I am currently at Rio's international airport where I am about to fly to New York. After a week in the US, I'll be on my to New Zealand, where I am booked to graduate from my Massey University course.
You never know just what you'll uncover when find yourself with something that's "broken", a Philips' screwdriver and a little bit of time on your hand.
Because of our work with volunteer rescue teamsI was pleased to find that there two models of rechargeable flashlights (torches) here in Brazil, that are both quite cheap and often easily available. Both of them come with a dynamo that is supposed to recharge the internal battery.
This is the model that we purchased for the CERT teams that we trained in Teresópolis and Nova Friburgo:
During my visit to the US, I happened to be staying in Queens, in New York city, on the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and was able to visit the World Trade Centre ""ground zero"" site on the morning of Sunday, the 11th of September.
Here are some photos from that visit.
Hi,
I'm now getting ready to travel back to São Paulo tomorrow, it's a been a great two weeks here in Friburgo.
Here are some random photos from my time here.
Well, 2011 is finally here.
2010 was a bit of dog in a lot of ways, really. But it was also cool to see God doing so many neat things, and I'm sure He's got some cool stuff in store for us all this year.
On Saturday there was a free concert in Hagley park, organized by the City Council and with participation of a number of New Zealand groups and musicians - even the mayor was going to play guitar. Around 120 thousand people showed up - I was amazed by how well behaved Kiwi crowds are!
Yesterday I arrived in Christchurch, after flying around 24 hours from São Paulo, with stop overs in Buenos Aires and Auckland. It was great to catch up with my family and some friends.
I experienced my first after-shock, a 3.6 level shock, last night and was woken up around 9:30 am this morning by a bigger one, a 4.4, which was obviously wanting to help me get quickly adjusted to the NZ time zone!