Andrew:
A very sincere, heartfelt "hurrah" for your choices, and for the courage in
taking these decisions. While I am not intimately familiar with CUSO, I
certainly know of it and have deep respect for it. (Question: Will you leave
before the election? ;-) )
I am DYING to print on fibre again. I do not have the facilities for a real
darkroom right now. I am going so far as to include the desire for that in
looking to move to a house that can accomodate it.
Will you be able to communicate with us from Laos?
Bon chance!
Earl
Go Leafs Go
Oh Canada!
God Save the Queen
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On 6/16/2004 at 2:23 AM Andrew Dacey wrote:
>Sorry about the OT but I wanted to share a big move for me with the
>list.
>
>Early in May I left my job in technical support because I was just so
>fed up with the work environment. Since then I've been unemployed and
>focusing on 2 continuing ed courses I'm taking (Advanced Photo and
>Advanced Photoshop). Having the extra time to get into the darkroom is
>really helpful and I think my printing is improving a lot (not to
>mention getting into printing on fibre paper).
>
>The big change for me though is that last week I was offered a position
>with CUSO which will station me in Laos for 4-6 months. CUSO is
>Canadian international development organisation (http://www.cuso.org).
>My position is part of their "Netcorps" programme which sends youths to
>work on IT projects in various developing countries. It's essentially a
>volunteer position with CUSO providing a cost of living stipend.
>
>I'm pretty excited to have the opportunity to experience anther culture
>like this and to also have a job which is within my skill sets but that
>I feel is more meaningful/rewarding work. At the same time, this came
>up pretty suddenly and somewhat unexpectedly so it's a bit of a shock.
>
>The current anticipated start time would be for late September but I
>gather that's during the raining season so this may get changed.
>
>So I'm a bit excited and apprehensive at the same time but I think it's
>a really interesting opportunity.
>
>[OM content], being gone for 4-6 months I definitely plan on taking a
>kit. Especially when I consider the potential for travel once my work
>is completed. There are some other gear related concerns that I may
>have to post about in the future.
>
>Andrew "Frugal" Dacey
>frugal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>http://www.tildefrugal.net/
>
>
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