This is going to be short. I typed up some stuff but I am at the internet place with the viruses so I won't be using my flash drive!!
Basically my news is this: I got a new cell phone chip so check the number on my blog and update your phones accordingly. The service I had wasn't working and I couldn't ever talk to people and it is worse in the new town I am moving to so I changed numbers!
Second, I got my POST!! I will be working at the Health Center and Hospital in Bibemi! I am very excited and promise details and photos to come. I will be spending all next week there so I will learn all about it before I move there on December 5th.
Oh, my French moved up to level Intermediate Low! Woot! I got the "most improved" apparently! That basically means I sucked the most upon entry! But, at least I am improving!
I have found amazing avocados here now and I am living up the peanut butter and all the strange foods I don't have the time to describe. Just wanted to give everyone the new number, tell ya'll I got my post (it is in the North Provience about an hour, hour and a half outside of the provincial capital of Garoua).
I have learned to talk on my cell phone while riding on the back of a motto with my helmet on. Yes, feel free to laugh at that image. I talked with mom today in that way and my motto driver laughed. The helmet holds the phone jammed in place!
Oh, I also broke my big toe. Ha, yea, soccer games in Cameroon. I was playing and I broke it somehow. It is fine. No big deal but the big toe on my right foot is disgusting looking. Purple and huge and yea, but I am fine and taking advil and about to wrap it in tap! Lucky me right??
Promise details to come!!!! Thanks for all the comments! Miss Tammy your long one was awesome! Thanks for everyone who text me and for the packages that I will one day recieve!
GO VOTE FOR OBAMA ON THE 4th!!!
First I am off to Thailand and Vietnam for a month, then Wisconsin, then Germany (aka home), then Peace Corp in Cameroon for 27 months (Sept 2007 to Dec 2010) to work as a health volunteer - stories and pictures to come!
My address!!!
Aubrey Pirosko, Peace Corps Volunteer
Corps de la Paix
B.P. 730
Garoua, Cameroon
- be brief on the customs forms (ie put food not peanut butter)
- don't bother express mailing it
- use puffy envelopes not boxes
- always certify the package you are mailing
- a little insurance might be a good call
Things I always want:
- tea
- crystal light packets
- music and movies
- books
- pictures
- candy - particularly chocolate from Germany and Haribo gummies and tootsie rolls
- any type of food you think can make the journey here (ie Easy Mac and granola bars)
- parmasean cheese and velvetta
- seasoning packets
Corps de la Paix
B.P. 730
Garoua, Cameroon
- be brief on the customs forms (ie put food not peanut butter)
- don't bother express mailing it
- use puffy envelopes not boxes
- always certify the package you are mailing
- a little insurance might be a good call
Things I always want:
- tea
- crystal light packets
- music and movies
- books
- pictures
- candy - particularly chocolate from Germany and Haribo gummies and tootsie rolls
- any type of food you think can make the journey here (ie Easy Mac and granola bars)
- parmasean cheese and velvetta
- seasoning packets
My Numbers !!!
From the US you can call or text me at -
01123794626943 (my Orange number I use in Bibemi)
01123774199810 (my MTN number I use in big cities)
01123722099999 (my new landline with Camtel)
From Germany you can call or text me at -
0023794626943
0023774199810
0023722099999
It is free for me to recieve calls and texts from anyone!!!
01123794626943 (my Orange number I use in Bibemi)
01123774199810 (my MTN number I use in big cities)
01123722099999 (my new landline with Camtel)
From Germany you can call or text me at -
0023794626943
0023774199810
0023722099999
It is free for me to recieve calls and texts from anyone!!!
Friends Blogs
Other PCV friends worldwide:
http://sarahspersonallegend.blogspot.com/
http://emilyrwanda.blogspot.com/
http://graceyuffman.blogspot.com/
Cameroon PCVs:
http://CameroonKauleen.blogspot.com/
http://briannaincameroon.blogspot.com/
http://frombuffalotocameroon.blogspot.com/
http://bestdefinedbythemystery.blogspot.com/
http://camerooncaper.blogspot.com/
http://wagenaarb.wordpress.com/
http://annapeacecorpscameroon.blogspot.com/
http://sarahspersonallegend.blogspot.com/
http://emilyrwanda.blogspot.com/
http://graceyuffman.blogspot.com/
Cameroon PCVs:
http://CameroonKauleen.blogspot.com/
http://briannaincameroon.blogspot.com/
http://frombuffalotocameroon.blogspot.com/
http://bestdefinedbythemystery.blogspot.com/
http://camerooncaper.blogspot.com/
http://wagenaarb.wordpress.com/
http://annapeacecorpscameroon.blogspot.com/
Cameroon on the Map
This is for those of you who need to look up Cameroon on a map. I did it for you. :)
Cameroon Time
Disclaimer!
This blog represents my personal views and does not represent the views of the United States government or the Peace Corps.
6 comments:
I saw the Cameroon soccer team today here in Cairo at a hotel I was visiting and of course I thought of you!! I'll be back in the States in a little over a week and will give you a call!
Cameroon is a little to close to all the problems in the Congo for me. Is the conflict affecting your area? Do you have any refugees coming to Cameroon? I know the government there has been fairly stable since the late fifties, but are there any rumbles of revolution? Any discontent?
Will you be the only peace corps volunteer in Bibemi? Will your address for packages change or remain the same?
I have so many questions!!! Uncle Stephen and I spent some time with Miss Ellen yesterday. She is going to be a grandma. Adam and Kasey expect a baby in May.
Love ya,
Bubs
AUBS! i had no idea you had a blog you silly silly girl! hope all is well! i started reading some of them, so i haven't finished but i'm off to bed for now but it'll give me something to do in little ol tennessee! i'm glad to see you seem to be enjoying yourself... sorry about the toe though!! hope it heals quickly.
all my love and best wishes,
heather
Hello my Love!!! I have updated everyone about your handy number. I keep hoping everyday that you get your packages. I hope you can get a post box in your new city. I hate that you have to wait so long. I wish I could send you something for your toe- but by the time it gets there your toe will probably be healed!! Lay off the sports for a while my love! Give me some pictures ASAP and check your email! Love you!
Coco
You would break your toe during a soccer game. Maybe stop pretending the ball is Sen. McCain's head? Love you, ugly toe!
Hello lovely! Sorry to hear about the toe, it sounds like something you would do though. What's a broken toe when you might win the game right? Don't you worry, I've already voted (mail in), GO OBAMA! :) I miss you so much, but I promise to text!
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