A very belated happy new year to each and everyone of my family and friends. 2010 has brought a very chilly start but of course each new year brings new hopes and so we're diving in with heads held high and remain grateful for the blessings of 2009. I am in particular in a humble and grateful state of mind. 2009 has been the year where I got accustomed to DC and the VOA and though it was a scary and anxious time for me but I've had a tremendously fulfilling and welcoming time so far. So I'm driven to accomplish much more this year hopefully. WEBR's show has officially started airing each and every Tuesday at 4pm and Patrick and I are having a great time hosting the show. Come fall time I'll also hopefully start my Phd either in African Studies at Howard or Philosophy of journalism at Maryland, I'm still in two minds.
At the VOA both my horn series and the prison report are still in the editing stage. It's dragging on a bit now so I'm hoping to bang it out soon. Still thoroughly enjoying producing the Diaspora program which airs every Mnoday and Wednesday.
On a more personal note, as I was still struggling with adjusting to the cold here I went out on Sunday and bought the biggest northpole type jacket I could get my hands on lol! I now look like a tall domesticated eskimo!
In terms of Somalia, the situation is just going from bad to worse and I'm really worried it will just be wiped off the world. People are fleeing to wherever they can get to and those who haven't been able to leave are displaced within the country. There is literally not a safe area at all as explosions and suicide missions are being carried out in all parts of the country. There is talks that Britain and the US might send troops to Somalia alongside Yemen in the vain hope they might strike lucky this time given the previous failure attempt of Operation restore hope. We live to see insha Allah, I just hope some form of normality might come about for the civilians.
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