Today marks 3 weeks since I left home. 3 out of 10. This Friday, Helen will arrive. She is (hopefully) bringing me my real laptop, so I can stop using this netbook and start doing some good work on the annual report for NBJK.
I just printed out and handed Satish everything I've done so far, which comes out to 9 single-spaced pages of project descriptions and 6 pages of a table of "Projects at a Glance." I also have a list of abbreviations and some case studies written up. Before I can start putting it together, though, I need to know what kind of design software my MacBook has and learn how to use it.
I'm excited to have a roommate and friend here (although I actually have friends here now, they're just newer friends), and I'm looking forward to having a more functional, less frustrating computer. I've been pretty seriously counting down to going home, though. I'm hoping that with Helen here and more work to do, I will be able to pass the time more quickly. Things are going well, but I miss my "real life."
I just read a NY Times article (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/business/ammas-multifaceted-empire-built-on-hugs.html?pagewanted=1&src=recg) about a guru in southern India who has created a mini-utopia and who does great public works and who succeeds where government fails. I'm interested in visiting, even though it would be a long journey. I hope it works out.
In my 3 weeks, here are some of my accomplishments in no particular order:
I just printed out and handed Satish everything I've done so far, which comes out to 9 single-spaced pages of project descriptions and 6 pages of a table of "Projects at a Glance." I also have a list of abbreviations and some case studies written up. Before I can start putting it together, though, I need to know what kind of design software my MacBook has and learn how to use it.
I'm excited to have a roommate and friend here (although I actually have friends here now, they're just newer friends), and I'm looking forward to having a more functional, less frustrating computer. I've been pretty seriously counting down to going home, though. I'm hoping that with Helen here and more work to do, I will be able to pass the time more quickly. Things are going well, but I miss my "real life."
I just read a NY Times article (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/business/ammas-multifaceted-empire-built-on-hugs.html?pagewanted=1&src=recg) about a guru in southern India who has created a mini-utopia and who does great public works and who succeeds where government fails. I'm interested in visiting, even though it would be a long journey. I hope it works out.
In my 3 weeks, here are some of my accomplishments in no particular order:
- wrote 9 pages of project descriptions for the annual report
- visited Dumka
- visited Ranchi
- hiked to a waterfall
- went to a Save the Children report release
- saw an elephant
- vanquished a huge family of cockroaches from my refrigerator
- bought a cell phone and an internet dongle
- bought some Indian clothes
- bought curtains for my apartment
- made some friends
- visited a village in Hazaribag
- got about 20 mosquito bites
That's all that comes to mind right off the bat. Let me know if I've forgotten anything. :)
Now back to work.
Nice long list of accomplishments! What did Satish say about your report thus far?
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