[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: dans la brousse
- From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 22:10:42 -0600
MMmarissa,
That is really unfortunate about the Peace Corps. It takes me awhile to get
used to people, and now that I have gotten used to you, I will miss you when
you move on to graduate school even though I will be happy for you.
Regards,
Sue S.
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From: "Marissa Mika" <Marissa.M@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 5:53 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: dans la brousse
I spent six months in Togo, a little sliver of a country. It's about fifty
miles wide and 300 miles long. I lived in a dusty and dry village where just
about everyone was a poor and hungry cotton farmer. I was supposed to do HIV
prevention work, but I spent most of my time turning down marriage proposals
and wishing for a medical degree or an engineer's talents to provide
sanitary water. So I regrouped, came back early, and am now in the process
of applying to public health schools. I should hear from them in a couple of
weeks.
Togo's fearless leader actually kicked the bucket about a month and a half
ago, leaving a power vacuum after his 36 or 38 years in at the helm. If any
of you are remotely interested in African politics, go back and look at a
couple of the older BBC articles for the past month. Nigeria and the rest of
West Africa caused quite a stir, and as a result, Togo's supposed to be
holding free and fair elections in the next 40 days or so. Fascinating
stuff, perhaps the making of a dark comedy. And life continues in my old
village in much the same way, fending off malaria and intestinal parasites
while tilling a land that's not suited to a cash crop like cotton.
Marissa
-----Original Message-----
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Cindy
Sent: Tue 3/22/2005 1:17 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc:
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT: No luck finding photos
There are too many Gustavo Galindos, and I can't tell
which one he might be. There is a picture of one of
them, but I don't think it's he. Gustavo, are you a
big man (I mean physically, not in other ways; we know
you are that). And are you all right? We're all
worried, because we haven't heard anything from you
since you said you weren't going to CSUN.
There are a lot of articles about Peter, but I
couldn't find any pictures.
There are lots of mentions of and articles by Marissa,
who was very active in college, but no pictures.
hankfully, she described herself. A 2003 UC Berkeley
grad, she was in the Peace Corps and spent 6 months in
"Africa's oldest dictatorship." Marissa, when you are
caught up with work, grad school application, etc.,
and have some spare time (hah), what country is that?
Ethiopia? Libya? I remember Haille Selassie, but I
think he's dead..
There are a number of items online about Pratik, but
no pictures, at least not of our Pratik. Pratik Patel
seems to be a common name. There is one very handsome
one with a beautiful wife, but it isn't ours, because
he is in software creation and not at CUNY. Are you
handsome, too, Pratik?
Marissa, I have spent way to much time on this with no
photo results (smile) That just shows how stupidly
obsessive I am. Now I must get to work on my taxes.
Cindy
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