Maputo... meet Luc!

Boa tarde!

I have arrived in Maputo, Mozambique, for my next adventure! The real adventure, and the job that goes along with it, will only start on Monday, which means that I will spend the next two days browsing through Maputo markets and just getting the general feel of the city.

More tomorrow (internet permitting)

luc

LDN 08/09

With the next adventure starting in less than three days, I decided to browse through my London-pictures once more, and upload a selection. No explanations, no stories... just pictures.

Next stop, Mozambique. See you there!

luc

Português, dissertating, and preparing: life can be awesome

Hi all,

It’s been a while since I posted something here, as I have been extremely busy these past two weeks. And the upcoming 14 days will not be any lighter…

14 days. T-minus 14 days. And then the Maputo-experience will commence. First up however: learning Portuguese and finishing a dissertation. The dissertation should be fine – I have made a strict schedule, some 750-1000 words a day – so I hope to have it finished by the end of the month. It’ll be dull, it’ll be annoying. But it’ll be done. Learning Portuguese on the other hand is really interesting and fascinating. I have bought an Assimil learn-it-yourself pack, to have some basic conversational skills upon arrival in Mozambique. I have just started learning and reading through the book and listening to the conversations, and actually feel like I’m making progress every minute.

On another note, the artist formerly known  (and still known actually) as Luc made his final farewell tour in London the past weekend. Suffice to say that this past year has been nothing short of brilliant, and all thanks to the wonderful people that have crossed my path. Without them, I would for example never have had the wonderful Ecco experience (great pizza, so cheap, really good pizza, really!), or heard about our very own ‘White Tiger’ (honestly, good book, about India, really interesting, almost as good as cheap pizza).

I’ll miss you guys a lot, though we will meet again. September 2011, write it down. Marriage, Luc style! 

A la prossima 

luc

P.s. Congratulations are in order! Siddy Webb (or Darth Accountancy if you wish) is a graduate now. Sidd, you make us all proud!

Mozambique, here I come!

Rejoice! The blog finally has purpose :)

Rather than giving you all brilliant insights and sharing with you my 'ideas' (despite the mocking), I always intended to start up the blog to keep you all up to date on my whereabouts and activities. I always expected to end up after this LSE degree gaining hands on work experience in a developing country, and as most of you by now will probably have heard/read: the time has almost come for me to do just that!

As of the 1st of August, I will be living and working for at least one year in Maputo, Mozambique. I have started to learn some basic Portuguese sentences and grammar in my spare time to be able to make my way around Maputo, although 'spare time' is not really the appropriate term to use to describe this or the following weeks.

On another note, this means that my London adventure has almost come to an end... but don't despair: the upcoming weekend both Jasmien and me will be in London once more, to party, give hugs, play football, and much much more.

A bientot, mes amis (I would write this in Portuguese, but unfortunately I only know hello and the numbers...)

Boa noite,

luc

Escape from the Dungeons, and Panda vs Bear

Wait wait wait, don’t jump to conclusions! I hear you coming from a mile (or 1.6 kilometres). A Belgian guy writing about dungeons? Nothing good can ever come from this…

Nothing like it! Let me burst that bubble immediately by telling you that the dungeon is only the nickname of the study area in the halls I’ve been living in for 10 months now. Good times, study times. A very loyal dungeon-crowd. A zoo at times. Panda vs Bear.

I’ve recently moved out of Bankside halls, and will strangely enough miss both the dungeon and the 7^th (ghost)floor. And the people too.

A toast:

to Banksiders, but especially to the dungeon. Live long and prosper. See you in a next life!