28 January 2010

Moving on!

The idea came up in June or July, some time in summer. I looked on the internet for some information. The information was found fast and I called for even more information. It was positive and I started to apply with the first forms. It took some time and then I had to write another application. The application forms were sent in some days before Christmas and then I had to wait. Until yesterday: Peter called and told me I was accepted at the project I applied for!

Now I have to organize even more: Vaccination, sponsors, pre-departure meeting, Visa, etc.

My life is gonna change again. I will move in September to Cape Coast, Ghana, to work for one year as a volunteer in a school for deaf and blind kids. I will work in the pre-school, primary school and professional education, formal and non-formal education. There will be a lot of different work for me and I finally can pratice my theories I learned during my studies. I have to learn the sign language and probably the regional language, called Fanté, too.


So I move on in my life but what will happen to me? I dont know, yet. Will the work in Ghana change my personality? Will it change my behaviour? Wont happen anything to me? To find out I have to go and I wanna go. A new challenge came to me and another dream is fulfilled.

I hope, I wont be disappointed in the end.


11 January 2010

New Year - (k)new me?

The new year has started. Already some days ago. And so did my life - but not on the 1st January. It started long time ago and I just realized how long it actually is. I have been busy with making plans and living life. Life is going on while you are busy making plans. But mine is more like being busy with life now - I´ve got no time to stop or to die. Just some days in the new year and I experienced already some new things as well as continue the things from last year I still have to finish. First of all my studies, then the application and a lot of small things happening all the time.

I finished the last year with a great stay in the Netherlands and started the new year with friends I got to know in Denmark. I finished the last year with a strange behaviour and started the new year with new stuff. The last year finished and the new year started.


Life is a change. Life is moving on.


I don´t want to change but I want to move on. Can I move on without changing? What is life about?

I want to stay as the person I am and make the best of it. I don´t care about what the people say.


"I am just myself because nobody else is better qualified" (Sofia)