Monday, August 4, 2008

My First Day At Work: Ahhh!! :O Why Like This?

My first day at work started with me rushing to the trainstation to catch my train which I would have almost missed if it hadn't been cancelled. Yey! This ment I had to take another train to Frankfurt and then to Mainz which is the capital of my state and the town where I'll work for the rest of the week. Well, after getting lost I finally got to the office 40 minutes late on my first day.
Once I was there I was reintroduced to the partnership structure and the work I'll be doing. So, I finally know what my job is going to be in Rwanda. It's not what I first thought it would be, delivering school donations, but mediating between our partners as well as future partners in Rwanda and those people in our state that want to fund social projects. I also have to test the projects for validity and need.
I got my plane ticket today!!! :D... by the way. I'm leaving in two weeks, on the 18th at around 23:00 from Frankfurt via Addis Abeba and arrive in Kigali 12 hours later.
The next thing on my schedule today was not so much fun... my French was tested. I was supposed to translate a report of one of the projects in Rwanda for someone who is in charge of donations for the project but doesn't speak French. The content of my work was actuall very interesting and translating wasn't bad either, but the fact that it was also a test and that my French sucks made me almost drown in my sweat... digusting thought right there XP Bäh!
It ended with me not finishing my work and leaving early because I had to go to the doctor's to get another vaccination. Only 3 left.
I think work tomorrow will be better.
I'll keep you up to date with news.
Until then. Bye bye.

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