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... however this shall be the last of it's kind, since today is my last day of work at the CNIB! Next week is our last week in Kelowna, and I will be House Manager with Gwobs. So, that will be.... ah, who am I kidding? House manager blows!

The presentation at the conference today went well! The other presentations were project proposals as part of a competition, so that was weird. It was interesting to see the sorts of projects though. The Heritage Christian School is building a school in Uganda. The Kelowna Christian School has already helped build an orphanage and a medical centre, and are now working on a water supply system. So, yeah, it was definitely interesting, although not focused on Canada at all! We actually had a short discussion about it (my group), and how we think we should be focusing more on what's going on at home, than what's going on overseas. Don't get me wrong, I think the developing countries need our help very much, but I feel that if we can't even help ourselves, how can we effectively help others? Also, isn't it a bit hypocritical to want to help everyone else, but not help your own? It's like we're turning a blind eye on the problems of this country, and just looking out there for someone else to save. Is it because we'll need someone on the outside to save us when it is time for our downfall?

I don't know. I just think that if I don't understand Canada, and how I fit into Canada, I cannot even begin to understand the rest of the world and how I fit into it. It's like... abandonning ship, in a way.

Anyway, just thought I'd share that.

We leave for Vancouver at 6am tomorrow! I am majorly stoked! It's going to be a fantastic trip! And on Wednesday, Sophie, Anny and I are probably doing a presentation at the Okanagan Mission Secondary School, so that will be fun! However we STILL haven't started our Final Presentation! And we're in Vancouver tomorrow and Sunday, Sunday night we'll be having a house meeting, Monday night we're going Cross Country Skiing, Tuesday night the Quebecoise are at English class, Wednesday night we could do it, but that's really putting it off, since our big dinner and presentation is Thursday night at 6pm!!! Oh my God, the insanity of it all! We're such procrastinators as well!

I have "Y Ese Nino" by Melody (Melodia) Ruiz stuck in my head, which is odd since it is in Spanish, which is a language that I don't speak!

Love ya, wow guys, only 6 months and 2 weeks left until Katimavik is over! That's nothing!!!!!

Labels: Journal, Katimavik, Kelowna