Pre-Chile haircut. Thanks, Cris!
| Less than a week left before I hop on a jumbo jet headed to Chile, and my purse got stolen at a Tango festival in Ann Arbor. And so began the frantic scramble to replace my license, student ID, credit cards, cell phone, etc. The only priceless and irreplaceable loss was my favorite pair of “Spartan Tuba” sweatpants, which I’d had for 7 years. I’m giving myself a week to grieve and then I’m hoping that the sunny summer days in Chile will make me forget I ever needed sweats. I can’t believe that in just a few days I’ll be back in La Serena, where I’ll finally get a chance to sharpen all of the fuzzy mental images I’ve retained from my childhood. The food, the city, my family, my friends, the landscapes, the culture, the slang! I’m excited yet nervous, as I’ll only be in Serena for 2 weeks before I head down to Valparaiso, where I’ll move in with my host family and start my new job at a feminist NGO dedicated to promoting women’s reproductive rights. I still don’t quite know what I’ll be doing at my job, but I guess I’ll figure that out once I get there. In the meantime, I’m keeping my fingers crossed that my Chilean passport arrives before my scheduled departure date.Deep breath, Jess… Ready or not, here I go!
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1 response so far ↓
Jacobine van Weel // October 5, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Hi Jessica,
As two motivated sixth year medical students from the Netherlands, we are looking for an educational project in Chile in the Public Health sector to participate in. I came upon your blog and read about the work you did for the NGO on woman rights and though it a really interesting project. I wondered if you maybe have a phonenumber/e-mail adres from this NGO to contact them?
Thanks!! Jacobine van Weel