Connected, united! Despite the fear to fall....

 

'Are we to cross this stream over these logs?'

But some risks are worthy taking, and anything is a bridge provided it'll take you across.

My friend ophthalmologist Dr. Laborda from Cordoba, Spain. He runs an eye specialized hospital 'Hospital la Arruzafa' and a humanitarian aid foundation for all that has to do with eyes called 'Fundacion la Arruzafa'. He's the one who operated on me last year. He came for some sightseeing and mapping his ground for next year's eye treatment visit; in 2010 he and his associates will conduct a 10+ days free eye examinations, treatment, operations and giving specs to people of Mang'ola and Enjikaret, Loliondo(?).

Siku ya UKIMWI Mang'ola - II

Sikuahidi kuweka picha lakini nimepata picha nzuri kutoka kwa baba Paroko Pd. Miguel aliyekuwepo siku hiyo. Nafikiri itakuwa vizuri kama tutashea.


Haya ni maigizo kutoka kwa wanafunzi wa kidato cha tano na sita wa Anna Gamazo sekondari. Unaweza kushuhudia impact ya akina Masanja na Joti kwenye outfits. Nafikiri hapo kuna Jackson, Pastor, Salangati, na .....

Ujumbe mzito na wazi kabisa. Sehemu ya umati.

Siku ya UKIMWI Mang'ola

Leo ndo the World AIDS day, na huku Mang'ola tumeidhimisha kwa marefu na mapana yake. Huku kuna NGO inaitwa Msamaria Mwema, imeanzishwa na mapadri wa misheni ya Mang'ola Chini. Hawa watu wamefanya maandamano, ngoma, ngonjera, mashairi na hotuba kama ilivyo ada katika siku hii. Lengo ni kupeleka ujumbe 'UKIMWI upo, unaua, hauna tiba, unaweza kuzua maambukizi kuendelea kama utatimiza wajibu wako'
Mang'ola inawakilisha almost kila kabila ya nji hii na nchi jirani pia. Wengi huku ni wa-kuja. Kitunguu bwana! Population ya hapa ina-represent almost 19% of people of Karatu district as of 2002 census. Now, huu mchanganyiko wa watu, kuwepo kwa hela 'nyingi' zitokanazo na kilimo cha vitunguu, na potful of other factors, maambukizi ya UKIMWI yako juu.

Kwa habari za juujuu eti viongozi wa serikali ya kijiji, kata n.k hawakuhudhuria. Inaonekana kwao hili janga si prayoriti; wengine wamesafiri, au wamekwenda shamba. Sawa lakini UKIMWI si ni sera ya govt? Luckily wamepatikan wanafunzi wa primary na secondary school kama 1000 hivi. Nikafurahi, kama tunaweza kuwaandaa hawa taifa la keshao, wakue wakiujua UKIMWI na yote yaliyomo; tutawahitaji viongozi wa serekali wa kazi gani? Nafikiri hii ni changamoto!!

Huduma kwa waathirika wa UKIMWI/VVU na upatikanaji wa taarifa sahihi kuhusu gonjwa hili ni haki ya kila mmoja. Umekwishafanya nini?

Why DO people get married?

Wanasema mtu akianza kuzungumzia kifo chake ndo dalili, au? Mi nimeanza kusoma sana kuhusu NDOA, KUOA, KUOLEWA, KUOANA, n.k. Nafikiri ni dalili za ...

In his 1965 book “Marriage for Moderns”, Bowman A.H. lists a variety of reasons. Among those are:

Love
Economic security
Parents’ wishes
Escape from loneliness or a parental home situation
Money
Companionship
Sexual attraction
Protection
Notoriety
Social position and prestige
Gratitude
Pity
Spite
Adventure
Common interest

The above list means that individuals seek satisfaction in marriage not only for basic physical sexual needs but also for their basic psychological needs for:

a) Affection
b) Belonging
c) Independence
d) Achievement
e) Recognition
f) Self-esteem

People may also marry because of more comprehensive need for self-actualization which includes personal growth and personality development.

Marriage presents possibilities for increased understanding of the patterns themselves, of each other, of human beings in general, of life’s problems, and be enriching educational experiences that promote social, emotional and intellectual growth. Marriage, at its best, enables both partners to reach out to the community and to become more productive and effective citizens in work, recreation and community service.

Nawakilisha sababu mwaka huu pekee nimeshuhudia ya Nazary Gwae, Da Pam wa Shy, Da Ade wa Dar, Da Seba, _________, _________, __________. (Blanks ni kwa ajili yako ku-fill ulizoshuhudia. )

Nimekuwa refa!

Is a referee a player?
Hapa staff waliamua kupasha na students, ninachoweza ku-observe ni ukosefu wa discipline ya kiuanamichezo. I think having a proper sports gear is part of that disc-what, mh! Teachers wakiwa wamependeza na their office linens na madenti wakiwa kwenye uniform. Phew!

Ima's got a son

Anaitwa Tony.

Free and open apps and softwares

For many, here am not talking about the computer geeks, the first OS that they may use will be proprietary such as Microsoft Windows or MacOS. I was not an exception . I started using computers with MS Windows 3.1 then I went thru Win 95, 98, 2000, XP and now I am struggling with my Vista Home Premium. Unfortunately I haven't been so lucky to have a Mac with me.

The Big Shift

Well, proprietary softwares are good, I liked them. A lot of functionality, easily upgraded or updated and the like. But now I have decided and I am moving to open source, free softwares. As I am writing, am I've already installed Ubuntu 8.10 on top of my Vista running HP Compaq 6720s. Sometimes you lack many things you would expect from a MS Windows OS system but free OS is freedom.

Still I do not know so much about these free, open source OS, but I would recommend the following sites for some good lessons on what these are:
1. sourceforge click here to go
2. Debian click here to go
3. freedos click here to go
4. Fedora Linux click here to go

And yet wikipedia.org can offer a lot of info too.

Mang'ola-Anna Gamazo sec

 

Upepo sana, baridi na msimu wa "kupanda"

Nimerudi Mang´ola toka kwa semena na hakuna mengi mpya. Hivi sasa ni baridi kiasi hasa usiku na asubuhi. Upepo kama kawaida unapuliza ile mbaya, afu una baridi kinomi.

Kama nilivyo wahi kutaarifu, Mang´ola na vitunguu are actually synonymous. Now, this time of the year is the msimu wa upandaji. This year it has been so different, everybody even schoolboy and girls have cultivated kitunguu.

Why? I teach Geography and other Social sciences so these reasons will reflect that:

1) Price has been so good for the past two years, up to 80,000 TSH for a 100kg bag.
2) There is this “Pembejeo za ruzuku”, for those illiterate fellows that is govt subsidized fertilizer and the like.
3) I think there a steady growth of the “middle” class in TZ; many town dwellers can afford and want to have kitunguu in their mboga and are ready to buy it at any costs
4) Mang´ola is more accessible than ever, I don’t mean the road’s better, no, more people and more known
5) Market is good and sometimes so reliable, we sell these funny bulbs even to Sudan and funny place of the kind
6) SACCOS

For your information the EA confedertion is here before it is officially announced, Kenyans, and I mean lot of ´em, are here having their portions too.

Well, for those who are planning to come, Please DON´T. Why? 1) We´re busy, 2) It´s too dusty (I mean the road!) 3) Because we’re planting we don’t have money to entertain you as the custom demands.

Till then!

My dad just turned 75!

Well, it was yesterday though! My problem is I just can't figure out what to tell a 75 years old guy on his birthday!

You know, what do you tell a guy that age?

Reporting from TIA workshop

I announced I'll be attending TIA this year too, well, I here.

We arrived on Sun 28th and was happy to see Profs Vavrus and Lesley around not forgetting Matthew and Bethany. This year many attending are not the familiar faces, reasons am told is because invitations were sent directly to schools not to individuals as it used to be.

Moshi is cold this time of the year and well, coming from Mang'ola where by any definition is a hot place, I can't bear the cold!

Good news is I've managed to get a network driver for my laptop. Coming to Moshi this time around was a blessing, ha!

This years' content is almost the same as it was last year, so for us who were here last year there a little new.

On the topics and new T/L methods and perspectives will be shared some other time, I've got a demonstration lesson to prepare!

TIA for 2009

Hullo there, it has been a long time.

As always I'll have some reasons for it too. Lets count:

1. I've become much more uninterested, just like all other first timers. You don't know (read define) your goal or aim of having a blog published. You don't know what to post, you don't know your audience, just blank,
2. Internet is still expensive and most of places unavailable. Why bother after all nobody give a damn about what you post, and many times you're both the composer and the reader of your items,
3. This third reason only applies to me; my laptop HP Compaq 6720s lacks the driver for wireless internet. Want to use it, can't use it!Any help folks? I run Vista Home Basic 32&64 bits. Help me get these pieces of code, eh!

Again for the third time in the roll, the maintainer will be in Moshi at MWUCE attending that seminar of ours, Teaching In Action (TIA). And may be I'll get some time to report from there.

Last but not least, Mwl Nazary Gwae got married this very 20th of June. Am happy for him, in fact I was the Mtunza fuko of Kharusi committee!

Till then!