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The Olympics are truly upon us. posted on August 9, 2008 - 5:33pm

How does one begin to describe the atmosphere around the Olympics opening ceremony last night? Since I am not much of a wordsmith I will settle for awesome. Though I was not at the Bird's Nest I can say with confidence that I will be very lucky to be part of something as exciting again in my life.Like I said, I wasn't fortunate enough to be at the main event though some chap had offered me a ticket at an extortionist price I had fun prowling around and witnessing all the excitement. I hooked up with a fellow Kampalan and we watched the opening ceremony in various bars on TV and huge screens in my hood.

The Good, The Bad and The neither here nor there posted on July 16, 2008 - 8:42am

Having been in this city for two months I am beginning to feel like I am part of the place and there are things that I really like about it. I obviously do sometimes feel a tard frustrated about how some things are around here but generally its OK. In any case most of the frustrations are a result of not being able to speak Mandarin, but that is my problem. Here are just a few musings in no particular like or dislike ranking.Getting around

Sights and sounds posted on July 3, 2008 - 7:02am

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.

Long time no post posted on March 3, 2008 - 12:30pm

Its almost a year since I last had anything up here. I guess I have been too distracted.I will be changing locales soon and thus the rambling thoughts will be coming from elsewhere but Kampala.Now I am back I hope too reaquaint my self with all of you.

Its been a posted on March 26, 2007 - 9:40am

Its been a while since I was last here but thats mainly because I have hardly been settled in one place long enough. That is why I'd like to share some pictures of my travels over the last few months. Enjoy.A street in Rukungiri TownBored Kids outside a church in Nyakajeme, Rukungiri after the service has gone on too long

From the boondocks to very sunny Kampala posted on January 10, 2007 - 4:06pm

I don't know if its because I have been moving about in the cooler climes of Bushenyi, Ntungamo, Mbarara and Rukungiri that I feel this city has turned into a 24/7 steam bath or if thats how its been all along. I can't cover myself at night and that means I am having issues with those ear loving insects (having always considered myself to cool to sleep under a mosquito net.The travelling around has been a good break and I feel somewhat rejuvenated. Got some business done and checked on sme people I share DNA with, who I would have not seen for another decade or so.

Happy New year to Y'all posted on January 4, 2007 - 2:12pm

I would like to wish you all a happy bran new 2007, which looks like its going to be a hell of a lot better than 2006.Sorry I have been away for long. Originally it was because I had somehow lost my blogging mojo, but over the past month or so it has been because I have been galavanting in areas with names like Nyakagyeme, Namufumura, Katereeza, Kyaka, Ruhinda (all in western and southwestern Uganda), which are internet challenged.I am actually just going through Bushenyi town right now and I have taken advantage of some NGO office to make this quick post.Will be uploading some pix and getting my blog on soon enough. But first will spend like two days seeing what I have missed from all of you.Did I wish you all a Happy New Year?

As I move on. posted on October 31, 2006 - 11:51am

Over the past week I have been runnining up and down while trying to tie loose ends and as such I have hardly been at my desk in the office.Because I havent been near my trusty Dell laptop I have realised somethings about blogging that I had started taking for granted.First aof all I am going to miss my fast connection here at the office. It tried to update twice at variuous cafes in and out of kampala but the Blogger beta and the slow connections made picture uploads impossible that I decided to give up. While blogging here I can take my time. I dont have to worry about the seconds ticking away.Signing in and moving about is a lot easier with the laptop because of all that cookie business and the small tools, widgets, plug-ins, extensions I have added to my browser of a period of time.I have become so used to using Firefox and/or Opera that Internet explorer is like a new thing whenever I try it out.

The road not taken? posted on October 17, 2006 - 1:26pm

I haven’t been that regular with my posts for the last month or so because I have had a lot on my plate.A series of slip-ups and major bust-ups with the immediate boss, who wont accept that some of the slip-ups were caused by his failure to fully grasp what the assignments from above required, over the last 10 months have led to a situation where the office has been a truly nasty place for yours truly for the last few weeks.After thinking long and hard, with the help of some intelligence gathered through my mole in the higher echelons of this organisation, I made the very difficult decision to tender my resignation letter and give in my notice.After 3 weeks of pushing and shoving it was inevitably going to come down to a choice of who should leave, the boss or me. I realised that was one decision that was more than likely not going to favour my black ass so I made the pre-emptive move. This way I wont have a record of ever being fired.