Hé fa!
To start with I'll tell you some more about the wedding, it was a Hindustani wedding. Very different the our weddings. Unfortunatly it was a bit dissapointing.. We arrived and the ceremony just started, but everybody talks and doens't really pay attention to what's happening. The couple stands underneath an arbor (prieel) and therr everything happens. We constantly asked what happend but the people we came with didn't really knew answers to our questions.. So at one poiont people trew flowers , the couple was blessed and married.
After that the had to arrange some stuff, they disapeard and suddenly they were back to do the wedding dance, a traditional slow, as we know. Then we had diner! (It was allready 1am) They told us we ahd to eat with our hands.. Yes papy I know what you are thinking, finally she has permission, but I wasn't so keen on doing that. Because we had to eat rice with al kinds of sauces... Can you imaging?! Jindra and I didn't think it was that easy. And afterwards we realised that we ate with the wrong hand... LEFT! Hmm anyway because we missed atmosphere we decided to leave it at that. I'm happy I saw it. Because these ar the things you can't see at home.
On sunday we went to the pool and relaxed.
On monday another week of workexperience started, nothing very exciting really, except for today. I'm tired of sitting down and not doing anything, I'm in need of action. So every time I try and today I got lucky!! A patient allowed me to follow a counseling session as we call it here. This means you have a talk before the test, you do the test, and the you get to resulst. The patient allowed my to participate in the pre counseling and the testing, she didn't want me to know the result wich I understand and respect. But I was so happy I could she that allready! =)
On friday and saterday I'm going to the jungle! Wihiiie! Brownsberg and Berg en Dal. You should be able to look it up, or wait for my update and pictures. Who ever thought that I would sleep in the jungle in a hammock! :-) I'm so looking forward to that!
And while I'm doing all this and growing up in my own way, I have my little miracle, godchild John growing up aswell. He started to roll over on his tummy and he giggles away! Isn't that to cute. I just wanted to share the news.
I'll put some pictures from the wedding online aswell, not sure when though...
My next update will be afther the weekend!
Enjoy you easter weekend!
Bosio!
Ps: Mijn lieve kindjes in de straat, hoe gaat het met jullie? Hoe gaat het op school bij iedereen? Welke grote stappe heeft kleine Leon ondertussen nog gezet? :-) Ik mis het babysitten na school, zo ook de donderdagen dat ik Hannah, Elmer en Elise ophaal aan school per fiets... Dikke zoen!
woensdag 31 maart 2010
dinsdag 30 maart 2010
Picture problem
Fa!
Just a message about the pictures, try this: http://picasaweb.google.com/celine.verhaert hopefully now you can see the pictures.. If that doesn't work you have to click on the first link a posted and then on the right sight of the page you should see: pictures by or foto's van. Click and you should see pictures! =)
Let me know otherwise I'll facebook them. I'll try to post more of my stories tomorrow or thursday...
Bosio!
Just a message about the pictures, try this: http://picasaweb.google.com/celine.verhaert hopefully now you can see the pictures.. If that doesn't work you have to click on the first link a posted and then on the right sight of the page you should see: pictures by or foto's van. Click and you should see pictures! =)
Let me know otherwise I'll facebook them. I'll try to post more of my stories tomorrow or thursday...
Bosio!
zaterdag 27 maart 2010
Big News- weekend!
Hé Fa!
Fawaka?
Allsang boeng! =)
I'm sorry it took so long betwen the messages.. But as most of you know the sun hasen't been very nice to me... On sunday I woke up with my face terribly swollen! Realy awfull! I put some ice on whole day and didn't really feel well. I went to see a doctor on monday and she told me that I had 1st and 2nd degree burns... You can imagine, very painfull, but I survived. I learned my lesson, wearing a hat, pas vrais mamy ;-)
Afther my feet, the musquitos and this I hope that luck will stand by me and won't suffer to muc anymore...
Anyway, I missed two days of workexperience because of this, monday and tuesday I slept whole day...
On thursday the neighbours did a BBQ we were with 30 I think, it was really fun being with all the students, no spang! (stress) Really a very injoyable evening! :)
Friday I was alone at worke. because one of the 3 took a day of and the ohter ones works on a different place on friday. At one point I sad there by myself... I thought, yes this is Suriname all the way...
In the evening I went out to have a drink, didn't make it to late because we decided to go shopping today! Wipiiieeee!! :)
Yes, I went crazy, 2 dresses and 2 pairs of sandales... And this only for 30€ wich is just to cheap! I'm going to leave everything here and by myself a whole new suitcase! Haha!
This afternoon, Jindra my roommate, who I get along with very well, got a phonecall from one of the patients asking if me and here wanted to come ot a wedding!!! :-) So tonight we are going to expierence a suriname wedding! All the news on my next post! Also I will tell you more on the Suriname way of live as message now is quit long allready!
Have a great weekend!
Bossio!
ps: Lieve vriendjes, geniet van da feesje!! Thierry en Sofie proficiat! Laat me weten hoe het geweest, ik wil details ;-)
And people, keep me posted on your life, I need some gossip! haha!
pps: I heard something went wrong with the pictures, I'll try to fix it soon.
Fawaka?
Allsang boeng! =)
I'm sorry it took so long betwen the messages.. But as most of you know the sun hasen't been very nice to me... On sunday I woke up with my face terribly swollen! Realy awfull! I put some ice on whole day and didn't really feel well. I went to see a doctor on monday and she told me that I had 1st and 2nd degree burns... You can imagine, very painfull, but I survived. I learned my lesson, wearing a hat, pas vrais mamy ;-)
Afther my feet, the musquitos and this I hope that luck will stand by me and won't suffer to muc anymore...
Anyway, I missed two days of workexperience because of this, monday and tuesday I slept whole day...
On thursday the neighbours did a BBQ we were with 30 I think, it was really fun being with all the students, no spang! (stress) Really a very injoyable evening! :)
Friday I was alone at worke. because one of the 3 took a day of and the ohter ones works on a different place on friday. At one point I sad there by myself... I thought, yes this is Suriname all the way...
In the evening I went out to have a drink, didn't make it to late because we decided to go shopping today! Wipiiieeee!! :)
Yes, I went crazy, 2 dresses and 2 pairs of sandales... And this only for 30€ wich is just to cheap! I'm going to leave everything here and by myself a whole new suitcase! Haha!
This afternoon, Jindra my roommate, who I get along with very well, got a phonecall from one of the patients asking if me and here wanted to come ot a wedding!!! :-) So tonight we are going to expierence a suriname wedding! All the news on my next post! Also I will tell you more on the Suriname way of live as message now is quit long allready!
Have a great weekend!
Bossio!
ps: Lieve vriendjes, geniet van da feesje!! Thierry en Sofie proficiat! Laat me weten hoe het geweest, ik wil details ;-)
And people, keep me posted on your life, I need some gossip! haha!
pps: I heard something went wrong with the pictures, I'll try to fix it soon.
maandag 22 maart 2010
Second time...
Apparantly the link didn't work, that is why I'm trying again.. Hopefully it works.. Fingers crossed!
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zondag 21 maart 2010
Pictures! :-)
Pictures from my work expierence, dolfin trip and me ironing! :-)
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Dolfins, Sun and Sea...
Hay!
I ended my story yesterday on friday afternoon. Afther work experience, Jindra, Jozefien and myself we decided to finally do some girl shopping! :-)
We went to the maretraite mall, by bike of course! haha!
It was a very nice mall with lots of shops, but we have to go back because we have to be home before dark... I did buy a dress! Jipiie, a very nice blue, purple dress and this for only 8€!! This country is so cheap! Onbelievable!
In the evening we heard there was a antidiscriminationparty, we had to check that out! Just to see what it looked like. We took the taxi for only 1.50€ Haha! It was nice again to be surrounded by the locals, they really know how to party! :-) Unfortunatly it ended arround midnight so we decided to go to the pub, a nice way to start the weekend!
On saterday we decided to go on a dolfintrip, we took the boat, saw a lot of dolfins! Apparantly they don't come out so often and then we got to the beach, you could say we arrived on an unhabited island.... We spend a couple of hours relaxing...
When we got back, eveybody was sunbrund, although with did put on some sunblock...
We decided to go out and eat and to make it an early night, everybody was tired...
Unforunatly, I have big problems sleeping here.. It is not because of the warmth, I got used to it allready, I just don't know what it is... I just can sleep a whole night... really awfull!! Hope it will chance soon...
Today is relaxing day... :-) Don't really know what plans are going to be... We will see :-) No stress! :-)
Hope everybody is doing alright at the other end of the ocean, or even just above me.. :-) ?
Take care! x
I ended my story yesterday on friday afternoon. Afther work experience, Jindra, Jozefien and myself we decided to finally do some girl shopping! :-)
We went to the maretraite mall, by bike of course! haha!
It was a very nice mall with lots of shops, but we have to go back because we have to be home before dark... I did buy a dress! Jipiie, a very nice blue, purple dress and this for only 8€!! This country is so cheap! Onbelievable!
In the evening we heard there was a antidiscriminationparty, we had to check that out! Just to see what it looked like. We took the taxi for only 1.50€ Haha! It was nice again to be surrounded by the locals, they really know how to party! :-) Unfortunatly it ended arround midnight so we decided to go to the pub, a nice way to start the weekend!
On saterday we decided to go on a dolfintrip, we took the boat, saw a lot of dolfins! Apparantly they don't come out so often and then we got to the beach, you could say we arrived on an unhabited island.... We spend a couple of hours relaxing...
When we got back, eveybody was sunbrund, although with did put on some sunblock...
We decided to go out and eat and to make it an early night, everybody was tired...
Unforunatly, I have big problems sleeping here.. It is not because of the warmth, I got used to it allready, I just don't know what it is... I just can sleep a whole night... really awfull!! Hope it will chance soon...
Today is relaxing day... :-) Don't really know what plans are going to be... We will see :-) No stress! :-)
Hope everybody is doing alright at the other end of the ocean, or even just above me.. :-) ?
Take care! x
zaterdag 20 maart 2010
Sex education and condoms... ;-)
Dear all,
I'm going to write two messages.. Because it has been a couple of days since a wrote and I have a lot to tell... :-)
On wednesday I went with the other student to go and see how they give sex education. We decided to ge there by bike, it wasn't so far away.. So I had another experience with the bicycle, haha! I jell quit a lot when the cars come to close and each time a car driver looks at you because you are a bakra (white person) and make that funny noise because you are a girl, I look really cross! haha! It is really terrible, when you walk or cycle men try to get your attention, if you need an ego boost, Suriname is the place to be! They have this really funny noise, anyway you just ignore!
But going to see where the sex education is, was another opportunity to watch another site of Paramaribo.
The sex education aswell, was very intresting. People are very open here. Wich makes it a lot easyer to talk about these things. Funny enough the first thing that stroke me was the room we where in, old, some chairs, a little desk, no bord or computer nothing. I said to the other student in Belgium, you would have to pc with projector, ppt ready to use... But in the end you don't need al these things with a good explanation and some pictures you get very far. The lady who gives the education does it with a lot of passion and people listen and ask question. At the end she layed some condoms on the desk and the employees (we were at the waterworks) weren't to shy to take some! Luckily! :-)
So that's enough for wednesday. On thursday nothing special happend at work experience.
We did go out to diner at a very nice sweet, typical suriname brasserie. It was very nice to be out and not have to cook for once.
Friday was funny, me and the other student started to read, and we decided to go and sit outside, but we saw that two employees were counting condoms. We asked if we could help so time would go faster! :-) It was so funny sitting counting condoms, 200 a bag. I think I counted 2500 condoms in only 2 hours time! Can someone beat my record at holding so many condoms in so little time ;-) I took some pictures and will put them online on sunday.
That is it for now, what happend friday afternoon, evening and saterday I will write tomorrow, or maby for you all today! Talk to you later!
x!
ps: Hope you all thought of Father's day on friday.. :-) I did! Tu sais que je t'aime papito!
I'm going to write two messages.. Because it has been a couple of days since a wrote and I have a lot to tell... :-)
On wednesday I went with the other student to go and see how they give sex education. We decided to ge there by bike, it wasn't so far away.. So I had another experience with the bicycle, haha! I jell quit a lot when the cars come to close and each time a car driver looks at you because you are a bakra (white person) and make that funny noise because you are a girl, I look really cross! haha! It is really terrible, when you walk or cycle men try to get your attention, if you need an ego boost, Suriname is the place to be! They have this really funny noise, anyway you just ignore!
But going to see where the sex education is, was another opportunity to watch another site of Paramaribo.
The sex education aswell, was very intresting. People are very open here. Wich makes it a lot easyer to talk about these things. Funny enough the first thing that stroke me was the room we where in, old, some chairs, a little desk, no bord or computer nothing. I said to the other student in Belgium, you would have to pc with projector, ppt ready to use... But in the end you don't need al these things with a good explanation and some pictures you get very far. The lady who gives the education does it with a lot of passion and people listen and ask question. At the end she layed some condoms on the desk and the employees (we were at the waterworks) weren't to shy to take some! Luckily! :-)
So that's enough for wednesday. On thursday nothing special happend at work experience.
We did go out to diner at a very nice sweet, typical suriname brasserie. It was very nice to be out and not have to cook for once.
Friday was funny, me and the other student started to read, and we decided to go and sit outside, but we saw that two employees were counting condoms. We asked if we could help so time would go faster! :-) It was so funny sitting counting condoms, 200 a bag. I think I counted 2500 condoms in only 2 hours time! Can someone beat my record at holding so many condoms in so little time ;-) I took some pictures and will put them online on sunday.
That is it for now, what happend friday afternoon, evening and saterday I will write tomorrow, or maby for you all today! Talk to you later!
x!
ps: Hope you all thought of Father's day on friday.. :-) I did! Tu sais que je t'aime papito!
dinsdag 16 maart 2010
AMAAAAAI!!
Daaaag Iedereeen!
I'm so sorry it is in dutch but it has to go quick today... Sorry, my dear family, please ask somebody to translate...
Nog eens een berichtje in het Nederlands. Ik heb vandaag weer vanalles meegemaakt!
We zijn vandaag met 1 van de medewerkers op stage de straat op gegaan. We zijn de sekswerkers gaan opzoeken in hun omgeving. Deed wel erg raar.. Ik heb echt de arme wijken van Paramaribo gezien. Doet je wel wat... Je kan je echt niet voorstellen dat mensen hier zo moeten leven, maar toch is het zo... Mja, je blijft er even bij stilstaan, want tenslotte, ik kan ze nu wel helpen, maar over 3 maanden zit ik terug op de vlieger richting België zonder zorgen...
In elk geval, de dames die we gezien hebben, waren erg vriendelijk en ook echt geïntresseerd in ons, terwijl je zou denken dat ze graag hun verhaal zouden vertellen.. We zijn heel wat dames maar ook klanten tegengekomen en de condooms vliegen de deur uit. Gelukkig dat ze er allemaal zo happig op zijn en dat ze gebruikt worden.
Verder hebben we nogmaals kennis gemaakt met het Surinaamse verkeer! Bijna overreden, ze zien je oversteken en dan vliegen ze achter je rug door! Echt zot, ik was er bijna aan... En de kruispunten die staan gewoon stil en vol, maar daar geraak je wel aan gewoon. Alles is hier zeer relax, maar het verkeer dat moet vooruit gaan! Best wel grappig. Ook het fietsen raak ik meer en meer gewoon, ik laat duidelijk merken dat ik er ben en deins niet gemakkelijk voor iets terug :D ook het links rijden lukt erg vlot, wordt nog terug aanpassen thuis, haha!
Verder heb ik vandaag gedweild, gekookt, de was gedaan, en afgewassen. Ja dat samenwonen lukt wonderwel! En mijn huisgenoten vinden dat ik erg goed kook! :-)
Verder krijg ik stilletjesaan een kleurtje, jeej!
Aan de warmte begin ik te wennen, maar die muggenbeten en de jeuk!!! Pffoooeee! Dat blijft echt afzien! En we hebben hier echt heel wat vieze beesten zitten, maar vreemd genoeg wen je daar ook wel snel aan, mieren, hagedissen, spinnen, vliegen mieren, muggen, libellen, kikkers, kakkerlakken,.. ja een mens went er snel aan! :D
Morgen mag ik met Loes, de andere stagiare, voorlichting volgen, ik ben benieuwd. Verder gaan we ook interviews afnemen van de werknemers zodanig dat we een beter zicht hebben op hoe de stichting was en hoe we het nu gaan aanpakken... Best wel leuke vooruitzichten!
ziezo, ik heb weer heel wat neergepend!
zoen!
ps: bedankt om af en toe iets te laten weten, nieuwtjes van het thuisfront, vind ik nog altijd reuze fijn! :-)
I'm so sorry it is in dutch but it has to go quick today... Sorry, my dear family, please ask somebody to translate...
Nog eens een berichtje in het Nederlands. Ik heb vandaag weer vanalles meegemaakt!
We zijn vandaag met 1 van de medewerkers op stage de straat op gegaan. We zijn de sekswerkers gaan opzoeken in hun omgeving. Deed wel erg raar.. Ik heb echt de arme wijken van Paramaribo gezien. Doet je wel wat... Je kan je echt niet voorstellen dat mensen hier zo moeten leven, maar toch is het zo... Mja, je blijft er even bij stilstaan, want tenslotte, ik kan ze nu wel helpen, maar over 3 maanden zit ik terug op de vlieger richting België zonder zorgen...
In elk geval, de dames die we gezien hebben, waren erg vriendelijk en ook echt geïntresseerd in ons, terwijl je zou denken dat ze graag hun verhaal zouden vertellen.. We zijn heel wat dames maar ook klanten tegengekomen en de condooms vliegen de deur uit. Gelukkig dat ze er allemaal zo happig op zijn en dat ze gebruikt worden.
Verder hebben we nogmaals kennis gemaakt met het Surinaamse verkeer! Bijna overreden, ze zien je oversteken en dan vliegen ze achter je rug door! Echt zot, ik was er bijna aan... En de kruispunten die staan gewoon stil en vol, maar daar geraak je wel aan gewoon. Alles is hier zeer relax, maar het verkeer dat moet vooruit gaan! Best wel grappig. Ook het fietsen raak ik meer en meer gewoon, ik laat duidelijk merken dat ik er ben en deins niet gemakkelijk voor iets terug :D ook het links rijden lukt erg vlot, wordt nog terug aanpassen thuis, haha!
Verder heb ik vandaag gedweild, gekookt, de was gedaan, en afgewassen. Ja dat samenwonen lukt wonderwel! En mijn huisgenoten vinden dat ik erg goed kook! :-)
Verder krijg ik stilletjesaan een kleurtje, jeej!
Aan de warmte begin ik te wennen, maar die muggenbeten en de jeuk!!! Pffoooeee! Dat blijft echt afzien! En we hebben hier echt heel wat vieze beesten zitten, maar vreemd genoeg wen je daar ook wel snel aan, mieren, hagedissen, spinnen, vliegen mieren, muggen, libellen, kikkers, kakkerlakken,.. ja een mens went er snel aan! :D
Morgen mag ik met Loes, de andere stagiare, voorlichting volgen, ik ben benieuwd. Verder gaan we ook interviews afnemen van de werknemers zodanig dat we een beter zicht hebben op hoe de stichting was en hoe we het nu gaan aanpakken... Best wel leuke vooruitzichten!
ziezo, ik heb weer heel wat neergepend!
zoen!
ps: bedankt om af en toe iets te laten weten, nieuwtjes van het thuisfront, vind ik nog altijd reuze fijn! :-)
maandag 15 maart 2010
Weekend!
Hellow!
First weekend in Suriname, time for adventure! :-)
On friday night we went out to the local pubs, 't vat and la caf! It was nice, we were with a big group of Belgian students. Unfortunaly my feet were killing me! My left foot was twice its size or maby even three time its size..! It was so swollen, I just couldn't move anymore. And the pain was moving up to my knees. Luckily there were some nice girls who went up to the bartender and asked for some ice to put on my feet, what a relief! It was nice relaxed evening.
Saterday we tried to sleep in late which wasn't very easy with al the noise and bright daylight. I managed to sleep until 10 am. During the day with did some shopping and we went swimming!! Finally! :-) It was so nice!
In the evening we went to the reggaefestival! Waaaauuw! Really amazing, just blend in with the locals, I think you could never experience this that way in Belgium.
En Thierry, zoals jij me ooit een paar jaar geleden gezegd hebt, ogen dicht, genieten en je van niets aantrekken! :-)
Sunday was really relaxed,we sad in our garden, enjoyed the sun,...
In the evening I cooked our first Suriname meal, stuffed sopropo! Luckily I had some great sous-chefs. I don't want brag, but it was really nice. So dear mamy and papy, you always said I can't cook, I proved you wrong! :-) haha!
And today second week of workexperience started, for the moment, it is still very relaxed, I'm hoping for some actoin soon...
Talk to you soon!
Ps: Feet are doing much better! :-)
Pss: Nathalietje, teennagels zijn eindelijk gelakt! :-)
First weekend in Suriname, time for adventure! :-)
On friday night we went out to the local pubs, 't vat and la caf! It was nice, we were with a big group of Belgian students. Unfortunaly my feet were killing me! My left foot was twice its size or maby even three time its size..! It was so swollen, I just couldn't move anymore. And the pain was moving up to my knees. Luckily there were some nice girls who went up to the bartender and asked for some ice to put on my feet, what a relief! It was nice relaxed evening.
Saterday we tried to sleep in late which wasn't very easy with al the noise and bright daylight. I managed to sleep until 10 am. During the day with did some shopping and we went swimming!! Finally! :-) It was so nice!
In the evening we went to the reggaefestival! Waaaauuw! Really amazing, just blend in with the locals, I think you could never experience this that way in Belgium.
En Thierry, zoals jij me ooit een paar jaar geleden gezegd hebt, ogen dicht, genieten en je van niets aantrekken! :-)
Sunday was really relaxed,we sad in our garden, enjoyed the sun,...
In the evening I cooked our first Suriname meal, stuffed sopropo! Luckily I had some great sous-chefs. I don't want brag, but it was really nice. So dear mamy and papy, you always said I can't cook, I proved you wrong! :-) haha!
And today second week of workexperience started, for the moment, it is still very relaxed, I'm hoping for some actoin soon...
Talk to you soon!
Ps: Feet are doing much better! :-)
Pss: Nathalietje, teennagels zijn eindelijk gelakt! :-)
vrijdag 12 maart 2010
Pictures
Normally if you click the link below you can see the pictures. Please let me know if it works! x
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riding bikes, cooking and measuring bloodpressure..
Hoooi!
First week of workexperience is over!! Waauuuww! So fast!! :-)
Today was a funny day! With all the stuff I brougth I got them a sphygomomanometer ( it's translated from google no idea if it is right.. voor de belgen, ne bloeddrukmeter.) But an electronic one.. They haven't seen it yet. Very funny, how excited they were and how they didn't really know how to use it.. So each time they messured someones bloodpressure, they asked me if they did it right.
We are with three students in the same organisation, one of them also works in an other organisation so she is only there 3 days a week, monday, tuesday, thursday. Today me and one of the other students had the opportunity to go and see the other building, I wonder when we will move...
Anyway, they gave me and the 2 others the task to reorganise the organisation! We have to make a new intake formular, a social map, a social doctorscart and more.. Also we have to reorganise the reception, the counseling and more... We are all very excited to start... Everything goes very slow here.. :-)
The bike rides are still an adventures! The riding on the left, I still have to get used to that... But in a couple of days, it will work!
Tonigth we are going to experience the Suriname nightlife! :-) I wonder what it will be... We are still very tired and you can't sleep very long, useally we wake up around 7am!! Very very early, even for me!
Maby tomorrow we will go swimming, we still have to look around Paramaribo to find the good shops! And there is a zoo we have to find!
Anyway that's all for now, we are going to cook, bami with chicken and vegetables! Wish me luck :-)
Talk to you soon! x x
First week of workexperience is over!! Waauuuww! So fast!! :-)
Today was a funny day! With all the stuff I brougth I got them a sphygomomanometer ( it's translated from google no idea if it is right.. voor de belgen, ne bloeddrukmeter.) But an electronic one.. They haven't seen it yet. Very funny, how excited they were and how they didn't really know how to use it.. So each time they messured someones bloodpressure, they asked me if they did it right.
We are with three students in the same organisation, one of them also works in an other organisation so she is only there 3 days a week, monday, tuesday, thursday. Today me and one of the other students had the opportunity to go and see the other building, I wonder when we will move...
Anyway, they gave me and the 2 others the task to reorganise the organisation! We have to make a new intake formular, a social map, a social doctorscart and more.. Also we have to reorganise the reception, the counseling and more... We are all very excited to start... Everything goes very slow here.. :-)
The bike rides are still an adventures! The riding on the left, I still have to get used to that... But in a couple of days, it will work!
Tonigth we are going to experience the Suriname nightlife! :-) I wonder what it will be... We are still very tired and you can't sleep very long, useally we wake up around 7am!! Very very early, even for me!
Maby tomorrow we will go swimming, we still have to look around Paramaribo to find the good shops! And there is a zoo we have to find!
Anyway that's all for now, we are going to cook, bami with chicken and vegetables! Wish me luck :-)
Talk to you soon! x x
donderdag 11 maart 2010
First pictures!!!
The picuter right are 2 of my roommates.
Next to that is when we arrived on sunday.
Then you can see our kitchen, the house, zac the cocroach.
My first day of workexpierence with the childeren and the 2 other students.
Next to that is when we arrived on sunday.
Then you can see our kitchen, the house, zac the cocroach.
My first day of workexpierence with the childeren and the 2 other students.
They are very nice aswell.
Our livingroom, a sweet little dog in the street, my bedroom.
My pictures in my bedroom but the picture is cut off :-(
Our upstairs, with all the rooms, an finally our bathroom, right the toilet, left the shower.
Our livingroom, a sweet little dog in the street, my bedroom.
My pictures in my bedroom but the picture is cut off :-(
Our upstairs, with all the rooms, an finally our bathroom, right the toilet, left the shower.
woensdag 10 maart 2010
Vanalles en meer!
Dear all,
Second day of work experience, nothing special I did except reading... Hopefully tomorrow a bit more action.. But they did like my skirt, mamy you know the red one from M&S we bougth 2 years a go and I shortend it myself... Oh and they sing and dance a lot her! Very funny :-)
But at least now I can tell you more about the life in Suriname.. It is not at all like Belgium, the streets don't have footpaths.. Well the do, but they are not from stone.. It sandy everywhere. The cars the really race arround and traffic lights are not very common.. The use their horn a lot! But I don't even respond any more... :-)
When we got to the supermarket we go to the chinese, because all the chinese people own a shop, the reason is that they came to Suriname and they had a lot of debts so now they are trying to repay...
Our hob is with gas, so normally we use matches to make it work.. The matches are so humit we can't lid it... Luckily we have very nice neighbours :-)
Oh and don't worry I do have rain here! When I came home from work It was raining so hard I came home all all wet! Normally we just have rain in the afthernoon, but not today...
Maby you would like to hear about the way we do our laundry! :-)
We have a washingmachine, but unfortunatly with cold wather.. And no rinsing skill.. So the firts time we wash with soap and the second we rinse again.. And dear papy the longest we came make it was is 15min!!!! :o So you can imaging no clean wash...
I'm trying to put photo's online.. Internet not really cooperating.. I'll try agian tomorrow..
All my love, x
ps: mamy still haven't spot any Dr. P. ;-)
Second day of work experience, nothing special I did except reading... Hopefully tomorrow a bit more action.. But they did like my skirt, mamy you know the red one from M&S we bougth 2 years a go and I shortend it myself... Oh and they sing and dance a lot her! Very funny :-)
But at least now I can tell you more about the life in Suriname.. It is not at all like Belgium, the streets don't have footpaths.. Well the do, but they are not from stone.. It sandy everywhere. The cars the really race arround and traffic lights are not very common.. The use their horn a lot! But I don't even respond any more... :-)
When we got to the supermarket we go to the chinese, because all the chinese people own a shop, the reason is that they came to Suriname and they had a lot of debts so now they are trying to repay...
Our hob is with gas, so normally we use matches to make it work.. The matches are so humit we can't lid it... Luckily we have very nice neighbours :-)
Oh and don't worry I do have rain here! When I came home from work It was raining so hard I came home all all wet! Normally we just have rain in the afthernoon, but not today...
Maby you would like to hear about the way we do our laundry! :-)
We have a washingmachine, but unfortunatly with cold wather.. And no rinsing skill.. So the firts time we wash with soap and the second we rinse again.. And dear papy the longest we came make it was is 15min!!!! :o So you can imaging no clean wash...
I'm trying to put photo's online.. Internet not really cooperating.. I'll try agian tomorrow..
All my love, x
ps: mamy still haven't spot any Dr. P. ;-)
dinsdag 9 maart 2010
1ste stagedag en indrukken
Dag iedereen,
3de dag Surinamen, 1ste dag stage!
Normaal moet ik 2 wken lezen over hoe de organisatie werkt en waar ze voor staan. Dan krijgen we ook een examen, dan dacht ne mens dat hij er vanaf was! ;-)
Ik mocht vandaag al ineens mee op gesprek naar de pleeggezinnendienst. Ze hebben de 3 kinderen weggehaald bij de moeder omdat ze hen verwaarloost, ook de vader kijkt niet om naar zijn kinderen.. Dus moet er dringend een oplossing gevonden worden! Niet zo simpel, de kinderen zitten verlopig in een crisistehuis, maar kunnen daar maar een maand blijven.. Dus op zoek naar een pleeggezin of toch maar iemand uit de familie? Erg erg moeilijk om te beslissen..
We zijn de kinderen gaan halen zodat de ouders hun kinderen na een maand toch nog eens konden zien. Ik heb dus al een baby van 4 maanden op de arm gehad, en dit na 3 dagen :-) echt super super schattig! (T was een zwartje, echt cute!) Even oud als Leon, mijn lieve overbuurjongen, maar ze was toch oh zo mager! Maar ze zag er al beter uit dan een maand geleden.. Ik durf mij niet inbeelden hoe ze er dan uitzag...
Om een lang verhaal kort te maken, de ouders hebben hun kinderen gezien maar het waren erg vreemde emoties, weinig affectie en toen de kinderen terug door moesten vonden ze dit absoluut niet erg.. Hopelijk wordt er snel een oplossing voor deze kinderen gezocht.
En jammer genoeg zijn deze kinderen geen uitzondering.
De stage is wel tof, er zijn nog 2 andere stagiares wat het wel aangenamer maakt. Hoe sneller ik meer weet, hoe sneller jullie het horen!
Verder even wat over het surinaamse leven, om te beginnen lopen hier heel veel honden rond, gelukkig geen hondsdolheid, maar toch best niet aaien. Er zijn hier erg weinig verkeerslichten, dus het verkeer is 1 grote choas! En vreemd genoeg, rijden ze hier links.
Ik heb ook al mijn eerste busreis achter de rug, ik zat naast een lieve dame, die haar hele levensverhaal uit de doeken deed :-) Toch ook en belevenis de bus!
En de auto's toeten hier constant, maar dat heeft verschillende betekenissen, je moet het maar weten! Als er een drempel is staat er gewoon een geel bord met 'drempel' op en als je ergens niet mag parkeren zet men N.P. ja soms moet het niet moeilijk zijn! :-)
Ook heb ik mijn eerste fietstocht al achter de rug! Wat een belevenis! Auto's houden echt geen rekening met jou dus dat is wel schrikken! Maar ook dat worden we wel gewoon :-)
Ondertussen hebben we in ons huisje warm water! Zalig! En de 4 andere kdger's zijn aangekomen, dus de KDG verpleegkundige heeft 11 vertegenwoordigers hier!
Ik ben mijn bericht wel reuze lang aant maken en dat mag echt de bedoeling niet zijn..
Nog gauw even meegeven, dat ik nog steeds gigantische olifantenpoten heb! Hopelijk gaat dit snel over, want dit doet echt geen deugd...
In elk geval voor jullie ondertussen, een goede werkdag gewenst! En voor mij wordt het een slaapwel! Tot snel!
Ik ga zeker proberen om de berichten in te korten, dit leest gemakkelijker..
Kan iemand vertalen voor Amerika en Engeland? Papy, mamy?
Papy laat jij het zeker ook lezen aan BoB?
Dikke zoenen!
3de dag Surinamen, 1ste dag stage!
Normaal moet ik 2 wken lezen over hoe de organisatie werkt en waar ze voor staan. Dan krijgen we ook een examen, dan dacht ne mens dat hij er vanaf was! ;-)
Ik mocht vandaag al ineens mee op gesprek naar de pleeggezinnendienst. Ze hebben de 3 kinderen weggehaald bij de moeder omdat ze hen verwaarloost, ook de vader kijkt niet om naar zijn kinderen.. Dus moet er dringend een oplossing gevonden worden! Niet zo simpel, de kinderen zitten verlopig in een crisistehuis, maar kunnen daar maar een maand blijven.. Dus op zoek naar een pleeggezin of toch maar iemand uit de familie? Erg erg moeilijk om te beslissen..
We zijn de kinderen gaan halen zodat de ouders hun kinderen na een maand toch nog eens konden zien. Ik heb dus al een baby van 4 maanden op de arm gehad, en dit na 3 dagen :-) echt super super schattig! (T was een zwartje, echt cute!) Even oud als Leon, mijn lieve overbuurjongen, maar ze was toch oh zo mager! Maar ze zag er al beter uit dan een maand geleden.. Ik durf mij niet inbeelden hoe ze er dan uitzag...
Om een lang verhaal kort te maken, de ouders hebben hun kinderen gezien maar het waren erg vreemde emoties, weinig affectie en toen de kinderen terug door moesten vonden ze dit absoluut niet erg.. Hopelijk wordt er snel een oplossing voor deze kinderen gezocht.
En jammer genoeg zijn deze kinderen geen uitzondering.
De stage is wel tof, er zijn nog 2 andere stagiares wat het wel aangenamer maakt. Hoe sneller ik meer weet, hoe sneller jullie het horen!
Verder even wat over het surinaamse leven, om te beginnen lopen hier heel veel honden rond, gelukkig geen hondsdolheid, maar toch best niet aaien. Er zijn hier erg weinig verkeerslichten, dus het verkeer is 1 grote choas! En vreemd genoeg, rijden ze hier links.
Ik heb ook al mijn eerste busreis achter de rug, ik zat naast een lieve dame, die haar hele levensverhaal uit de doeken deed :-) Toch ook en belevenis de bus!
En de auto's toeten hier constant, maar dat heeft verschillende betekenissen, je moet het maar weten! Als er een drempel is staat er gewoon een geel bord met 'drempel' op en als je ergens niet mag parkeren zet men N.P. ja soms moet het niet moeilijk zijn! :-)
Ook heb ik mijn eerste fietstocht al achter de rug! Wat een belevenis! Auto's houden echt geen rekening met jou dus dat is wel schrikken! Maar ook dat worden we wel gewoon :-)
Ondertussen hebben we in ons huisje warm water! Zalig! En de 4 andere kdger's zijn aangekomen, dus de KDG verpleegkundige heeft 11 vertegenwoordigers hier!
Ik ben mijn bericht wel reuze lang aant maken en dat mag echt de bedoeling niet zijn..
Nog gauw even meegeven, dat ik nog steeds gigantische olifantenpoten heb! Hopelijk gaat dit snel over, want dit doet echt geen deugd...
In elk geval voor jullie ondertussen, een goede werkdag gewenst! En voor mij wordt het een slaapwel! Tot snel!
Ik ga zeker proberen om de berichten in te korten, dit leest gemakkelijker..
Kan iemand vertalen voor Amerika en Engeland? Papy, mamy?
Papy laat jij het zeker ook lezen aan BoB?
Dikke zoenen!
zondag 7 maart 2010
Kakkerlakken en olifantenpoten..
Nog snel een berichtje voor het slapen gaan..
Ik ben de eerste kakkerlak hier al tegen gekomen!! In mijn kamer, das verschieten maar mijn vriendinnetjes hebben me gered waarvoor dank! :)
En ik zitten met de wereldbefaamde opgezwollen voeten opgescheeft, echt olifantenpoten, absoluut geen zicht!! ;)
Slaap lekker!
A quick message before I'm really of to bed, I met my first cockroach!!! Ieeeuwww! I screamed and my roommates came to the rescue :)
And my feet are swollen, and painfull... :(
Sleep tight!
Ik ben de eerste kakkerlak hier al tegen gekomen!! In mijn kamer, das verschieten maar mijn vriendinnetjes hebben me gered waarvoor dank! :)
En ik zitten met de wereldbefaamde opgezwollen voeten opgescheeft, echt olifantenpoten, absoluut geen zicht!! ;)
Slaap lekker!
A quick message before I'm really of to bed, I met my first cockroach!!! Ieeeuwww! I screamed and my roommates came to the rescue :)
And my feet are swollen, and painfull... :(
Sleep tight!
Ps
Lieve Ezra,
wil je alsjeblief je mama en papa bedanken voor dat ontzettend lieve berichtje dat ik nog net op de valreep op hollandse bodem heb gelezen. Bedankt, liefs!
wil je alsjeblief je mama en papa bedanken voor dat ontzettend lieve berichtje dat ik nog net op de valreep op hollandse bodem heb gelezen. Bedankt, liefs!
Arrived/ Aangekomen
Dear all,
First of all I want to let you know I arrived safely in Suriname!
Secondly why am I writing in English. I have family all over the world and I also want them to be part of my adventurous! : ) And I want my cousin Anne to tell my gorgeous godson John what she godmother is all up to!
How did I get in Suriname? We left Mortsel at 3am in the morning. Thinking we were driving the right direction, my mamy was quit nervous, my sister took over de roadmap and we arrived on time in Schiphol airport. First I didn’t want to get out of the car, dear Alexia pulled me out. I was shaking all over because I was so nervous! Luckily my dearling sister was there to calm me. Dank u lieve alexia, je was een grote hulp. My papy had some tears, and me, I just cried! : )
Luckily we were with 7 to leave, so it was fun not being alone.
The journey was ok, quit long though... And I think of the 9h35 flight I slept 2 hours! It is a record for me!
Arriving in Suriname we got out of the plain and immediately we had the warmth greeting us! 30°c!! 86 F!! Yes, I’m happy!!
We had some very nice people waiting for us at the airport, oeff! Some very happy faces as well.
The trip from the airport to the house was great, we really had the time to look around, and see what Paramaribo had to offer.
The house looks great! Small but ok, very very hot, we have to pay extra for airco, so still thinking about that..
The nice sweet old couple came to our house and they took us shopping all ready, so the first basic stuff is done. Then they took us for a meal. They really are sweet. Tomorrow morning they are making us breakfast and taking us to the most important places.
Afther the meal they showed me and the other girls the places where we have to do our work experience, the place where I am going, they are working, so tomorrow I have to phone to ask them where I have to go.. A little bit of a panic... Hope it all get sorted.
Now, it is 8.40 pm or 00.37 am in Belgium.. So I am exhausted, very sorry for the mistakes in writing and not having a very coherent story.. It will be better in a couple of days.
To end I would like to thank everybody who phoned me or text me, the fact that you all thought of me on this big day means a lot!
Cher mamy et papy, un grand grand merci pour la chance que vous me donner. Je vous aime et je vous embrasse bien fort.
Mijn allerliefste Alexia, bedankt voor de lieve brief en vanmorgen op de luchthaven, je bent mijn held!
Lieve Matthias, bedankt voor de tekening, ik hang ze in mijn kamer!
En tenslotte maar zeker niet de minste, mijn lieve lieve vrienden, Charlotte,Liesbeth, Marie, Nathalie,Sus, Sofie en Thierry, heel heel erg bedankt voor de lieve hartverwarmende en deugddoende woorden in het boekje, natuurlijk heb ik gelijk een klein kind geweend.. Maar wat was ik blij met dat boekje. Ik ga het hier zeker nog nodig hebben op de moeilijke momenten..
Thank you all very much,
Dikke zoenen en veel liefs!
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