Thursday 15 April 2010


Bhaktapur- Bhaktapur, yeah very nice place, it's renowned for its elegant art, fabulous culture, colourful festivals, traditional dances and the typical newer lifestyle. Awesome tourist attraction, generous people. Let me tell you about a young gentlemen I met in Bhaktapur, he was a Buddhist. He spoke good enough Enligh to be able to persuade us that he knew a lot about Bkaktapur, he kept following us around, I felt guilty as I didn't have enough money to pay him for his tour! At the end of the tour he asked us in his best English " I don't want any money, but i'd be grateful if you could buy me a Nepali/English dictionary so that I can learn more English to improve my tours". We were astonished, a seven year old that should have been in school, but decided to educate himself!






Maiti Nepal- Trafficking
Maiti Nepal is situated in Kathmandu, it's aim is to stop trafficking. Traffic is a major problem in Nepal as they have no traffic lights or any roads signs indicating ways of reducing traffic congestion. The result of this is that Maiti Nepal have to rescue unwanted vehicles, as they're so badly damaged because of trafficking nobody wants them anymore.

Imagine if these vehicles were actually human beings..

For more information visit www.maitinepal.org

These are some of the evidence of what I got up to in Northampton! As you already know i've just returned from Nepal, thanks to Platform 2, funded by DFID and run by Christian Aid and BUNAC, it's a fully funded programme, but you have to repay their generosity by spreading the importance of fighting against poverty! I intend on writing many articles, blogging and campaining in Wales and the rest of United Kingdom! Come and join me by following my blog or get in contact if you'd like to take part!

Ceri

Wednesday 7 April 2010







Helo!!

Wel dw ni' m pam bo fi'n dal i sgwennu ar hwn... gan bo fi'm yn gwneud dim byd o werth dim mwy a dw i'n sicr ddim ar daith fawr llawn antur, ond dw i di cael wythnos reit ffyni, meddwl sw ni'n adrodd yr hanes!

Nos wener- Bues i mewn gig yn Morgan Lloyd, Caernarfon, wedi i mi gyrredd dyma fi'n parcio'n nghar mewn lle tawel wrth ymyl y castell, ges i gadarnhad gan fownser mowr tew "yeah it will be safe there love, traffic police don't come out on bank holidays!" Bril so dyma fi'n parcio'n gwybod bo'n nghar i'n saff a rhedeg i Black Boy'n yn y glaw (wrth gwrs), llowcu peint neu ddau, meddwi a landio'n Morgan Lloyd!! Gwylio Iwan Cowbois yn chwara'i gitar ar ei gefn am awr, Yr Ods, sy'n fand da gyda'r llaw, just bechod bo nhw'n copio'r hyn sydd yn y siartiau'n hytrach na cynhyrchu rhywbeth newydd, gwreiddiol, ma gen chi dalent dwds, defnyddiwch o!!! A dyna fo, cwyno'n lle kebab am y "lack of chicken in my chicken kebab, kebab man (wps)" a dal tacsi i Felin Heli ond ie wnes i ofyn i'r dyn tacsi fynd a fi holl ffordd i Vietnam am ddim, oce naddo, dim ond i Felin Heli ond doedd y diawl ddim am fynd a fi i fanno am ddim chwaith, cheeky boy!!!!

Bore Sadwrn- Deffro, awtsh, hangover gwaetha erioed! Ond roedd rhaid i mi godi achos o ni 'di bwcio i ni gyd fynd i white water rafftio ar ol cinio, syniad da ar y pryd! Pa ry'n bynnag, codi, golwg y diawl a rhedeg i'r 'bus stop' yn edrych 'tha hwran a hithau'n benwythnos y pasg, twt twt!! Dal bws hefo accountant 2 be Richard Thomas Evans, cyrredd y fan lle o ni 'di parcio'n nghar a gweld marc reit amlwg ar y llawr yn deud "NO PARKING", wps! Ond yn waeth fyth roedd Simon y Saxo ar ben ei hun bach a corns mawr hyll coch o'i gwmpas o! Damia, ond ges i'm ticed a ddaru fi a Rich lwyddo'i ddenig, heb bod neb yn gweld! A dyma fi'n dysgu'n ngwers i beidio gwrando ar fownsars mawr tew!!

Prynhawn Sadwrn- Son am stress, doedd gen i'm batri, Rich dim signal, neb rhif Awel (y ferch oedd wedi trefnu bo ni'n cyrredd Tryweryn erbyn 1) ond wrth gwrs o ni'n hwyr, hollol stressed!!! Ond wedi i ni gyrredd a ffeindio rwla'i barcio dyma fi'n cloi'r car, agor boot i estyn stwff fi a Rich, ond aeth hi'n banic steshyns eto, "Rich dw i 'di cloi goriade fi'n y blydi car", so dyma fi'n stwffio' drwy'r twll yn y boot mewn i'r car a sylwi wedyn bo fi 'di gadael goriade'r car yn clo'r bwt!!!! Damia!!

Hwyrach Prynhawn Sadwrn- Cerdded mewn i'r Ganolfan, syllu ar fechgyn del a meddwl "dyma lle'r gwaetha i drio fflyrtio a finne am orfod gwisgo wet suite", felly wnes i'm fflyrtio, cerdded mewn i'r ystafell newid, rhoi'r wet suite ar ffordd chwith, newid o'n nol i'r ffordd oedd o fod! Cerdded allan yn edrych fel complete twat, neu fel ddudodd John "reject superhero"! ha! Eniwe ar ol fymryn o gachu brics a siarad am farw a stwff, dyma ni'n neidio mewn i'r gwch a dysgu sut i nofio, rhwyfo, achub ein hunain (iep)!!! A wedyn dyma ni'n white water rafftio'i gan wneud y wynebau mwyaf dychrynllyd!!! Ma gen i luniau, roia'i nhw fyny wan!!


Dydd Sul- Byta wyau pasg!
Dydd Llun-Byta wyau pasg!
Dydd Mawrth- Cytuno i fynd i rwla i harasio A.S 2 be am gynhesu byd eang.
Dydd Mercher- Cytuno i siarad hefo Jonsi am Nepal!
Dydd Iau (fory)- Cyfarfod Branwen Niclas i drafod yr hyn wnes i ddysgu yn Nepal a be allai wneud i helpu arafu tlodi byd eang (edrych ymlaen)drwy godi ymwybyddiaeth a annog pobl ifanc i fynd ati i frwydro i goncro tlodi byd eang, unwaith am byth!! Byddai hefyd ar yr radio hefo Jonsi am 3:15, yn son am Nepal ac eto'n trio annog pobl ifanc wirfoddoli hefo Platform a chymryd diddordeb mewn codi ymwybyddiaeth o achosion tlodi byd eang!!!
Dydd Gwener- Usual, peint yn rwla, ymlacio, chwilio am waith!!

Reit ho!!!

Cerixxx

Thursday 1 April 2010

heloo!

Well i've been back for two weeks now, strange but i'm bored of being home arleady! Here are some of the experiences i've experienced since i've been back

Farmer: Have you caught malaria or HIV? i answered "No"
Farmer: Where's Nepal? I didn't answer!

The jet lag has been awful, I've been confused,and I keep waking up at 5 in the morning, starving!! But feeling better now, despite the stomach aches, yeah I still have problems despite the amazing choice of foods i have at home, bran flakes for breakfast, what a lovely experience!!

Things i'm trying to do now that i'm home!

Get a job, i'm determined to get a job working for a charity raising awareness of global issues and social injustice.

Raise awareness about the stuff I learnt in Nepal, try to get it out there!

Trying to learn to say thank you instead of Danyabaad!

Stop missing my Nepali family, impossible!

Speak as much Welsh as I possible can, i've missed it!

Try to get used to people calling me Ceri, what happened to Dipaaa? Has she completely dissapeared? What happened to her? I miss her!

Living without the other volunteers, it's hard, as they actually know how much I miss Nepal as they miss it 2!

Tagg everybody in everybody's Nepal photo's, it's a slow process!

This list can go on forever! Anyway yeah, also if anybody want's me 2 work for them, give me a shout! I'm skint...

CERINA

Helow!

Dw i bellach yn nol ers bythefnos, a dw i'n bored yn barod! Er ma genai ddigon o waith codi ymwybyddiaeth o'r stwff dwi 'di ddysgu tra o ni ffwrdd! Dw i'n gobeithio neith y profiad dwi 'di dderbyn hefyd yng nghalluogi i gael swydd mewn maes lle gellai godi ymwybyddiaeth o dlodi byd eang a anghyfiawnder cymdeithasol!

Maen rhyfedd bod adre de, dyma rhai o'r profiadau dwi 'di gael ers i mi gyrredd adre!

Ffarmwr: "wyt ti dal hiv/malaria" ateb swta gena i "na"
Ffarmwr: "Lle ma Nepal dwa?" wnes i'm ateb!!
Dwi hefyd 'di bod yn hollol conffiwsd ers i mi gyrredd adre oherwydd effaith y jet lag, deffro am 5 y bore bron llwgu, angen toilet ac yn methu 'chantio Kakaa'n 'y bore!
Methu deall pan bo pawb yn galw fi'n Ceri'n hytrach na Dipaaa!!
Dweud Danyabaad yn hytrach na diolch mewn siopa!
Deffro'n y bore a meddwl "wow pam bo'r tir yn wyn" a sylweddoli bod hi 'di bwrw eira, casau eira!
Rhyfedd hefyd 'di deffro i dy gwag, odd y ty'n Nepal yn llawn pobl o hyd, er bod o'n mynd ar yn nyrfs i, dwi'n methu bwrlwm ar habits unigryw odd gennyn nhw e.e rhoi colur ar y fuwch, he he!!
Byta bran flakes i frecwast, profiad anhygoel!
Yfed dwr allan o dap heb feddwl "wypsi"
Siarad ar y ffon, profiad od ar y dechrau!

Ma'r bywyd sydd genai yma'n Nghymru'n wahanol iawn, er yr hyn dw i'n werthfawrogi ers i mi ddychwelyd, ydi'r hawliau sydd gena ni fel merched, y cyngor IE Y CYNGOR, o leiaf bo gena ni fagiau a biniau sbwriel a ffyrdd, er bo'r A470'n broblem ma'n well na'r ffyrdd sydd ddim yn bodoli rhwng cymunedau'n Nepal!.Dwr poeth, hunanol ond maen braf cael cawod a peidio meddwl "aaaaaahh goli woli dw i'n mynd i farw". Dw i hefyd yn gwerthfawrogi siarad Cymraeg, er bo fi ond i ffwrdd am 10 wythnos, chydig o Gymraeg ges i gyfle i siarad! Dw i hefyd, wel dwi'n gobeithio bydd y wasg yn cefnogi'r hyn sgennai ddeud am fy mhrofiad, dydyn mhrofiad i dda i ddim os wna gai gyfle i godi ymwybyddiaeth o dlodi byd eang! Ma angen cic yn din i rai aelodau o'r llywodraeth!!

Aaaa ow ie oes gan rywun ddiddordeb fy'n nghyflogi? Cysylltwch!! Dw i'n frwdfrydig, egniol ac yn sgint! Dim byd anweddus dwi'n licio pob dim i fod 'above bored' !

Cerina!!!