Rain, Rain Go Away!!!
on Emma in Nairobi (Kenya), 21/May/2010 09:43, 34 days ago
One of the advantages I thought about living in Kenya is the good“weather”!! However for the last 2 months it has been raining practically everyday and it is actually getting a bit annoying now….. and Feeling a lot like Ireland!! The up side is that everything is growing fast… the down side is that there is major flooding in Nairobi and around the country. In Nairobi, that translates into dodging car and matatu spray walking to and from work… not easy when matatus go out of their way to ensure that you get a good coverage!! So the culmination of my rant about the rain was that last Friday 14th May I had organized the 2010 Kenya Society for the Blind Fundraising Golf tournament again in Muthaiga Golf Club. Ahhhh… one word for how it went… DISASTER!!! How could i have predicted that the weather would be the ruination of the event… it rained all day before and all morning of the event… So after taking several phone calls from golfers cancelling… we were considering postponing the event until later in the year but eventually we took the decision to go ahead… and it did clear up for the afternoon!!!This year surprise, surprise we actually got there on time and set up the registration table in the post drizzle…. and waited eagerly for participants… … we got the sum total of 30 players!!! Wonderful!! So the net effect was that we didn’t loose any money but it was the same as if our major sponsor for the event just handed us the cheque for 3000 euro without us going to further effort… DISASTER!!Trying to stay positive.. there is always next year.. Oh yeah but it actually wont be my gig then will it!!!