Pay It Forward

Sometimes working hard feels like doing coke. The more work they give you, the more energized you feel. Spending less (or no) time in bed, eating less, and drinking more coffee rarely has the effect you would expect on your body... and the withdrawal leaves you completely disoriented. A holiday? What is that?
Good thing that being high on work is a habit that is quite easy to break.
Now that I can take a few moments away from teaching, grading, translating, or localizing, I can finally update this blog, which is slightly overdue.

Last week, I received a package from Botswana, which I had been expecting but had actually completely forgotten about. In that package were gifts from Lauri Kubuitsile, a Motswana writer whose blog I read daily. This is all part of "Pay it Forward". I am not sure who started this , and how many people it has reached so far, but here is the principle:
Each person who receives a gift sends gifts to three other people. It's not about owing something to someone, but a nice way of passing on your generosity. So now that I received those gifts from Lauri, it is my turn to "Pay it Forward."

If you are interested in being one of the people I will send gifts to, let me know (by leaving a comment here, a message on facebook, or by shooting me an email).
But keep in mind that I have the budget of a grad student. :-)