Blog number 4 and I’m almost at the end of my time here in Laos – it feels so surreal now, I have already started re-entry calls with the PULSE team and my manager talking about my return. It is coming to an end : ( So, before I get all maudlin about my pending […]
Author Archives: stefaniabello
December
22
Small victories and harsh realities
posted by stefaniabello
Hmmm… so my plan to do a blog every month wasn’t particularly successful. I know we all say this about time passing, but I cannot believe how quickly 3 months have gone since my last blog in September….. and it is about to be Christmas. I’ve been ‘planning’ to do this blog for about a […]
September
24
All Things Female and Feline
posted by stefaniabello
I have been here for over a month now and it feels like time is already going pretty quickly. Work with Save the Children (STC) is going well, we are in the midst of a re-organisation so I am supporting the HR processes and learning a lot about Laos Labour Law. Now, as much as my HR […]
August
28
“Sabaidee” from Vientiane, Laos!
posted by stefaniabello
First things first – it’s both ‘Laos’ and ‘Lao’ and hold the ‘s’. So, is it ‘Laos’ or ‘Lao’? (I’ve seen ‘Laos’ and ‘Lao’ interchanged in written communications all the time). And if it is ‘Laos’ – is the ‘s’ pronounced? There are few discussions about this online but now being here, this is what […]
