Today is the day..
I have been looking forward to this day ever since i returned from Chile in 2006 but right now i couldn't be more scared. I am in a very strange state of mind at the moment sitting in Terminal 5 writing this. I am so excited that i am finally doing this doing this but at the same time filled with dread at the task ahead.
I know what i am doing is the right thing and it will be an expereince of a lifetime both for me and the venturers but there is always that lingering doubt. I suppose that is only natural as this is somehting very out of the norm for me.
I better go find the rest of my group now and board the flight. I hope to write soon when i have arrived in India.
Follow the India 09C expedition at :http://raleighindia.blogspot.com
Neil
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Two days left at work. Two weeks before I fly.
It’s is all getting so real now and I can’t really quite believe it! I finish at work in two days time and unlikely to return there. I’ve been at Digital Village for four years now, since I left university, so it will be weird finding a new place to work on my eventual return. Working there has been very rewarding, had its ups and downs but its defiantly time I left, explored the world and found a new path and direction in life.
Although recently I have been questioning if I am doing the right thing by jacking in a perfectly good job in “the current climate” (gee I hate that term) when thousands of people are losing their jobs every day. However, I firmly believe that what I am doing will be much more beneficial for myself and my future, the Raleigh venturers and the local communities than me being stuck behind a desk wishing I was somewhere else. Roll on Friday!
So why am I volunteering now? I’m at a point in my life where I need to really find out who I am, what I’m made of and am willing to push myself as far as necessary to find out, which being part of the volunteer staff team will do. I know what a Raleigh expedition involves and the responsibilities that are placed on the staff are very real and very serious. However, you will never know what you are really capable of unless you step out of your comfort zone and believe me, this is well out of mine!
With just under two weeks before I fly I am both excited and really quite nervous. The thought of having to be a role model and responsible of groups of young people 24/7 for three months in the middle of no where is very daunting. There is so much I don’t know. I don’t know what to expect from the venturers, the country, the culture, the climate, the other staff or the work involved. All I have to go on is what I have been told and what I saw at the staff training weekend. All these unknowns excite and intrigue me though; I just want to get stuck in now!
I hope to keep this blog updated while I’m away. Not in the usual sense of most travel blogs like ‘we went here, then we went there, watched the sun set then got drunk over there’ etc. I want to document what I am feeling, thinking, learning and experiencing during this expedition. It might make for boring reading but should give more of an insight into what it is like to be a part of a Raleigh staff team.
You can follow the Raleigh India blog at http://raleighindia.blogspot.com/ and the link is also on the right hand side of this page.
If you want to contact me you can leave a message on this blog, email me on ‘neildakeyne at googlemail.com’ or Skype me (just search for my name). If you really wanted you could write a letter to me and I promise to write back in my kid like hand writing. The address is:
Raleigh Expedition Fieldbase
Behind Olive Garden
Opposite Police Horse Park
Chamappagi Road (Right Wing of Race Course)
Nazarbad
Mysore 570 010
Karnataka State
India
Until next time
Although recently I have been questioning if I am doing the right thing by jacking in a perfectly good job in “the current climate” (gee I hate that term) when thousands of people are losing their jobs every day. However, I firmly believe that what I am doing will be much more beneficial for myself and my future, the Raleigh venturers and the local communities than me being stuck behind a desk wishing I was somewhere else. Roll on Friday!
So why am I volunteering now? I’m at a point in my life where I need to really find out who I am, what I’m made of and am willing to push myself as far as necessary to find out, which being part of the volunteer staff team will do. I know what a Raleigh expedition involves and the responsibilities that are placed on the staff are very real and very serious. However, you will never know what you are really capable of unless you step out of your comfort zone and believe me, this is well out of mine!
With just under two weeks before I fly I am both excited and really quite nervous. The thought of having to be a role model and responsible of groups of young people 24/7 for three months in the middle of no where is very daunting. There is so much I don’t know. I don’t know what to expect from the venturers, the country, the culture, the climate, the other staff or the work involved. All I have to go on is what I have been told and what I saw at the staff training weekend. All these unknowns excite and intrigue me though; I just want to get stuck in now!
I hope to keep this blog updated while I’m away. Not in the usual sense of most travel blogs like ‘we went here, then we went there, watched the sun set then got drunk over there’ etc. I want to document what I am feeling, thinking, learning and experiencing during this expedition. It might make for boring reading but should give more of an insight into what it is like to be a part of a Raleigh staff team.
You can follow the Raleigh India blog at http://raleighindia.blogspot.com/ and the link is also on the right hand side of this page.
If you want to contact me you can leave a message on this blog, email me on ‘neildakeyne at googlemail.com’ or Skype me (just search for my name). If you really wanted you could write a letter to me and I promise to write back in my kid like hand writing. The address is:
Raleigh Expedition Fieldbase
Behind Olive Garden
Opposite Police Horse Park
Chamappagi Road (Right Wing of Race Course)
Nazarbad
Mysore 570 010
Karnataka State
India
Until next time
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