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Zoomzoomzim: January 2011
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Sunday, 30 January 2011. Zoom zoom zoom, we have made it to Zim. As an opening to Zoomzoomzim, I thought I would give a little snapshot of our first full week in Zimbabwe of what we've found good (G) here, or not so good (NSG). G: A very good journey out to Zimbabwe with Amandine and Zélie on top behaviour. NSG: That we had to run across half of Terminal 5 with the girls half naked in order not to miss our flight (who said we were last minute? G: A very friendly welcome by Tearfund staff in Zimbabwe.
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Zoomzoomzim: Innocent versus security company
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Tuesday, 7 June 2011. Innocent versus security company. Our house is located on a small but beautiful complex in posh Harare. There are some massive advantages to live on a complex. First, it is possible to get to know our neighbours a little bit, but also because it has got good security and we don't have to worry about it. To add to my concern, Pedzi confirmed Innocent's desperate situation to the point that he had to ask to be fed by some house staff on the complex. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Zoomzoomzim: If you thought that was the conclusion...
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Thursday, 2 June 2011. If you thought that was the conclusion. Here is another story about travelling and crossing borders. The next day, Pedzi goes to fetch her at lunch time (which implies jumping on an overcrowded commuter bus to the main bus station in town, and back again) and turns up again late in the afternoon. “I'm so sorry I'm late. I had to wait for two hours because my sister's bus broke down. Come and see my sister”. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). They stole the phone of a dying man.
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Zoomzoomzim: The love of international travels
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Thursday, 2 June 2011. The love of international travels. I have been very quiet in the last weeks. Several reasons for it: laziness (always), slow and irregular Internet connection, lack of inspiration, but also because we've had to go away for a few weeks rather unexpectedly. After three weeks in the UK and in France (we loved it! It felt so good to be “home” again. The Nicholson family got into the other car whilst we left Edward sorting this out. We got home at last, and were so pleased to be gre...
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A Brunskill Abroad: Elections, and some other stuff
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Making a home in Havana. Sunday, 10 May 2015. Elections, and some other stuff. Knesset has fewer groups which support settlements, fewer Orthodox lawmakers, more Arabs and a record number of women. A lot of analysts are also predicting that the government won’t last that long ( http:/ www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.655471. Chaim: So, Hannah (yes, he still calls me Hannah after 6 months and me reminding him EVERY time that it’s Anna). 8211; who did you vote for? Me: No one. I’m not Israeli. Was predic...
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Zoomzoomzim: Valentine
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Monday, 14 February 2011. Today was Valentine's day. Today, Ben bought a brand new washing machine and had it delivered to the house whilst he was at work. How romantic is that? Well, sadly that's made my day! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Oliver O'Donovan - The Wreck of Catholic Identity: Marriage Canon Revision in the Scottish Episcopal Church. They stole the phone of a dying man. View my complete profile. Simple template. Powered by Blogger.
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Zoomzoomzim: The car saga
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Monday, 21 March 2011. Just like that. This is an account of the path we followed to get (nearly) there:. Ben called on the help of Chenjerai, a very knowledgeable car mechanic friendly to Tearfund who had given excellent advice on a few purchases. They toured dozens of car dealers over a period of about three days, with disappointing results. After we made the transfer. Joy, intense happiness, clap clap clap, Amarula chin chin, we are all over the moon. Well done us! End of the story. but not quite.
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A Brunskill Abroad: October 2012
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Making a home in Havana. Monday, 15 October 2012. What is the point? The point of life, I mean. One of my favourite quotes is this one:. My question- that which at the age of fifty brought me to the verge of suicide – was the simplest of questions lying in the soul of every man….a question without an answer to which one cannot live. It was: “What will come of what I am doing today or tomorrow? What will come of my whole life? Why should I live, why wish for anything, or do anything? Is it my job? I feel ...
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A Brunskill Abroad: September 2012
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Making a home in Havana. Wednesday, 26 September 2012. Middle Eastern customer service: a post-script. So, the other week I wrote a long post bitching about Israeli customer service and how truly appalling it is. It turns out that customer service in the OPT isn't that much better and the following incident was just too shocking/annoying/ridiculous to be left un-blogged (as it were). Firstly, that was clearly bollocks and secondly, easy love, who rattled your cage? Posted by Anna-Marie Brunskill. Israeli...
