And I thought I had gotten rid of the Celine Dion curse

So finally someone plays some music at the office.  This certainly breaks up the monotony of silence, I only wish that it was anything other than Celine Dion.  Those who know me well know that I have this conspiracy theory that Celine Dion is following me around since every department store, elevator and supermarket seems to play Celine Dion as I enter.  This wouldn’t be so bad I suppose for people who actually like her music.  And I certainly admit that I may be one of the few who do not, but come on, seriously, must she appear everywhere.  I would rather have silence right now.  Tomorrow I bring my own earphones for I cannot stand for this too much longer.  It’s like nails on a chalkboard. 

Add to this the fact that it appears Grace and Albert have returned, although I have only seen Grace, who when asked about following up on my questions, informed me that I would have to talk to Albert, who appears to have conveniently gone MIA.  Frustration overload right now. 

Oh well.  Life’s all about rolling with the punches, right?!  So as I am trying to tune out the Celine Dion playing in the background, I am trying hard to focus on the task at hand.  I have found some additional training manuals online (thanks Lucy, the Aids Alliance website was a great starting point!) for other organizations that offer some good insight on how to address the issue of talking to victimized and vulnerable children.  These are a great resource since this was an area I was feeling slightly inept in.  This has renewed my motivation and I am now working on making this portion much more thorough (as it should be) as my sentiment is that this is going to be a vital portion of the training.

I also managed to pick up a juicy pineapple yesterday (quite possibly my favorite fruit) and they appear to be in season now so I shall be eating a lot of those.  It’ll be trial and error to determine who sells the best ones.  I look forward to finding out J 

Also noticeable is an upturn in political campaigning.  Although I do not have a television or radio to determine whether they are using these mediums (I am sure radio is probably the more popular outlet since more people have radios than televisions, especially outside the city) I have noticed more trucks with big loudspeakers attached to them drawing attention to their candidate by playing loud music as they drive down the street covered in campaign posters.  Makes me wish I had my blackberry so I could’ve taken a quick picture.  There are also more people wearing t-shirts with their candidate’s face on it to show their support.  It’s still not quite like campaigns in the Netherlands or the U.S. but I feel as if campaign fever is at least picking up a little as Sunday (election day) nears. 

PS- The lemongrass is still alive (as of this morning) but keep those fingers crossed because I believe it's still touch and go...