May 2008

The Pains of a loyal associate posted on May 31, 2008 - 1:07pm

After a long period of service slaving away at the front of the battlelines of the place I call work, I looked up and realized with glee that it was the end of the month- my excitement heightened by the fact that my earnest hardwork had already brought in an amount 10 times my salary. I could not shake the nagging feeling that my commander-in-chief was going to send my home with only a handshake after all I had taken on their behalf but nonetheless, as I am trying to believe in the teachings of the secret, I tried to put my faith in believing that since the Almighty saw my work and is the rewarder of all, I would be given the medal of bonus alongside my handshake! I would return to my family, an honorary member of the work force with all my medalions in hand as evidence of all the long hours I had spent away from base.

The Pains of a loyal associate posted on May 31, 2008 - 1:07pm
After a long period of service slaving away at the front of the battlelines of the place I call work, I looked up and realized with glee that it was the end of the month- my excitement heightened by the fact that my earnest hardwork had already brought in an amount 10 times my salary. I could not shake the nagging feeling that my commander-in-chief was going to send my home with only a handshake after all I had taken on their behalf but nonetheless, as I am trying to believe in the teachings of the secret, I tried to put my faith in believing that since the Almighty saw my work and is the rewarder of all, I would be given the medal of bonus alongside my handshake! I would return to my family, an honorary member of the work force with all my medalions in hand as evidence of all the long hours I had spent away from base.
BHH review posted on May 30, 2008 - 7:27am

I'm doing a review this time because Carlo said she was bored by her last one and might not do this one. (I am absolutely sure it is a gazillion times better than the one I am about to do)I'll start at the beginning.6.30pm found me there already, as always, with my new book in tow and a cup of coffee in front of me. Donald, a friend of mine, was walking by and I roped him in. He said he would be there only a few minutes although he ended up staying the whole time, either that says we were too interesting for him to tear himself away or we were too weird for him to tear himself away. Miss Tandra was next and I was shocked that someone other than Carlo was the second one there. Guess Tandra wants firsties in real life as well. Not to fear though Carlo was hot on her heels and already before 7.00pm we were already filling a table.

greatest country on earth posted on May 29, 2008 - 11:27pm

Advice on MonkeysUnlike the agriculture minister, Kibirige Ssebunya, who advised farmers being disturbed by monkeys to kill them for meat, trade and industry minister, Hajat Jane Mukwata knows a thing or two more about monkeys. Addressing people with disabilities in Kireka at a disability workshop [sic], she advised: "Many of you have monkeys disturbing you in your gardens. We have trained monkeys so that they do not harass your neighborhoods. Surrender your monkeys so that we can train them to enable you [to] earn even more money from them."

A Voice So Sweet posted on May 29, 2008 - 4:42pm


I can hear his voice right now
It chimes so very clearly
A voice treacly
Each sound distinct and clear
So slowly spoken
All words exact
All words crisp
Can you discern whose it belongs to?
My ray of sun that brings me warmth
His tone cradles me very well
Its silky brass jingles
Smoothly, sweetly
Like a daisy in bloom
As I long
For that day
of opportunities
© Samantha Khainza

IF I WAS PRESIDENT posted on May 29, 2008 - 3:05pm

If there is anything i despise its people who think they are too busy or too important for lack of a better term to wait and use the toilet but find comfort inusing the street,pavements bushes basically open ground.The other day i was on my way to work and this man shamelesly decided to open water on the nearby bush in broad day light.A side view of his gu thing visible to all who dared look and he on the other hand looked like he was buying kabalagala yes he looked that unbothered. Thought to my self if i was president i would be in my one car convoy on my way to work i would be living far from my work place not those things mbu working from home. I would be a master at butida complete with sigiri hardened mud bullets as i would be making my way to work i would be hitting those peoples heads with those mud bullets coutersy of my katida.

words are another kind of violence posted on May 29, 2008 - 11:10am

Is it presumptious of me to believe that we can pick up where we left off?

enews posted on May 27, 2008 - 9:20am
Another BHH posted on May 26, 2008 - 1:24pm

29th May. Mateos. 6.30pm.

Creative Bible Study Approaches posted on May 25, 2008 - 8:07am
Personal Resolution...Until mid this month, my resolution in the area of digging into the wonderful mysteries of the word of God was learning from Literature written on specific topics say Faith. My personal perspective of approaching bible learning through Books is it gives you more insights on particular themes and this bible study educative and interesting. Aramaic, Hebrew & Greek...
Cats Update posted on May 24, 2008 - 2:14pm

Pictures, as promised. How our cats traveled:

Cats Update posted on May 24, 2008 - 2:14pm

Pictures, as promised. How our cats traveled:

Home posted on May 24, 2008 - 1:42pm

Second impressions:1. Soft fluffy clothes out of the dryer!2. Soft fluffy toilet paper!3. I ate oysters last night and I don't even like oysters.

Home posted on May 24, 2008 - 1:42pm

Second impressions:1. Soft fluffy clothes out of the dryer!2. Soft fluffy toilet paper!3. I ate oysters last night and I don't even like oysters.

Cat Update posted on May 23, 2008 - 4:08am

Because you're all dying to know, I'm sure. We had absolutely no problem getting the cats home. We had all the necessary papers (in quadruplicate) and the officials at Entebbe were amazing (seriously) and in Amsterdam the KLM people let us know the cats were safely on the plane for the next leg and when we got to the States, Customs was a breeze. The cats were less than pleased with the situation, but they're settling in alright now. I think they're going to like their new clumping litter.

Cat Update posted on May 23, 2008 - 4:08am

Because you're all dying to know, I'm sure. We had absolutely no problem getting the cats home. We had all the necessary papers (in quadruplicate) and the officials at Entebbe were amazing (seriously) and in Amsterdam the KLM people let us know the cats were safely on the plane for the next leg and when we got to the States, Customs was a breeze. The cats were less than pleased with the situation, but they're settling in alright now. I think they're going to like their new clumping litter. I have pictures but have yet to find my camera cord in our massive amounts of luggage. Stay tuned.

Home posted on May 23, 2008 - 4:04am

First impressions:1. Very efficient water pressure. Showering is a true pleasure. 2. Tap water! Drinkable tap water! Brushing my teeth also a pretty amazing experience.3. Internet: I might just throw up another post right after this. Because I can. And I'll be finished before the first quarter of the Celtics game ends. The Celtics game, which I'm watching on TV. On a television that is flat-screened and 40-inches and high definition.

Home posted on May 23, 2008 - 4:04am

First impressions:1. Very efficient water pressure. Showering is a true pleasure. 2. Tap water! Drinkable tap water! Brushing my teeth also a pretty amazing experience.3. Internet: I might just throw up another post right after this. Because I can. And I'll be finished before the first quarter of the Celtics game ends. The Celtics game, which I'm watching on TV. On a television that is flat-screened and 40-inches and high definition. 4. Life is good.

Tag II posted on May 22, 2008 - 12:19pm

One thing's for sure, I never let a tag pass me byFour Jobs I've worked• Cook- Fastfood restaurant• IT Assistant• Applications Developer• ConsultantFour movies I would watch over and over• The Incredibles• I Robot• Spiderman 2• The MatrixFour places I have lived• Bukoto• Ntinda• Naggalabi• MutundweFour TV shows I love• Journeyman• How I Met Your Mother• LOST• BleachFour places I have been on vacation• Ssese Islands• Kigali• Pretoria• Port ElizabethFour of my favourite foods• Nandos Mediterranean Grilled chicken• Chinese food• Buttered Chicken Tikka /w Veggie rice• Cheese wrapped in HamFour places I would rather be now• In bed• In front of a HDTV with surround sound playing Xbox360 or PS3• On vacation again

Blogger posted on May 22, 2008 - 11:58am

Just because I blog like once every 3 months don't mean i'm not a blogger anymore

A Tale of Two Cities posted on May 21, 2008 - 5:30pm

“It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.”That is how one of the best ever written books ends. If you haven’t read ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ yet, pick it up immediately. I can’t believe it took me this long to read it. When I started it, I was afraid that I wouldn’t get it of fail to see what everyone went on about and it was a difficult first few pages but then Dickens describes a scene where wine spills on the cobbled streets of France and from then on I was taken in and there was no turning back.

Pluckier posted on May 21, 2008 - 2:08pm

Thoughts are undulating my palmAkin to the squashy streamStaring explicitly at my blankness; they recogniseBefore I could respireI close my eyesAnd feel my heart thrashing within, soothing tempoIt takes my fear over Briskly into my gulletThey say….

School Memories... Now Nomore.... posted on May 20, 2008 - 4:05pm
Christian Religious Education in Schools...
Celebration of ten years in Ministry posted on May 20, 2008 - 3:35pm

Bishop John Charles Odurkami of Lango Diocese, Bishop Nelson and family cut a cake to mark 10 years in ministry“Time has come for Bishop Nelson to leave the Cathedral and go home to look after animals ” This was said by the Minister for Disaster Preparedness, Prof. Tarsis Kabwegyere during the celebration of a Decade of Episcopal Ministry by Bishop Nelson Onono-Onweng on Monday May 12, 2008 at St. Philip’s Cathedral.The minister called upon the Acholi to follow the example of Bishop Nelson who is always calling people to go home. The Minster said time had come for Bishop Nelson to leave the Cathedral and go home to grow crops.Bishop John Charles Odurkami of Lango Diocese, Bishop Nelson and family cut a cake to mark 10 years in ministry “Bishop Nelson will be out of the Cathedral where he has been for 10 years to the village where he can grow food and live a normal life”. Kabwegyere saidThe minister said Bishop Nelson himself will be an example to all.

Always Whining posted on May 20, 2008 - 1:42pm

I am not in love with you
Touchy mate, angry mate, testy mate
Since you’re ever broke – yesterday broke, today broke
Always whining, always whining, always stirring trouble.
Spirit asks me why, why me why, why, why me?
I am not thrilled, he’s not thrilled, we are not thrilled
‘It’s wealth, wealth you want, wealth you’ll have
Wealth does want hard work, please have some faith.’
I am not in love with you
Touchy mate, angry mate, unkind mate, old style mate.
© Samantha Khainza

“Bona Bagagawale” is a Miscarriage of Progress posted on May 20, 2008 - 12:17pm
The recent launch of Bona Bagagawale (prosperity for all) programme and the glamorous publicity it has attracted in the local media following the President’ mobilisational tour around the country has raised a storm of false expectation. Utterly false, because it is inconceivable how a paltry target of only 30 “model farmers” per Sub County will transform agriculture; a way of life for nearly 90% of Uganda’s human population. Ugandans may recall with embarrassment, how Government realized too late, that it could not proceed with the envisaged Bona Bagagawale because it hadn’t thought through how is would be implemented. Indeed, it was a subject of speculation for a while that Bona Bagagawale would dish money to farmers through SACCOs. This however hit a snag after realizing that there was no legislation to regulate the operations of SACCOs.
Paper Beads posted on May 20, 2008 - 10:22am

I've been buying paper beads to bring home as gifts and I thought I had heard they were made out of garbage, so I did a little research. Not garbage so much as recycled paper. (Hey, they do recycle something here and for a good cause beyond saving the planet.) Online all the

Paper Beads posted on May 20, 2008 - 10:22am

I've been buying paper beads to bring home as gifts and I thought I had heard they were made out of garbage, so I did a little research. Not garbage so much as recycled paper. (Hey, they do recycle something here and for a good cause beyond saving the planet.) Online all the stories seem to be about the Bead for Life organization, but it feels like everyone is selling paper beads these days.

Our New Newsletter posted on May 20, 2008 - 12:45am

Hello everyone! Welcome to our new newsletter. We can all use this space to post updates on the progress of BOSCO, and to reference all past communications and progress.I am inviting all the board members, as well as Philipp Glaser and Stefan Bock (our local admins in Gulu) as well as Fr. Okumo and also Kevin Adams, who has been of help in the past and remains interested in our project. Thanks Kevin!This blogger software is very user friendly, and can be easily worked with by all, even the techno-unsavvy, if I may be allowed to make up words as I go along...I linked the title of this post to our main website as an example, and any of you can do this on any of your posts, if you so choose.Our newest board member, Kevin Bailey of Notre Dame, has financed via donations his trip to Uganda this summer, where he will work on behalf of BOSCO along with Joe, Philipp and Stefan.

Celebrating boobs! posted on May 19, 2008 - 10:08pm
Down memory lane - part III of III posted on May 19, 2008 - 9:08pm

NEW CROSS - It's a bit strange to be writing about Kampala so many miles away from home, but again, the memory goes back both in space and time. Apologies if anyone, apart from me, was waiting out on this. Travel, slow internet, and the need to earn a living took a few pages out of the diary. Anyways, here we go.

Down memory lane - part III of III posted on May 19, 2008 - 9:08pm
NEW CROSS - It's a bit strange to be writing about Kampala so many miles away from home, but again, the memory goes back both in space and time. Apologies if anyone, apart from me, was waiting out on this. Travel, slow internet, and the need to earn a living took a few pages out of the diary. Anyways, here we go.
My Sister posted on May 19, 2008 - 7:42pm

My sister,I remember you. I remember when you were so little;You were so little, you were so young.You were that little bundle of innocence,So pleasant to everyone.You laughed when a snake crawled around your legs.You chased after bees and grabbed at wasps.You imitated peacocks and barked back at dogs.When daddy playfully threw you in the air, you knew he would catch you.When you stole some sugar from the kitchen, you cheekily waited for mummy to discipline you.You were not afraid to get dirty; you knew mummy would clean you.You were not afraid if the neighbors’ kids laughed at you, you knew we loved you.When we asked you to sing, you were not afraid to dance too.You brothers and sisters were your best friends. Your family was your world.Your world was happy.

Invention/Innovation Vs Repulication/Repitition.. posted on May 19, 2008 - 6:08pm
First Series of Cellphones In Uganda... Approximately 10 years back when cellphones flocked the Ugandan community for the very first time, you had to trade one of your valuables to purchase one [US$555]. Maintaining the phone [credit and other assorted services] was also another story, you had to trade your next valuable or you had to work much harder. With this trend only a small percentage of Ugandans could afford cellphones. The Marketing personnel called it a new Innovation in the country, was it actually?
How To Get Two Cats Out of Uganda posted on May 19, 2008 - 1:56pm

Anyone know? It looks so easy on paper…because there doesn’t seem to be anything on paper.

How To Get Two Cats Out of Uganda posted on May 19, 2008 - 1:56pm

Anyone know? It looks so easy on paper…because there doesn’t seem to be anything on paper. It’s one of those things where you have to know the right questions to ask, but are not sure where you find out which are the right questions. For example, it recently came to our attention that we need an exit permit from some ministry to get the cats out of Uganda. Now we’ve talked to a whole bunch of people about what we need to get the cats out of Uganda, but it was only on, like, the fourth conversation that someone mentioned this exit permit. So unless you know to ask, “Hey, is there some sort of exit permit we need to get from some random ministry (that our vet couldn’t even remember the name of) in Entebbe, for which we also need health certificates?” then I’m not sure how it really comes up. But why would you know to ask that specific question?

Regards from Beijing posted on May 19, 2008 - 3:18am

After months of wondering about and doing all sorts of things I find myself in Beijing, China, a city I am going to call home for the next few months. If one had told me five months ago that i would be living in Beijing by the end of the year I would have thought him insane, but I guess the world works in such ways.

Ode to posted on May 19, 2008 - 3:17am

I looked at all my lumps
Arrayed in glorious view
They rippled and jiggled and bounced around
It was time for all things new.
My family and friends, they told me
They love me just the same
But it’d sure be easier to hug me
If my lumps, I didn’t maintain

Smart Leaders posted on May 18, 2008 - 4:18pm
I have been digging into the secrets behind good leadership and my digging escapades have got my shelf covered with Books that atleast have the word Leader in their Title. In depth length and in a more persuading manner am convinced beyond doubt we are all leaders wherever we are not neccessarily because there are numerous people we lead but because "exert" influence in one way or the other. What then makes you a smart leader? It is definite that most peole will follow good and smart leader because they can be trusted and for anything the follower has confidence the leader has answers.
theology korner posted on May 18, 2008 - 4:03pm

Quoth him who saw, or perhaps did not see, him indeed who heard, or didn't, or whatever:Matthew 10:34-35 "Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.This sword he talks about. Is it merely the antipode of peace? A Manichean understanding of the new testament would have this be so. Perhaps it is the case that the sword is not the equal in quality and doppelganger otherwise of peace. The peace of repose, for instance, or of certainty; these aren't Jesus, he is the violent passion of the encounter with the divine. Advocacy for ecstatic worship.

I would like to...-have sleepover with you-write my name on your soul-meet your "Lorax"So, what do you...-do?-think of the decor?-want me to put in your time capsule?Could you please...-stop not being in love with me?-tell me how to seduce you quickly and effortlessly?-draw a picture of the car I need to buy to attract your interest? -(if she can't draw well) describe it?In Other NewsIf, before five minutes ago, someone had asked me, Is it a good idea to put toasted cashews inside a peanut-butter and jelly sandwich?, I would have been obliged to preface (or constitute) any reply with, I don't know. However, now, I can confidently respond, Yes, it is!

This may be posted on May 17, 2008 - 5:05pm

This may be the saddest thing I've ever read. Excerpted from a widely-syndicated item originating in April of this year:Chinese man eaten by zoo tiger BEIJING (Reuters) - A tiger devoured a mentally ill man who entered the animal’s zoo cage in northeast China, local media reported on Friday.Zhang Yachun disappeared from his home in Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang province, on March 24 and five days later police told his parents he had been eaten by a tiger in a nearby zoo, the China news service reported, citing a Harbin newspaper. “Only two legs and his skull were left,” the report said. Zhang’s grieving parents said their 37-year-old son suffered mental illness and “especially loved tigers”.

A New Sportish World posted on May 17, 2008 - 5:01pm
Television Vs Radio...Am turning on TV and 60% of the Channels are featuring Sports games which range from Soccer [apparently it seems to be every Ugandan's favourite], baseball to Wrestling. After bargaining with my ownself, I resort to turning on the Radio and well well, the story isnt any different. Was it just a wrong hour or something? When Will it Be?...
Car Update posted on May 15, 2008 - 4:15pm

Remember yesterday how I said someone was coming to buy our car that afternoon? Dude calls and says, “So, how about I give you 4 million shillings today, take the car, and then I’ll give you the rest of the money in a week and a half after my check matures?” And we said: how about not.

Car Update posted on May 15, 2008 - 4:15pm

Remember yesterday how I said someone was coming to buy our car that afternoon? Dude calls and says, “So, how about I give you 4 million shillings today, take the car, and then I’ll give you the rest of the money in a week and a half after my check matures?” And we said: how about not.

Quand voyage ryhme avec cuisine posted on May 15, 2008 - 12:51pm
Il y a quelques mois, j'ai fait l'acquisition du ''National Geographic'' des livres de cuisine: World Food Cafe de Chris et Carolyn Caldicott (le premier est photographe de magazine, on l'aurait deviné, les photos sont superbes).La combinaison textes de voyage et recettes est une formule gagnante et l'abondance de recettes utilisant des ingédients (vegétariens) trouvés sur les marchés locaux d'Afrique de l'est (entre autres destinations) en font un petit trésor dans notre cuisine.
Blogging in Uganda posted on May 15, 2008 - 7:41am
Blogging to Mentor..Not so many weeks ago, we liaised with a fellowship that mentors youth in Local University here in Uganda and well our discussion zeroed on blogging to mentor more youth into responsible adult. Not so long, the fellowship started blogging on the Word of God and they explain how the Word is central in today's daily living. Different members of this fellowship post articles to help youth in this University. This is one of their blogs that posted in this month. It was titled it "The Written Word of God"
random dumplings........dnt ask what it means. posted on May 14, 2008 - 4:46pm

i am still recovering from the akon show my people ojone! akon simply outdid himself. The brother performed til i could nolonger take it i decided to walk out and leave him hanging the same way he had done when he didnt appear!as for the pushing i could feel my inside residents aka my insideds being evacuated people shoved and pushed and stepped not to mention robbed.at a point during the show one guy (must have been high on paraffin or somthing related) started pushing his way to the front regardless of the fact that there were children below 12 years infront of him the way this man pushed we all thought akon had called him for a duet then akon decided to throw his shirt into the crowd the same man ran from the front to the back stepping everyone in his path elbowing if such a word exists. And he didnt smell very nice quite pungent i must say.

Programmed Text Messages posted on May 14, 2008 - 1:16pm

Sleep evades me throughout night-time,
There’s naught to be achieved from worry over wordings posted by a fault.
Sleep evades me throughout night-time,
Why would he send an erroneous night inscription idly to me?
‘My Babe, happy day on which you’re born,’
Read the message supposed to be communiqué set
For later when natal event would come about in five months time for my party.
‘My Babe, ‘happy’ was meant for you even though happy day of birth’s ahead.’
© Samantha Khainza

Come back soon posted on May 14, 2008 - 11:26am

Dude hasn't been in the country since Sunday and won't be back till Saturday. Much as I hate to admit it,I miss him.Pity I won't tell him this, poor thing and gladly he doesn't know that I blog so phewx.And I'm not playing hard to get. Do you know those moments when you simply don’t do something and have no explanation for your actions. Well this is one of those moments. Oh I miss him…but shusss... don't tell anyone...