Gambia Living

2009-10-03T13:54:00.001-07:00

Hello Again! I’m happy to report that I have now been unemployed for one week now. It has already been quite eventful. I was very happy to put in my final day at work and leave on a good note. We’ve since moved into our new apartment that is just down the road from our old place. A cute one-bedroom in the corner of a large family-owned rental compound. So, what’s next?

2009-10-03T13:54:00.000-07:00

Hello, again

2009-09-22T08:48:00.001-07:00

Wow. My most recent posts on this blog are from seven months ago. Seven months. I don't know how that much time could have passed, leaving me without a single electronic record (besides angst-written emails to friends and family) of all the hard lessons I have learned along the way. I guess that I was just so caught up in surviving this whirlwind we call life that I had no time to keep records.No

2009-02-26T12:47:00.000-08:00

I feel dead tired, but I just want to force myself to type this post so I can remember the way I feel today. As I'm sure you've noticed, I recently fell into the blogging abyss despite my promises to update more. I'm not even going to apologize. I was reading online that if you want to have a successful blog, you have to commit to posting at least two times per week. That will never happen. This

A public relations nightmare

2009-01-22T06:42:00.000-08:00

Just to give everyone an idea of what a Client & Marketing Manager is up against in The Gambia, let me relay a brief timeline:Early November: Approached by Habibu Ceesay of Business Digest to write a feature article about Pristine Consulting for an IT special issue. I agree on the terms that Pristine is given prior review (I know hearing this hurts all those journalism junkie readers out there,

A different new year's resolution

2009-01-07T09:57:00.000-08:00

When I drink my Nescafe instant coffee in the morning, I almost always look out the window of my balcony to a breathtaking view of a green ocean and remind myself that home is only an ocean away. I think that if I squint hard enough, the east coast will come into focus. My apartment complex is located where the Gambia River meets the Atlantic Ocean. Just a few steps down the beach of my apartment

Hello again!

2009-01-04T07:16:00.000-08:00

Geez, it's been way too long since my last post. October 15th? I can hardly even recall the events of the past two months because they've passed in such a blur so I won't even try to summarize them all in a boring list. No, I'm going even further to announce a new direction for Gambia Living. A rebranding if you will. I'm ready to chronicle my current life in a more real way and less "traveler's

Honeymoon

2008-10-15T17:13:00.000-07:00

Last week it seemed that my happy-go-lucky, life-is-perfect streak came to an abrupt end.I definitely came down with malaria and waited a week too long to act on my symptoms. I ended up so sick. More sick than I thought possible in life. I would have shivering chills one second and then the next second a burning fever would spread throughout my entire body. I first thought I had common-cold,

The Good Life

2008-09-29T06:06:00.000-07:00

I honestly feel like I should pinch myself. This weekend, I moved into the most beautiful apartment complex known to man. I now live less than five minutes away from my workplace. I have a challenging job and a wonderful boyfriend. Things just couldn’t get any better, but I feel like I am just asking for it to end by putting it down on paper (or the electronic equivalent of paper, anyway). The

Detention

2008-09-16T02:37:00.000-07:00

Unfortunately, I'm not referring to high school style detention. No, I was actually really detained this weekend in Nigeria. But, before I can get to that story, I should provide a pretty monstrous update on my recent activities.As many of you know, I started working in The Gambia. I work for a company called Pristine Consulting, which is a technology company providing the full spectrum of

Hello!

2008-07-23T02:43:00.000-07:00

Hello from Gambia!Thanks for taking a moment to check out my blog for this trip. All of my friends and family know how much it means to me to be back in Gambia again and I truly thank each and every one of you that put up with me the last year as I attempted to figure out what to do with my life.Well, I'm finally back and I couldn't be happier. I arrived in Dakar, Senegal last Thursday morning

Buunaa!

2008-06-22T23:15:00.000-07:00

Welcome to what will be my journal of my experiences living and working in Gambia. I leave on July 16th, so look for new posts around that time.Thanks!-Michelle