick up a few things. If you are wondering if I had turkey for Thanksgiving...well I did not. I had sushi instead which was a bit off but I am not complaining. So it was a good quiet long weekend.
Flight Info:
So in a few days, I will be sitting in a plane for 20 hrs flying to Zambia. I think I am going to bring a book or two to read. Any suggestion as how I can entertain myself?...I wonder if British Airways hire cute flight attendants?...I'll let you know!
Leaving Oct 12:
Calgary 2:00pm Air Canada AC1154 -> Toronto 7:45pm Oct 12
Toronto 11:55pm British Airways BA 96 -> London Oct 13 12:00 noon
London 7:15 pm British Airways BA 255 -> Lusaka 6:15 am Oct 14
Returning Oct 24
Lusaka 8:50am British Airway BA 254 -> London 6:05 pm Oct 25
London 11:55 am British Airway BA 93 -> Toronto 2:40 pm Oct 25
Toronto 5:00 pm Air Canada AC 133 -> Calgary 7:10 pm Oct 25
Until Next Time...
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Just making it as a Spanish model
So, I weight myself for the first time in a few years yesterday and boy, I lost some weight. To be a Spanish model, the BMI needs to be at least 18....well, I come in at 18.5. Maybe I should consider modeling...on second thought, maybe I should just put on some weight.
Until Next Time...
Until Next Time...
Sunday, October 01, 2006
Fighting hunger, Ghetto bathroom upgrade, Last day of Summer
Fighting Hunger:
Zambia is one of the most stable countries in the region politically, however, it is still ravaged by HIV/AIDS and poverty. The total life expectancy of the population is 40.03 years, as of 2003, the HIV prevalence rate in adults is 16.5%, 50% of the population is unemployed and 86% of the population lives below poverty line. As said on my project leader’s blog, feeding of the soul often becomes secondary to a population whose only goal for each day is to feed the body.
Derek, the visionary behind the Royal Poultry Company (RPG) wants the company to :
-Provide nutritious, affordable food
-Create jobs and establish businesses with Godly, ethical practice
-Improve and expand regional, eventually national agricultural conditions
-Direct proceeds into a fund dedicated to providing financial resources for church development throughout Zambia.
RPC’s goal is to establish hundreds of self-sustaining and individually owned poultry raising and feed growing farms around central supply, education, and processing facilities. In order for this to become reality, RPC needs to train, supply, and develop the market for micro-enterprise poultry farmers, organic feed growers, and market vendor. As this becomes established, the availability and quantity of nutritional, affordable food for low income families will be increased, more jobs will be created, local farmers will be educated and profit from RPC will be designated to establish a national church growth fund.
My task at Engineering Ministry International (eMi) will be to Master Plan and design the first buildings for administration and teaching facilities, supply and warehouse buildings, fertilizer blending plants and mature bird processing plants. A team of 13 volunteers consist of Architects, Mech., Civil., and Elect. Engineers as well as Project/Construction manager, and Surveyor will be traveling to Zambia from Oct 12th to 25th.
It is a privilege to be working with a group of professional who are giving their own time, energy and resources for this project that is directly fighting against poverty and malnutrition. Please pray for financial provision, our preparations, our ability to catch the company’s vision, our families back home while we are gone, and our unity as a team because few of us will have ever met each other before we land in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia. Feel free to email me for more information and check back for updates.
Ghetto Bathroom Upgrade:
So, on thursday this week, I was informed that our 3rd world Ghetto bathroom had an upgrade and now it is consider to be a nd world Ghetto bathroom. What made the difference? A toilet paper dispenser...
Last day of Summer:
On the last day of summer, I head back out into downtown. There are way more people walking around than last week most likely due to the nice weather. But then, there still nothing much too do in downtown. While walking around, I made a hit list of museums I am going to check out. I walked by Holt Renfrew again and the sexy jacket I saw last week is still there but it looks like they are changing their displays. The picture did not capture the full glory of the jacket
Zambia is one of the most stable countries in the region politically, however, it is still ravaged by HIV/AIDS and poverty. The total life expectancy of the population is 40.03 years, as of 2003, the HIV prevalence rate in adults is 16.5%, 50% of the population is unemployed and 86% of the population lives below poverty line. As said on my project leader’s blog, feeding of the soul often becomes secondary to a population whose only goal for each day is to feed the body.
Derek, the visionary behind the Royal Poultry Company (RPG) wants the company to :
-Provide nutritious, affordable food
-Create jobs and establish businesses with Godly, ethical practice
-Improve and expand regional, eventually national agricultural conditions
-Direct proceeds into a fund dedicated to providing financial resources for church development throughout Zambia.
RPC’s goal is to establish hundreds of self-sustaining and individually owned poultry raising and feed growing farms around central supply, education, and processing facilities. In order for this to become reality, RPC needs to train, supply, and develop the market for micro-enterprise poultry farmers, organic feed growers, and market vendor. As this becomes established, the availability and quantity of nutritional, affordable food for low income families will be increased, more jobs will be created, local farmers will be educated and profit from RPC will be designated to establish a national church growth fund.
My task at Engineering Ministry International (eMi) will be to Master Plan and design the first buildings for administration and teaching facilities, supply and warehouse buildings, fertilizer blending plants and mature bird processing plants. A team of 13 volunteers consist of Architects, Mech., Civil., and Elect. Engineers as well as Project/Construction manager, and Surveyor will be traveling to Zambia from Oct 12th to 25th.
It is a privilege to be working with a group of professional who are giving their own time, energy and resources for this project that is directly fighting against poverty and malnutrition. Please pray for financial provision, our preparations, our ability to catch the company’s vision, our families back home while we are gone, and our unity as a team because few of us will have ever met each other before we land in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia. Feel free to email me for more information and check back for updates.
Ghetto Bathroom Upgrade:So, on thursday this week, I was informed that our 3rd world Ghetto bathroom had an upgrade and now it is consider to be a nd world Ghetto bathroom. What made the difference? A toilet paper dispenser...
Last day of Summer:On the last day of summer, I head back out into downtown. There are way more people walking around than last week most likely due to the nice weather. But then, there still nothing much too do in downtown. While walking around, I made a hit list of museums I am going to check out. I walked by Holt Renfrew again and the sexy jacket I saw last week is still there but it looks like they are changing their displays. The picture did not capture the full glory of the jacket
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