New Stage

Hello people,

Some of you might have been thinking by now, "is she actually gonna do a blog?" -yea, I was actually wondering about that too.

Here's my first post.. though I hate to write a lot cuz I s*ck at it, I figured that a first post just has to explain a little.

On the 7th of July, at 3.10pm, a plane landed in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. On board, there was an over-excited girl who will be spending the next 3 months and a half in this country.

Just before the landing, there was a great welcome reception - Mt Kilimanjaro!
(Can you see it on this picture? middle-rightish)

You just have no idea how excited I was!

I had the broadest smile on my face, pointing at the Kilimanjaro or at the invisible globe I imagined in front of me and going "25hrs ago I was here (japan) and now I'm here (tanzania)! woooooo"

Now, it's been a couple of days. What's my impression?

Well.. the weather is great (not humid at all compared to japan, the temperature is just peeeerfect!), good food (you all know I like all sorts of food..I'll do a dedicated post on food sometime), nice people, not too many mosquitoes..

and It's definitely a lot more developed than I imagined, but I think it's too early to form any opinion or impression, cuz so far, I've only seen about 5 mins-walk-radius around this hotel-apartment I'm staying in. Too bad my office is 3 mins' walk away :P

Ah yes, the office... I'm here for work!

I've only been here for a couple of days, but I've got a gut feeling that I will learn a lot in this environment. Experience of reality, the reality of international development, had been the piece missing in me for years. Now I've got a chance, how much can I learn in this 16 weeks? I wonder...

This is my new stage. With a lot of new experience to help me grow!

But first of all.. the first weekend is fast approaching now, and I can't wait to make the most of my off-work time :)