The Weird and the Weirder...
on Sarah's Blog (Rwanda), 14/Oct/2009 13:18, 34 days ago
Tuesday 13th October 2009I am now back from the brink...never one for exaggeration...I am feeling much better and decided that I was fed up of hang around in the house...so I went back to work...In the education office both Francois and Alexis were convinced that I was still ill but I managed to make it through the morning and to the afternoon in the district office. I didn’t really do all that much as I was so tired...but I have remembered some very interesting reading which I did on Monday...While Ruairi was in Kigali at the weekend...he bought a Ugandan newspaper...Saturday Vision it is possibly the most incredible news paper I have ever read (not that I have read many though!) but really...it puts British tabloid papers to shame! Lets start with a couple of stories...Drunk teacher staggers in front of Oyam district bossA primary school teacher in Oyam district recently got into trouble for drinking during working hours. Ongada was with his mother-in-law when the Oyam District boss, Charles Okello Engola, bumped into him. Ongada fumbled and as he tried to stand to beg forgiveness he fell down. Engola gave him a stern warning as residents carried him away.Family evicted over sick childA family was evicted from their rented home over an ailing girl. The elderly landlady gave them marching orders saying if the girl died in her house, she would bring bad luck and tenants would abandon her houses.Street vendor leaves baby in boxA vendor, last week left her baby in a box. The woman only identified as Mama Justine, had put her baby to sleep in a box but when she was leaving, she forgot the box behind. Moments later, passersby heard a baby crying and gathered around. A guard picked up the baby and said he would take it to the mother.Food attracts men to meetingThe women of Bulera sub-county met last weekend to discuss the problems in their homes. However, men gate crashed the venue knowing that food would be served. When the women got out for lunch, they found that the men had served themselves as many as three plates of food.There was also a longer article titledSwirly whirly girly-boys: Are they proud of it?...basically discussing effeminate men...and from what I can gather...how wrong it is...especially when they date tomboys...When a girly-boy dates a tomboy, the dude ends up acting like the chic and the chic acts like the dude. There are also some very entertaining illustrations to go with this story...TOP 10 LOVE BOOSTERS (according to the Ugandans...)CommunicationForgivenessCompanionshipRomanceMoneyStatusChildrenOutingsGiftsFaithfulnessTOP 10 LOVE POISONSAdulteryViolenceDesertionBestialityHomosexualityPromiscuityPublic ScornWitchcraftPovertyImpotenceThen I happened across the lonely hearts...where the adverts were openly asking for people to contact them with the intention of getting married...but I think my favourite one was...Single man, 42, wants a caring andgod fearinglady 30-43I think we might have to get this paper every weekend...it is bloody awesome! If not a little on the super strange side!Other than that there is nothing really to report...apart from the fact that I have officially got a heart of stone! Last night I watched The Kite Runner and although I was sad...there was not a single tear in sight...not one...nothing...not even a little bit of welling!!!