Dearest Friends and Family, I would like to introduce to you The Lightning Project!! I have been working with my Aunt Sharon and her class and a nearby primary (elementary) school in Kananage village for the past year with the WorldWise School Correspondence program within the Peace Corps. This program allows the Ugandan schoolchildren to [...]
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Hey Peeps! Long time no blog! I feel like I’ve been super-Uganda-confined for the past month or two, but I now need to make and online comeback! Especially because I’ve been in Uganda for 400 days now! And it’s crazy to think I’ve now celebrated two birthdays in Uganda and that I spend my entire [...]
Hey everyone! It’s crazy to think about that I’ve been here for a whole year! It seems like such a long time, but it’s also flown by. I’ve made some great friends and had some really good times and of course I’m missing you all at home! When I lay in bed at night I [...]
So, I’ve been looking for a project that will help the community and of something substantial, rather than just doing small things around the office, this could be it – but I’m going to need your feedback, ideas and eventually if you’d like to help some kids in my district of Uganda – a few [...]
I know it’s a lot of posting in one day! But I have actually felt like writing in the past 24 hours, so I figured I’d just get it all out. And a special treat at the bottom is the results of the incredibly hilarious Darwin Awards – about people who were so stupid that [...]
……Continued from Part 1.. Back in Entebbe after a 6 hour drive to the Guest House. It was really meant to break up the trip from Kibale back to Kamuli. So we had a decent Ugandan dinner and breakfast and then took the 4 hour drive from Entebbe through Kampala to the east side of [...]
As promised, my friends, here is my blog about my parents visit and hopefully soon my parents will put the pictures up to add a little pizazz to this blog. It’s a seriously long blog, so I’m posting the first half now and the rest later. Let’s start off with a meaningful quote from [...]
Hey Everyone, You may or may not be curious about my latest goings on in Ugandizzle. I haven’t posted/been online much since my parents came and I definitely want to write about that trip and about how wonderful it was to have my parents here and how I thought my mom would’ve had enough of [...]
I fergot me camera at home, so I stole a bunch of good pictures from other people’s albums and made me own album for ya (I meant my, but it makes me sound Irish so I’m going to leave it lol)! here it be… http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.724799429040.2269741.6908232&l=cd97fc9d71 May the pig and 2 chickens rest in piece. The [...]
Be warned – this is going to be an extra-long one. Dear Loyal Readers, Sorry about my lack of blogging over the past month or so. Or maybe I’m not sorry. I saved you from at least a half hour of your lifetime reading about me complaining about something I signed up for. When I [...]
I’ve been waiting to write a blog when I was in a positive mood or about a good day. But it seems that I’ve only wanted to write a blog after a bad day. And I don’t believe I’ve written a blog after a bad day yet, maybe I have. But last time I had [...]
It is my favorite saying — “There are only two types of situations: Situations that are in your control and situations that are out of your control. If something is out of you’re control, there is no need to worry about it. You can’t do anything about it and therefore you must move on. If [...]
Hello amigos/mikwano, Let me just tell you. We’ve been planning and planning and taking precautions and talking and speculating and dreaming and pondering — about these elections that took place on Friday. Now, I didn’t necessarily want there to be an Egyptian/Tunisian/Bahrainian/Yemenite/Cote d’ivorian/Nigerian/Algerian/Djiboutian style revolution in Uganda (yes, if you read the news, there is [...]
Dearest Peeps.. You either must be really bored or really love my blog if you’ve read all 3 posts in this one day. Just FYI. But here is the promised blog about rafting with pictures! And within the next few days, I will post about my weekend with my friend and my recent work life. [...]
Blog written on February 1, 2011: Reflection on IST (In-Service Training) Dearest Family and Friends, My internet is still not working so when you receive / see this blog posting, I will be permanent online unless I encounter the same problem with my USB stick modem. So, I reloaded my monthly package when I was [...]
Blog written on January 30, 2011: Dearest Friends and Family, Just quick note – my internet modem has been giving me problems for a while, so that’s why I haven’t been online at all, which is terrible for me because it makes my life so boring lol! And it makes me even more lonely, I’m [...]
Happy New Year Everyone! 2011 is starting off as a wonderful year, though it is a bit scary and intimidating that I will be spending the entire year in Uganda. We kick started it with a trip to Jinja and a day spent on a beautiful island on the Nile, which I will write about [...]
Merry Christmas Everyone!!! And Happy New Year soon! So, I just posted how I was before Christmas.. and now let me tell you about my Ugandan Christmas and my first Christmas away from home. But.. you should also read Anna’s blog about the Christmas preparations before my arrival and there’s some pictures on there of [...]
Blog for Monday, December 20, 2010 — stay tuned for an after Christmas blog in about an hour. Hey everyone! So I wrote this blog on Monday, December 20, 2010, at the current moment, I have no internet. So I probably won’t be posting this until before or after Christmas time. By then, I will [...]
Hey everyone hope all is well. Can’t really sleep over here it’s about 2 am and I’m goin strong! But if I misspell some things, well, you’re just going to have to get over it. So I only have 3 things for you right now. Tomorrow or the next day I’m going to write a [...]
Sorry if anyone sent a package to the incorrect address that I had put on a previous blog! The correct one is: Dan Popielarski PO BOX 177 Kamuli, Basoga, Uganda I will be attempting to recover the previous packages soon! An unrecognizable american/polish name, and the fact that Kampala is in Buganda not Busoga [...]
Animals I kill in my house: Ants (sometimes, but where there’s one, there’s many) Fruitflies Mosquitos Odd, unidentifiable bugs Bugs that crawl on my wall and/or scare me Moths (I kill them if they don’t take the hint to get out the window when I swat them nearby) The green kind of bug that looks [...]
Well, had a pretty good relaxing weekend. And back to work today was hard. On Saturday we had a staff meeting for about an hour which went really well. And I’m also doing a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) Analysis on my organization.. So I got everyone’s responses for that.. and compiled them today. I’m [...]
So as the title states, I’m settling in slowly. With the small daily setbacks that only Uganda and Africa can bring. But before I get to that just some funny things of life here. Yesterday, I had a some really funny encounters with the neighbors. The first went like this with Neighbor A, and Neighbor [...]
Perhaps you are there? I am there. How are you sir? Good. How are you madam? Good. I’m happy to see you. and you as well. How is there? great. How is there? great. thanks for asking. — a traditional greeting translated here So. before leaving Wakiso for Kampala for the counterpart-supervisor-volunteer workshop.. I decided [...]
Kamuli means “little you all are.” If you break down the word in Lusoga (I don’t know if this is right or not) but Ka = little , mu = you all , li = are . So. Anyways. Kamuli! This is the place that I’m going to be living for the next two years! [...]
Yoga! (hello, in dhipadola [language spoken in the east near Kenya]) — This is going to be a long long one, so have a seat. I’m just sitting at home right now.. finally have a moment to relax and have the modem back which actually has some data on it thanks to my dear friend [...]
What’s up blog readers? This is going to be a long one probably because I have nothing better to do really. Well, regarding the title I’ve feeling a bit sick today and yesterday. I didn’t go to training today because I didn’t really want to get anyone else sick or have to sneeze 50000 times [...]
Hey everyone.. so I’ve been to the internet cafe(s) about 5 times to try and go on the internet and no luck… either the power’s been down in the the town or the cafes are closed or something! Even right now the window isn’t big enough to see all the text that I’m writing so sorry [...]
It’s 12:01, on 8/9/10! I’m leaving in five hours and probably shouldn’t be up right now. BUT I just wanted to let you all know that tomorrow I leave for philly — flight leaves at 7:05 from bing to philly .. stay there till tues (cerca 2 am) and then head to JFK –> Jo’burg [...]
[Australian accent -->] ‘ALLO EVERY WON! This is gon’a be a lowng won! Learning the Language of Lovely Luganda! So, I’m learning how to say small phrases and basic things in Luganda (the main language in southern Uganda, spoken by over 10 million people, approximately 33% of the country)!!! The Peace Corps has 12 Luganda [...]
So it’s official! I’ve made all my airplane plans. And PC has booked a hotel. Well, I’m going to be leaving my job on 7/30 and venturing to my parents house in NY that night.. wishing farewell to my friends for (hopefully less, if they come visit) two point five years, possibly longer. Dad’s side going [...]
If anyone hasn’t seen this, here is the recent news from Uganda. Bad News: http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/07/12/uganda.bombings/index.html neutralized with some good news and interesting background on Ugandan kingdoms: http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/04/18/uganda.teen.king/index.html?iref=allsearch Updates from an insider who is currently serving in PC Uganda just said via facebook: “FYI – All volunteers are accounted for and we are all on “standfast” which means [...]
Hey my friends! I hope that you are all enjoying this blog (cranberry bog!) and related posts! But I think I had mentioned earlier that I wanted to do mostly business work while I’m in Uganda. That aspiration will obviously be determined by the needs of my community of course; if my community has a [...]
Bi the weigh, (if you haven’t already noticed) I like parentheses (a lot). So I’m going to be starting off anew somewhere (in a galaxy) far, far away. I’m awefully excited, nervous, scared and can’t-wait-to-leave-but-not-ready-to-go! Basically, a run down of my Peace Corps (PC) service…. We start off at staging.. which I’m not sure is either [...]
Me! I got my invitation to serve in Uganda on Thursday of last week! I’m going to be serving as an Economic Development volunteer in the CHED (Community Health and Economic Development) program of Uganda! Now, there will definitely be some health projects, but I’m really hoping they pair me up with a microfinance organization [...]
Deeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrr Diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiarrry, Hey! What’s up Doc? So, this is my new blog, I guess. Everytime I write blog, I accidentally spell it bog, and then I think of cranberries. So, as of right now, I just talked to my PO (placement, not probabtion) yesterday, and she is sending me an invitation in the mail to [...]
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