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Name: Davi
Country: United Kingdom
State: Hampshire
Birthday: 1/30/1985
Gender: Male
Interests: STF... i hope...
Expertise: Jack of all trades, master of none.
Occupation: Other
Industry: Education/Research
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AIM:  Davi asdf
Member Since:
12/21/2002
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| Well, the time to leave for STF has finally arrived.. although i never
felt like the last year really ended.. all seems like one smooth
continuation of life.
Bags are packed, tickets are bought, all is well.
It's a bit sad that I'm the only person taking this flight. Only bc
going to stf i mean... apparently all others were not as cheap as me
and decided to go on the more expensive morning flight. But getting to
stansted in the morning would've been quite difficult for me.
Meh.. it's no reason to become sad really... not when compared to world hunger or .. yeah...
Anyway, i have other things to do. All of you heading out for your
first year... don't trust the list of requierments... i don't know what
it's like this year, but last year it sucked. Bring alot more than 8
pairs of socks, you don't need that many tshirts, thermal underware is
very necessary depending where you end up goin, ski pants are also
really good... i should have probably made an official "Davi's advice
for 1st years" entry, but now is too late...
Well all the best to everyone for the coming year,
with love,
Davi
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| Ok, so the time has come for me to make an entry about our time in Iceland...
It's a very interesting place... very modern and at the same time incredibly ancient..
Little facts about Iceland:
- It's cold.
- Most common meeting place for people is the local pool/bath houses.
- It runs on volcanoes (geothermal water is the source of all the electricity, hot water, and heating).
- The hot water smells like eggs (sulfur).
- Fishing is one of the main trades.
- Average moral level seemed a bit iffy.
- Alcoholics R' Us. Usually due to the following:
- A lot of people suffer from depression (usually during the winter due
to the lack of sunlight), this included myself to a certain extent
since Daniela wasn't there. 
- People sleep on average until 10am-1pm. Knocking at someone's door at 10pm is normal. During the summer even 12 is ok.
- Everyone that travels there catches a cold.
- Icelanders fish&kill sharks and bury them for 3 months to rot
and dry, then chop them into little pieces and sell them to
unsuspecting tourists.
- Half of the population lives in the capital.
- People don't have last names. Each person is know as: (First name)
(Father's name)son, or if they are a woman: (First name) (Father's
name)dottir. For example: Jack Markson.
- 90% of the people in Reykjavík speak English, in addition to Icelandic. A lot of people also speak Danish.
- The sand is black (Thanks Vicky, I didn't really notice it because in
Cameroon the sand is also black for the same reason, so i'm used to it  )
There are many others... I'll update if i remember.
Pics:
Jon and I in front of typical Icelandic winter cars.
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Jon and I at the world famous Blue Lagoon (a lagoon made with hot,
milky blue, volcanic water - Foo Fighters went there  ).
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All the STF brothers.
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Nick, Jon, and I at a famous church.
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Our good ol' friend Hyo Sam! Ciao!
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Nick and Jon when they smelt the local shark...
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Pretty Icelandic mountainside/country side.
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The Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis).
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Sunset on the way back to the UK.
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Enjoy, people 
<3
-Davi
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| So I haven't made an entry in a really long time...
Let's see... Last time I updated I was still in Ireland... good times...
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From Ireland I went to England for 2 weeks and participated on a
service project with Service for Peace to help a comunity in the
outskirts of London.
From there I went back to Switzerland and spent about 40 days all over
the German and Italian (ciao!) parts. It's quite different from the
French part which I was previously in. For example, they don't pretend
not to speak english like the frenchies did.
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Yup, after Switzerland I stoped by in Germany to make a couple of
preparations then headed off to Korea, to participate in the
STF-Assembly, matching, and blessing by TF.
Really cool experiences, met alot of old friends who I hadn't seen in
years, Including ppl I knew from Brazil, USA, and Cameroon.
Big :wave: to Chark, Wade, Jon, Jonathan, Jeremy + the Carlsons, Theo
Wilson, Chris, Paul, Soo Young, Hyun Shik, Heun Joo, Alex Ward, Il
Shim, Tokusei's sister, I mean... I can't even name everyone...
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The time spent in Korea was amazing... can't even describe it.
So for the past 3 weeks I've been in Iceland. I'll put up some pictures of that when I can.
Currently I'm spending 2 weeks at home before going off again.
Sorry about the lack of content in this entry... hope the pictures make up for it.
<3
Davi
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| this is davi's sister...
i just met my brother a wile ago (he gave me his pasword), hes going to germany on tuesday. he had a really good time in ireland and wishes all the best to the irish comunity. =D
he did some kind of service project last week and said he really enjoyed it =)
lalala... dunno what else to rite...
my bro rox! ^_^
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| London was great. I came back Friday night.
Patrick Nolan was here for a couple of days... man that guy is awesome.
Today i spent the day in Navan (about an hour northwest of Dublin) doing some FRing. It was ok. Country side is beautiful.
Lots of <3
-Davi | | |
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