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?
Plato once said, 'We can easily forgive a child who's afraid of the dark, but the real tragedy of life is when men afraid the light.' I write about me, about people I like and admired, about what I do, what I see, and about where I live.
Jul 3, 2009
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?
Jun 30, 2009
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!
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!
Jun 23, 2009
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!
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!
Dec 31, 2008
Season's greetings
Hii Noeli na mwaka mupya usiite hivihivi bila vijisalamu toka kwangu. Akhsanteni kwa support isiyo na kipimo. Mwakani mambo bien kama kawa.
Dec 13, 2008
Wrist watch(s) story....
I got my first wrist watch nilipokuwa std. III au IV sikumbuki vizuri, ilikuwa ni DISCO makonyezo flani very maarufu sana wakati huo na hata siku hizi bado naziona mnadani pale Gorofani (alt spelling Gorfani), ya pili ilikuwa ni hizi za Kichina aka Hwang Hu, rangi ya gold kimtindo na ilikuwa grad present from dad I think, nikaigawa. Ya tatu nilinunua mwenyewe nilipojiunga na MWUCE ili kulua muda, nilikuwa nimetoka sec kule kuna kengele, lakini hapo kukawa hakuna, ikanibidi. Sasa huyu mama ambaye napiga mikonozzzz naye amenipatia saa yangu ya mkono(ni) ya NNE!!! Ana duka la vitabu hapa Cordoba "Libreria la Carmen". Good person, talkative like all Spaniards, well we couldn´t speak. She doesn´t speak English and I don´t speak Spanish, but it was bonitó.
My friends
Mama alitualika kwa msosi, dogo kule ni DJ.
Lola, Manuel na wengine, tulikuwa klub hapo.
Blanca and Ana
Lola, Manuel na wengine, tulikuwa klub hapo.
Blanca and Ana
Dec 12, 2008
Mezquita
Hii ni landmark maarufu sana hapa Cordoba, in fact ni kama alama ya Cordoba, yaani huwezi kuzungumza kuhusu huu mji bila kutaja "Mezquita". Mwanzoni, historia na archeology zinadai ilikuwa ni "cathedral" ambalo baada ya uvamizi na conquest ya Wislamu (Waarabu?) walibalisha matumizi na kuwa msikiti maridhawa. Wakristo waliwashinda na kuwafukuza Waarabu (Moors) hao kama 1200 hivi na ku-regain jengo hilo ambalo mpaka sasa ni "catedral" ya dayosisi ya Cordoba.
Nahudhuria Jubilee
Hapa tupo La Mancha, katikati mwa Spain, tambarare sana hapa na kilimo kwa sana. Ni kijiji alichozaliwa Pd Miguel, El Toboso has about 2000 inhabitants, robust and beautiful.
Pd Miguel, the celebrant na Pd Pepe wakipiga miayo kabla ya msosi kuwasili.
Plate iko empty lakini ashaanza kula kichokoa meno, anajifanya Mhe. Temba nini? Mi amigo D. Paco
Wacha mambo yako watu tunagonga menyu.... Ni kama anasema vile, Pd Miguel Angel
Mdau nawakilisha Mang´ola
Pd Miguel, the celebrant na Pd Pepe wakipiga miayo kabla ya msosi kuwasili.
Plate iko empty lakini ashaanza kula kichokoa meno, anajifanya Mhe. Temba nini? Mi amigo D. Paco
Wacha mambo yako watu tunagonga menyu.... Ni kama anasema vile, Pd Miguel Angel
Mdau nawakilisha Mang´ola
Sherehe...!
Cerveza (biere) zimekolea hapo ni kama glass ya 8 hivi, imnimwagikia kunako trousser, wananiambia ni alama kuwa sherehe iko pwa! Asikwambie mtu.
Hata sikumbuki nilimwambia nini vile...
Kama vile na-brush skills? Hamna kitu.....
Moshiiii! Mwanaume watu mitaa hii wanakula mafegi Mungu anajua!
Nilikuwepo kwa TV News jana
Click hapa kwenye link hii kuna kaji-video hapa afu forward hadi muda usome 18:50min-22:27min hapo ndipo kinachonihusu kinapoanza, tafsiri ya kilichosemwa (mi mwenyewe sijui kilichosemwa!) kwa sasa sina lakini naahidi kuitafuta. Now my pimpled face is all ova Spain.
Nakam Back
Kuna waliofikiri nitazamia, aah wapi! Ya huku nimeyaona na ninafikiri ni bora kula sahani moja na mafisadi wenzangu huko hom kuliko ku-stay mitaa hii. Kwa hiyo esta mañana nakwea pipa toka Madrid to Amsterdam afu baadae naunganisha mpaka KIA. Kwa hiyo tukutane holidei nyumbani, kama kawaida nakwenda kwa hija Kilema.
Dec 2, 2008
Nimetembelea shule!
Ni Colegio Trinitarios, colegio isikutishe sio college unayoifikiria, hapa shule zinaitwa hivyo.
I was invited to a school near where I live in which the wife of Pd Pepe´s sister firstborn is teaching. It is a private school owned by some congregation of RC priests. as you can see in the first picture it is a three storey building in which the first floor is Pre-school (3-6 year-olds), the second floor is Primary school (6-14 year-olds) and the upper floor is Secondary school (+14 year olds).
I was invited to a school near where I live in which the wife of Pd Pepe´s sister firstborn is teaching. It is a private school owned by some congregation of RC priests. as you can see in the first picture it is a three storey building in which the first floor is Pre-school (3-6 year-olds), the second floor is Primary school (6-14 year-olds) and the upper floor is Secondary school (+14 year olds). Observation:
- classes are small here usually less than 25 students in a class
- in secondary they´ve got some 11 subjects
- well equiped in all fields, sports and games included
- parents come to pick their children; especially pre-school and primary. I hear its due to insecurity
- one class session is 1hr in sec school
- sec school don´t wear uniforms as you can see in 4th picture
- a school will generally be having all education levels i.e. pre-school, primary and secondary
- am forced to think that their syllabus is limited to Spain and Europe, very little is taught of Africa
Cordoba from roof of the house am living
Naishi 11 Ronda de Marrubial, huo ukuta mzee ni wa tangu enzi za Warumi, hapa ukiwa unjenga afu ukakutana na any type of historical structure or something of archeological value, unakiacha kama kilivyo. Sio kama Dar ambapo watu wanademolish very old buildings and antiques without pity.
Dec 1, 2008
Longing for Europe? Well....
Pic. El Corte Ingles, hypermarket in Coboda and many other Spanish cities and towns, you get everything here and its expensive.Tomorrow I´m travelling to Madrid (about 400km from here) in which to get there I can take train 1h40min, or by bus´+5hrs or plane. It is usual here for many to take train which I also did. When I´m talking of trains in these parts of the world, don´t try to imagine TRL (Reli ya Kati) or TAZARA. Trains in these parts are fast (about 250km/h), reliable, comfy inside, and well, no hawkers to disturb you!
That I´m going to Madrid isn´t something you need know, do you? I´m telling this ´cause I´d to buy a ticket, so I went ot the station to get it.There I met one broder (brother) from The Gambia, West Africa. This guy has been to the station since early morning, he wants to go to Barcelona. To get there he needs about 70euros and he´s only 20euros. He´s there seeing for any good samaritan to get him the remaining amount. Just try to think of the cold here (3 degrees C) and hunger because he cannot use the money he has for food else he won´t get to Barcelona. This broder has been here for almost a year, he came through Senegal by boat offcourse.
Negroes (Blacks) are very few here, so when you happen to see one you´re like, wow! So this guy saw me and came to play his fortune, to ask for some money so that he can travel. It is almost 1815hrs freezing evening and all signs taht it´ll rain or something, showers have started by the way. He spoke, I listened not able to help in any way. Why? you may ask, well, first I didn´t at that point trusted him, and second I didn´t had any extra for him too. My ticket costed me some 90euros. He smelled like someone who hadn´t enjoyed the luxury of bath for some weeks, mouth was dry signifying hunger and despair. Anyone would pity him, but here everybody is having enough problems for himself so nobody really cares, I´d say. There is all this economic crisis and everybody seems to feel its pangs, businesses closing and bars and pubs generally empty.
So to all who hunger for a nafasi to come to First World you´re welcome, but you´ve got to be prepared. Get your university degree or something, get your legal documents and save some cents for a start-up then come, else it´s not all glittering here. Also for those who would wish to be born a dog in Europe than a person in Dark Continent, bingo! Just imagine locked inside for the whole day, only to get out when your owner is back from work for a stroll in the public park or street, with a strap round your neck and all fast food! If you were thinking of inzi, don´t even think of it. They really don´t like houseflies, that means you´ll be dead before long when you get here.
When I was coming some friends were telling, don´t come back; zamia! Ain´t gonna do that whatever, wherever!
Am out
That I´m going to Madrid isn´t something you need know, do you? I´m telling this ´cause I´d to buy a ticket, so I went ot the station to get it.There I met one broder (brother) from The Gambia, West Africa. This guy has been to the station since early morning, he wants to go to Barcelona. To get there he needs about 70euros and he´s only 20euros. He´s there seeing for any good samaritan to get him the remaining amount. Just try to think of the cold here (3 degrees C) and hunger because he cannot use the money he has for food else he won´t get to Barcelona. This broder has been here for almost a year, he came through Senegal by boat offcourse.
Negroes (Blacks) are very few here, so when you happen to see one you´re like, wow! So this guy saw me and came to play his fortune, to ask for some money so that he can travel. It is almost 1815hrs freezing evening and all signs taht it´ll rain or something, showers have started by the way. He spoke, I listened not able to help in any way. Why? you may ask, well, first I didn´t at that point trusted him, and second I didn´t had any extra for him too. My ticket costed me some 90euros. He smelled like someone who hadn´t enjoyed the luxury of bath for some weeks, mouth was dry signifying hunger and despair. Anyone would pity him, but here everybody is having enough problems for himself so nobody really cares, I´d say. There is all this economic crisis and everybody seems to feel its pangs, businesses closing and bars and pubs generally empty.
So to all who hunger for a nafasi to come to First World you´re welcome, but you´ve got to be prepared. Get your university degree or something, get your legal documents and save some cents for a start-up then come, else it´s not all glittering here. Also for those who would wish to be born a dog in Europe than a person in Dark Continent, bingo! Just imagine locked inside for the whole day, only to get out when your owner is back from work for a stroll in the public park or street, with a strap round your neck and all fast food! If you were thinking of inzi, don´t even think of it. They really don´t like houseflies, that means you´ll be dead before long when you get here.
When I was coming some friends were telling, don´t come back; zamia! Ain´t gonna do that whatever, wherever!
Am out
Nov 18, 2008
Reporting from Cordoba, Spain
Hullo ndugu wadau,
It has been a while no reports from Mang´ola, well I like to think that I´ve been busy and occupied to what I really don´t know.
Comprendes, I´d like to present this report live from Spain, a city called Cordoba where I´ve been since Fri 14th. Am here for some serious eye treatment, I got this cataract thing. Seen a lot and wished to post some photos but next time.
As for now naomba kuwakilisha!
Jun 28, 2008
There were some reasons to laugh also
Adelgunda from Visitation and Eveta who is MWUCE student on the way to the library to prepare, I guess, the portfolio
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I posted this one after I realized that it was only yesterday I knew how BIG my nose is! Thanks Santa for taking this
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