Author Archives: Janine Reid

About Janine Reid

What is Janine? -board game enthusiast -political observer -Vancouverite -questioner -listener -health provider

Chasing the light North

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Janine Reid

I had a rather settling (is there a better word for the opposite of unsettling?) experience on a particular drive home this summer, in the waning hours of the night where light is usually hard to come by. Not so … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

No fat people shirts

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Janine Reid

Now, to be honest, I have never considered myself fat. Maybe on the heavier side, sometimes happier than others about my weight, but not fat. Was I ever wrong. At least in a Ghanaian sense. Besides the frequent observations of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

The Definition of Productivity

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Janine Reid

I’ve realised lately, and frequently, that a significant portion of any stress that I have is closely related to my perception of productivity and how it matches up with both external expectations and my own understanding of what I “should” … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Connection, Life in Ghana | Leave a comment

Of Textbooks and Tamale

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Janine Reid

“that city of perennial anonymity amid the crowd, that place of relentless haste where eyes met only by accident and the smile on the lips of a stranger was a build-up for some kind of proposition.” – The Lost Steps, … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Connection, Life in Ghana | Leave a comment

The importance of graphing calculators (and technological literacy, among other things)

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Janine Reid

Well, my experience with these wonderful pieces of technology extends from grade 12 math, where they were alternately used for complex calculations of probability and as vessels for basic space alien video games. Little did I know I would encounter … Continue reading →

Posted in EWB Work, Life in Ghana | Leave a comment

What does complexity mean?

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Janine Reid

As funny as this is, it’s simple for us to recognise that it’s also a bit ridiculous. As much as you (as a Canadian) are not a beer and beaver-toting voyageur conquering the polar bear infested snowscape with a hockey … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Connection | 5 Comments

Somehow I’m terrified

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Janine Reid

Somehow I’m terrified. I think about my experiences and long for a repeat, long to return to those comfortable haunts, to that place that I called home for a short time. Home, for me, is always where the people are. … Continue reading →

Posted in Life in Ghana | Leave a comment

Everyday I’m studyin’

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Janine Reid

Wow, I’m feeling great. I get to choose a different set and subset of friends to study with each day, and sit in the bright sunshine streaming through the windows of Madge, West Mall, Chem, or another nook or cranny … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Connection, Life in Ghana, Medicine | Leave a comment

Garbled and unintelligible, again.

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Janine Reid

I’m talking in the car with my family as we drive over the Alex Fraser bridge on our way to Christmas dinner. We’ve been talking about this outrageous accent that I can’t help using in most of my basic conversation, … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Connection, Language, Life in Ghana, Special Interest | Leave a comment

Sunset affirmation

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Janine Reid

More and more I am able to deftly search through the face-up pieces of this language and fit together interlocking phrases to express responses, questions, musings and exclamations which I share with relative accuracy with the people I’m interacting with … Continue reading →

Posted in Language, Life in Ghana, Special Interest | Leave a comment