Monthly Archives: July 2013

July 17, 2013

I have to admit, I’ve been a bit complacent in my life in Dar. I know most of the streets where I need to go. The speed bump with the largest hole is over there. The road turns a bit dark in that corner so never walk there alone at night. I know how to communicate basic daily needs. Greetings (that is a basic need), buying food, making up fake stories of fake husbands, asking directions, eavesdropping, telling people I’ve […]

July 17, 2013

And of course I never kept my promise. This thing called discipline is such an elusive little rascal.

Tiffany in five sentences…

Tiffany prefers to spend her days globetrotting and living out of a backpack. She is deeply intrigued, frustrated, and inspired by international development work, especially in food security, education policy, and citizen agency issues. One day, she hopes to convince the world economic system to work in favour of the marginalized and the environment. One of her identities is being a graduate from the Global Resource Systems program in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia. She aims to write posts that will make her cringe in ten years on this blog.