Le pourquoi du comment de ce que je fais dans ce coin du monde

Okay, back to more cheerful things to tell.

An update on what I am doing now: I am currently in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, doing an internship for the Bank. (I love it when we say 'the Bank'. Sounds so bloody pretentious).
Extremely interesting it is, especially that Aceh was the closest place on earth to the epicentre (do we use that word in english?) of the december 2004 Tsunami. So you can imagine it was pretty messed up around here.
Hmm, messed up is a euphemism. We're talking 400,000 dead, and a year and half later, still recovering bodies. Everyone has lost a family member or a friend.
And if it wasn't enough, it just so happens that Aceh has suffered from a civil war (hmm, 'separatist conflict' sounds more politically correct) for the previous 3 decades.

But the city, as well as the people, as getting back on their feet. Houses are being rebuilt, a bit slowly and often more expensively than thought they'd be (blame it on lousy financial management...) but everyday more people are moving into their new permanent houses.
Benny, who works at the house i live in, lost his wife and kid in the tsunami; we saw him on a motorbike with a girl the other day. I think this summarises the whole attitude around here: yes, we've been hit badly, but since we can't turn back time we might as well move on.

Remarkable and inspiring.