Seen on a sign at the Rasta health foods vendor, Kalabash, adjacent the image of a trained gun:
"I don't phone 911."
The tables have turned on me – now I'm facing all new stressors with my Iron Band project, while my work at the NSTP is looking up with conclusions to old projects and the addition of new ones. My fears for the Iron Band center primarily around actually
having requests for bookings, and at the same time having students that do not have, in my eyes at least, a legitimate show to perform. This leaves me in a confusing place: do I allow them to continue to perform shows, which they are keen to do, but which means transportation costs for shows in other villages,
and which means they play for 45-second intervals for 5 minutes before I and everyone else is fed up with trying to make something go that won't; or else do I squelch the traveling until I invest some more time in trying to nail down a helper, someone from the Ministry of Culture who would be better suited to training the kids in musical instruction? I do not know the answer to that yet, and in the meantime, I'm beating myself up in the knowledge that I am failing to prepare students for these high-anxiety performances, putting both them and myself in positions of uncertainty.
But the weekend is coming up, so I'm looking forward to relaxing at a friend's house and cooking Coconut-Fried Shrimp on Saturday. I'm using a tested recipe, so I have high hopes for it. And as promised, pictures today are from the Peace Corps' 50th Anniversary celebration, held on June the 3rd.
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| Seventeen volunteers from all over the U.S. are serving in St. Kitts right now. |
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| A rather unflattering photo of me getting the Iron Band pumped up for their first public performance. |
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| A quilt, composed of pieces of cloth contributed by students and guests in attendance, was auctioned off that afternoon. |
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| Over 500 students, guests, and tourists visited our info and activity booths, including students from Maurice Hillier Primary. |
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| The Peace Corps motto. |
I don't think you were on Skype at all this weekend. I'm playing through A Link to the Past, in the Dark World now. pretty fun. need more bottles though. every villain takes sooo many hearts! about the enter the 3rd temple. I had no idea how similar OoT is to this game.
ReplyDeleteemail me tomorrow about the Two Out thing. I'm gonna do that stuff at lunch time during work. writing an interview thank you letter now. Interviewed on the phone with Mohawk Industries. I'm terrible with phone interviews. just trying to get away from my current cold-calling job