Long time, eh?
It's less interesting to give weekly updates since the weeks are kind of the same, but I'll give you an update on the last month.
The last two weeks I've been finishing off projects that I had started previously.
Over the last four weeks, one of my main jobs was to translate Portuguese research into English. For half of that time I didn't have the benefit of a dictionary nor of the internet. I learnt Portuguese... it was a necessity. However, now I have a small problem: I speak Portuguese with a Spanish accent (Mozambicans are always assuming I'm from Spain. Saying I'm from Wales - 'Pais de Galles' - doesn't clarify much) and I speak Spanish with a Portuguese accent! Pretty devastating!
It's less interesting to give weekly updates since the weeks are kind of the same, but I'll give you an update on the last month.
The first two weeks of July I was in a small town called Chokwe doing the research work. It was awful and hilarious. A very good learning experience regarding the absolute inefficiency of government.
The last two weeks I've been finishing off projects that I had started previously.
Over the last four weeks, one of my main jobs was to translate Portuguese research into English. For half of that time I didn't have the benefit of a dictionary nor of the internet. I learnt Portuguese... it was a necessity. However, now I have a small problem: I speak Portuguese with a Spanish accent (Mozambicans are always assuming I'm from Spain. Saying I'm from Wales - 'Pais de Galles' - doesn't clarify much) and I speak Spanish with a Portuguese accent! Pretty devastating!
Over the next three weeks I'm going to be back in the field assisting a REAL researcher on climate change research. Then I'm going to be documenting an emergency simulation over the period of a week. Both projects should be pretty fascinating and I'm really excited about them.
Okay, that's me summed up! Next post, hopefully this weekend, will be about doing business in Moz and about China's influence (perceived or real) on sub-Saharan Africa.
Thanks for reading!
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