Nov 12, 2012

And the temperature goes up, up and up!

News FALSH!

I finally got the confirmation of acceptance on the Teaching Volunteer Program in Kenya! I am so glad I took this decision. It makes me feel more alive than ever!

For one month, right after the holiday season, exactly staring on 15th of January, I'll be flying from Angola to Kenya, carrying my backpack and an aura brighter than ever! I already feel it becoming warmer with love ready to be shared.

For a long time I've been waiting for the right argument to do this volunteer thing. I tried to talk some friends on board of this idea, tried to overcome the monetary issue, and also tried to figure out if I was ready, or better, if I could carry on with the task of being a Volunteer.

Enough is enough. I got tired of waiting for the right moment, and decided to create that moment myself, without divine intervention that would come as I pleased... Three days ago, I came across the GVN web site. I loved it! Everything about it, and the simple fact of being reviewed by trusted sources (Bill Gates and CNN), gave me the spark that I was looking for!

In a pure spontaneous act of deliberation I clicked the 'Apply Now' button on the bottom of the page. And now, roughly 72h later, I got the answer that brings the temperature up, up and up! I feel alive and happier than ever! Tomorrow I'll go surfing for celebration, both of going to Kenya and the end of the semester (officially - no assignments until March!)





... I just hope the World doesn't come to an end in December... That would be very inconvenient.

Nov 4, 2012

Day 53.

The only real failure is the failure to try. And the measure of success, is how we cope with disappointment, as we always must.
We came here and we tried, all of us in our different ways.
Can we be blamed for feeling that we are too old for change? Too scared of disappointment to start it all again?
We get up in the morning, we do our best. Nothing else matters.

But it is also true, that the person who risks nothing, does nothing. Has nothing.
All we know about the future is that it will be different.

Perhaps what we fear is that it will be the same. So we must celebrate the changes.
Because, as someone once said:

Everything will be alright in the end.
And if it's not alright, then trust me... It is not yet the end.

Keep dreaming.
by: StinaPersson @ http://www.stinapersson.com/portfolio/watercolour/

Nov 3, 2012

Oops, I did it again!


After promising to myself that I wouldn't 'forget' about writing in this blog... Well, 'Oops I did it again'.

Although now I promise once again that I will not neglect the existence of this blog ever again!

So, here are the news:
Went to New Zealand;
and
Committed to a surfer life.

Here are some pictures to prove it!



Me. Happy. Taking a stroll on Fox Glacier.
@ Lake Tekapo.
Posing for the camera @ Russell.
My board buddies and the instructor @ Manly beach.
The surfer life.