The time has flied by....

So its now only a matter of less than 4 weeks and I will leave Asmara, and Eritrea, and find myself in new places, like Kenya and later Russia. I can hardly believe the time has gone by so quickly. This week I gave my English students their final exam, and tommorrow we are having a graduation party at my house. The plan is to have a coffee ceremony in my living room. With my English classes over, I will devote the rest of my time to finishing the video projects I have started, and hope to get them completed before I leave. The process has been a little more challenging than I orignally anticipated, as the software I have is very simple, and the system I am using -my laptop- is a a far cry from a decent editing studio. In any case, we are using what we have and are trying to pull it altogether.
It already feels like I am leaving, as lots of friends have already left and more are due to leave soon. Gaby( or Gabri as it is in Dutch) one of my best friends here and former room-mate is leaving next week and I cant imagine Asmara or Eritrea without her. I guess its part of the nature of the place and the work where people are coming in and out of Asmara for short or longer contracts and are never here too long. My few months here in Eritrea working with the women has been great, but the time has really flied by and it seems very hard to imagine that in only a few short weeks I will be leaving the country....