Thursday, February 20, 2014

Walk a Mile in our Interent.....

In the west, we can not imagine what is required to have internet. 
Let me explain the process;

1. purchase a 1 or 2 day credit for the internet (no sense purchasing more, as they expire whether or not you actually used the internet during that time period)
2. Come home and enter the number from the credit, by cell phone, to the server
3. Oh....the cell phone is out of credits
4. Wait until someone is able to go out and purchase phone credits
5. Enter said credits in phone and repeat step 2
6. Oh dear, the phone battery is dead....plug in phone
7. Power is out, wait until it comes again, and when it has, finish charging your phone
8. When charged, repeat step 2
9. Yikes! The internet credit has expired!
10. Return to step 1 !!!!


No wonder these are the most patient and accepting people on earth!

Walk a Mile in our Interent.....

In the west, we can not imagine what is required to have internet. 
Let me explain the process;

1. purchase a 1 or 2 day credit for the internet (no sense purchasing more, as they expire whether or not you actually used the internet during that time period)
2. Come home and enter the number from the credit, by cell phone, to the server
3. Oh....the cell phone is out of credits
4. Wait until someone is able to go out and purchase phone credits
5. Enter said credits in phone and repeat step 2
6. Oh dear, the phone battery is dead....plug in phone
7. Power is out, wait until it comes again, and when it has, finish charging your phone
8. When charged, repeat step 2
9. Yikes! The internet credit has expired!
10. Return to step 1 !!!!


No wonder these are the most patient and accepting people on earth!

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Finishing one last seminar this week, and then it is time to return. The flights home will be 32 hours. It is a huge adjustment in every way. I need to remember to eat as Congolese as possible and transition back. Must turn my nights to days and visa versa. But the biggest change is social. Culture shock is real!
and then there is the climate..........I wonder how long one can stay indoors?

Finishing one last seminar this week, and then it is time to return. The flights home will be 32 hours. It is a huge adjustment in every way. I need to remember to eat as Congolese as possible and transition back. Must turn my nights to days and visa versa. But the biggest change is social. Culture shock is real!
and then there is the climate..........I wonder how long one can stay indoors?