Yes, I'm happy again!!
I've been kind a down since I came back from Tanzania, but now, somehow, I'm acctually quite happy! I'm travelling around the country having presentations about my stay in Tanzania and I'm enjoying it!! I still miss tanzania like crazy, and I want to go back as soon as I can. But somehow, I'm happy!
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Thursday, March 08, 2007
bobbles
One of my younger brothers in Tanzania playing with soap bobles. They had never seen it before and loved it!!
WOMEN'S DAY!!!
I'm a feminist..
because women are suppressed by men all over the world.
because young girls are being circumcised.
because girls and women are still going through arranged marriages that they don't want to go through.
because I feel ugly with hair on my legs.
and because my brother doesn't.
because the Nigerians prostitutes in Oslo don't get to keep the money they earn..
because women earn less money than men.
because women so many places are still supposed to stay at home and take care of her husband and her children.
because almost every celebrity is as skinny as a stick.
because I feel that I need to be more skinny and more beautiful.
because the police tells women and girls that it is dangerous to walk home alone when it is dark outside.
because Hilary Clinton is not going to be president.
because women are sold as objects in the international sex trade.
and because it is men who are the brains behind this sex trade.
because girls are many places refused the right to go to school.
because women in Switzerland didn't get to vote before 1971.
because girls are being sexually harassed and raped every day.
and because when a woman takes it to court they ask her what she was wearing.
because women normally take their husbands last name when they get married.
because we haven't had a woman as prime minister since 1996.
because people keep telling me that the international women's day has gone out on date and that we don't need it anymore.
because women before me have fought to get to where we are today.
and because I want to continue fighting for women's rights.
because I want to feel free!
Happy women's day to all you lovely women out there!!!
because women are suppressed by men all over the world.
because young girls are being circumcised.
because girls and women are still going through arranged marriages that they don't want to go through.
because I feel ugly with hair on my legs.
and because my brother doesn't.
because the Nigerians prostitutes in Oslo don't get to keep the money they earn..
because women earn less money than men.
because women so many places are still supposed to stay at home and take care of her husband and her children.
because almost every celebrity is as skinny as a stick.
because I feel that I need to be more skinny and more beautiful.
because the police tells women and girls that it is dangerous to walk home alone when it is dark outside.
because Hilary Clinton is not going to be president.
because women are sold as objects in the international sex trade.
and because it is men who are the brains behind this sex trade.
because girls are many places refused the right to go to school.
because women in Switzerland didn't get to vote before 1971.
because girls are being sexually harassed and raped every day.
and because when a woman takes it to court they ask her what she was wearing.
because women normally take their husbands last name when they get married.
because we haven't had a woman as prime minister since 1996.
because people keep telling me that the international women's day has gone out on date and that we don't need it anymore.
because women before me have fought to get to where we are today.
and because I want to continue fighting for women's rights.
because I want to feel free!
Happy women's day to all you lovely women out there!!!
Monday, February 05, 2007
Rain
When it first starts to rain in Tanzania, it really rains!! This picture is taken outside my house in Usangi...
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
lions
Befor going to The Ngorongoro crater in Tanzania, I was told that it happened that lions laied under the cars in the search of shadow. I didn't acctully believe what i was being told, but it turned out to be true...
Ofcourse it was very cool to see the lions up so close, they were 1 meter from our car!!! But they are suposed to be free and wild animals. Okey, they are free to go wherever they want to, but they are sure as not wild anymore! And I don't like it at all...These animals are so tame that they SLEEP under CARS, ther's just something wrong with that!
Sunday, January 28, 2007
I'm back again.
I'm back in Norway.
First impression is that everything is so grey and everything looks so sad, it's unpersonal and steril. And it's so quiet!!! It's a lot of people around me, but I don't think that I've experienced such a silence in 5 months..
I want to go back. Right now. I just shouldn't have left. People doesn't talk together, people sit down next to eachother without saying a word, without even smiling to eachother. I tried to smile to someone, all I got in return was a strange look from that person and he left. People are so cold. I already miss the friendliness of the tanzanians, the joy og life they show, the way they great everyone nomatter if they know them or not. They made me feel home there, they were so welcoming towards me. Here people look so angry, they dont smile, everyone is bussy with their own stuff, it doesn't seem like people care about eachother. It sounds like one of those africa klisjes, but it's true, it's so true!
I feel empty inside. I don't know if I should cry or laugh of all this. It's so far away. I've been crying for 3 days and I'm tired of crying. I don't know what to feel. Okey, it's going to be nice to see everyone again, family and friends, it's going to be very good to take a nice shower where the water comes from above and on top of that is hot, put on clean clothes, it's going to be good to not have to tuck in the mosquito net everyday and not to live with coacroaches and lizards, and it's going to be great not to eat rice and beans everyday. But then again why does all this matter when I was having such a great time, when I had people that cared about me around me, when I was so happy? Absolutely nothing!
I want to go back home to Tanzania!
First impression is that everything is so grey and everything looks so sad, it's unpersonal and steril. And it's so quiet!!! It's a lot of people around me, but I don't think that I've experienced such a silence in 5 months..
I want to go back. Right now. I just shouldn't have left. People doesn't talk together, people sit down next to eachother without saying a word, without even smiling to eachother. I tried to smile to someone, all I got in return was a strange look from that person and he left. People are so cold. I already miss the friendliness of the tanzanians, the joy og life they show, the way they great everyone nomatter if they know them or not. They made me feel home there, they were so welcoming towards me. Here people look so angry, they dont smile, everyone is bussy with their own stuff, it doesn't seem like people care about eachother. It sounds like one of those africa klisjes, but it's true, it's so true!
I feel empty inside. I don't know if I should cry or laugh of all this. It's so far away. I've been crying for 3 days and I'm tired of crying. I don't know what to feel. Okey, it's going to be nice to see everyone again, family and friends, it's going to be very good to take a nice shower where the water comes from above and on top of that is hot, put on clean clothes, it's going to be good to not have to tuck in the mosquito net everyday and not to live with coacroaches and lizards, and it's going to be great not to eat rice and beans everyday. But then again why does all this matter when I was having such a great time, when I had people that cared about me around me, when I was so happy? Absolutely nothing!
I want to go back home to Tanzania!
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