…it all started like all the other projects: loads of ideas, loads of plans, loads of hope…it was not my initiative, I adopted the contest…though it took me a while to develop it and up-bring it…needed more time to figure out what I really want out of it…it did take some time, I think about a season or two, and Ali waited and the others, granted me enough time and space to realize the objectives of the project…it was in November, I think, that the first draft came out…sitting in “Spargo” assessing the first draft which was far from finished though they were enthusiastic and encouraging and full of hope…
December passed by without noticing, I remember this sentence vividly: “…we dedicated all our time over the last year for the two conferences and our other projects and we all are now behind our regular work and studies…”; he was saying it though I knew he would not take a step back, IPY was already part of his skin…
…came January, fresh start…fresh ideas…fresh plans…I started knitting again for you, in our discussion sessions, my knitting set was there too, it made everyone laugh…it made me think clearly...
I did not want it to be a one year project, I wanted continuation, I wanted it to become a ‘real’ academic deal, part of the curriculum…
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