go on go on go on
Posted by rene on November 9, 2007 at 03:53 pm | Tagged as: ... ? ...
and some days have passed, nothing to report. The moped just drive, no problems as long as I am moving up too stupid instead. What happens most often at mid-day morning, when I try the first time on the bike to start a new day. Usually I need forever. What then results in a interresierte amount, known as a mob called themselves to feel that my efforts in Kannada to comment. What course does not really help me.
What helps me now and then is a nice Indian (no women yet) who is taking my bike and shows me that the thing really starts at the first step, because if mans right way. Beautifully das. And good to know that everything is ok with the bike. But who's to blame if I do not (klar!) and not the bike? About bad karma?
To counteract this I have with various Tempelumkreisungen, and even tries a visit. In addition, I have decided to make a personal contribution to the destruction of the mortal sin of alcohol. Well, nevertheless, despite (!), You can not restart the box, I probably still drink a lot before I can expect God's grace.
Now, back to the trip report, I am now about to Mysur, which in turn is close to Bangalore. Gabs on the way stop at Gokarna NEN, after a swim at the beautiful beach next to it (OM Beach) and off we went as planned towards Jog Falls. Of the great days of the biggest waterfall in India can still be seen pictures with movie stars who allowed themselves photographed against the dam drops of only a trickle of water is evidence of new, modern, small times.
At the tourist spot Jog Falls but also made three other tourists who were trainees rather than tourists. Two teenage girls, one from Japan, one from Berlin Schöneberg (klar!), and a boy from France (Paris), serving in Udupi for 10,000 rupees (~ 200EUR) per month including RentabilitatChanged children. Cool. The money remaining in the pay that they can work here, wow! Is almost the same as in praktikabel.org , seems to be really great ne mesh to make money.
And money, that's really a problem. Maybe I ought to own one internship business? I'll take applications like ever receive by mail, so that time is here once I become a businessman. So far siehts actually rather bad, just spend money, make money with wireless networks is not in sight. 'll Start a few more attempts to December, but the projects that I could go I would have to finance it yourself, apparently. Maybe my last trip to the Far East because it is not as long as planned? Besides the fact that coal is not only bad eating it be also time once again to seize a project correctly, I find ...
Apart from the labor troubles here ISTS great, is fun to race around the rest of the area, about 100 km every day and really great roads, the less the better highway, apparently. Currently I am Srivangapatna ne really beautiful area. Therefore, because tomorrow HERE first into a bird sanctuary, nature. Finally, it gibs not so much in Bangalore, and is next on my list. And then look at me, probably Auroville, possibly Trivandrum, depending on what is the ...
And so, I'll still enjoy some of the festival firecrackers, by the way runs degree again matrix cheer computer (that has to be, as the last gabs Die Hard disappears with Bruce Willice on television, all F-words were. A really quiet version) and otherwise is again moderately Diwali new year, but I was denied the big cities and spend the holidays in the country! Happy Diwali!
the beard of the beard!
Why the beard? The face is rather strange to ...
Sorry ... so anonymous I want to write it's not yet ...
yes but you make some pictures of themselves, their werdets Nich believe the other peep I still grim. I wonder whether the beard helps, but heck, it is always different than you think. So, instead of hair from beard to it get updated very often now. Yah!
Hey Rene,
You call our internship placement praktikabel.org in connection with young people who hire an agency to give you an internship and among us ask a "scam". Do you know someone who has done an internship with us, or just on the off chance you compare? We refer to our statement on our website (Why feasible?)
"[...] Wants praktikabel.org therefore aware of the organizers of similar offers distance and identified, and these promise to stay with a fun character, and ultimately a tourist promotion of the country under the guise of an" authentic ", or even so-called" eco-tourism "offer exchange program. They are certified in doubt, nor must they meet the legal standards applicable in Germany to travel if they are declared as "internship" or "educational program". Here you should keep your eyes open.
It is now marketed as authentic various trips abroad, "book" as a sabbatical year or so Geimeinschaftsreisen declared services. However, this often appears to us very doubtful, especially if hereby known as "poor" people and communities should be supported. Times have decided in which the dominant industrial countries as the former colonial masters, what people need are locally over. Thus, a beneficial exchange be sure, but it should never come to a guardianship, or a one-sided and misguided support tourism by (young) Europeans. Such kind of adventure we reject mediation deliberately because we believe that this dubious first and second, not in the sense of the people involved is.
[...] We arrange internships in contrast to internationally recognized self-governing NGOs and other charitable institutions in which you can participate in the design and improvement of social conditions in Kerala. However, we would just not give the impression of committing a selfless act this way just to win you as a customer. "
Point 1):
Of each internship that we give to social projects, we will donate € 200 to this, just because we do NOT complete the pockets at the expense of projects and internships.
Point 2):
Most internships are taught in schools and companies. Can you imagine that it makes it damn hard work to organize young people to help an internship in India? We even have half of the year here, we go sore heels to find projects and employers who are willing to take interns at all. For this we pay taxes in Germany, to promote our projects, to pay the flights to India and back, and telephone costs, printing costs, postage costs, home care etc.. You can calculate how much you love remains as a programmer and if you get more or less per hour. Without a damn lot of idealism that is not even possible.
Item 3):
The founders of both studies are impractical in India, worked and lived, and we know what it means to own an internship organized. Since you know India very well, you know how much might remain unanswered by the e-mails sent to a company, if anything comes back an e-mail. Thus, it is surely legitimate only to save themselves the hassle and the work is to seek an internship abroad and to engage a placement, even if it is planned in the short term. In addition, each is free indeed to organiseren an internship on your own.
Point 4):
What distinguishes you in your reproduction of stereotypes and "Hey look! I am a cool guy in the real India! "Attitude of a tourist or interns? You seem so discursively distinguish from those wanting to. Ultimately it goes to you too "cultural capital" or do we see this wrong? Running a blog is, indeed, ultimately to satisfy an audience with information and the narrative that you produce are probably not free from the perspective of the "European perspective".
Item 5):
Climb into Praktikusmbusiness like one and you will find no time to ride a moped through the area. If anything, to meet potential employers and negotiate for hours to answer e-mails and organize preparatory meetings, or requests auszfüllen to sit on the Indian Embassy. We have a twelve-hour day is not rare, and if it is to you the value was in the process.
Item 6):
We agree with you like that there are some practical mediations that are questionable in your business practices and social work as an event precisely to make such sale at the mercy of other money you want to. However, you call us by name and so awaken the impression that we are all laughing in front of the computer while the money gushing into our account and to provide a practical world thing by the way can be handled. But this is a full-time job and is just as legitimate as any other job in the world.
We can even like to make a phone call.
Peace out and namaste
Ben & Jan