Some tidbits inbetween

Being on a business trip to Germany, attending a conference and some meetings one has to take the opportunity to buy some survival gear, right? Well, living in Africa you find out what's really important in life... for example chocolate cereal. Not only is there no such thing in the shelves of even the most sophisticated Ugandan supermarket, whatever is there is quadruple the price of Aldi, Lidl & Co. Hence, I feel compelled to stock up on this occasion and ... well you can see. But no worries, people already started staring at this strange guy when he kept piling up 20 cereal boxes in  his cart - not just when he had this picture taken ;-)

Reaching home I realise that I actually have the coolest dog TV channel. Just like Adrian likes getting hypnotised by the TV, his dog Timmy spends hours (!) watching his favourite programme: Rabbits in action. Rabbits eating, rabbits sitting, rabbits hopping, rabbits sniffing, rabbits drinking, rabbits showing him their bum and rabbits sticking their noses right against his through the mesh wire. He gets so enthralled you can see him trembling and even jumping to his feet from time to time: "...If I could only get to 'play' with them for real!!" :-o

Anyway, of course there is also a routine in life; and yet it is somehow different... as you never know what to expect when you enter a somewhat sophisticated and risky device such as an elevator. Yes, you wouldn't think much of it, would you? But as I enter this specific one, a piece of paper stuck to the wall catches my attention, and somehow - rather than instilling confidence and assurance - it provides for a hint of inquietude... Especially when considering the general unreliability of Ugandan networks and that Lucas and John might be busy, might be having a nap, might have lost their phone or have run out of battery :-/

  

But I survive this great peril - only to get caught in a much more insidious trap: The great Powerpoint pitfall. No more words to be said, there are enough on the screen already.

 

 Last but not least, something of a more official and yet not serious note: Big school assembly for the celebration of Uganda's 50th anniversary of the countries independence. Big, big event with great shows, songs, anthem performed by the kids etc.

Oh, PS and while talking about school... I think I haven't posted Adrian's last year's school report yet - featuring a surprisingly accurate self-analysis of his achievements and challenges :-)