The blog monitor (Hannah) has edited my original blog (on the basis of excessive length and bad language) and I have been limited to saying the following:
As you know we are both working on issues of institutional development and better working practices. Just for interest I thought I’d name the institution that has proved to be the most time consuming and frustrating to deal with since we have been here – the Solicitors Regulation Authority in the UK – as they say here, it is cranki.
Anyway, on a more positive note there is a man currently mending the air conditioning unit in my office which will hopefully mean that I now don't leave work two stone lighter than I went in. Although saying that as I am typing he has just stuck a screwdriver into the machine and a large spark has come out. It doesn't appear to have done any harm, although this has happened twice since I arrived and I am thinking I might wear thick soled rubber shoes to work in future.
I spoke too soon and I'm glad this isn't coming to you live as I would have lost you for a bit there. The spark it appears did somehow manage to fix the air-conditioning but also managed to shut down my computer for a short spell. Anyway all appears well now: i have a computer and i am cool (words which I think I also said in 1982 with the arrival of a Spectrum 48k) - what a relief.
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roughing it in vanuatu...
the title for our blog is taken from the first line of the vanuatan national anthem (yumi means we, as in you-me)
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- We applied to VSO at the end of 2006. VSO is a development charity which sends volunteers to about 35 developing countries mostly in Africa and Asia. Once you have been accepted by VSO you are matched with a placement that fits your skills and experience www.vso.org.uk In April we were matched with placements in Vanuatu (we had no idea either!) John will be working as an international legal advisor to the Vanuatan government's Department of Foreign Affairs and Hannah will be working as an advocacy advisor with VSO Vanuatu and VANGO (the Vanuatan association of NGOs).
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A brief message from an island within the Arctic Circle. Sitting with Anders and Ylva watching the rain pour down, waiting for snow (forecast for tomorrow). Anders on the banjo, Ylva making noises which might equate to singing in the head of an almost one year old. In fact she has just started to pluck the banjo! Greetings from Rodoy - the Red Island (population 175, I am no. 176)! I was treated to the traditional welcoming ceremony upon arrival. A pot full of large cooked crabs served together with a hammer a pair of pliars and a solitary chopstick!
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