Camel
That's right, Buffalo Chicken Wings, Fried and Tossed in a Monkey Gland Sauce. MMMM delicious
Beach!
That's all folks!
Monday, October 23, 2006
Pictures!
Camel That's right, Buffalo Chicken Wings, Fried and Tossed in a Monkey Gland Sauce. MMMM delicious
Friday, October 20, 2006
Kelly 1, Malaria None
Just a quick note to say that yes I am still alive. I have been busy getting all the fun parts of being in Africa out of the way like Malaria, and a stomach parasite (at the same time - woo!). Work continues to be awesome, despite the fact that my boss keeps sending me home to rest and recuperate every morning (typical morning goes like this: Greg (in thick Kiwi accent) Kelly, what the heck are you doing here? Me: Working, Greg: Trying to work maybe, go home and get well, Me: But.. Greg: GO - I'll get one of the drivers to take you Me; fine.) Other pluses, there is a new Minister of Energy, and so far he seems to be doing a better job. We have had power for most of the day and large parts of the evening for the past 2 days. Will this trend continue? I hope so, although I would gladly not have power between the hours of 8-4 if it meant having power all evening and night. Cooking by candle light on a kerosene burner is just not quite all it's cracked up to be. In fact, Candle light is no longer romantic to me, it just represents yet another coping mechanism for less than stellar living conditions. Oh, here's a good one; so get this, in Tanzania there is a holiday based on the sighting of the moon in Saudi Arabia!! Eid may or may not be this coming Monday and Tuesday, no one knows for sure though so you certainly can't plan a trip! Seriously, hasn't science evolved to the point that we know when the moon will be out? I mean didn't Da Vinci pretty much figure all this moon stuff out centuries ago?? This weekend we have plans of going to the beach for the day only as we cannot guarantee whether or not it will Eid and thus worth staying over. Mind you, I guess I cannot complain too much, after all on my weekends I get to go to deserted beach islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean, and all of you are stuck in snowy Canada/drizzly Britain/where ever you are. Suckers.
Monday, October 02, 2006
Games of Africa
Dalla Dalla Tetris:
The Goal: fit all the necessary people and things into the bus and still be able to close the doors.
Required components: One small mini bus (Capacity 15), 30 people plus an assortment of boxes, bags, buckets and other goods, including but not limited to: live chickens, car engines, and baked goods. Driver and ticket agent also requried.
Now arrange the components keeping the following in mind.
1) people are bendy
2) people do not necessarily have to be near their belongings
3) sardines make an excellent lap cover.
Pick up more people as the bus goes along the road, rearranging people and things to make room. The more people and things you have by the time you reach town the more points you earn!
Turkey Tapdance:
The Goal: Successfully navigate the perilous path from your front gate to the main road avoiding the Turkeys, burning garbage, puddles and waste water channels in your way.
Preparatory Steps:
Step 1: Move to Africa, rent house near nutrition centre (complete with animals),
Step 2: visit the beach
Step 3: Put sunscreen everywhere but your feet, stay in sun 12-14 hours
Step 4: Burn (bonus points if your feet blister!)
Game Steps:
Step 5: Gingerly put on socks and Crocs to protect feet from bugs and dirt
Step 6: Try to leave house
Step 7: Discover that Turkey's like Croc's. As in they like to eat them.
Step 8: Try to avoid being eaten alive by the 60 pound male turkey and his little band of turkey followers, while not falling in waste water channel, garbage burning hole, or puddles. Hopping, screaming, and shooing noises are all allowed
Step 9: If necessary enlist help of local children to throw rocks at Turkeys/you
Step 10: Repeat on homeward journey
Points are awarded based on the amount of time it takes to navigate the driveway, bonus points are given if driveway is successfully navigated without a turkey incident.
The game is lost if your foot is a: eaten, b: lands in a puddle c: you fall into either the garbage pit or the water channel. one point is taken away for each rock the children throw.
The Goal: fit all the necessary people and things into the bus and still be able to close the doors.
Required components: One small mini bus (Capacity 15), 30 people plus an assortment of boxes, bags, buckets and other goods, including but not limited to: live chickens, car engines, and baked goods. Driver and ticket agent also requried.
Now arrange the components keeping the following in mind.
1) people are bendy
2) people do not necessarily have to be near their belongings
3) sardines make an excellent lap cover.
Pick up more people as the bus goes along the road, rearranging people and things to make room. The more people and things you have by the time you reach town the more points you earn!
Turkey Tapdance:
The Goal: Successfully navigate the perilous path from your front gate to the main road avoiding the Turkeys, burning garbage, puddles and waste water channels in your way.
Preparatory Steps:
Step 1: Move to Africa, rent house near nutrition centre (complete with animals),
Step 2: visit the beach
Step 3: Put sunscreen everywhere but your feet, stay in sun 12-14 hours
Step 4: Burn (bonus points if your feet blister!)
Game Steps:
Step 5: Gingerly put on socks and Crocs to protect feet from bugs and dirt
Step 6: Try to leave house
Step 7: Discover that Turkey's like Croc's. As in they like to eat them.
Step 8: Try to avoid being eaten alive by the 60 pound male turkey and his little band of turkey followers, while not falling in waste water channel, garbage burning hole, or puddles. Hopping, screaming, and shooing noises are all allowed
Step 9: If necessary enlist help of local children to throw rocks at Turkeys/you
Step 10: Repeat on homeward journey
Points are awarded based on the amount of time it takes to navigate the driveway, bonus points are given if driveway is successfully navigated without a turkey incident.
The game is lost if your foot is a: eaten, b: lands in a puddle c: you fall into either the garbage pit or the water channel. one point is taken away for each rock the children throw.
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