Good morning/day/afternoon/evening/night to all you blog followers,
At some stage I'm going to run out of "witty" opening greetings. Maybe one day, just to shake things up a little, I'll open WITHOUT A GREETING. Jump right in. Get involved...
Now, the trouble with a blog is that you need to have loads of really interesting stuff to write in it, and as we all settle into our routines at school, asco, sunrise orphanage, and so on and so forth, the blog becomes a trifle mundane. I think I've left it 5 days since my last post, and I reckon I might, just might, have collected enough crazy, mental and awesome stuff to write about and keep you all entertained. I'm just joking actually, LOADS of stuff is happening, so much that I can't even remember all of it!!!!
Let me move back to Friday, and write sort of chronologically like I did last time, as it worked pretty well...
Friday - This was a big day: the birth of the Lords Meade Choir! All considered, it went very well, with about 40 students attending. They were enthusiastic and tried hard, which bodes well for the future of the choir, even at such an early stage. Sophie and my only downfall was that we showed up and realised we had literally NO IDEA what we were going to teach them! Luckily I though of an easy, but impressive-sounding song that we were able to rehearse. It was an African song. Sophie and I cannot pronounce African words properly, and alot of (good-hearted?) sniggering on the part of the students ensued... At the end of the day, we had a good laugh and everyone seemed to enjoy the rehearsal, so I'll be writing more about that in the future.
Saturday - after a hectic Friday night on the town, Saturday was, shall we say, very chilled out. I basically only moved to go and pick up a steak sandwich and chips from the local Zamo hotel. If ever there was a more perfect hangover remedy, I've yet to discover it! Not alot happened on saturday as it is most peoples' day off, so let me zoom on to the evening ---------> We went to Nile River explorers to celebrate with the rugby team and all the other local "mzungus" - We seem to celebrate more when they lose than when they win, which is quite odd. The party was good there, but inevitably there was an eventual migration to Sombreros... I undertook this pilgrimage with a few others in the back of a Land Rover, and boy were those bumps unforgettable... you've gotta love Ugandan roads!!!
Sunday - again very chilled, but this time spent at the pool at Nile Resort Hotel, which is totally minted. I've probably mentioned it before, although this time we had some unexpected mischevious visitors. Up in the passionfruit trees (probably passionfruit trees, not definitely) was a whole gang of monkeys, eating and chucking fruit around at the poolside revellers! Literally LOADS of monkeys, and then they started running around the pool, drinking poolwater... I even saw one with 2 tails, then realised it was a mother with here baby clinging on underneath. All very cute, all very rabid. Thank heavens we've all had the jab! We watched Last King of Scotland in the evening; it had so much more relevance and meaning this time round having spent a month in Uganda. Never did know that teleportation was on the cards in the film; he steps out of Kampala general hospital, straight into very recognisable footage of Jinja high street! So consistent!
I'm going to have to leave it at that today I'm afraid, but I'll be back to continue the story before you know it!
Miles
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