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Day 63: from the air

Everything seems so much simpler up here. It’s been chaos on the ground. More on that when I get a breather.

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Day 54- A weird/terrifying day in the life…

So I sort of had a crazy day yesterday. Basically, we were going on site visits to assess the situation in some of the more rural cholera treatment centres. It was a longer journey than anticipated, as we’d forgotten it … Continue reading

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Day 50- Disjointed mutterings on a sunny Haitian saturday…

There is a wave of Creole voices swirling around me as I sit at my desk in my very own room in the apartment I now share with my co-worker. We moved in yesterday, and it feels amazing to be … Continue reading

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Day 46- a short wave hello from Haiti.

What is with the Haitian internet system? I can never decide if its going to function. In fact, I’ve yet to understand why and when anything functions in this country. Must have something to do with the heat/mosquito swarms. So … Continue reading

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Day 27: ftw!!!

I totally win. Yep, it’s true. And as the winner, I humbly dub myself the Computer Master of Amazingness… Of the UNIVERSE (despite my complete and total lack of anything remotely related to technical skill and/or prowess)!!! That is, however, … Continue reading

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Day 26- the boycott.

Today, following another early morning spent arguing with the Apple Store ‘geniuses’ about the fact that after a week full of ‘visits,’ my computer still doesn’t function, I decided to boycott. I am unplugging. I do bite my thumb at … Continue reading

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Day 25- The day in which I fail at life.

Today was a day of fail. Somehow though, I’ve managed to come to terms with it, and therefore have decided not to discuss it. At all. Well, at least not right now. I feel as though it would take slightly … Continue reading

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Day 24- Seriously? Oh technology, why do you hate me so much?

Technology hates me, we have had a falling out, and I still don’t know why. Which is why last weekend I ran away to the South of France (well, not really. I mean, it’s the South of France. Sunny days, … Continue reading

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Day 14: Swiss police are efficient. fact.

I think perhaps nowhere else in the world do the police call your phone (multiple times, I might add because I kept accidentally missing their calls and found their French voicemails far too cryptic to follow [i.e. they never once … Continue reading

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Day 13: on living in a time capsule.

Sometimes living in what can only be described as a time capsule (WAIT. Hold on. My home can also quite easily be described as a granny house, a museum, and a time machine to the Stone Age…) is a good … Continue reading

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