Not so not Serious stuff

Apparently, when I signed up for this job, the job discription didn't say anything about me participating in zzzzzzzzzzzor working as an electrician, or working as a design engineer or getting involve with business deals or acting as a PR person. All it say was teach the staff computer skills. Well, I am about 3 weeks into my lessons and tings are going well....ok. I am getting complains that I am moving too fast with the pace of these lessons. but c'mon one 45mins lesson a week. and I got some 40 people who want to learn. OH yeah the thing about Africans and Ugandans are they can;'t take much initiative to learn or practice things themselves. GUess that the oppressive educ ation system they have all grew up with. There are some who are curious and will take it upon themselves but the majority would attend class and learn for that lesson but even put their new skills in practice which means that no matter how much I teach it will be a futile attempt at education. I need to find some thing to teach that they can use...hmmmm


Well, some good news for once...I guess someone heard my cries for sending a donation. I just got news that some good kind soul donated 100$ to my fundrasing efforts for VSO Canada. I hate the idea of personal fundraising, even if its for a third party organization and not myself personally, my name is still be ing use. Oh well, I guess I ;ll just be donating my end of services grant to the fundraising. Then again, the Stipend they VSO are paying me here is just collecting interest. LIving inthe forest and away from civilization means I got not way of blowing my money and my accomodation and meal are all paid for here so I am practically seating on the money they give me. Oh yeah 250$CDN a month....whooppeee....but here in Uganda, a medical officier gets paid more than t...at...i think so lucky for me.

The riots in Kenya are subsiding, not sure how much fuel is now, but again, living a forest and not much to do, I have cut myself from the outside. Apart from popping my head out at the online chat world on occasions.

OH yeah....about my extra circucular activities. I was so lucky to have joined a few zzzzzzzzzz the guidance of one Dr . Scott Kellermann. Minor stuff, but for someone who wishes to make a crack at med. school or a career in the medical field, so awesome. Many in med school already would say that surgery gets boring after awhile, but me....nay!!!...I can do that for a career. It's like fixing machine, a blend of art and engineering and mechanics and medicine. right up my alley.!!!

For donations to my VSO fundraising effort visit:

http://www.vsocan.org/display.aspx?pid=499&cid=837

Trouble with the Neighbors

Reporting still from Bwindi National Park...or at least from the edge of it. There is trouble in Kenya. Upto 300 dead in the last 3 days, the latest, a group of cowarding school children were torched alive while hiding in a church. All this stems from the recent controversial election in Kenya which has now spread into accusations of ethnic cleansing between tribal groups. Personally I think it s just an excuse for mayhem and anarchy. Revenge is a human characteristic that can intoxicate anyone, and brings out the worst in humanity.

As a result in Uganda and a few other neighboring countries have closed their borders to Kenya as the Kenyans duc it out in a spiral of violence that can go into civil war. Not likely, but when you got the fear ozzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Imagine, two fairly developed nations or on their way to developmenthood, but politics, tribal friction and suicide bombers bringing these nations to their knees and making them failed states. Oh yeah, history tells just thzzzzzzzzz as attacked the US embassy before in yes...Kenya.

Anycase..wat do these have to do with you and me ? WEll, if you are in North Americn, then nothing much. I doubt the western media cares or even bother to report on African matters. As for me, the conflict in Kenya has resulted in neigboring countries closing their borders to Kenya. Uganda is landlocked and relies on Kenyan roads for shipments of food, supplies, goods, and off course fuel. With borders now close, fuel prices have skyrocketed ...or will if the conflict goes on. Already there are reports of hording, people buying loads of fuel to resell for inflated profit.

Add to thi conflict, the threat of Ebola and raiding rebels from the Congo and mayhem in Pakistan and probably more in the Mid East...I am screwed...:(

Further communications maybe difficult...