Stories and Updates

I tried to improve my posting frequency but with not much succes. I have been on field mission a lot these days and weeks. But here are a few things to update you.

I could now really post, I have an USB 4G modem which gives me (when I am in Monrovia) the same speed I am used to in Switzerland. When I am in the bush, I use another USB modem but with it connection (in the deep bush) is a bit hazardous.

So, I have been busy. I spent almost two weeks in the bush, in the border region between Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire. A team composed of UN agencies, Government organisations, NGO and Donors was assessing the situation on both sides of the border. The aim of this joint assessment mission is to give inputs about future assistance to refugees and local population in that conflict affected area. We will soon present our findings and recommendations.

When I had some time, I pursued in the last weeks my "research" on the PTC (Paid to Click) sites. I did subscribe to some of them. I think this is all a lot of bull.....t. There is one site though which I think is OK and honest. The problem is that I don't understand their system (am I dum?). I click and then I get nothing because I did not click at the server time. Then there are loads of sites. They have different names but all with "Bux". That Bux, Bux That, Left Bux, Bux Right, King Bux, Bux Queen etc. Then what amazes me is that you see the same ads everywhere. And all the ads are leading to another Bux site. And then the big thing. On one site, I get paid 0.0001 cents to see ABC ad. And on another bux site I get paid 10 dollars for the same ad!! OK, on the first site the payout is at 10 dollars, on the second at 10,000 dollars. Whatever, you have to wait for a long time to get paid. Unless you spend amounts of money to go Premuim, Gold or other membership. Not worthwhile.

I did it, I shouldn't have and my wife is going to kill me. I bought the iPhone 5.The 64 Giga one. It costs almost 1,000 dollars but as I extended my contract with my provider, I got it for 400 dollars. Did I need it? No! But I wanted it. In 7 days I will have it.

My contract was supposed to finished by end of December this year. It has been extended this week until end of June 2013. I am pleased. But I also wrote to my agency that then I will call it quits. From July 2013 I would like to make only RRT missions (Rapid Response Team). As I am a member of the team, they would send me for a 10 to maximum 15 days mission when something (earthquake, natural disaster, man made disaster) happens somewhere in the world. RRT missions have the aim to bring the first needed relief and aid assistance, to assess the situation on the ground for Head Quarters to determine what the following or follow up actions will and could be.

This situation will help me to practise what as a Priest of the Church Latter-Day Dude I am supposed to do:

"Just take it easy, man".