Yesterday I attended the Executive Board meeting that is taking place here at WFP head quarters. The set-up is what you recognize from the news on TV: important representatives sitting behind desks with their country name on a black sign, wearing ear pieces to hear the translators. I was literally a fly on the wall as I sat on one of the few chairs reserved for WFP staff along the walls of the auditorium. The issue on the agenda was regional presentations so I listened in on speeches on Sudan, Mozambique, Somalia etc. The English translator was hilarious - he had such an aristocratic, crook-in-an-American-movie accent that I just couldn't believe it; the type who pronounces "years" as [jeaars]. It was fun. You can imagine how dry the meeting was if that got me laughing for the rest of the day!
Tomorrow I'm going back to Sweden in order to a) defend my thesis b) meet friends and family c) stock up on winter boots and jackets and d) eat proper healthy food. I'm returning to Italy ludicrously early on Sunday and it was just yesterday eveing I realized that we're all off work on Monday - so I could have stayed longer! Damn damn damn..
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