ukulele

Handover and coffee tours

Posted on April 10, 2011

My replacement (Amy) is here and my handover is complete :) It’s a nice feeling. Today I took Amy for a final drive around base making sure to point out all the decent coffee shops. My handover also involved teaching Amy how to play the ukulele. I’ll leave Amy my... [Read More]
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Two Weeks Left in Afghanistan

Posted on April 4, 2011

Two weeks left in country :) In Kandahar city, 16 km away, 17 UN workers were killed by a mob who were pissed off about some guy in the US burning the Koran. It really annoyed me that a book can create so much hate. It’s not just the Koran,... [Read More]
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Kiva Micro Finance

Posted on June 29, 2010

Yesterday I had a very conversation with my doctor. She had just finished a masters in politics and I didn’t have anything wrong with me so we ended up talking about global issues. She introduced me to Kiva, a micro finance organisation which links people with too much money to... [Read More]
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Ukulele it is

Posted on June 26, 2010

The Ukulele had two votes to every one for the Banjo and Guitar (not including mine). Over 60 votes are recorded on the poll but 56 of them were computer generated to make me feel better about people actually caring what instrument I play :) The search took the best... [Read More]
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String instrument

Posted on June 21, 2010

Being able to make music would be pretty cool so I’ve decided to buy a string instrument. Please help me decide, the choices I’m putting forward are; 5 string banjo Acoustic guitar Ukulele If you have any other options that you feel are missing from this poll, please comment and... [Read More]
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