http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/ VSO Journals Recent Global Posts Feed Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:50:55 GMT en-us http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Falaninkenya.org%2F2010%2F09%2F06%2Fwanapiga-matatu&blogid=18 http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Falaninkenya.org%2F2010%2F09%2F06%2Fwanapiga-matatu&blogid=18 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:45:55 GMT Citizen journalism in action! I was in a matatu after work tonight and I found a hell of a commotion at Church Road and Wayaki W... http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fianandrenate.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fcumin-spuds.html&blogid=574 http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fianandrenate.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fcumin-spuds.html&blogid=574 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:09:00 GMT Since arriving in Uganda Ian has been eating less meat and experimenting more with vegetarian food. Uganda has a bountiful harve... http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fianandrenate.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2F66-not-out-lovely-birthday-with-kampala.html&blogid=574 http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fianandrenate.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2F66-not-out-lovely-birthday-with-kampala.html&blogid=574 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:52:00 GMT At 8.15 am there's a knock on the door and our dear VSO neighbours arrive with a birthday cake!Our neighbours - Bob, Baukje and ... http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fjohnnyc1959.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F09%2F06%2Freturn-of-the-grievous-angel%2F&blogid=562 http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fjohnnyc1959.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F09%2F06%2Freturn-of-the-grievous-angel%2F&blogid=562 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:52:21 GMT “Won’t you scratch my itch sweet Annie Rich And welcome me back to town….” Gram Parsons For a variety of reasons... http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesboringblog.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F09%2F06%2Fkeep-on-blogging%2F&blogid=1 http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesboringblog.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F09%2F06%2Fkeep-on-blogging%2F&blogid=1 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:01:31 GMT In place of an actual post as I’m just too busy drinking and slacking off working on important stuff here are some random ... http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ourvso.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fgilly-lands.html&blogid=680 http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ourvso.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fgilly-lands.html&blogid=680 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:04:00 GMT Thanks to everyone who joined us to give Gilly a proper send off last week, there were beers and tears all over.  I've spok... http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Falexlittle.net%2Fblog%2F2010%2F09%2F06%2Fsolar-powered-thin-client-network%2F&blogid=33 http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Falexlittle.net%2Fblog%2F2010%2F09%2F06%2Fsolar-powered-thin-client-network%2F&blogid=33 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:03:27 GMT Yesterday I came back from the Small Is… festival organised by Practical Action and Engineers without Borders (EWB). I&#82... http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Findianbells.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fyesterdays-three-celebrations-in.html&blogid=522 http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Findianbells.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fyesterdays-three-celebrations-in.html&blogid=522 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:15:00 GMT 1) The inaguration of my boss' new badminton court, built within the boundary of our house over period of weeks. Ribbons were ti... http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fashramblings.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fbrush-with-tea-caddy-or-there-no-use.html&blogid=206 http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fashramblings.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fbrush-with-tea-caddy-or-there-no-use.html&blogid=206 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:32:00 GMT I was running very low on tea at the weekend, having almost finished all my nice stuff - down to my last pot  of Jasmine an... http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Failingshih.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fabangoh-orphanage-visit.html&blogid=241 http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Failingshih.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fabangoh-orphanage-visit.html&blogid=241 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:55:00 GMT The Cameroonian AIDS/HIV Nutritional Health Care Foundation (CANHCF) is a non-profit association, aimed at reducing the impact o... http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgordclements.ca%2F2010%2F09%2Fvso-volunteer-in-nepal%2F&blogid=256 http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgordclements.ca%2F2010%2F09%2Fvso-volunteer-in-nepal%2F&blogid=256 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:03:54 GMT I am coming to realize that I am what I am. I can only move forward when I am able to first accept  what I am. I may have momen... http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fourmaninhanoi.com%2F2010%2F09%2F06%2Fhanoi-smiling-and-watching%2F&blogid=10 http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fourmaninhanoi.com%2F2010%2F09%2F06%2Fhanoi-smiling-and-watching%2F&blogid=10 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:26:58 GMT Perhaps I am just lazy – but if there’s one thing that characterises my blogging style it’s a lack of research. It seems t... http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdisruptedroutines.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fbrains-beauty-behind-blog.html&blogid=686 http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdisruptedroutines.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fbrains-beauty-behind-blog.html&blogid=686 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:44:00 GMT I guess it's obvious from the title of this post that I didn't create this blog all on my own. Given the great feedback I've be... http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmwapoleni-bunty.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fbroken-shoulder.html&blogid=544 http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmwapoleni-bunty.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fbroken-shoulder.html&blogid=544 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:41:00 GMT sadly, i broke my shoulder today, but as the doctor said, it could have been worse, it could have been my hip. we were on our wa... http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhoggsinuganda.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fgorillas.html&blogid=127 http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhoggsinuganda.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fgorillas.html&blogid=127 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:51:00 GMT Our final fling has been a trip to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest (the name says it all) for gorilla tracking. Many of our guests ha... http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fjacquiejamaicavso.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fsettling-back-home.html&blogid=261 http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fjacquiejamaicavso.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fsettling-back-home.html&blogid=261 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:00:00 GMT Having arrived home late on Sunday evening I was up and out early to start the work week. The two weeks I was away were relative... http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhenimsixtfour.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Flight-dawns.html&blogid=208 http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhenimsixtfour.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Flight-dawns.html&blogid=208 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:16:00 GMT     I haven't been feeling depressed anymore but I haven't been feeling like my positive self either. I have... http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmischaincameroon.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fsome-things-i-will-miss-about-england.html&blogid=281 http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmischaincameroon.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fsome-things-i-will-miss-about-england.html&blogid=281 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:57:00 GMT As I get ready to go back to Cameroon tomorrow, a few things I will miss about England...I'm planning on being back next June, b... http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fashtinafrica.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fhospital-transport.html&blogid=570 http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fashtinafrica.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fhospital-transport.html&blogid=570 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:48:00 GMT I always thought that, whenever given the chance, I would readily swap public transport for an alternative, any alternative. Tha... http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fknoxshircore.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F09%2F04%2Fshake-shake-shake-shake-your-bootie%2F&blogid=620 http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fknoxshircore.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F09%2F04%2Fshake-shake-shake-shake-your-bootie%2F&blogid=620 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:29:44 GMT One of the truly fabulous experiences in Ghana is undoubtedly witnessing a cultural demonstration of dancing and drumming.  We ... http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkirstenvso.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fgreat-china-adventure-part-2.html&blogid=270 http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkirstenvso.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fgreat-china-adventure-part-2.html&blogid=270 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:50:00 GMT Still in Hong Kong then (happy Mr Mogg?) we spent a very pleasant day on Lantau island where there's a cable car ride up to a gi... http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fghanaxp.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fexploring-food-ii.html&blogid=602 http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fghanaxp.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fexploring-food-ii.html&blogid=602 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:44:00 GMT Exploring Food II02-03 August 2010Dawadawa- It is used as a flavouring agent in the food. It is a fruitpulp which is dried and u... http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fghanaxp.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fno-expectations.html&blogid=602 http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fghanaxp.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fno-expectations.html&blogid=602 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:40:00 GMT 22 August– 1 September 2010I want to be philosophical while writing this but when I say this I amexpecting something out of me... http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgordclements.ca%2F2010%2F09%2Faloneness-and-opportunity%2F&blogid=256 http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgordclements.ca%2F2010%2F09%2Faloneness-and-opportunity%2F&blogid=256 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:21:21 GMT I am in Pokhara right now. This is a city that is the gateway for tourists to the Himalayas. More than any other place in Nepal ... http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Findianbells.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Ftogether-again.html&blogid=522 http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Findianbells.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Ftogether-again.html&blogid=522 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:14:00 GMT It's been over three weeks since I last posted on this blog and during that time there have been a few notable events. The main ... http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsonowitscambodia.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fweather-report.html&blogid=234 http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsonowitscambodia.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fweather-report.html&blogid=234 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:51:00 GMT I am reliably informed by two of my gracious readers (I'm sounding like Jane Austin now!) that the weather in England has been a... http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsonowitscambodia.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fim-pleased-with-that.html&blogid=234 http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsonowitscambodia.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fim-pleased-with-that.html&blogid=234 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:28:00 GMT As far as I can remember, that's the first blog ('Rain') I've written from my mobile phone-hence didn't check spellings! But it ... http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fashramblings.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Facceptance-means-telling-joke.html&blogid=206 http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fashramblings.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Facceptance-means-telling-joke.html&blogid=206 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:09:00 GMT When do you know that you have been accepted by the people around you?Is it when you are invited to a family occasion? Not in my... http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsonowitscambodia.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Frain.html&blogid=234 http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsonowitscambodia.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Frain.html&blogid=234 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:56:00 GMT I see it's been about 7 degrees in UK! The Khners don't believe it when I tell them! About 32 here this morning with bright suns... http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmwapoleni-bunty.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fdegnue-fever.html&blogid=544 http://vsojournals.purplepixie.org/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmwapoleni-bunty.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fdegnue-fever.html&blogid=544 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:42:00 GMT I'm pretty certain I've had dengue fever this week. One mosquito bit my neck.I thought it was my hair clip rubbing against my ne...