GiST2 – 74/365

1. My interview at the field placement location went really well and I am enthused!
2. 2 more exams left and then some field work and then, DONE THE YEAR!
3. I will have 4 months of vacation time from school!
4. My husband helps me study. Then helps me take a break from studying. All good.
5. Brilliant sunshine. Oh, sweet, precious Spring..

LED – A classmate from Ethiopia commented that his own field interview was at 7:00. I asked him why it was so late, given that most agencies close around 5pm, and he looked perplexed about my question. Then, smiling suddenly, he told me that, in Ethiopia, they start telling time when the sun rises at 7 a.m. They count that hour as 1:00. Thus, 7:00 a.m. here = 1:00 Ethiopian time. 8:00 am = 2. 9:00 am = 3. Etc. So, his 7:00 interview was 7:00 Ethiopian time and that’s 1:00pm Canadian time and thus not at all “late” as I had suggested. (There is a bit of information here that you can read and listen to via CBC.) I told him that this method of time-telling must be really confusing for people who visit Ethiopia. He agreed, and noted that it’s even more confusing for the Ethiopians in Canada because they have to constantly ask each other, “Do you mean 4:00 Ethiopian time or Canadian time?” Neat.