You are in Peace Corps Cameroon PST when…
June 28, 2008
38 people applaud for bite-sized Snickers bars eating burnt cow-corn for snack, loaded in salt fresh milk, cheese, pop-tarts, pizza, hamburger, olive oil, etc. become pure delicacy getting creative with your food, making every combination imaginable of eggs, tomato, avocado, Laughing-Cow-Cheese, and baguettes glad the person waking up with cockroach on the face or mice tickling their feet wasn’t you…
Read MoreThank you, Bluetooth!
June 24, 2008
Apology is hereby extended for my lack of updates last week. I spent the better part of the week attempting to connect my Macbook to the Internet via the cell phone. With Bluetooth technology, someone else in the group found a way to connect. I had quite the trouble, but at last, I figured it out. As to not bore…
Read MoreA Very Bumpy Road
June 14, 2008
It’s a Saturday, but since we are on Cameroonian schedule, we have half day of language lessons. The last time I had to go to school on a Saturday was in 10 years ago in Taiwan. Oh, half-day-Saturdays, how I do not miss thee. After language lessons, the ED people were invited to a ceremony at a school in Bafousmann…
Read MoreGrilled Fish & Cold Shower
June 13, 2008
The ridiculous yet absolutely amazing-ness continues. Right now, I am writing from my bed, underneath my lovely mosquito net (I see why people get addicted and can’t sleep without it). The room is dark and lit only by my hand-cranked lamp and pre-charged mackbook because the electricity keeps cutting out since it’s raining/thundering. It’s raining season here in Banganté and…
Read MoreThe Real Cameroonian Life
June 12, 2008
Phew! I survived my first day at the homestay. I’m currently writing from my new room, sitting on a full size bed, under a mosquito net. The last time I slept under a mosquito net was when I slept in my grandmother’s room circa 1995 or perhaps earlier. This is a strange experience. My entire day reminded me an awful…
Read MoreNew Ideas!
June 10, 2008
I feel energized by the conversations that took place this evening among other PCTs. This is one of last free evenings together; starting Thursday, we will be disbursed among host families after training hours. The great conversation began at dinner when the young married couple, Thryn & Gavin discussed a great business idea to me pertaining to non-profits. I told…
Read MoreFirst Day!
June 7, 2008
After more than 24 hours of travel, all 38 of us arrived to Cameroon safe and sound, as did ALL of our luggage. Now, that is a miracle in and of itself. The journey was quite long, but I slept through nearly all of it. When we arrived to the airport, PC Cameroon staffs welcomed us and took care of…
Read MoreThe Malaria Diet
June 5, 2008
Our time in Philly is wrapping up! Tomorrow morning, we all go to the clinic to get shots and then off to the airport for a very long journey to Cameroon. We’ll fly 7ish hours to Paris, 8ish hours to Douala, then another 50 min. to the capital. It sounds bad, but not as bad as 14ish hours of direct…
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Book List
June 2, 2008
Madame de Lafayette: La Princesse de Clèves Le Barbier de Séville – Beaumarchais Le Cid – Corneille Phédre – Racine The Shadow of the Sun – Kapuscinski Snow Flower and the Secret Fan – Lisa See Suite Française – Iréne Némirovsky 一行禪師說佛陀故事 – 一行禪師 The Book of Mev – Chmiel 愛別離 – 鍾文英 On Beauty – Zadie Smith The Opposite…
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