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A 3rd year Environmental Engineering student, preparing to embark on a 4 month trip to Ghana as a Junior Fellow with Engineers Without Borders Canada. Tuesday, September 2, 2008. Leaving Ghana and Returning to Canada.
Thursday, August 14, 2008. 8220;We have had difficulties finishing a well here. At first the failures made me feel extremely frustrated and sad. I thought that my role in the project was hopeless and I could.
Here words meet each other, sentences cross over, ideas follow one another and stories are told.
Saving trees one blog at a time. Wednesday, May 6, 2009. Off to the Disney place. Initially, I was horrified.
Friday, August 1, 2008. Last week began with a community review meeting on gender equality. Community review is the part of the DAPP Child Aid Project where area leaders collect reports from the voluntary community committees that train villagers.
Sunday, August 17, 2008. On the bus to Tamale, wedged between too many sweating bodies in stale, soft-rock ridden air, I am witnessing climate crisis happening. In the early morning, I meet the motorbike called to take me to the transit station. Our load is cumbersome but manageable, as it was the first night I arrived. We ride carefully and reach our point of transfer; I buy my ticket, I stow my luggage, and I say my goodbyes to the driver. Thursday, August 14, 2008.
Thursday, August 21, 2008.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008. I feel like I need to clear up some thoughts. I am writing this as a response to my previous blog post, the Mazungu Life. Was I underestimating my Malawian friends and family? I think so now. They know rich Malawians who have it all, they know that their money brings them more trouble because now they have more people to take care of.
Saturday, July 26, 2008. I will try and get on that ASAP. In the meantime photos of Shankumbila can be found HERE! Tuesday, July 1, 2008.
Peace Corps - Honduras! Instead of sending out mass emails that are packed with all the details and descriptions of my time in the Peace Corps, I thought a blog would be a better way to organize my thoughts and experiences. Also, keeping an online journal means that everyone can look at it when they want instead of having full e-mail inboxes of letters. Enjoy! The contents of this website are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the U. Government or the Peace Corps.
A Splash of Courtney Ink. Fiction is my drug of choice. Theme images by Michael Elkan. Fiction is my drug of choice.
Kopenhagen Coffee in Mont Kiara is what every Instagrammer in KL has been waiting for. Jasa Tukang Las Panggilan Di Jakarta. The naughty, the adventurous, the happy little dog. Jay Chou, Taylors Swift, Travie Mccoy, .
Thursday, November 12, 2009. Paraguayan style! I have really fallen off the face of the earth. But spring is here! And summer is right around the corner. With it comes more adventures, great projects, and maybe some surprises. Enjoy these pics from the last couple of months! First things first. I have a puppy! My two favortie dogs; Chuchi and Bob.
Courtney; me, life, romania. Monday, August 5, 2013. This has been my Sunday night activity. making pizza buns for our team lunch tomorrow. I think I made 37! That way we each get about 3 each! Plus, I have been working on the last of my Quilt orders to send away! They have been fun to piece together and to mix and match fabric. Shipping and will be sent out near the end of O.