June

Another busy mouth is about to end.

I find myself too exhausted to sit in front of computer.

No TV to kill time. So I read or sleep.

Anyways, my laziness to update this blog is really becoming a problem.

Once again I tell myself to update it more often...

A lot happened this month.

A colleague of mine (a staff member working at teacher training college in Chilangoma) had a wedding. Oh yes, a short story to share. In Malawi, wedding day consists of two things- traditional ceremony at church or mosque, and the special reception. When I say special, it's very special. Basically, people dance to the music and toss cash into the basket. And THIS along lasts for 3-4 hours. THREE TO FOUR HOURS! Anyways, that was an experience. I could not stay longer than 1.5hour out of boredom and without enough money (lol).

Our piglets now have names -Eperque (the bigger one) and Uni (tiny one). And they're growing pretty fast. We had to find a vet because Uni was suffering from worms and as a result, not gaining weight. Mr. vet came and gave vaccinations. They were crying like no other. Then 2 days after we gave Uni the de-worming medicine, TWO long disgusting worms came out from her (excuse my words and image I give you in your mind) ass hole. No comment. We feed them madea (leftover maize after milling) and lots of vegetables. The house we built for them seems little too big for now. Next Tuesday, I'm organizing the first pig IGA meeting so I will update on that as well.

What else, oh yes, there have been lots of soccer games in Malawi. I went to the stadium for some of the games. Malawi miraculously beat Egypt and you can imagine the whole city going crazy from this victory.

As usual, we had our preschool teacher training day. We taught many things, one of them being poster making and classroom decoration. This time, we had those teachers draw human body to teach children body parts. They seemed to enjoy such activities. I have no talent to draw but I wish I could teach them better.

Four boxes of school supplies from the university I studied at finally arrived. Amazing. I can't thank my ex-boss and those students who were involved in collecting and shipping these materials. Children here will be so grateful.

And yes, one more thing. We bought a sugarcane juice machine with which we would like to start an IGA. The idea is to replace sugar with this juice so that the cost will be chapter for the village people. I demonstrated how this machine works and had them taste the juice. They seemed to have enjoyed it. I will see how it goes with the logistics.

Okay, now this is a lot again. I hope I can enter new blog within this week...