I heard Dr. Muhammad Yunus talk quite a few years ago at UBC. I only remember the story about how he met his first microloan recipient and one sentence: “We took what we knew about conventional banks, then turned it all upside down. That’s Grameen Bank.” That’s what I want to do. One day. Everyday. Turn structures upside down so they focus on the majority. So they work for the 99%. So they benefit those who are often voiceless and invisible – […]
Super hungry, no time for breakfast, what to do? Find grilled maize of course. (Or grilled cassava, or African chapati, or cow pea samosas, or…) “400 shillings for that small maize?! I can get twice the size of that normally…” first thing in the morning, mzungu prices. It’s going to be a long day. Munching on my small grilled maize (finally for a price of 300 shillings) on the back of a bodaboda, it suddenly struck me that this maize was probably […]
Went running with my room mate this morning before it got too hot. It was actually quite nice except I’m not a good runner. I can swim 60 half laps (which I did last night – so good to go swimming again), but running…pff…. *** As I was walking to the office today, two guys said hi to each other. And then “where’s the Chinese person going?” My daily activities have officially turned into a greeting now. Great.
There are two ways of understanding ‘happenings’ in life: 1. They happen for a reason. 2. Believe that they happen for a reason and act accordingly. In reality, there’s no difference between the outcomes of the two ways of understanding. Whether they actually happen for a reason or that you believe they happen for a reason is actually the same thing. Am I not making sense? Maybe. My eye is still swollen. I’m still stuck at home during my precious […]
I’ve been thinking quite a lot lately about myself, as self-centred as that sounds… My future, my present. My work, my personal life. It’s so wide open right now, I love it. At the same time, it feels like there’s no grounding other than my family. It’s all up, floating, ready to go whichever way, whenever.
