Back to Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar

We took the Plan from Paris to Madagascar on Sunday 15 June 22, 2008. I couldn’t believe that I met the Hald student from Cameroun in Charles de Gaule airport; we are not supposed to meet there because they left one day before us from Norway. Since that time, I believe that its possible to see again our friends from Hald one day, we need to wait then it will show.
We arrived in Tananarive Sunday evening really late and dark, it was about 23h in evening but its already dark. I missed the light from the sun utill 23h or 24h in Norway. When I saw the darkness in Antananarivo in the first time we arrived in the airport then I felt that I am home again far from the light again. It not problem electricity but we don’t have sun until 23h if you see what I mean. It’s not like in Norway.
Pastor Barson and Gwladys’s Mother picked up us from the airport. My contact person and one driver drive me from the airport to my cousin house. When we arrived there, my cousin wasn’t there. I knocked in the wrong door so I have to say sorry to the neighbor but I didn’t say it in Malagasy , I didn’t realize that I am not in Norway anymore and people doesn’t speak English at all. Barson and the driver had to drive to Sabotsy Namehana because I didn’t know where to sleep and it really late in evening too so I don’t know where to go. I slept in Sabotsy Namehana .
On Monday Morning we had meeting with The FKTLM President, my contact person, our new contact person Helisoa and Doctor Daniel. It was a bite difficult for me to explain and find the word in Malagasy about everything that I have leant in Norway because I used to learn everything in English but it was ok after few hours. I didn’t know how to behave when I talk with the FKTLM President because I used to explain something with my hand but I look strange when I did that during the meeting. I looked many time on my watch when we still waiting someone. I didn’t know that time is running after you in Madagascar not you run after the time. I get angry when the meeting start late but my contact person said you are not in Norway anymore, relax and take your time. Everything went well during the meeting, we learnt a new thing again and I have to think that we are in Madagascar not in Norway anymore.
I arrived in the night in Tana and I stay in Sabotsy Namehana during the day so when I went back to my cousin’s place to stay there, I realize that I am not in Norway anymore because many people walk in the street, inside the bus there is no button that you can press when you want to stop, you have to say “Misy miala” it mean we stop here, they play a music really lowed inside the bus, drive really fast, you don’t have your space and its really noisy around you.
When I arrived in my cousin’s house people, I saw many people smile and give you singe that they are happy to see you again. I get tired to say “hi” to everyone I see because they have to stop and greet them, I was a bite late in my way from Sabotsy Namehana to Ankatso.
I took the Bus from Tananarive to Fort-dauphin on Tuesday afternoon. They ask me to come to the bus station at 12h am with my luggage and I was a bite late because I many traffic in the way from Ankatso to the Bus station so I called them that I will be there in one hours. I get angry when I was there at one o’clock and they didn’t start to fill the car yet. We have to wait until 17h so we stay in the bus station doing nothing and waiting for the Bus will leave, finaly we left Tana around 18h. it was really funny to see inside the bus if I compare the bus that I used to take in Norway. Many people and we sat in the sit supposed to for five people but we are six sit together and I care my hand luggage on my legs, no one listen IPod or read a book but they talk and talk. They have to drive for two days and they drive during the night too because they have two driver and they switch all the time. It was realy hard to sleep in the bus because they drive really fast and you don’t have enough space. There are many policemen in the way from Tana to Fort-dauphin so we have to stop many times. From Ihosy to Ambovombe (105 km before Fort-dauphin) the road was really bad so I become really red from the earth which can come inside the car when they drive really fast and someone open the door or the windows.
I arrived in Fort-Dauphin on Thursday afternoon around 16h; it will be nice to be home again but I really want to go back again to Norway to see friends. I didn’t felt that its really important to see my family and my old friends again.
I brought some gift from Norway to my family and some friends, they were happy to received the gift, they didn’t expect me to be a rich guy because I called my Mum when I was in Paris tell that I didn’t get any money. When they ask me about something, I just answer I have in my mind and I need you to work with me, they expect money or gift.
I was a bite shocked when I met many prostitute in the street and outside the bar or night club in the evening, most of them are teenager. I ask to my friends:” why does Fort-Dauphin has many prostitute, they said: “because of the mining project and the works from abroad like South Africa, Fillipine, and the rest of the world, they can pay much money so the parents send there daughter to find someone who has lot of money”. This is the problem in the poor country and the foreigner profited the situation. The parents need money so their young daughters have to work for the rest of the Family.
I could realize that ten months in Norway it really long and many things can changed during that time. Many family has cars 4x4, people has mobile, many new building, new road, the internet connection work really fast than I expected, new feelings, new song in my choir and on TV and new language.
It’s really nice to heard that most of people in Fort-dauphin speaks English, I can say Fort-dauphin is the first place in Madagascar who speaks English because of the foreigner for South Africa, Canada, Asia……..The national TV (TVM)has emission in English called “TEEN walk”. The English language can’t stop to grow in Madagascar right now, I really like it.
I went to Church on Sunday morning. The Service start at 9h and they start on time but we finished really late compare in Norway. We end at 12h because we had baptism and confirmation. It was realy nice to see many people in the church and different voice when the sing. Everything was in Malagasy so I didn’t need to translate for me like in Norway sometime.
At 19h in evening we had kind of welcome Service for us in my Church and we talk about our stay in Norway. I arrived there at 18h 45mn, I saw only three people in the Church and I ask if I came early or it supposed to be at 19h 30 but they said at 19h. People arrived around 19h 15mn and we start at 19h 30mn. The leader of the meeting arrived 30mn after we started. That was very exiting. Everything went well in Fort-Dauphin and in our Church, people nice to me and kind but I want to go back again in Norway. I hope that I can come back again one day.

That’s all of my life stories since I left Madagascar and back again after ten month.
Thank God, all of the Teacher from Hald , FKTLM, all of my friends from Hald and the rest ….Learn many thing in Norway I hope I can used here in Madagascar all of the good thing that we can use. Hope to see all of friends from Hald again one days.
Thank for all of you

See you next time
ROCK

LAST WEEK IN NORWAY

Finaly I will go back to madagascar on Saturday 14th of June. I am looking forward to go home but I am gonna miss my friend from Hald and the people that I hanged out with in Norway. Nice people leave and nice people come, so it'll not a big problem to get a new friends again.
I have been in Norway for ten month now so I have learnt so far about my self and my future and also about the thing that I want to start in my home twon.
I going home on Saturday but I am not realy to be in my own culture again because I have been changed since my stay here in Norway.

On Thurstaday 12th of june after, the farwall party, the sad time start for everyone. Class is over and the stay in Norway is over for the international students. I though that it will be easy to leave friends from Hald so I try to be happy and not to think that I am going home. I looked arround and I saw the sadness on their face but I keep smily. On thursday too it was my first time to see peoeple handed out in the living Room and they didnt feel tired utill the first taxi came to pick up some student who will take the plan back home at 4h am.
I didnt cry when I saw my friends from east afrika and america latine leaving because I said I am a man but I was realy sad. the second taxi arrived at 8h am pick up the next stundent from cameroun, asia and serbia. I was realy realy tired but I have to say good bye, I couldnt manage to keep smily and laughing even I tried to that; I started to cry when I saw one of my friend from Cameroun take his taxi because, I reameber that its not possible to see himm again and we had agreat time and sharing a problem. I felt that I had brother when he was at hald because when I had problem, he always there to give me solution and I can tell him my problem......

I can say I was lucky because I have one extra day in Norway compare of the rest of the student because they left one day before me. I felt alone when all of the international student left even we still have student from Norway that I can talk with at Hald. but even thou I have good Norwegian friends from hald that I can talk and makes happy again.
Hard to leave Norway but I always think that everthing is possible with God.

I wish I can come back and see again all of friend in Norway as my frends from Thailand say come to visit us.
thats the end of my stay in Norway.
Now its time to be home again.

WEEK END IN STANVAGER

I arrived in stanvager arround 23h on friday mai 23th 2008. Inki picked me up ( student from Hald and she has has been in Madagascar for six months and also she have lived there for long) from the aeroport "SOLO". We went directly to the church where some youth people had meeting and sociale thing. Two girl from Hald Helene and Elina was there to so it was very nice to see them after been alone with my host Father in Orkdal. We palyed foot ball in in artificiel grass with some teanegers and we went home arround 1 clock in the morning. I was very happy to be again inside Inki's house because I saw many things from Madagascar specialy in my room; i felt like I am in Madagascar. Her parents have been in Madagascar as Missonary long time ago and you can see when you visit their house that they have been in Madagascar.

The day after I talk malagasy with Inki's parents and they still understand what I said. I was very imprest they never forget to speak malagasy , speacialy Inki she can speak like a Malagasy girl. Anyway, Inki, Helene and Elina has proposed me to go to "Prikestolen"because its my birthday. We left home from 10h and we come back arround 18h in the same day.
Elina drived us from home to the Preikestolen parking, then we started to climb the rock "montagne" . It was very fun to meet many tourist in the way and in top of the " Montagne".

I dont know how to say because it was very nice to be there and realy fun. I just want to say thank for Inki, Eline adn Helena to bring me there because it was the best trip that I ever had in Norway.


In the night, Elena invite us to her house and we had some food there and I had my birthday cake to. It was funny the flag on my Cake made by Inki's Parents because its not Malagasy flag but Norwegian flag. I forget that I was in Norway and I have lived there almost ten months know because I was very happy and I felt like I had my birthday party at home. we stay there untill 1 clock in the morning and I can see that Inki was very tierd but she have to be there because it was my birthday ( I would like to say thank for her).

The sunday Morning we went to church and it was my first servise leading by ladie's prest and also she has been in Madagascar some weeks. I have been working with ladie's prest butI never be in her service on sunday.
In the same day we meet one of friends from Madagascar ( she is Malagasy girl) and we had a great time together.
I would like to stay in stanvager for long but I have to take the bus to mandal so I left Stanvager arround 16h 30. I took the same bus with Sammy, Edson, Cirne, Cissil, Sølvar, Oda and one more studend from Hald so I wasnt alone in the Bus because it was many student from hald.

Everythink was very nice but the time was realy short

17th Mai and 7 Days in Orkdal

16th of Mai, time to go back again in Orkdal. we took the Bus from Mandal to Kristiansand and Bus again from Kristiansand to Oslo. From Oslo to tronhaim we took plan and my contact person pick up us from the aeroport. We arrived late in the evening so I went to bed after the long trip.

I have been in Mandal for long and I it was a bite warm but when I arrived in Orkdal again it still cold. you can see that I was brown in Mandal but now I became a bite with again. I have been wearing only T-shirt in Mandal but here I have to wear jacket every time I go out .

The day after it 17th of Mai, its the Norwegain independance day. First we had service in the church and after that we went out in the street to see the carnavale. It was my first time to see many people out in Fanrem ( Place where I live in Orkdal ). They dressing up and wearing nice cloths, even the farmer they didnt wear dirty cloth as everyday at work but they wear realy nice cloths like suit. I realy like to see the women wearing the national coustume and the man olso. you can see that each tribe had their own coustume and different color. I can say that most of the norwagian kids can play instrument because in 17th mai the play music and its realy nice o heard and to see them.

After the carnaval we went to the school next to my house and we had some cake and Ice cream.

Its realy different about how they celebrete their Natonal day compere of mine. we have carnavale and the soldier participate in the carnaval too. and different speach before the carnavale made by the primary school, kinder, high school and the millitary.

I have to stay in Fanrem for 7 days before I go to stanvager. During that 7 days I didnt know what to do and where to go. The only thing that I can do was watching movie and read a book.

One sunday we had trip to Hitra that was very nice because I never been insinde tunel under the sea so it was a good experiance and the landscap was very nice, I could say how lucky are thenorwegian people live in this country.

the rest of my stay as I said before nothing to do so I weak at 11 in the morning and have breack fast, I didnt know if its break fast or lunch but I need to eat something becasue I am hungry then check e mail and starting to watch movie or read a Book. I have seen 37 movie in 7 days : American pei 1,2,3,4 and 5, saving private ryan , Forest Gump, you have got email, terminal, briget jones, big cheap spy........many. But on wensday night some friends from volley ball team pick me up to play beach volley ball in Hoston, finaly I had something to do but it was only for 2 hours.

The seven day that I stay in Fanrem I have been inside of my house 22 hours a day inside the house exept the 17th and 18th of mai but the rest I ahve been inside the house, that was realy fun and I can see that I became a bite with.

THE HOUSE WHERE I LIVE IN FANREM

Its time to say good to Orkdal and I hope I can come back again to see my hostfamily and the rest ofmy friend there.

The last tree month in Orkdal and the funny things was happen in my life

MY HOST FAMILY



Since I have lived in Norway I become blond Girl, my color changed a little bit so I got more light color. I look great with the blond hear



FJELLMAN VOLLEY BALL TEAM


I have leaved in Norway for seven month now ( from August till march) but I have tree month left before I go back home to Madagascar and I have been traveling arround of Norway, in the north, east and in the south . I travel a lot because I have to attend different camp and meeting.
The last tree month from january till March in my practice place, I have many good and bad experience for being in Norway.
Since January I got to know more people arround the orkdal, I mean the people same Age as me but its to late because I have to go back to Mandal and going back to madagascar in June.
I realy like to hang out with poeple and talk. I learn that most of the Norwegian people are not shy when they are drunk and they like to talk about their faith .
I like volley ball game and I had play with fjellman team in since october untill now. we had many macth in the second division, I had fun game with my team and its great and new experience for to play if the norwegian team. I am here in Orkdal to do my work about mission so I invite my friend from the volley ball to attend some service and be in the Natt kaffe, some of then were there. I was very happy to see them and I hope they will come every time.
Soon i going to have my holliday and I going to Oslo so and the season of the volley ball it over so its realy sad that I am going to leave this place and leave the team. we had good bye party and we went in the Bowling place to play and hang out together. I wasnt so good and I wasnt the best but I realy like to part in the sociale staff with the team before I leave. I realy miss them but thats life.





I was in camp in mesnali from 19th of april till 24th, I had infection on my left arm so I couldnt go ski for the rest of the week. they send me to the doctor late in the even so I had a small operation to get out the infection. It realy sad because when they go in montain then I stay at home, sleep or read book or wacthed movie. if you look at this picture my hand was realy big and it was funny to see the that I have something realy big in the top but the hole is not realy big its just small hole but we are in Norway, even we have small problem they will take care much and realy worry even you feel this is not big problem. Now I have to take medcine for ten day and tree time a day, I dontlike much medecine but I hav eto eat it because I am in Norway now not in Madagascar. When I went to the docotor late in the night all of boys group pray for me and they want to come back in one piece so they wrote something on the back board. when I come back in the morning they were happy to me alive again.



The first night in the camp we get to know each other and we sing many different song. I played Djambe and Tor hookon played Giutar so we were like an choir group.


The first day skiing, it wasnt realy cold (4 below zero) but strong wind, we went for cross country. we stop for a break then we eat matt pack , I have some chocolate in my finger then I put my finger in my month to clean the rest of the chocolate but when I took it out i cold feel my finger anymore, it was realy realy realy hurt, I almost cry and I was afraid that the circulation of my blood will stoped then one old man come to me he hit my back realy hard to makes me warm. I look like someone who had punitionment. 20mn after I feel back again my finger.

Now I learn something new in the winter time, dont make wait your finger when its windy and realy cold out side, keep it dry.

In easter day we had service in the montain early in morning like five o clock and we weak up at four because they want to see the sun raise and enjoy the sun . It was realy cold in that time (24 below zero), I wear two heavy jacket and two pants. we have to go cross country ski like 20mn so I cold feel my face and everything wait in my body became with, I could breath to much and I felt that I have some thing in my noise. Thats was Crazy but I still alive now. its funny to heard what Charles ( Hald student from Cameroun)said. When Charles see the water become Ice in the boutle then he said that its possible to eat water in Norway not only drink. We left the boutle in the car like 1h then it beame ice in it.

We went cross country in the way back home to mesnali and we ahd some small hill, most of the Norwegian people were felt down in that hill so Charles said its not a big problem even we felt down olso because even the norwegian who was born in their feet on ski felt down olso.











Running after the sun. In orkdal when its sunshine many people go out side have some walk and some have some sun bath. the sun for them its realy expessif thing.


Since January I sing with the mans choir in Orkdal and I am the yougest, most of them are between 30 to 80 years old. it realy fun, I like tosing withthem beccause they are the best than the young choir here in Orkdal. I sung solo last easter that was a good experience been sinning with the mans choire here in Orkdal. They made a comment in internet about our song becasue I sung two verse "kjaerlighet fra Gud" in Malagasy languge and the choire sing in Norwegian, look at this website about what they said ( its in Norwegian ): http://www.trollheimsporten.no/Default.asp?WCI=ViewNews&WCE=36491&DGI=16

I want to stay with them but I have to go back to school and prepare to be home again.
I miss a lot my practise place but thats life.

Impuls 08 in Trondhaim

The Friday 25th of january untill sunday 27th of january, I attend the IMPLUS 2008 in KVT tronhaim. its was very interestig meeting. I met most of the poeple that I knew form Krik. we slept at the school in the nigth and it was very fun to see people sleeping in the floor with there sleeping bad it makes me remeber when we are in the camp in madagascar. I shared my room with teh student form folk high school and some people form different part of norway. I get to ow people and that was very fun when we start to talk about my country and faith. There is group from England who attend the meeting to so it was good to be with them because they had a traslator so I stay with them and we become a good friends.

I enjoy the meeting and I was very imprest about the way like how the preach the gospel to the norwegian youth. they did it in different way.

To be in that meeting is one of the opportuinity that we can talk about our school here in Norway, our faith and our country. we sing one song from Madagascar in the open stage and that one of the opportiuity to show our country (Madagascar)and the school where we study here in Norway (Hald International center).

If you want to read and look for the thing was happen during the meet please look at this web site http://www.smootown.no/

Infield cours at hald

The 1st of january 2008 I went back to Mandal to have infield course. It was very nice to see again all of the Internatinal student. The second of january all of the intrenatinal arrived at school then we start to have dunner, weclome party.

It was much snow during our infield course in Mandal. Before I left my practise place I said " Im going to Mandal to be inthe warmest palce in Norway" but The snow still following me. I have been living in the north of norway so it was ok for me to be with the snow.
I had much fun in Mandal, I met many people during the infield course.
The last nigth it was very hard for me to leave but I want to be with my team in Orkdal.

When I was in Taxi, to go back to my practice place, I say "I had fun in Mandal, and I dont want to go back to my practice place".

Now the infield course is over so time to work and learning new things for my country in Orkdal.

I know if I will stay in Orkdal I will get the some fun that I had in Mandal. The point that I am here, its not to find something for fun but something will be good fore my country and the people who live there.

At the end I would like to say nice to be with all of the student and I got new knowledge from the infield course to improve my information work.

I missed them so much but THATS LIFE.