I guess this news is worthy of a blog post. Two days ago we swore in as Peace Corps Trainees to be Peace Corps Volunteers. Now I am sitting and typing on a computer that is for PCVs only. I sure do feel special.
Immediately after we swore in, we were given our allowances and set free on our own. Still the youngest of the PCV family but no longer babies, Ghana you better watch out.
Tomorrow I am heading direct to my site and will be there for the next 3 months. After that it's In Service Training, but we are just going to have to wait and see it I make it through July.
Anywho, sorry I'm a lazy blogger. Write me letters instead.
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Sunday, April 15, 2012
38
...days since i have been in ghana. a bit over a month since my last updates, so here are a few quick and (maybe dirty) facts: (please pardon the terrible internet language, i typed this up on my phone)
- I tested and passed the Language Proficiency Interview in Dagaare – which means that I am now ‘proficient’ in the language and will be able to communicate with the people at my site/village.
- Site locations were finally revealed to the Trainees after the language test. Since I already knew my region, I was not as excited as everyone else who didn’t know. Still, finding out the exact location of my site was just as fun. I finally met my Contact Person (CP), i.e: the person who is going to introduce me to my community. He’s a math teacher, and he’s hilarious.
- my site is a little remote village in the upper west region. i am the first volunteer/'white person'/foreigner to have ever been in this village. my 3 days at site conjured up an interesting combination of feelings. nervousness, proud, pressured, loneliness, excitement, overwhelmed... im still trying to sort them out. hopefully after the first 3 months i could tell you more about it.
- my house/living quarter is a two rooms unit inside a 3 units house. its per peace corps standard though if you know me,, youd know that i dont need much room for comfortable living so having all this living space does feel strange, especially at night when i am alone siting in the dark sweating.
- sitting in the dark sweating because my village has no electricity so i have no electricity in the house. ergo, no fan. this might confuse some people as how i can still get online and whatnot and for that i will tell you that a. i have an internet phone and b. as long as i have a portable modem i can get online anywhere with a laptop as long as there is phone service.
- yes people have phone here even if they dont have electricity. yes it is kind of ironic.
- i just finished 2 weeks of technical training and got to homestay last night after 12 hrs of traveling in a tightly packed bus. it was still better than my trip from the Upper West to Tamale -- 10 hrs with no AC -- so yeah im not complaining.
- i also took a techinical exam at the end of training, which gave my hand a cramp afterward. lots of short answers.
- if i pass that tech exam, next sunday i will be swearing in officially as a peace corps volunteer. then we can toss away the trainee title that we have been carrying around these few months.
- if anyone has sent me a package and letter im hoping to get them this week to bring to site with me, so i hope youre excited for it becuase i am :)
- if anyone want to send me things, be it electronic of snail, please feel free to. ( i could use some new music and tv shows, hint hint)
- as for pictures, i juts updated a few from the first 2 weeks on facebook. if youre a friend, check it out. if youre a rando, dont add me.
- I tested and passed the Language Proficiency Interview in Dagaare – which means that I am now ‘proficient’ in the language and will be able to communicate with the people at my site/village.
- Site locations were finally revealed to the Trainees after the language test. Since I already knew my region, I was not as excited as everyone else who didn’t know. Still, finding out the exact location of my site was just as fun. I finally met my Contact Person (CP), i.e: the person who is going to introduce me to my community. He’s a math teacher, and he’s hilarious.
- my site is a little remote village in the upper west region. i am the first volunteer/'white person'/foreigner to have ever been in this village. my 3 days at site conjured up an interesting combination of feelings. nervousness, proud, pressured, loneliness, excitement, overwhelmed... im still trying to sort them out. hopefully after the first 3 months i could tell you more about it.
- my house/living quarter is a two rooms unit inside a 3 units house. its per peace corps standard though if you know me,, youd know that i dont need much room for comfortable living so having all this living space does feel strange, especially at night when i am alone siting in the dark sweating.
- sitting in the dark sweating because my village has no electricity so i have no electricity in the house. ergo, no fan. this might confuse some people as how i can still get online and whatnot and for that i will tell you that a. i have an internet phone and b. as long as i have a portable modem i can get online anywhere with a laptop as long as there is phone service.
- yes people have phone here even if they dont have electricity. yes it is kind of ironic.
- i just finished 2 weeks of technical training and got to homestay last night after 12 hrs of traveling in a tightly packed bus. it was still better than my trip from the Upper West to Tamale -- 10 hrs with no AC -- so yeah im not complaining.
- i also took a techinical exam at the end of training, which gave my hand a cramp afterward. lots of short answers.
- if i pass that tech exam, next sunday i will be swearing in officially as a peace corps volunteer. then we can toss away the trainee title that we have been carrying around these few months.
- if anyone has sent me a package and letter im hoping to get them this week to bring to site with me, so i hope youre excited for it becuase i am :)
- if anyone want to send me things, be it electronic of snail, please feel free to. ( i could use some new music and tv shows, hint hint)
- as for pictures, i juts updated a few from the first 2 weeks on facebook. if youre a friend, check it out. if youre a rando, dont add me.
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