Published on
June 25, 2009 in
Diary.
It was indeed tough when I was totally tired of writing exams. In the morning we started at 9 am and finished at 12 noon. In the noon hours we started writing Community Empowerment and finished at 5 pm. It was tough indeed. I was totally tired. Mhalu was one the candidates who was tired. Mhalu told that he was behind and the time was not enough to him. He said he had some points not yet finished on his last question.
When I was going to submit my paper I encouraged him to try as quickly as he could in order to cover the last points for the last question. Mhalu said that he was too tired and it was just luck that he managed to finish answering the question. “I was not expecting that I could manage to finish, but I have manage to” said Mhalu.
Lameck, my fellow candidate escorted me on his motor bike to CI depot for Chikwawa. I boarded minibus at 5:20 pm. I was arriving Dyeratu (Chikwawa) at 6:15 pm. I hired a cyclist who ferried to Chinangwa village. My wife Betha was very happy she heard my voice when I knocked at the house door. She got out and hugged me. “Missed you for ages. I was feeling loneliness. You are most welcome” Bertha welcomed me.
Published on
June 24, 2009 in
Diary.
In the morning when all candidates gathered at 8 am, it was the shocking day when we had only one hour to enter for exams. We started at 9 am. After writing, we had a lunch break. It was indeed the special day.
Went to bed at 11 night. I was preparing for the following day exams. I had to study and just revising here and there.
Published on
June 22, 2009 in
Diary.
Fellow classmates and I met at the school for discussions and revision on project management. We started discussions at around 8 am. It was helpful because we were able to contribute. We discussed much about the past papers.
Our lecture got us at around 10 am and he had to assist us answering some of the questions we raised to him. “This is so good because you are contributing potential things. Most of your friends are just moving in town failing to have time and discuss as you are doing. You need to prepare as much as you can” said the lecture.
Published on
June 21, 2009 in
Diary.
Driver and one passenger died on the road accident. It was around 2 am, when the touring car that was driven by the owner while totally drunk together with his friend hit the lorry. The two victims were traveling from Limbe to Bangwe in the city of Blantyre.
When they were about to cross the railway crossing, they hit the lorry that was traveling from Thyolo to Blantyre. It was indeed very sad because both in the touring car died.
Published on
June 7, 2009 in
Diary.
After classes, I left for Chikwawa (home) to finalize a piece of work I left at the office. I was asked to prepare a report on Fairtrade premium first quarter income and expenditure. I wanted just emailing the report but I felt it could not be enough because there must be some issues for me to be answerable.
Published on
June 6, 2009 in
Diary.
It was interesting when students warmly welcomed Flanklin, the lecture whom students had been seeking. Flanklin is mostly lovely by students. Blantyre campus students had been worried for Flanklin to be based in Lilongwe.
I would cry for the lost
I was outside Kamuzu stadium when the second was just kicking off. After noon classes I rushed to the stadium to watch the last half of the match between Malawi and Burkina Faso. Within a couple of minutes in the second half Faso fired the beautiful goal that made almost 85% full of the spectators (Malawians) almost to cry. At home it was really a shock and a heavy blow.
Man cleanse the street for money
When I was footing rushing to the stadium through a shortcut way, I found a man cleaning the street. Everybody crossing through this path was appreciating the well done job. He just open placed the plate alongside him that anyone appreciates would contribute anything like money for his survival
Published on
June 5, 2009 in
Diary.
“Wish you all the best my dear Elod. Work hard so that you pass this forthcoming exams” Bertha, my wife expressed when I was leaving home for Blantyre on specifically in preparation of exams. I boarded the bus at 8 am. In Blantyre, I proceeded to the South part of it to find resthouse.
8 year old boy (orphan) in hospital for dipped in absolute hot water
The boy was brought up by his father’s brother. His both parents passed away, and then he is an orphan. In the morning he together with friends went to fetch big frogs, locally called thesi (singular) and matesi (plural). These big frogs appear only during the rainy season. After rain they hid themselves underneath the soil waiting for another rainy season to emerge. At Biasoni, south part of Chinangwa village as well of Kasinthula Cane fields, most of the residents took these matesi as their stuff relish (food). This young boy went to fetch and he managed to kill two of them. One thesi can way almost 400g.
When he got home, he asked the home mother to prepare these frogs for the family. The mother seemed not to care what this young boy was saying. She went twice to the borehole drawing water. The young decided to prepare himself in fear that they could go bad or rotten. After preparing he fried them and took them with nsima. He enjoyed the meal alone. When the mother came from where she was, she was very unhappy. I have taken them all; I thought you were not interested with them. The boy told the mother when she asked about the frogs.
The woman set fire and let almost 5 liters of water to get boiled. Up 100 degrees Celsius she tied up the young boy as if he was a thief and dipped his two hands on the very hot water poured the rest onto the rest of the body.
It was so sad indeed, nobody could believe. She enclosed the boy indoor and then she left for somewhere to chart with her friends. Her husband was at the work. In the morning, a certain woman saw the uncomfortable boy lying on the empty sack. The woman asked her friend about what happened to the boy. She responded lamely that made her friend calling some men to witness what happened. Men arrested the woman and called the police officers. The woman is now in custody and the boy admitted at Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Attended development forum
Nkhwachi, my fellow college mate invited me to attend the development forum. This forum was conducted specifically as a research to find out the major problems between donors and stakeholders. It was indeed a fruitful discussion to me. I was really impressed the way members were contributing.
Published on
June 4, 2009 in
Diary.
I was advised by Charles to capture pictures for Charles to use in his trip to Netherlands. I had to get in cane fields to take farmers pictures while doing their plots’ activities. Some farmers were applying fertilizer to their just harvested cane plots while other maintaining tail drains as well others doing trashing.
Wife’s uncle illness
My wife called me that her uncle ill at Kakoma, almost 30 km from home, Chinangwa. “I have just been communicated that uncle at Kakoma is not feeling good and mum has already gone to see the situation” she informed me.
Published on
June 3, 2009 in
Diary.
I was called in the morning asked to be at the office. The vehicle was sent to ferry me to the office. When I got to the office, my boss advised me to prepare him the consistent data for Fairtrade Premium issues which he was expecting to use at the Fairtrade meeting scheduled to be held in Netherlands from 6th June 2009.
Excited to visit UK
Charles Chavi and Aubrey M. Chilenje were appointed to attend the Fairtrade meeting in Netherlands. Charles is so happy to visit UK. “It is as if I am dreaming to be my first time visiting UK. I wished them the safe fright and arrive alive.
Published on
June 2, 2009 in
Diary.
My brother sent two children doing education at a certain private institution. The girl child is the only hard worker than the boy child. The boy child sent his sister when she came home to collect some moneys that he was not interested with his school continuation. “Tell dad that I wish I could drop this school because I have observed that it’s better to stay at home doing some businesses” he told her sister.
My brother was very worried following that son’s lame decision. It was really a shock to our family after getting what that son was trying to mean.
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