Gaborone, Botswana: Too much computer time today Guilt overtook me today for not working on the website this weekend so I went into the center early to get an early start. As things usually happen, I forgot my glasses at home so I walked back to get it (short walk).As I came out of the […]

Sunday in Gaborone – Gospel & Mandela There is a lot of gospel music on Sundays and close to where I live are several churches which have services starting quite early in the morning and lasting most of the day. The air is filled with the sound of the beautiful choirs singing. I got up […]

Gaborone, Botswana: R & R – that’s rest and reading dayI spent a good part of this morning cleaning house. It desperately needed a cleaning. After that was done, I went outside to wash the mop and spent another hour washing the outdoor furniture and the concrete. Most homes don’t have a lot of green […]

Gaborone, Botswana: Reception and weekend Another weekend upon us. Am I the only one blogging? That either means that I have no life which gives me time to write, or I like journaling and don’t mind or I’m getting credit for this so I’d better do it or a simple explanation is that I love […]

Gaborone, Botswana: Small world or coincidence? Happy Anniversary to me! This is an anniversary of sorts for me. Exactly 36 years ago today, I left Guyana for Canada. I really had no idea what life would be like and I was a reluctant immigrant. It’s hard to believe that 36 years later I would be […]

Gaborone, Botswana: plan for an employment workshop Today I asked some of the students what they will be doing after graduation and several of them had no plans for employment. It gave me an idea that part of what I came here to do was marketing and publicity. I had visions of the website which […]

Gaborone, Botswana: Pictures, pictures, pictures…. I can’t believe how quickly the days seem to go by. It’s two days since my last entry. I had a very busy day yesterday. I went into the centre and worked for most of the day except for a brief period of lunch around 2:30pm. I did some more […]

Gaborone, Botswana: Sick as a dog far from home It’s been two days since the last entry. Monday we worked on the website contents. I managed to interview some of the staff, take their pictures and write their bios. Everyone was quite excited to have pictures taken. It was a bit chaotic today because one […]

Gaborone, Botswana: First (cold) day here to start my internship

Arrival in Gaborone, capital city of Botswana I arrived about 24 hours ago to chilly weather in Gaborone, for my much anticipated internship. It was a long two days of travel from Winnipeg, but I did stop off in London and visited with my uncle for a few hours. Seated on the plane next to […]