Well, this weekend I did basicaly what I had told you last time I
would – read a book I had downloaded to my phone and water things.
Today I met with the district education head & the person in charge
all the district ministries about my internet idea. I am now working
on a photo album that I hope to be able to upload while I'm in lusaka
for IST.
Category: (c)2008 Aaron E-J
Somewhat uneventful weekend, working on photo album and meeting with people in BOMA today
Well, this weekend I did basicaly what I had told you last time I
would – read a book I had downloaded to my phone and water things.
Today I met with the district education head & the person in charge
all the district ministries about my internet idea
Back In Chadiza for a short while
Well, I will be here for a week or so
then I will go into Lusaka for in
service training. I got back to my village yesterday night via taxi
and went to my dimba in the morning, then biked in to the BOMA to get
some ntochi and tomotoes, meet with the
District Education Official who was still in Chipata, and also the
Forestry person. When I get done with this blog, I will see whether I
can find any cardboard to use for the solar stove I want to make.
this weekend will be fairly layed back involving dimbianization and
reading of some digital electronics matereal I downloaded to my phone.
Trying to post via phone
2008 08 06
Today I went looking for a basket and couldn't find one so I got some
things at the market and then had an early lunch and started out to go
to the market. At the end of the driveway, I saw a bike loaded down
with baskets. They weren't really what I was looking for, being too
shallow, but I bought one anyway. Then I went to the Wi-Fi place and
foundout how to post via email which I will use to post via my
cellphone which this is a test run of
Today I went looking for a basket and couldn’t find one so I got somethings at the market and then had an early lunch and started out to goto the market
2008 08 06
Today I went looking for a basket and couldn't find one so I got some
things at the market and then had an early lunch and started out to go
to the market. At the end of the driveway, I saw a bike loaded down
with baskets. They weren't really what I was looking for, being too
shallow, but I bought one anyway. Then I went to the Wi-Fi place and
foundout how to post via email which I will use to post via my
cellphone which this is a test run of
planted some more broccoli in pots and charged some batteries…
2008 08 01
…planted some more broccoli in pots and charged some batteries
…started walking to the dimba carrying the “urea” I had “made” last night and got stopped and asked about the “natural liquid fertilizer” I was carrying and somewhat awkwardly explained that I mixed the “urea” with ash to neutralize the pH & then put it on my dimba
…also was collecting cow manure and some young kids saw me doing it and asked if they could help. Together we filled the bag in no time. I felt like I was really a PCV at that moment where as yesterday people had been calling me muzungu more then usual as I had brought my big hiking backpack to the BOMA the last couple times
…watered everything and picked some more lettuce and a little spinach
…had my 3rd salad and some lentils & brown rice then started reading “the quincunx”
a frustrating ride to the BOMA….
2008 07 31
…a frustrating ride to the BOMA
…left stuff at Dist. ED Ext. office, the went to the market where the one time I hadn’t brought any plastic bags they were out of them
…came back and was going to work on my laptop but the power was out. I guess the power always goes out at lunch time.
…Tried to buy popcorn but it was dilibe at all the stores. I did find a tea strainer that I will use for the non-instant coffee grounds I bought (although first I need to use the stuff I brought with me from the states)
…power finally came back on and I charged and added more podcasts & music to ipod
…was about to leave when I got a call from my banja mu America who were on vacation in Maine. Maine is great and this will be the first year I haven’t been there since I was born, something I can’t say of anywhere else. They were doing the usual things we do in Maine and I guess the blueberries are great this year. The phone call needed to be short because they were calling on their cell phone
…went to the post office but it closed at 1600 so I biked back. I hadn’t put on my bike shorts so my nether regions were very sore by the end
went to dimba and planted some of the cantaloupe seeds that had come in the mail and also some more watermelon seeds as well…
2008 07 30
…went to dimba and planted some of the cantaloupe seeds that had come in the mail and also some more watermelon seeds as well
…planted broccoli seeds in pots
woke up pa 530 went to meeting about sanitation and had a free luch at the gov. guest house…
2008 07 29
…woke up pa 530 went to meeting about sanitation and had a free lunch at the gov. guest house
…waited around at the Dist. ED ext. office and checked email on my phone but couldn’t blog because connection was to slow and I had to view a variation image to use mobal blogging – somewhat discouraging
…talked to district education head and the meeting of all the heads of all the district boards still had not happened because the person in charge was at a workshop mu Chipata
…biked back and got there as dusk was falling
went to dimba and the person I had asked to water had & also fertalized which was sweet
2008 07 25, 26
…went to dimba and the person I had asked to water had & also fertalized which was sweet
…planted tomatoes & tephrosia which I had gotten from the PCPH