Sika | November 18, 2008
David was complaining to Flora that it is too hot* and how he wanted the rains to come. Flora’s response: The rains aren’t coming because people are still burning bricks (to cure them and make them usable). David thought she was joking and laughed but she wasn’t. She explained that the bricks require heat and [...]
Sika | November 11, 2008
Do not get pregnant. Do not give others pregnancy. Each room [in the hostels] has two keys. You and your friend get one. I keep the other one so I can come in whenever I want and snatch a hotplate or find your illegal visitors. Some people, especially the men, like to go around at [...]
Sika | November 10, 2008
We finally finally got our new class of first years. Only 6 weeks late. The drama was this: The University of Malawi couldn’t decide how they were going to pick which students to select. The options were to base selection on merit only or on merit and region, recognizing that some areas get more slices [...]
Sika | November 10, 2008
I went back to NOC a while ago to do a vertical garden training with the guardians and the home health volunteers. While I was there, we reviewed weighing and charting and I took the pictures I didn’t get before because of the failure to bring my camera. So this post will be mostly pictures [...]
Sika | November 10, 2008
I had a mellow weekend: a nice Saturday where I took 3 naps before noon*, and then rinsed out and hung my laundry which had been soaking overnight because I’ve become too lazy for proper scrubbing and sunlight washing powder takes less color out of clothes than omo did. Very little of it was overrun [...]
Sika | November 7, 2008
I started writing this ages ago and then got, well, distracted. So, despite its wordiness, it’s actually a bit more abbreviated than I intended. Michelle and I went to Mulanje a while ago. Mulanje Massif has the third tallest peak in Africa (not that we went to Sapitwa to experience it for ourselves) and has [...]
