(( i no longer want 3 dogs ))
08 September 08 - 07:28
After 2 days of struggling to get peter into the office to work on the website on Thursday I finally succeeded. We made a time for meeting of 9-00 knowing full well he probably wouldn’t turn up until 10-00 at 10-30 he finally showed, but now I had peter in the office, I didn’t have the website editor here, ahhhh this makes doing my job so much harder. I was only meant to be here for a week and now its Thursday and we only just got started oh well life goes on.
So the dogs have taken to me very quickly and I have finally decided to my quest to get a third dog in the household back home was probably not one of my wisest missions. Because when I come home from work tiny leaps into my arms so she takes up both hands and then pups comes crashing into my legs and tries to climb up them and scraps is doing slalom around my legs then old timer the big daddy dog comes up for a chart as well so most of the time I end up on the floor with tiny sitting on top of me licking face thoroughly ... (more)
(( malawian drivers ))
08 September 08 - 06:42
being in the city i can now see properly how malawians drive
i can only think of 2 words to discribe it.
ABSOLUTELY CRAZY
seriously i swear there are no road rules at all, and half the cars dont even have lisence plates, when i bumped my car i hated that dent in the bonnet but the cars here have huge dents in there cars and dont even care, my car would be considered brand new here. also i could sell my car here for 3 times as much as its worth in england, its strange because everything even houses are cheaper than in england, in fact i think you can buy a house for less than a car here, crazy stuff.
another thing about malawian drivers is the use of the car horn, in england to be honest compared to here dont use the car horn, every chance they get the will use it but not just one little tap no a short burst of the car horn goes like this.
BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEPITY BEEPITY- BEEEEEEEP- BEEP - BEEP-BEEEEEEEEEEEP= BEEPITY - BEEPTIY- BEEPITY BEEP - BEEEEEEP
dont ... (more)
(( whats makes you to be a malawian??? ))
04 September 08 - 14:04
i thought i would take this oppurtunity to explain what makes a malawian a malawian
1. you produce an MK500 note instead of your drivers license when stopped by a traffic officer
2. you can do your monthly shopping on the pavement
3. you clap and cheer when the electricty comes back on after a 4 hour blackout
4. hijacking cars is a profession
5. you can count the national football teams scores on no fingers
6. the petrol in your tank is worth more than your car
7. more people vote in a reality TV show than in a local election
8. people have the most interesting names such as , coconut, wisdom, navigator, code, memory, frying pan, ... (more)
(( lifestyle magazine ))
03 September 08 - 10:04
Monday 1st of September
Heading off down to Blantyre today to work with lifestyle magazine today. Its about an hours drive by minibus Werner picked me up and took me to the office to discuss everything, im staying at his house but he is going up to Lilongwe for the week so it’ll be me and some other extended family members living there. And the best thing about his house is
HE HAS 5 DOGS they are amazing
Apparently they can be quite violent to strangers but they loved me straight away and he couldn’t believe there’s one that’s taken quite a shine to me her name is tiny and she’s 6 months old and no kidding she is the spitting image of gyp personality and all albeit a smaller puppier version but she’s got my pegged as a soft touch before id even sat down. If there’s one things that Malawians don’t understand its dogs to Malawian a dog is there to be kicked and to not be fed, they don’t understand the bond between humans and dogs, that a dog is your friend and a dog that loves and ... (more)
(( busy ))
02 September 08 - 09:15
Wednesday 27th august
So I headed back up to Lilongwe today to get my visa sorted out and meet with Steve about the advert stayed in the crown lodge as it was cheaper than budget lodge. The scout association of Malawi just held there AGM there so the lodge got a lot of business, and Steve came with me to check in and asked the manager to make sure I was comfortable and I got treated like a VIP because Steve passes a lot of business his way and didn’t want to upset him. I mean he really made sure I was happy, I order a chicken and mayo sandwich at lunch but the chef said he didn’t have any prepared I was like ok whatever then I’ll have something else but the manager was in the restaurant at the time and was having done of it and made sure personally it was made, it took a while but the meal was huge it had everything I don’t know if it was the managers influence or what but it’s a great meal., randomly met with coconut and George tonight on my way back to the lodge and we decided to go out ... (more)
(( ))
27 August 08 - 11:17
Things have been really busy in the past week and it has been non stop all the time. I have got lots of people offering to help me build my house which has been really great and everyone’s been so awesome. The shack team which has been named first time building contractors – we hope it don’t fall down. Aptly named by Crispin because he, chiqwonde and Aubrey have never laid a brick in there lives. . The team consists of
Me – project manager and bricklayer
Shay – assistant project manager and bricklayer
Breah – volunteer, he is a professional builder
Chiqwonde – the camps cleaner and gardener is helping out with the building for the past few weeks he’s slowly learning how to build a house
Aubrey – doesn’t trust himself with a trowel so he in charge of mixing mortar and fetching bricks
Crispin – occasional helps brick lay when he isn’t mixing mortar
The jack of all trades – this man I met last year when he was doing the electric for shays house, ... (more)
