Hi Hi kenz, I just wanted to say hello and let you know I was thinking about you. What you've done is truly amazing and I'm excited for you to have some fun finally with your friend in Israel. I heard about your Terrible Towel pic and am trying to locate it, that's great!... Myron would be proud of you!
Be safe, Love McGoo.
Wow, I felt like I was right there in the car with you. Your descriptions were amazing. Thanks for sharing such a wonderful experience and being so open with your emotions. Im sure the picture of the stars will be imprinted on your mind forever.
oh you HAVE to watch So You Think You Can Dance when you get home. I'll watch the whole season again with you, for real! From the top twenty on there's some amazing performances...especially by Kupono, the gorgeous Hawaiin guy...wait til you see some of his numbers.
Who's the novelty? Hi Mack: I got a chuckle reading about your concern that the parents might think you're treating their children as if they are a novelty. Clearly, you are the novelty with your blonde hair and fair skin!! It also seems lately as though you have been assimilating. Your blogs have definitely had a much more positive tone. I think the food has been more to your liking recently. I know how grumpy you can get when you're hungry. Only two more weeks in Africa. I think you will be sad when you leave. Love you, mom
"that I actually ENJOY LEARNING." Hola, dahlin' ;-) I can only hope that I have students like you in my class-room. Yes, *drabness* is, in fact, a real word, but certainly not applicable to your present environment. Enjoy it, warts and all, por favor?
dadaa
Amazing Once again, you have made me feel as though I am there with you. What a successful weekend it was for you. Your mood seems to be vastly improved from earlier last week. I am so glad that your experience is improving. I will call NYU for you today and I've emailed Martha asking for her address so that I can mail yoru phone. THe pictures were great and I can't wait to see more. Love you, Mom :)
"mission accomplished" ;-) Buenos dias, dahlin' ;-)
Re: "going for both a public policy masters...." >> How does one institute public policy? Activism? Politics? Law? By human nature, any society in any country is hesitant to accept change to centuries of traditional thinking, particularly in a third world situation (see W's *democracy* scheme for the Islamic world). It took us--the people of the Estados Unidos--8 years to FINALLY reject that obviously failing political *vision* by electing BO. And we are not a 3rd world country.
There are centuries of indigenous thinking AND misguided Western Euro bungling with politically-based *map carving* in Africa to overcome. I so admire your fervor for the *one with the people* vision. Perhaps the time spent in academia to study the most effective way to institute that change is the best option, in conjunction with the *boots on the ground* approach of actually understanding the culture by being part of it, which is what you are currently doing. BRAVO! Such experience will be of immeasurable benefit to your studies. The rub is the actual acceptance of change by the people it is intended to help. Think of DWB (Doctors Without Borders).
The practical application of that is the challenge. Look how difficult it has been to eliminate curry from your valued veggies/ rice diet--LOL. How did you finally achieve it? By finding the right person to ask and make the change. "One small step...."
dadaa ;-)
Ahalan I couldn't agree more with Gilli's comment. Step outside of your comfort zone...surrender to the experience and escape the trappings of your mind. You may return home completely transformed and free of your idiosyncratic burdens!!
Love you and mish you!!
Mom
OMG!! ThEY, IT'S TEZ:) Im so proud of you!!! I cant believe your in africa!ll! awsome:) soo tell me how your liking it so far, I want to hear all about it. could i call you while your in africa? or are you only allowed to do blogs? ok. well get back to me and good luck in everything you do. I know you'll do great over there. k. well ill talk to you later. bye:)
heres my emAIL. terrifictez15@hotmail.com
ahalan My Dearest friend,
My comment title is your first lesson in Hebrew (ahalan = hey) so that when you arrive at Ben Gurion National Airport you can feel a little more secure. I read what you write and I miss you, very very much, and I am so thrilled and so proud of you that you are physically living the the fantasy that you've been dreaming about since we were ten years old. It's funny...I see you're "working out", "doing squats", eating "carb-filled" meals, sleeping with "earplugs." My love, this is the beauty of travel. To step out of your comfort zone and go with the flow, become a traveler, a see-er, a believer, a romanticist, a doer. To fall asleep to the sound of the Tanzanian beat, to let yourself be woken up to the prayer call because fuck - it's a once is a fucking lifetime kind of thing. To sit outside, to watch the sunset, to let the mosquitoes feast on your white gourmet blood, to stay off facebook and to leave your ipod inside because nothing compares to the sounds of the wilderness. Africa is beauty in its sexiest, its rawest, its most earnest. There is no other place like it in the world.
We will discuss in-depth when you get here. Am planning something breathtaking. Can't wait for you to arrive.
Enjoy every minute, as i know you will.
Love.
I agree Kathy. I love seeing her posts because it's a first hand account of the African experience. I look forward to your blogs and can not wait for my next Kiswahili lesson!
I'm a recent graduate from the University of Tampa, off to a study abroad for 6 weeks in Arusha, Tanzania. After Tanzania, it's off to Israel for a week to visit my most cherished friend.
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Hi kenz, I just wanted to say hello and let you know I was thinking about you. What you've done is truly amazing and I'm excited for you to have some fun finally with your friend in Israel. I heard about your Terrible Towel pic and am trying to locate it, that's great!... Myron would be proud of you! Be safe, Love McGoo.