Sunday marked the 1 week flag, as this was my 8th day of living in Zambia!! I feel like I have been here for longer and less at the same time, as I am learning new things and still have many left to learn! On my 8th day here we went to a 7-a-side little league to support the team that Mr Parmar sponsored and that made it to the semifinals!! (WOOHOO) Unfortunately, we were playing the top of the league team and did not proceed to the finals. Alas, it was fun to watch and gave me the opportunity to get some really good action shots, as the weather was amazing as it always is in Zambia!
Then, me and Mr Parmar went shopping and had lunch, talking about a variety of topics, some I knew more about some less and some truly impressive. I love talking to him because he is such a well travelled and knowledgeable individual, he knows so much but talks so little, unless you spark his interest, that is when the true fun begins. I am very grateful that I got to meet and stay with his wonderful family as it has made my time here so much better!
We also had guests for dinner and they were telling me about the genius of the Africans, telling me stories about how good they are at coming up with solutions to steal, or make excuses, just to give you two examples: there was this man that worked for one of Mrs Parmar's friends, and he said that he is hungry and then when she wanted to give him some food, he said his wife ran away and she would only come back if she would give him chicken to cook, another was about an oil importer (cooking oil that is) that used to lock his workers in when they were filling cannisters and still he would lose about 10% of the oil, the secret was that they had a hose on the window above the shelves and they would pour it through there into bottles outside that were then taken by their accomplices. These are just a few and they are so funny that you can hardly believe them true.
On Monday, I spent all my time at Libala High School, discussing with Mrs Patricia our plans for the next two weeks. I will be organizing an essay competition with the Interactors, a fundraiser for which me and Mrs Parmar will cook and we are also about to secure an appointment with the MD of Pepsi, to organize a school trip there. There are a couple of other projects I am working on and things are progressing slowly but surely!
Then, me and Mr Parmar went shopping and had lunch, talking about a variety of topics, some I knew more about some less and some truly impressive. I love talking to him because he is such a well travelled and knowledgeable individual, he knows so much but talks so little, unless you spark his interest, that is when the true fun begins. I am very grateful that I got to meet and stay with his wonderful family as it has made my time here so much better!
We also had guests for dinner and they were telling me about the genius of the Africans, telling me stories about how good they are at coming up with solutions to steal, or make excuses, just to give you two examples: there was this man that worked for one of Mrs Parmar's friends, and he said that he is hungry and then when she wanted to give him some food, he said his wife ran away and she would only come back if she would give him chicken to cook, another was about an oil importer (cooking oil that is) that used to lock his workers in when they were filling cannisters and still he would lose about 10% of the oil, the secret was that they had a hose on the window above the shelves and they would pour it through there into bottles outside that were then taken by their accomplices. These are just a few and they are so funny that you can hardly believe them true.
On Monday, I spent all my time at Libala High School, discussing with Mrs Patricia our plans for the next two weeks. I will be organizing an essay competition with the Interactors, a fundraiser for which me and Mrs Parmar will cook and we are also about to secure an appointment with the MD of Pepsi, to organize a school trip there. There are a couple of other projects I am working on and things are progressing slowly but surely!