In Makka Terrace.

It is the first time I feel like having nothing to serious to write about. I'm now in Makka Terrace, a cafe store in a big shopping complex, trying out its wireless internet. Although the speed is relatively faster than the one in Bota Bota bar, the duration is limited at an hour and a half. I haven't got to know what will happen after that. It has to be mentioned that the cappuccino here is far worse than the one in Cafe Papa in Garden City, though drinkable. I asked for a double cappuccino, though I had no idea what it meant but suspected it meant to be as twice strong as a single. The real thing turned out to be like doubling the amount of water in the coffee. Should I complain?

Everything has been going on smoothly in the centre with little surprises mingled in between. Timothy went back to school yesterday with all the shopping bags he got from Uchimi supermarket several days ago(check my previous post for photos and a video!).  When we arrived at his school, all his schoolmates looked at him and his bags in abundance with surprises. He was as reticent as he always was. The schools in Uganda are extremely strict on students' requirements-goods which are required by the school which have to be purchased by the families before each term starts, such six bags of sugar and a box of milk biscuit. I wanted ask to ask the school officials what if some students do not like milk biscuits, but gave up the idea by the fear of causing unnecessary meaningless conversations. The problem, from my point of view, is that most students can hardly even to pay the nominal school fees, let alone all those unnecessary goods required by the schools. If one of the goods is missing when the term starts, the student is to be sent home. If schools can focus on the necessity of education, rather than those extra needs, more children may be able to receive education as a result. We will soon need to start buying things for Allan, the latest boy being sponsored, and Milli, another girl from the community being sponsored.  I have not yet seen Madame Josephine to ask about the chicks which are supposed to be brought in tomorrow. Apart from Tal's visit, an Israeli volunteer from Brito lam now working with us twice a week, today has been rather quite. I even managed to learn a piece from Les Miserables on flute. It was not working hour, since I practiced during my lunch hour! It rained so heavily in the morning while I was still sleeping until John knocked on my front door, the sound of knock woke me up suddenly and completely. So the weather has been so chill for the whole day and I loved it! Even when I went for lunch in a local restaurant, it cannot be even called a restaurant due to its small size, in where the air was always humid and hot, the meal was miraculously finished without me sweating at all.

I had a chance to talk to a local politician several days back, with whom in the middle of talking I asked him to find me a peppy if possible, since I saw him having a nice-looking foreign-breed dog. I am still waiting for his response which is seemed highly likely.