It began in Afrika...

So it's the 1st of Feb. That means only a short 11 days until departure! In that short 11 days, I have 4 more shifts of work, BDO, Mum's birthday, Pablo returning from NZ (yes he is!), my dinner, my birthday, then off to the airport. Not to mention packing, partying and seeing boys ;)

I am finally more excited than nervous. I think the turning point for me was when my boss was running around work, pretending he was holding a spear and making clicking and 'ooga-booga' sounds at me to 'get me ready for Ghana'. Straight after that, someone told me that there will be a lot of black people living in trees. Now I'm pumped to get over there and clear up a whole bunch of crazy assumptions that I keep hearing! Seeing the movie 'Babel' right before I leave wasn't a great idea though - the thought that I could be shot in the shoulder, not be able to find a real hospital, be stitched up with a normal sewing needle and string and have only marijuana to calm the pain, while my husband deals with a bus-load of tourists who want to leave as I lay there dying wasn't such a good thing to put in my head before I run off to Afrika alone..

My dear aunty would like me to explain what it is that I'm doing, and why I'm off to Ghana. So here it is - I'm in a student organisation called AIESEC. We're in about 100 countries around the world, and we're made up of about 20 000 like-minded students who want to make an impact on our fair world. We basically develop ourselves while we are in the organisation, building up leadership skills, creating networks of people, and attending life-changing conferences that get you in contact with the best people in the world, teach you a lot about the organisation and about yourself, and let you have LOT of fun and meaningful conversations! The role of our organisation in society is to send students on international internships, which we believe is the best way to increase tolerance among people world-wide. So this brings me to why I'm going to Ghana! For the past year, I've been the Out-Going eXchange Director for AIESEC at Adelaide Uni, meaning that I've been the one sending people overseas - we've sent people to Kenya, Malaysia, The Netherlands, China, Indonesia, and, soon, Ghana and Poland! I've reached the end of my term now and have handed the responsibility over to a lovely girl called Christina. Now it's my turn to go on my own internship. Hence, Ghana!

Now I have some UAE Dirhams and US Dollars, and have sorted out most of my shit. The only problem now is.. how the hell do I fit everything in this little thing?!