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My first blog. Mhhh. I just realised that this blog is being started on thanksgiving. Getting stuffed with turkey has made me realise the things I am thankful for. One of those things is the opportunity to go to Botswana for 5 months on the ACM Botswana Program. I can still vividly remember getting back to my room around midnight, logging into my school email and leaping into the air in excitement! My poor room mate was woken up but who is to judge when good things happen?
I am still debating which part is more exciting to me. Seeing Botswana for the first time? Learning Setswana? Going to an African university? Learning about HIV/AIDS and designing my own project?
This thanksgiving marks the start of most of my practical preparations for Botswana. These include finding a storage place for the belonging I can not take with me and packing for things to take with me to Botswana. In the next couple of days I need to come up with a list of all the things I need to take with me.
I AM SO EXCITED TO GO TO BOTSWANA! At the same time, I am a little anxious about how it is going to be like. I am a junior here in Colorado College and I went to high school in Singapore before coming to college here. I am used to leaving one place for another but I honestly think it is different each time. The experience is never the same and having left home and left one place for another only makes you ready for this new experience; it takes away the fear and gives you hope that everything is going to be alright. I wonder what this is going to be like...