Followers

Showing posts with label Liberation Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Liberation Day. Show all posts

Thursday, 26 January 2012

Liberation Day!

Today was Liberation Day in Uganda. A day to celebrate nearly 3 decades of ruling by M7 and the NRM party ...

Today I liberated:


  • A few braincells as I had my last glass of white wine around midnight last night
  • A couple of hundred thousand Ugandan Shillings from my wallet as I shelled out for a new phone. Last night, I came home to no light whatsoever so thought it would be a great idea to perch my phone on the sink as a light source. It was, until it dropped into the sink and appeared to die. I dismantled it and dried it out as best I could in the pitch darkness, but in the morning it still appeared to be dead. I invested in a new phone that can access maps, You Tube, Facebook, Internet and God knows what else, but have no idea how to make a call or send a text. Old phone now seems to have resurrected itself. Will dedicate time at the weekend to a spot of manual reading!
  • At least a million calories on the roasting hot mid-afternoon bike ride
  • A few tears as my eyes watered when I got suncream stuck in them
  • Much orange dust that was washed down the plughole after the bike ride
  • Most importantly, the beautiful bike ride with views overlooking Lake Victoria liberated me from all of the stress of the job fair weekend
Feels good to be liberated!