When
we first arrived and were presented with the course, we were told the Full Flame
project marked the ending of the course. At first, I thought it so far in the
future that there was no point in worrying about it, then we starting thinking about what
we were going to do and what issues we wanted to work with, then finally, the
time arrived for us to work on our projects, and we did, and now it’s done.
The
Full Flame project is over and with it so is this course. Having arrived at the
end after so long, I find myself thinking back on these months and wonder where
all that time went. It seems almost impossible that four months can go by so
quickly. I remember so vividly, meeting the Danish participants for the first
time in Copenhagen, saying goodbye to my parents, the flight to Myanmar,
arriving in the blazing sun with heavy backpacks and going to the Global Platform
for the first time, our home for several months, and meeting the other
participants and the trainers.
It
feels so weird, thinking that in less than a week I will be back in Denmark
with my family and friends. I’ve of course missed them and I long to see them
again, but I feel like I’ve been here so long, it’s become a second home for
me. After a while, you just see things as everyday experiences. Going to class
and sitting on the floor, going out to buy fruit and snacks, having to share a
room. I guess there are things you get used to, but honestly, I’m really
looking forward to have my own room and be able to drink tap water again. It’s
small things, but there are things I miss, that I didn’t expect and I think,
that once I’m back in Denmark, there will be plenty of things from Myanmar I’ll
miss too. I’m sure I will come to miss this country and its people, and, one
day, I think I want to come back.
Doing
this course has been an experience I, personally, very much needed. After finishing
school, I didn’t know what I wanted to do, I’m still not quite sure, but I’ve gotten
some ideas and the motivation to do other things. Therefore, even though I don’t
know where I’m going, I have gotten the courage to continue on my path and see
where it leads me
-Emil
-Emil
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