Sika | September 9, 2009
We weren’t there for Health ‘08’s site announcements. Health ’06 did a great event for ours, but due to scheduling problems we didn’t get to stay in Dedza long enough for the ’08 site announcements. This year, site announcement was at All-Health, like it was for us, and so we could all be a part [...]
Sika | June 8, 2009
Edith asked me to come to PST (pre-service training) for the newbies. I was excited because I was pretty sure Zomba was getting Marla, and I thought it would be nice to get to know her a bit better. Also, I hadn’t had/taken the chance to spend more than a few hours with the Health [...]
Sika | November 10, 2008
I went back to NOC a while ago to do a vertical garden training with the guardians and the home health volunteers. While I was there, we reviewed weighing and charting and I took the pictures I didn’t get before because of the failure to bring my camera. So this post will be mostly pictures [...]
Sika | September 13, 2007
First things first: Happy birthday to elfflame and my brother, Matt! My new address for everything: Jessica Holman Zomba School of Nursing P.O. Box 122 Zomba, Malawi Southern Africa Could someone do some research on whether there’s a way to make livejournal load a more simple, faster version and/or if blogspot or something else is [...]
Sika | July 8, 2007
I got a phone! I got a phone! My # (including country code and access symbol thingie) is +265 9476765. If you’re calling from a land line, it’s 011 instead of +. I can receive text messages and calls free, but for me to call the U.S. costs me about $10 for 5 minutes, and [...]
Sika | July 8, 2007
We found out our sites 2 days ago. I got Nkhoma, Lilongwe District. I am less than enthusiastic about it and so I’m going to talk about my reservations before talking about how awesome the site is, or you will think I’m crazy. I don’t think I’m quite over the fact that I’m not going [...]
Sika | July 8, 2007
I carried water on my head yesterday! My amayi was super impressed and immediately offered to take me to the borehole and let me carry some water. Not being an idiot, I refused. Well, actually, I said that I already had to do it again this morning so we could water our newly transplanted seedlings, [...]
Sika | July 8, 2007
My 3-year-old sister, Cecelia, fascinates me. We went to the river to wash our clothes (apparently I was not supposed to go as I am a wussy American & who knows what I’m going to catch from the river water–especially with these cuts in my thumbs–I probably already have schistosomiasis.) This morning, Cecelia threw a [...]
Sika | July 8, 2007
Things I have learned so far: Dedza, where training is, is cold. Bring sweatshirts, and more importantly, warm things to wear to bed. They will be giving you a set (of sorts) of sheets and a mosquito net, as well as some candles, paper, notebooks, and other goodies. They gave us flip flops, but they [...]
Sika | May 2, 2007
First of all, for photos of my journeys, please continue to check in to flickr. Same as with my posts, I will be friendslocking some photos if I’m worried about them being associated with my name in the eyes of the Peace Corps or the Malawian government. So, go ahead and add me if you’ve [...]
