Comments for 1person http://1person.wordpress.com A 50 year old grandma in the Peace Corps?! Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:09:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on 26 November 2009 Crème Caramel and more by Suzie http://1person.wordpress.com/2009/12/11/26-november-2009-creme-caramel-and-more/#comment-881 Suzie Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:09:54 +0000 http://1person.wordpress.com/?p=619#comment-881 Hi, Vicky. I am a Peace Corps nominee for a computer science/IT position in Sub-Saharan Africa. I was wondering if all PCVs in this field end up teaching computer science, and how technical you have to be. I wasn't a CS major or anything but have worked with computers at school and work (newspaper web site) for 20 years or so. I'm also working on a Web Master certificate. Thanks! Hi, Vicky.

I am a Peace Corps nominee for a computer science/IT position in Sub-Saharan Africa. I was wondering if all PCVs in this field end up teaching computer science, and how technical you have to be. I wasn’t a CS major or anything but have worked with computers at school and work (newspaper web site) for 20 years or so. I’m also working on a Web Master certificate.

Thanks!

]]> Comment on Apologies 24 November 2009 by Debra Unruh http://1person.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/apologies-24-november-2009/#comment-880 Debra Unruh Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:17:16 +0000 http://1person.wordpress.com/?p=603#comment-880 A belated happy Thanksgiving to you! My oldest daughter, Christine, invited her parents to Billings, Montana for the holiday weekend. We talked to Elyse who was at the Ambassador's for the Thanksgiving feast. Black Friday here, the day after Thanksgiving. Try explaining that to a Ghana friend! Take care, Debra A belated happy Thanksgiving to you! My oldest daughter, Christine, invited her parents to Billings, Montana for the holiday weekend. We talked to Elyse who was at the Ambassador’s for the Thanksgiving feast. Black Friday here, the day after Thanksgiving. Try explaining that to a Ghana friend! Take care, Debra

]]> Comment on Happy Birthday to Me! by tenacious4Yeshua http://1person.wordpress.com/2008/11/19/happy-birthday-to-me/#comment-874 tenacious4Yeshua Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:00:38 +0000 http://1person.wordpress.com/?p=365#comment-874 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!! No, you don't know me, but after I finished writing my "Happy Birthday to Me" post, I decided to search it out and deliver birthday greetings to other bloggers... Ghana... Wow! Been to Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, but never Ghana. I'm just a year behind ya so we'll see where I land on my 51st birthday :) HB2Y HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!! No, you don’t know me, but after I finished writing my “Happy Birthday to Me” post, I decided to search it out and deliver birthday greetings to other bloggers… Ghana… Wow! Been to Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, but never Ghana. I’m just a year behind ya so we’ll see where I land on my 51st birthday :) HB2Y

]]> Comment on The Sun on this Rubble by Amadu Bah http://1person.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/the-sun-on-this-rubble/#comment-870 Amadu Bah Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:15:32 +0000 http://1person.wordpress.com/?p=312#comment-870 i thank you 4 ur good work may the al-maighty be please with u 4 every where you are God bless you. i thank you 4 ur good work may the al-maighty be please with u 4 every where you are God bless you.

]]> Comment on About Me by Paul http://1person.wordpress.com/about-me/#comment-867 Paul Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:54:58 +0000 http://1person.wordpress.com/?page_id=160#comment-867 Hi Aunt Vickie, I have been reading your blog the past 3 nights and have been most impressed by its rich detail, serious sense of purpose, humor, fairness and mature perspective. It reads like an adventure novel, which it is . A Ghanaian citizen resident in New York, I have set myself the task of assessing my country's progress or lack of it through the eyes of visiting foreigners like peace corps volunteers, not overly rich but resourceful. While the description of your work in your adopted community may not be the economic and social analysis that a textbook will present, the narrative helps me form a clear picture of the conditions prevailing in the country having lived there myself up to the mid- eighties. Bravo and continue the good work. Paul. PS: A rather painful experience coming back from Burkina. My advice to you is always stick to your original travel plan/itinerary and do not cut corners. Hi Aunt Vickie,
I have been reading your blog the past 3 nights and have been most impressed by its rich detail, serious sense of purpose, humor, fairness and mature perspective. It reads like an adventure novel, which it is .
A Ghanaian citizen resident in New York, I have set myself the task of assessing my country’s progress or lack of it through the eyes of visiting foreigners like peace corps volunteers, not overly rich but resourceful. While the description of your work in your adopted community may not be the economic and social analysis that a textbook will present, the narrative helps me form a clear picture of the conditions prevailing in the country having lived there myself up to the mid- eighties. Bravo and continue the good work. Paul.

PS: A rather painful experience coming back from Burkina. My advice to you is always stick to your original travel plan/itinerary and do not cut corners.

]]> Comment on Day 3 20 Aug 2009 Day 3 by Kat Ryan http://1person.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/day-3-20-aug-2009-day-3/#comment-863 Kat Ryan Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:54:44 +0000 http://1person.wordpress.com/?p=575#comment-863 Vicki, Way back when when I was in Ghana, it was exactly the same. Cedis were a soft currency not exchangeable or useful over any border. It was Peace Corps who had told us this during training. They decided to pay us some traveling money so they reduced our living allowance by 20 cedis and paid us that money in dollars instead. I remember picking up 7 months worth on my first trip back to Accra. We also received American dollars as vacation money: 6 dollars per vacation day for the two we were allowed each month. I felt rich that first trip to Accra. Vicki,
Way back when when I was in Ghana, it was exactly the same. Cedis were a soft currency not exchangeable or useful over any border. It was Peace Corps who had told us this during training. They decided to pay us some traveling money so they reduced our living allowance by 20 cedis and paid us that money in dollars instead. I remember picking up 7 months worth on my first trip back to Accra. We also received American dollars as vacation money: 6 dollars per vacation day for the two we were allowed each month. I felt rich that first trip to Accra.

]]> Comment on Poem by megan fox http://1person.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/poem-2/#comment-862 megan fox Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:34:32 +0000 http://1person.wordpress.com/?p=318#comment-862 Sign: umsun Hello!!! rcuwwymhyw and 7031ssgfhphzye and 1347Thanks. We look forward to hearing from you again and for your opinions on the world of work. Sign: umsun Hello!!! rcuwwymhyw and 7031ssgfhphzye and 1347Thanks. We look forward to hearing from you again and for your opinions on the world of work.

]]> Comment on 4 July 2009 – Happy Independence Day! by Iris and Bob Larsson http://1person.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/4-july-2009-happy-independence-day/#comment-856 Iris and Bob Larsson Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:31:31 +0000 http://1person.wordpress.com/?p=543#comment-856 Hi Vicky, I have been following your commentary on life in Ghana. Not necessarily on a regular basis, but once in a while. What an experience you have been having. I am happy for you. I recently took a new David Baldacci book from the library, and when Kathy Merlino checked it out for me... she said he was so good looking. I had to agree with her and we reminisced at the "crush" you have on Stewart O'Nan. Hope all continues to go well for you. Just wanted to know we were thinking of you. Iris and Bob Larsson Hi Vicky,

I have been following your commentary on life in Ghana. Not necessarily on
a regular basis, but once in a while. What an experience you have been having. I am happy for you.

I recently took a new David Baldacci book from the library, and when Kathy
Merlino checked it out for me… she said he was so good looking. I had to
agree with her and we reminisced at the “crush” you have on Stewart O’Nan.

Hope all continues to go well for you. Just wanted to know we were thinking of you. Iris and Bob Larsson

]]> Comment on Poem by sandraraven http://1person.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/poem-2/#comment-852 sandraraven Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:24:37 +0000 http://1person.wordpress.com/?p=318#comment-852 Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post... nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R. Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

]]> Comment on 17 June 2009 My House by Sara http://1person.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/17-june-2009-my-house/#comment-845 Sara Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:38:21 +0000 http://1person.wordpress.com/?p=510#comment-845 HOUSE ENVY! :-) I think I might recognize that blue tone... maybe.... love the Obama chair too. HOUSE ENVY!

:-)

I think I might recognize that blue tone… maybe…. love the Obama chair too.

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