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The Guppy Went With Gusto: 11/01/2008 - 12/01/2008
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The Guppy Went With Gusto. After working in schools in The Gambia, Scotland, New York City and Boston, I am now teaching in Douala, Cameroon. The Credit Crunch Hits (Rented) Home. Unfortunately my quest ended in failure. The customer service agent informed me that, since I carry no debt or mortgage (HA! Alas, I was incorrect in this assumption. As banks have belatedly moved to tighten their lending and credit provision strategies, I remain out of the UK financial loop, at least for the next six months.
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Adventures in Living: November 2005
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Wednesday, November 30, 2005. The sounds of evening call to prayer can be quite beautiful. Morning call to prayer, at five ish, are a little bit less inspiring, but taking a bath in the deepening night, as I am serenaded by imams (in a fashion), is pretty cool. Especially when the weather is as dry and relatively cool as tonight. Life has been a blur lately no posts in a while are the result. Two Fridays ago I had an experience with a mason that maybe shouldn’t be recorded, but was very instructive .
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Adventures in Living: April 2006
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Tuesday, April 25, 2006. Today has been an exercise in patience, more so than most days here, which I think is saying a lot. This morning I went to the Anglican mission school an upper basic (middle school) where I am trying to get their computer lab up and going. I arrived expecting to have a chance to check out their machines and get things ready to start lessons next week, but found some Nigerians working there. I am not their biggest fan. Then he asked them if they had suggestions, which I disagreed ...
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Adventures in Living: May 2005
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Wednesday, May 25, 2005. How wrong I was. Life can be great sometimes. There are so many ways to learn things. Like when you think you are done with something and you wake up. Literally in this case, I woke up and got hit with a bag of cement that was two different projects both screaming for my attention. Well, not screaming so much as just behaving like truant junior high students. Everytime I think I am out, the. Y pull me back in. Posted by Zac at 9:28 AM. Tuesday, May 24, 2005. I was a Peace Corps V...
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The Guppy Went With Gusto: ECD
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The Guppy Went With Gusto. After working in schools in The Gambia, Scotland, New York City and Boston, I am now teaching in Douala, Cameroon. To the bodega, then across the street to wait for the pizza to be warmed over. Accosted from another bench by a man ominously wonders, among other things, “Who said, 'Houston, we have a problem? The sentries laugh amongst themselves while discussing football. Muttering from my neighbours about quotas - “bullshit, man.”. What's your last name? Some thirty minutes la...
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The Guppy Went With Gusto: 09/01/2009 - 10/01/2009
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The Guppy Went With Gusto. After working in schools in The Gambia, Scotland, New York City and Boston, I am now teaching in Douala, Cameroon. My stay in Scotland. It's been nearly three months since I left Scotland and, as I catch up on some posts I wanted to do, I decided to write a little about my experience in Edinburgh. Cramond Island, Edinburgh, in February 2009. While in Edinburgh I was fortunate to have several visitors from the U.S., as well as a couple of friends staying around London...So I ...
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Adventures in Living: June 2005
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Monday, June 27, 2005. All praise be to Allah. It's been in the 80's every day, plenty of humidity, and people start to complain about the heat! I love it, great way to get ready for the real heat I am going to be getting plenty of right soon. Also, from my brother: "It was 120 here today, in case WNY is still a little behind the summer schedule we've got plenty of degrees to send your way." So, I mean, mid-80's is really quite a treat. Posted by Zac at 10:01 AM. Thursday, June 23, 2005. Wednesday, June ...
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Adventures in Living: January 2006
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Saturday, January 28, 2006. Today was a bit of a buzz overstimulated or worn out, I was feeling a bit like I had been in performance mode for too long, so here is a series of factoids. In the morning was a naming ceremony nyambo (meaning small, limited ceremony instead of all day party type naming ceremony) for Ndey Njie’s new baby girl. Her name is Awa, like one of the mothers I live with. It was laundry day Ami Njie does my washing, and irons shirts and pants. Fresh clothes are great. Another entry pul...
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Adventures in Living: August 2005
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Saturday, August 20, 2005. Day two with electricity. Here I am, in an air conditioned room, on the internet for the second time in two days. It's almost amazing, what can happen when resources are around. That's all from me now, more in a few weeks, including pictures ning ala sonta. Posted by Zac at 10:50 AM. Friday, August 19, 2005. Back to the land of milk and honey. So anyone will be able to call me and chat, I hope. I hope everyone is well, and I have lots of pictures to post when I get a chance!
