Bitterjug’s blog

The start of term has been hesitant. IT Students were supposed to report on Monday and, officially, term began on tuesday. A bit tough for those who have classes on mondays, you might think, as they miss one week of classes. But the truth is worse than that.
Much worse.

Its important to be able to laugh at one’s self…

Just reporting in from a whacky and wonderful weekend in Nairobi celebrating the birthdays of four VSOs in May.

Had a lesson in making chapatis this week…

This morning, at breakfast, I finished reading Stupid White Men. Now that I’m fresh, awake and no longer behind on sleep, I feel compelled to say something more about that book…

Took my bike to Tala maket today with James, my colleague from work. The tires go flat slowly when I leave it, so every time I want to use it I have to pump them up. My pump is about the size of a reasonably powerful man’s cigar: enough to give your intern a agood [...]

I found a small object on the floor in my living room the other evening, a small brown pile of something about 1.5cm accross. I thought it was probably some mud that had fallen off my boot since the rains started and the paths turned to rich red mud. As I approached it it took [...]

Here’s a little quiz.

1.
I read recently in my Guardian Weekly that the cerials devision of Uniliver had applied for a patent on Nap Hal wheat which is used for making chapatis. [...]