tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40921895800053841832024-03-05T19:24:59.770-08:00jenna@sangamjenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05395130363565451262noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4092189580005384183.post-64998212655932616422012-07-28T06:29:00.002-07:002012-07-28T06:29:24.588-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Early mornings in Chicago were amazing. The hotel was just 5 minutes walk from the Lake and the Lake was so big that it could have been the sea - you can't see the other side of it! Running along the board walk was refreshing and there were no cows, dogs, pigs...just plenty of other people doing the same thing as me!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The forum itself was part of the WAGGGS series of celebration events for our centenary. Girls attended from 79 countries and I think there was around 600 of us who attended all up. I got to go as a WAGGGS facilitator...there were a bunch of us...one from each of the World Centres and then some other ramdoms! Totally joking...the most amazing group of people that I've been in the same place with at the same time in a long time!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We worked hard to support the Girl Planning Team from the USA who lead the event. However, we did manage to find time to play hard too...even one day hired some bikes, explored the boardwalk and took a swim in the lake. Felt very odd to be swimming right next to downtown Chicago but it was perfect!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another amazing highlight for me was meeting my Girl Scout music hero Melinda Caroll...I know I'm a Girl Guide dork and so do you but it was incredible. MC wrote 'We Change the World' which is a song I have been playing and singing since it was first released when I was a volunteer here at Sangam in the early 90's. My meeting with MC was facilitated by some new friends of mine and was a total surprise and I didn't get over the excitement for some days. I even got her to sign my guitar. Plus we are planning a music event at Sangam...look out for details of this other GG and GS dorks!!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The aim of the forum was to inspire girls to change our world especially in relation to mdg1 (poverty), 3 (women's empowerment) and 7 (environment). As facilitators we worked with small groups at the forum around the poverty and empowerment topics and we went to the zoo to learn about the environment. I still have a bit of an ethical dilemma around this evident by the fact that my mood was a little crazy during the experience!!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bottom line is the girls went away totally capturing the vision that they could be part of changing our world - mission accomplished! </span><br />
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<br /></div>jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05395130363565451262noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4092189580005384183.post-82696068238787729252012-06-17T00:51:00.003-07:002012-06-17T00:51:47.958-07:00New Season<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since my last post it's been work work work getting ready for the 2012/13 Sangam season. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's also been hot hot hot but the good thing about hot hot hot is Mango season! Check out these beauties from the Sangam trees...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...there were so many they couldn't fit into shot and they have been turned into pickle and jam for the season plus of course we're just eating them!!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Amidst the work stuff there has been some fun. Hayley got married and we had a blast at the wedding. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She's happy too and is having her last official day of work at Sangam tomorrow!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also helped my friend Manisha out last weekend. She has a social enterprise called eCoexist and she put together 'the beauty of recycling' exhibition, sale and activities at FabIndia. I Kamini and I went and did some stall work for her. We met some cool people and I think I purchased more products myself than I sold!!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Volunteer training has been going on at Sangam for the last couple of weeks. Our Guest Services Intern is from Kenya. We have four Sangam Volunteers from UK, USA, Korea and Kenya. We also have three Volunteers-In-Training from our local community. Training officially finished yesterday and tomorrow our first event guests arrive for the season - 8 guests and their tour leader from the USA. So, Sangam season 2012/13 is underway and last night the monsoon rain fell! :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A MONTH AWAY FROM SANGAM</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also managed some down time to catch up with past Sangam Volunteers but far out it was freezing!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then it was time for leave! First stop Cambodia and my Tassie friend Al who has been working there for a couple of years. It was great to hang with a local and we even managed some beach time.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Killing Fields were a bit of a challenge and really made me think about the world standing by and letting great atrocities happen to others!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Al even managed to find some Jansz for us to share - fantastic!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Heading back to India tomorrow and the weekend off with Kamini before being back at work on Monday. The new season begins...</span></div>jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05395130363565451262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4092189580005384183.post-30180945249816774352012-04-11T10:15:00.000-07:002012-04-11T10:15:30.665-07:00Anika's Visit<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anika came to visit – she’s one of the old Bridport crew!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In between doing the Sangam budget for 2012/13/14 and being tied to the desk I escaped to show her some of the best Pune has to offer…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">During the March Essence of India event we played Holi (the Indian festival of colours) with all our event participants, staff and some of our local friends. The party was at Sangam and organised with our friends from eCoexist. Manisha is the founder of this social enterprise that sells environmentally friendly products and festival 'stuff' including this awesome Holi colour. No words can explain the craziness of this festival - come and experience it for yourself next year I say!!! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...came back physically wiped out but mentally ready for the summer and planning days at Sangam. Budget for the next three years to write, standard operation procedures to update, office redesign plans to confirm and put into motion - all that fun stuff and of course mangoes! :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div></div>jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05395130363565451262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4092189580005384183.post-54648396802369337512012-03-01T21:38:00.000-08:002012-03-01T21:38:54.387-08:00Goa<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I was desperate for the beach! Kamini and a bunch of her teacher friends from school were going to Goa to go to a family temple to say some prayers and make an offering because one of the teachers sons had done well in his exams - this is an Indian thing to do for sure! The temple was located more than an hour from the beach but I knew I could escape to the sand if I went with them. It took a 12 hour train journey from Pune...</span><br />
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<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">...but it was worth it! Too long between beaches is not good for the soul and even though there were plenty of people around I loved the experience of being in the water and having my toes on the hot sand!</div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There were lots of cows on the beach so I made Kamini pretend to be one too...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We joined everyone else on the beach for sunset - once they had finished their prayers at the temple. It was warm and beautiful!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We were there long enough for the moon to come out to play with Kirti...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The next day we visited four temples in the morning and I saw cashew nuts growing for the first time in my life...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The train journey back through the beautiful Konkan Coast forest with water falls and monkeys was awesome! We arrived back into Pune station at 4am in plenty of time to get organised and head to work a little weary and sun burnt but it was so worth it!</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> The 22nd of February is always a special day at Sangam and this year was no exception. Participants were up bright and early getting the final resources together for their upcoming activities with the guides and scouts, staff were making sure all was in place for the ceremony and I was draping myself with my WAGGGS sari for the very first time.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">By 9am 450 Scouts and Guides for the local Pune area were on the campsite in formation ready for flag break. After the short ceremony that focused on the World Thinking Day theme for 2012: environmental sustainability, the Guides and Scouts broke up into groups and shared activities with our participants. Some were in full costume and danced traditional dances, others did yoga and some played games. It was a very colourful site. Our participants shared activities from their home countries and the cultural sharing element of the day had participants excited as the saw the reality of the international family that we belong to in action.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">In the evening members of our local guide unit the Nevedita guides, local friends and some day visitors joined us for a candlelit ceremony around the swimming pool based on friendship and the World Thinking Day theme. We moved to the Thinking Day courtyard where the almond tree was decorated with cards and World Thinking Day messages from across the globe. We renewed our Guide/Girl Scout promise in our own language and sang ‘We Change the World’. We streamed both parts of the ceremony live on the internet and Girl Scouts and Guides joined us from across the world. A fitting end to day that encapsulated the true spirit of Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting across the globe.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> If you would like to join us at Sangam for World Thinking Day 2013 we still have space available in our Thinking Day event between February 18<sup>th</sup> and 27<sup>th</sup>. The World Thinking Day theme for 2013 is based on two of the WAGGGS global action themes ‘</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">girls worldwide say: together we can save children’s lives and every mothers life is precious’. The event is open to all ages and the cost is 550 GBP.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Come and have the experience of a life time as you share with local Guides and Scouts and live with your global family at Sangam.</span></span></div></div>jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05395130363565451262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4092189580005384183.post-40476127355417825452012-02-17T00:15:00.000-08:002012-02-17T00:15:51.859-08:00Aurangabad<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kamini and I went to Aurangabad on the weekend. We stayed in this fab hotel called the lemon tree that had the best swimming pool ever and a fab massage place and incredible food - thanks mum for the birthday gift!!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We managed to drag ourselves away from the hotel and go to the Carla caves and they are absolutely amazing. All carved over hundreds of years by buddhists, hindu's and jain's. Such dedication, vision and commitment. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I managed to get Kamini in to the hotel spa for her first proper foot massage ever!!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The emu's at the road house half way between Pune and Mumbai are just totally out of place!!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Looking forward to the next holiday together - hopefully Hongkong! :)</span></div>jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05395130363565451262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4092189580005384183.post-40068271033436945652012-02-16T23:52:00.000-08:002012-02-16T23:52:44.543-08:00Margo and Tash<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Margo and Tash came to visit in January and I'm just getting around to putting the pic's up here! We went in a picnic to Alandi and Talapur. It was really awesome to be out of the city and we had a great picnic complete with salt and vinegar chips that Anne Crummy had given us when she was here - they were soooo good! Funny the things you miss from home!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Margo was friends with a dancer called Prajakta when we was working here and I found out that she was going to be doing a performance when Margo and Tash were here so I organised for us all to go as a surprise and it was so excellent. Prajakta is an incredible dancer.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Before Margo and Tash headed to the airport we went out for 'brunch' and enjoyed some great food and laughs together.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When are some more of you coming to visit???</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the year that was at Sangam in 2011 in one quick package that the Programme Team made for the Centre Team meeting and it's an excellent view of what my life was all about in 2011 so I hope you enjoy it!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The meeting was full on, exhausting, long, involved very little sleep while at the same time being incredibly fantastic! I had been World Centre Manager for just a month on the day the meeting commenced. Leading up to the meeting I wasn't sure that this was such a good plan but in retrospect it's the best thing ever. It made me get my head around large complex pieces of work and also think strategically about what I want to achieve as we work together to continue to make this place an incredible experience for all who pass through the doors. When are you coming to visit?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The day before the meeting started was my birthday and Kamini organised a party for me on the terrace at her place. Here's some pic's of the fun...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today is republic day in India. Margo and Tash are here and we are waiting for Kamini to get home from her flag ceremony at school (we already had ours) so that we can go on a picnic together! I'm off today and tomorrow and looking forward to catching up with friends and sleep!</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Namaste and Merry Christmas if I don't get back here before then. Here's the latest...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is one huge privilege and a journey that I’m equally excited and scared about entering into.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Donna finishes on the 18<sup>th</sup> of December and I commence on the 19<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have been busy cramming my head with as much of Donna’s brain as possible while at the same time being fully aware that we will not have a Programme Manager on the ground here for some time…another challenge!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our next event starts on the 21<sup>st</sup> of December with 30 participants for the UK and Australia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This runs until January 1<sup>st</sup> and the next event starts on January 3<sup>rd</sup> so a very tight turn around for us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our annual centre team meeting runs for the 18<sup>th</sup> to the 22<sup>nd</sup> of Jan so I expect to come up for air around the 26th of January.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Until them I hope you guys have an awesome Christmas and New Year and do eat some Christmas fare for me!</span></div><!--EndFragment--></div>jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05395130363565451262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4092189580005384183.post-8661225770283073612011-11-22T07:21:00.000-08:002011-11-22T07:21:20.275-08:00London<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Guess most of you will have heard by now that I have been to London to interview for the position of World Centre Manager here at Sangam. I was offered the job the same day as I was interviewed and I was in the London Eye with Sophie when the phone call came. (Sophie was a volunteer here at Sangam who lives in London and just went home a couple of weeks ago). Here's some pic's taken from my phone when we were on the Eye - we were very excited so had to take pic's even if they didn't turn out very well!!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I loved the London Eye!!! It's very exciting and also very scary at the same time to be offered the position. I've not officially accepted the job yet as I'm still waiting to see a contract so I'm sure there's still some negotiations that need to happen but all will turn out just fine.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Been back at work here in India for two days and so much to do with Donna leaving in less than a month. Now we have to work out what to do about a new Programme Manager...</span></div>jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05395130363565451262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4092189580005384183.post-552657637018694252011-11-06T19:55:00.000-08:002011-11-06T19:55:10.322-08:00AUSTRALIA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kamini and I have just had the most awesome two weeks in Australia and I thought I'd share some of it mostly in pic's. There's a recurring theme - it involves a lot of BLUE (the sea)!!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We headed up to Mumbai with Aruna who needed a lift to Reshma's place near the airport. It was good to share the journey with her.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In Singapore we had fun in the butterfly garden - they really were incredible!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When we got to Hobart it was really cold - six degrees! Mum met us with the puffer jacket held out for Kamini and it was her clothing of choice for most of the trip. This photo is of our first night in Hobart with Kamini acting as a seal - she makes a good one I think!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We got to hand out on Susie and Gordy's 'farm' in Lilydale - Kamini thinks she may like to work on a farm! The sheep and the chooks liked her and she in return...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Plenty of friends and fun in Bridport. Riding the scooter with safety gear - Kamini mowing the lawn for the first time - the beach - BBQ's - bike rides - FRIENDS - and MY beach!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We also celebrated a belated 50th for Merial and an early 50th for Ro. More beaches and friends...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">XXX</span></div>jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05395130363565451262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4092189580005384183.post-27116920583090794452011-11-06T17:44:00.000-08:002011-11-06T17:44:59.042-08:0045th Birthday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know it's been a while since Sangam's 45th birthday but I couldn't help sharing a few of my favorite photos!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is how beautiful Sangam looked for the birthday - all dressed up for the party! Anita did an awesome job with this pic!!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There were way too many highlights of the birthday event - 60's dinner and crazy wide game in full costume, kid's birthday party with children from the community across the road from us, campfire and sleep over with 60 guides and scouts and much much more. Here's a few of my best bits...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the things I'd been wanting to do at Sangam since I started was poolside movies and let me tell you - they were awesome! Sophie (one of the volunteers from the UK) had her parents come and visit and they brought a whole heap of blow up seats with them and the participants brought some along too. Our carpenter made a frame and a sheet and the new projector that does rear projection worked amazingly. This will be the first of may poolside movie experiences I reckon! If you'd like to experience floating popcorn servers you know where to come...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also got to see my old friend Avi who is now in 12th standard and studying really hard - he wants to go to college and study economics next year - amazing for a young boy who has grown up in the slums beside a pond in the house only just bigger than a double bed! I also saw Dora and her family who are working with children in a slum community these days and also living in the same community.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course I also went to the new House of Hope building and it's sooo amazing!!! The renovations have taken two months but now they have totally given up renting the old building and have moved everything to the new place. The opening was last week and 150 people came to the celebration. The Shelter opened again to the children on Monday this week and they're expecting a big crowd to fill all the amazing newly painted great looking rooms. Thanks to everyone who helped to make this Shelter for children and young people a reality. </span><br />
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</span></div>jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05395130363565451262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4092189580005384183.post-81939576398409680742011-08-29T04:15:00.000-07:002011-08-29T04:15:06.339-07:00Hospital<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Assume everyone knows that I've just got back to work after a whirl wind Indian hospital experience? Went down one night with severe pain in the belly on the right side so K said 'off to the doc' with you! Doc says the pain is from the gall bladders site and I'd better have a scan! Scan shows 15+ stones in the gall bladder as well as a 11cm cyst on my ovaries - unexpected joy!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Within less than a week I was in hospital seeing some specialist laprascopic surgeon who says he can take all things out in one shot and I'll be back to full health in a week!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I checked with my doc at home to make sure this guy didn't get his doc certificate from the side of a corn flake box and it seems it all needed to happen so I went for it here in India!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A very full on experience that's for sure!!! Here's a pic of me the night before the surgery drinking this whole container of fluid full with some powder that emptied my insides out...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then it was off to the hospital for all the usual pre-surgery checks and not lots of explanation - like why did they want me to sign a form that said when they opened me up if there were others organs that were not good they could take them also - I didn't sign this form!!! </span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the most interesting stories to tell about the Indian hospital system is about how there's no pre-med - you just walk into the operating theatre and plonk yourself onto the table and then they start telling you all sorts of random stuff about their instruments and stuff and by that stage I just want it all to be over!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">K stayed with me in the hospital - this is how it works in this land - relative has to stay and people came and visited so that was cool. I had dhal and rice to eat 24 hours after the surgery and a few hours after that they let me go home.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've got a few days off now so looking forward to chilling a little! Here's a pic of the 51 pax and the staff at the welcome ceremony because the blog looked a bit boring without a pic! :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">...we also saw an elephant - cool!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Just 5 days before the next event starts and we have 51 participants coming from the UK and Canada. They will be doing 5 community projects. Will get two days off before the next event starts and totally looking forward to that!!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The girls were so gracious in welcoming us to their homes and introducing us to their families and their way of life!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rice paddies were very cool!!! Hope to go back there in another event later in the season. Now getting ready for our Discover Your Potential Event that starts on Sunday with 33 participants.</span><br />
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