So, what exactly has been going on with me? I finished my third round of business classes in village, 4th round if you count the week-long seminar in Yaoundé. I visited Fondonera, one of the towns that’s involved in my library project. Celebrated Chinese New Year with my Chinese family. Attempting to not pull my hair out or punch the wall when translating that 35+ page of library management training manual into French. And oh, 23,000 books are coming my way next week, and many things, true to Cameroonian form, are still up in the air. I am constantly taking deep breaths and trying not to flip out on someone.
Et voilà! That’s what’s been taking up my time, on top of the usual everyday stuff like dishes, laundry, cooking, cleaning, showering – all without running water. All those things still somehow have an amazing way of taking up my day.
Anyhoo, this latest round of business class was again a success. I had 32 students enrolled and 29 of them completed the course requirement and earned a certificate! More people have already asked me when the next round wil be… we shall see!
Since pictures worth a thousand words, below are some photos taken by Kristine – my temporary boss who came to visit me a few weeks ago. These are precious evidence that I actually do do some work and not just sleep a lot and hang out. 🙂
See? I do work, sometime. 🙂 So even though I haven’t been writing in recent weeks, I’ve been storing up some good ideas while I’ve been running around. I’ll post them in the coming days. Stayed tuned!
