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| strikingstar Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5179 days ago 292 posts - 444 votes  Speaks: English*, Mandarin*, Cantonese, Swahili Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written) | Message 81 of 102 19 January 2012 at 8:16am | IP Logged | ||
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Heck yeah!!!
I'm beyond excited/ecstatic/exhilarated/euphoric/elated right now. My 2012 just got off to an amazing start!!! I'm very close to accepting a job offer for a research position in Kenya (about 18 months)!!! I'm finally returning to my beloved East Africa!!! Hodi Hodi!!! (My Swahili is gonna become amazing!!! I hope...) I'll be working in Busia, Kenya. Busia's really close to Lake Victoria and it's also right next to Uganda (2hrs from Kampala). I'm crazy excited right now. There're so many things I never got to do the first time I went to East Africa. Maybe this time, I'll finally get the chance to see the Great Migration. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6148 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian | Message 82 of 102 19 January 2012 at 8:27am | IP Logged | ||
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That's so exciting! You'll have to tell us all about it! I really want to go back to East Africa -- I'm so jealous...
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| Quabazaa Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5615 days ago 414 posts - 543 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German, French Studies: Japanese, Korean, Maori, Scottish Gaelic, Arabic (Levantine), Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Written) | Message 83 of 102 19 January 2012 at 9:49am | IP Logged | ||
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Wooow that's such exciting news! Congrats! :D Sounds like 2012 is going to be an amazing
year for you, I don't suppose you'll be doing TAC again? XD Edited by Quabazaa on 19 January 2012 at 9:50am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6476 days ago 2608 posts - 4866 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Esperanto, Greek, Mandarin, Latin, Dutch, Italian Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swahili, Indonesian, Japanese, Modern Hebrew, Portuguese | Message 84 of 102 19 January 2012 at 11:56am | IP Logged | ||
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Wow, tell me all about it! I envy you!
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| strikingstar Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5179 days ago 292 posts - 444 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin*, Cantonese, Swahili Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written) | Message 85 of 102 24 January 2012 at 12:17am | IP Logged | ||
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@ellasevia
Lol, jealous? You're going to Croatia. You're gonna have an amazing time yourself. The only difference is that I'll be making weekend forays into the likes of Uganda and Tanzania while you'll be making weekend trips to Hungary and Bosnia. @Quabazaa It sure is exciting. I just signed and sent my offer letter to IPA (the organization I'm working for) so I guess it's pretty official. I didn't join any TAC team this year cos I really only wanted to concentrate on Arabic and Spanish this year and I didn't want to be the joker that started an Arabic TAC team of one!! Besides, you've gotta admit that none of us have been particularly... ahem... on-top-of-things when it comes to updating the logs. I often struggle with wondering what to write. @Sprachprofi I'm working as a Project Associate for an organization called Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA). Basically
I don't want to bore you with the details but in a nutshell I get to conduct RCTs involving about 30,000 farmers in Western Kenya. I'll be out in the field pretty often which is great considering my previous shudder-inducing desk job. I'm also applying to grad school (Development Economics) this year so this will be an invaluable experience. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| strikingstar Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5179 days ago 292 posts - 444 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin*, Cantonese, Swahili Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written) | Message 86 of 102 31 January 2012 at 4:01pm | IP Logged | ||
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I've just reconnected with a really good friend from college. She's going to be my Arabic
conversation partner (I just haven't told her yet). She's amazing. She took 4 years of Arabic in college, spent a summer in Syria and another in Egypt. And after graduation, she joined the CASA program at the Tahrir Square campus of American University in Cairo. Basically, she was in the thick of things during the first wave of Egyptian protests last year. In other news, I've fixed a travel date for Kenya. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| strikingstar Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5179 days ago 292 posts - 444 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin*, Cantonese, Swahili Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written) | Message 87 of 102 10 February 2012 at 10:41am | IP Logged | ||
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I went to the Kenyan embassy yesterday to get a business visa. IMO, one of the best
things about going to any embassy is the possibility of finding native speakers (not that I was actively on the lookout for them... lol, who am I kidding... going to embassies is like being informed Christmas came early.) Anyways, there was only 1 other guy at the embassy. We made eye contact, smiled, and then I pounced. (Don't judge me. Severe Swahili deprivation. Happens to the best of us.) Me: Hujambo. Wewe ni Mkenya? (Hello. Are you Kenyan?) Him: Mimi? (Me?) Me: Ndiyo. (Yeah) Him: Ndiyo. Mimi ni Mkenya. Me: Nzuri. Na mimi pia. (Great. Me too.)* Him (looks at me incredulously): Hapana.... Haiwezekani... (No... Impossible... ) *I love pranking East Africans whenever I have the (rare) opportunity to speak to one. I often tell them I'm from Kenya or Tanzania and they look at me like I'm crazy. Anyways, I had a pretty good 5 minute chat with the guy. I was incredibly rusty but I was glad I could still sustain a conversation. If anything, I've still got a lot to work on but I've got my work cut out for me. I've decided that I'm only going to speak to the Kenyans in Swahili from now on. PS: Forgot to mention that my BLUE DEVILS whooped the Tar Holes good yesterday!!! Edited by strikingstar on 10 February 2012 at 10:49am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Quabazaa Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5615 days ago 414 posts - 543 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German, French Studies: Japanese, Korean, Maori, Scottish Gaelic, Arabic (Levantine), Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Written) | Message 88 of 102 10 February 2012 at 10:51am | IP Logged | ||
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You are making me want to learn Swahili! Hehe made me smile that you said you were Kenyan
:) Just wait till you can pull it off! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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