‘There is a lot of stuff we don’t know. That does not make it nonexistent, it just makes us ignorant.’ My father used to tell me this, I guess rephrasing Socrates’ motto ‘all I know is that I know nothing’.
After four weeks in Uganda and Tanzania that is how I feel: there is a lot of [...]
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Leave your commentThe tunnel. The legs you see belong to the nightstand, so you have an idea of scale
The little bugs rebuilding part of the destroyed tunnel January 8th, 2009 | Author: hugorila |
Leave your commentLeave the University Inn Turn left into the goat path before hitting the road Go all the way through the pinneaple and corn field Climb the small dirt hill And turn right into the main road When you see the dumpster on your right you’re really close to URI Walk 50 meters and you’ll see URI banner. You arrived at [...] January 6th, 2009 | Author: hugorila |
Leave your commentSarah with one of the tailors Emily, Joseph, myself and Sarah First day at work. Yesterday we were introduced to everyone and we scheduled for this morning a conference call with Irene, the CEO of the organization who we briefly met in Kampala. The 5 minute walk to the office is made through the middle of bushes, pineapple and [...] January 6th, 2009 | Author: hugorila |
Leave your commentYou know you’re in a totally different world when you hear radio commercials like this. Three women talking:W1 – I don’t know what to do. I just got tested HIV positive.W2 – Don’t panic, you should go to a doctor and start medication right away. I was tested HIV positive a few years ago and my doctor [...] December 14th, 2008 | Author: hugorila |
Leave your commentThis is an adventure of fours. The 4th of January sets the kick-off of our project, the day we all arrive in Uganda. By we I mean the 4 MIT students who will be working with URI in Mbarara, in the southwest of Uganda. The 4 of us represent 4 different nationalities: Emily from the US, Sarah [...] November 28th, 2008 | Author: hugorila |
Leave your commentOntem foi natal antecipado aqui na América. Natal antecipado porque é a festa da família por excelência aqui, quando toda a gente voa para a terra natal para comer o perú com todos. E como é óbvio, os caipiraus não quiseram ficar atrás da tradição e seguiram a tradicional ceia festiva. Perú assado, puré, miúdos, cranberry [...] August 24th, 2008 | Author: hugorila |
Leave your commentNo final da minha primeira semana de férias pelo Brasil acho que é tempo de falar das últimas novidades. A primeira é que estou de férias A outra é que tenho uma oferta para trabalhar a full time em São Paulo a partir do próximo verão (inverno em SP) , o que são óptimas notícias. [...] August 6th, 2008 | Author: hugorila |
at least someone read this postContinuo na senda dos vídeos. Desta vez recorro aos nacionais para falar do meu team mate. Todos os dias faço um esforço por não me partir a rir de cada vez que o meu colega de equipa se põe a relatar as reuniões com o cliente. Conversa de ontem (literal, apenas oculto identidade dos envolvidos): - Então como [...] August 3rd, 2008 | Author: hugorila |
Leave your commentEu sei que deveria ser mais cauteloso sempre que alguém anuncia algum tipo de facilidades mas acho que faz parte da natureza humana querer acreditar no melhor dos cenários. E assim eu quis acreditar quando me diziam que o ‘summer internship’ em consultoria seria um ‘walk in the park’ porque eles querem convencer-nos a aceitar a [...] |
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