So Saturday night ended up being a lot of fun. I went out in Nyon to Cactus Jack's (or "Tex" as the swiss call it, like a kind of island themed bar" with Chiara and Nico. We met up with a bunch of their friends and drank for most of the night. Glad to know that i can still outdrink somebody, because by the end of the night most of them were wasted, and I wasn't really feeling much (although I think they thought i was very drunk lol). I also introduced Nico to the wonderful world of Jager Bombs.
Most of this week has been pretty low-key. Most of the group was still in Barca until Tuesday, so I spent Monday in the UN doing some work. Yesterday, I ended up getting an interview with some people at the BTRF (Borneo Tropical Rainforrest Foundation) through a contact I had at the IISD (Internat'l Institute for Sustainable Development). It was a guy and a girl who were working in the field trying to implement a microfinance scheme in this remote part of the rainforrest to encourage forest conservation in addition to working with them to encourage eco-tourism as a way to increase money flow into the village. This would allow them to build infrastructure and other necessary things for the village. Anyway, they were really cool and helpful.
Today I met Greta and Steph for some thai food for lunch, shopped a bit at H&M (which has surprisingly cool guy's stuff for cheap) and then went to meet my guy from the ILO after lunch. Turns out he forgot about our meeting, but I did get him to agree to be my adviser for my project, so that was good.
Other than that, i just scheduled for a kick ass next semester (no classes on mon or fri). Just packing up some stuff, as I'm headed off to visit Jena and other wisconsinites in Barcelona tomorrow! Hopefully the weather will be much better (its been raining/snowing here for the past few days - turns out its snowed more in March & April than in January & February!)
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