20 Oct 2014

A little introduction to our apartment in Cali

 I hereby present to you my living room
 our dining table with it's normal mess, the hallway and our abnormally large fake fruit bowl
 My bedroom with all the messy parts hidden from view
Me in the living room mirror with my book shelf and our random decorative pine cones in the back
This week, I've gone completely hedonistic and have taken a two day weekend in a country which has a 48 hour working week. Therefore, I've had the time and energy to finally photograph our apartment a bit to show you where I live and exist most evenings and weekends (the rest of my life is at the Red Cross office). The dining table is where I eat, read blogs and watch Eddie Izzard, Dara Ó Briain, and Nicaraguan soaps on my laptop, often all at the same time.

12 Oct 2014

Los Hongos - a film about Cali

or at least set in Cali, Colombia
Man, I'm fed up with computers. And reports, and blogs, and photos. Because this is now what I spend a lot of my days working with. Did I link you to our youth delegate blog? If not, I'll do it later. Now I only have just enough energy to post the trailer to this brilliant film: Los Hongos, which we saw at the cinema a few weeks back. It's all set in Cali, where I live, in this beautiful and somewhat troubled city in Colombia. And the film is absolutely beautiful.  It's already screening at international festivals. See it, if you get the chance.