Monthly Archives: May 2009

My favorite sign

Posted on 21 May 2009 by Sika

There are many many funny signs in Malawi. I have mental notes to go track down and photograph lots. But this one, the idea of living withough photographic record of its brilliance was too much to imagine, so I took … Continue reading →

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COS Conference

Posted on 21 May 2009 by Sika

At our COS conference, there was a Yao dancer with his locally-available-resources-band. Since it was too dark for movies, I took pictures and recorded some sound files instead. I’m not sure this post is going to work the way I … Continue reading →

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Last Saturday

Posted on 15 May 2009 by Sika

Honester and I hosted a little party on my porch. My mama sent a bunch of bubble stuff a while ago, and between getting ready for holidays and exhaustion and all the traveling for Peace Corps stuff I’ve been doing … Continue reading →

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The Elections

Posted on 13 May 2009 by Sika

The elections are happening next Tuesday. I tried to get pictures of a group of women in UDF zitenje, but they wanted money I didn’t want to give them. I thought it would be nice for them, considering 95% of … Continue reading →

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Traveling

Posted on 13 May 2009 by Sika

At COS conference, they told us to start taking pictures of the everyday stuff, ’cause that’s what we haven’t been taking pictures of, and that’s what we’ll be saddest we don’t have. And, at least for me, they were right. … Continue reading →

Posted in Malawi, Travel | Tagged market, Travel | 1 Comment

Once again

Posted on 11 May 2009 by Sika

For reasons that are fundamentally minor and that I don’t really want to remember anyway, I was having a crappy, ill-prepared morning. I spent some of the morning crying (don’t worry, not much) and a large portion of it in … Continue reading →

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Now, Class . . .

Posted on 8 May 2009 by Sika

Today I had the students role play teaching their patients about atelectasis* More than one of them said, this is a disease which will lead to death if you don’t do what I say, or something to that effect. I … Continue reading →

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Madonna’s in the news again

Posted on 6 May 2009 by Sika

Madonna’s in the news again. I’m a little leery posting about this, because jeez peez, Madonna is already what 90% of everyone outside of Africa knows about Malawi, but I will boldly venture forth anyway. If you were privy to … Continue reading →

Posted in Malawi, Philosophy | Tagged adoption, Madonna | 2 Comments

Just got back from . . .

Posted on 5 May 2009 by Sika

Last week I had my COS (Close of Service) Conference, We went to Nkhotakota Pottery on Monday and came back to Lilongwe on Friday. The Close of Service conference is about learning what paperwork we have to do, and how … Continue reading →

Posted in Malawi, Peace Corps | Tagged COS, Home, Malawi, third goal | 2 Comments

Just popping in to say a couple quick things.