Or Kenya!!

It is finals time for me, so that means I am spending my days in a vicious cycle of reading, doing random things to avoid writing my papers (like posting this), drinking coffee, stressing, giving up, having intellectual break-throughs, drinking coffee and then writing ten pages in half an hour. Somewhere in there I am participating in an internal debate, weighing the pros and cons of going to Hong Kong or Kenya.

Here is the update. I am doing an interview over Skype on Tuesday night with the people at the Hong Kong Refugee Advice Center. They have some funding now and are interested in taking one or maybe even two of us. However, I am kind of disenchanted with the whole situation in Hong Kong because of how it has been handled and am really digging on this other opportunity in Kenya. The organization there let me know that they have a great project for me and I believe the school is going to pay the difference for having to change the flights, etc.

I might have to change the name of this blog...

to Brazil!! I just got done working for the UNICEF conference and met Marcio with UNICEF Brazil. They are doing amazing work there and I offered to be an intern, he said they needed tons of help. So I am sending him my resume and he is going to find out if they can offer me any money, etc. Here is an article about the program I would be working on - hopefully!

This is pretty exciting since I was pretty scared this week about the options. More later!

Maybe not....

So I found out today that the Human Rights Center that I was going to work for has lost funding and is only taking one student from the New School since their workload will be cut. I am sure that Mansura, a friend of mine in the program, will get it because she has had experience doing this exact sort of thing. I am pretty disappointed but am going to try and turn this into an even better opportunity!

So I am left wondering what to do... I can let the New School try to place me with another organization that they don't have any experience with and see how that goes, or I can find an internship myself (anywhere in the world) and receive credit for working with them OR I can stay in New York doing some sort of combination of working, interning and class taking.

What to do, what to do.... any suggestions?

the journey begins!

I finally bought my flight from Emily, my old friend at STA Travel! So it is official. I am really going to Hong Kong in less than two months. Here's my schedule for those of you who are going to be watching the plane on your computer (mom).

leave 09 Jun - Cathay Pacific CX831 JFK 2:55pm
arrive 10 Jun - HKG 6:50pm

leave 03 Aug - Cathay Pacific CX840 HKG 6:40pm
arrive 03 Aug - JFK 10:00pm