Monthly Archives: January 2009

Thanks, Bea!

Posted on 22 January 2009 by Sika

I’ve tried repeatedly to lj-cut this, but it isn’t taking and the code is just getting worse every time I try. Maybe I’ll go through the effort on Monday to fix it. So anyway, sorry about the lack of cuts. … Continue reading →

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Money Money Money

Posted on 19 January 2009 by Sika

Moses was meant to help me with my garden the other day. He came a couple of hours after I was expecting him and told me that he and his daughter, Dinah, had a meeting with Derek in the morning. … Continue reading →

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True Colors

Posted on 19 January 2009 by Sika

President Bingu wa Mutharika came to Zomba two weeks ago, and all of his supporters were out on the streets, in their blue zitenje and their shirts and trousers and skirts and dresses and headdresses made from the blue zitenje. … Continue reading →

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16 January

Posted on 19 January 2009 by Sika

Because it’s taken me about 5 hours to get a screen up I can post from, I’m going to hijack my own post to give y’all a link to an article that I think makes a good case for why … Continue reading →

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The Updates are a-comin’

Posted on 16 January 2009 by Sika

I haven’t really talked much about what I’m doing at work. I was getting ready to write about South Africa, and I realized that I should probably write about a little more than my holidays.   I’ve actually gotten quite … Continue reading →

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Just a quick note

Posted on 14 January 2009 by Sika

To say that yesterday, I bought an "All-Purpose* Mosquito Killing Bat." That, um, looks like a tennis racket. With electricity. Unfortunately, all the mosquitoes in my house apparently heard about this and decided to bail, thus thwarting me in my … Continue reading →

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I’ll get to it, I promise

Posted on 12 January 2009 by Sika

Working on another bulk, massive update (yay!), but I’m thinking about leaving livejournal. Seriously enough that I only paid them for 2 more months. So, I need advice and here’s what I’m thinking: I don’t want blogger because, well, google … Continue reading →

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