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IB news paper 21/1-09

I interviewed Mike (Loshak) for the coming issue of the IB Board. It was quite... interesting getting to know my arts teacher a little better. I couldn't quite decide how to write the interview, since I haven't done an intwerview before, but finally I settled for a "20 questions format" and hoped that that would be recieved well.

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BFG 28/1-09

I joined the Bracelets for Guatemala project recently and this far I've made two bracelets for the cause. I'm pretty new to this thing and i can't say I'm very satisfied with the bracelets, but at least the second one was better than the first.

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Friskis och Svettis 16 and 28/1-09

I started working on my Action again after a long break due to medical complications. I feel like I'm back at square one in some ways. My coordination is worse than it was before, but not as bad as it was in the beginning. My fitness is pretty much gone at this point.

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AFS camp leader 9 to 11/1-09

I learnt a whole lot, herding the soon to be exchangers all weekend. I learnt that I can be polite but commanding, and be taking seriously too!, if I set my mind to it. I don't particularly like ordering people around, but I can get them to listen to me. Beatrice, the other new camp leader, and I helped the more experienced leaders and didn't take as much responsibility but we were mainly there to support and learn since we were both new to this. This is my third assignment as an AFS voluteer, the other two have been "support buddy" and sort of a PR-person. I really liked interacting with the Swedish exchnage students too, before it's only been the foreign ones and the possible ones. Some of the things we talked about during the camp was culture shock, how to handle adjusting to a new culture including language and values etc. How to deal with differing values was a big deal, I shared my experiences with homophobes and racists in foreign cultures. The point wasn't to scare them but rather (as was the point of the whole camp) to give them realistic expectations. The whole camp stretched from Friday night to Sunday afternoon.

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AFS Volunteer "Fadderkompis" 29/12-08

I showed Angela the mayhem in the city during the Christmas sales. We unexpectedly ended up in a demonstation against Israel and I told her a little about immigration in Sweden. Overall, we didn't really do much but Angela was at least interested in the immigration issue and its pros and cons etc.

2009-01-03 @ 19:55:05 Permalink Service Kommentarer (0) Trackbacks ()