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Preparing for Malawi

Well, time is running and my "to do list" is still quite long. The good news is that my flights to Malawi have been confirmed and I will be flying out on the 4th of February. So there is less than 3 weeks to go which at times brings a slight "panic related feelings" but calms down fast after realizing that 3 weeks is plenty of time to get everything sorted out.

Autumn time passed fast with all the training we had to do with VSO. It seemed a lot in the beginning and I was wondering how am I going to survive all those studies both in England and online. If you come with an academic background it must be not that bad at all. But if you come with less studying background like I did it really seems like a whole lot of work to do, with lots of paper work, lots of big issues packed with big words! But now when I look back at it all it's been amazing times, have learned so much, enjoyed the conversations with other volunteers and had so much fun too! And I am happy that the continues learning will go on also after I arrive to Malawi.

So everyone, I will keep you updated on what's going on through my blog mainly. Any VSO volunteers in anywhere in the world, I would be happy to get in touch with you also so send me your blog address if you're writing one.

It's snowing outside... how glad am I to travel to the warm heart of Africa soon, just guess.. :)

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