Grand Imperial Kampala

... Germans, French, Canadians, Indians and Chinese. And everyone seems to love it.<br>Although, I was told by some Ugandans that I met yesterday in a restaurant that Kampala is so safe. You can walk alone at any time of the night and you'll be totally fine. No worries. Well I was walking with Zach at dusk yesterday and as we were crossing the street a motocycle (boda-boda) whips around the corner and grabs onto the strap of my purse that is hanging around ...

... 8217; - meaning: to be friends with someone. Okay, this one is in fact Danglish - but it would so fit!!! Tine said that when she pointed out that Goretti and I are &#8216;friending outside office&#8217;, which really made me laugh! I have actually used it here since and people understood me, so maybe it will catch on! <br><br>&#8216;to move&#8217; - meaning: to walk VS &#8216;to shift&#8217; - meaning: to move. Yeah, it is simple as that: when you &#8216;move&#8217 ...

... and Adholla. Paul, a friend of Adholla, had joined us and even though he was nice, he was coming on way too strong! (He told me that he has always wanted to kiss someone with a tongue piercing and now he saw that his chance has finally come&#8230;I told him: &#8216;Ja, good luck with that one!&#8217;) <br><br>Saturday we went towards Entebbe, where Adholla&#8217;s mum lives and paid her a visit. She had slaughtered a chicken for the occasion and had prepared so much ...

... bad in Masaka any time now. Of course, I got somewhat scared at his comments, yet Masaka was calm. There were a few boda-boda people driving through the streets and shouting things, there were trucks filled with army guys going towards Kampala, burning tires and the constant radio update, which was scary, yet no obvious sign of danger. But okay, what is an obvious sign of danger? <br><br>Now, Kampala was a whole different story. There the riots lasted over 2 days. Police ...

... to present Maggie with some flowers. And they chose me to go along, of course. I just stared at the girl next to me and did exactly what she did and hoped that I would not make a terrible blunder. Now, the spokesperson of Maggie&#8217;s family wanted me to come to him and get some coins as a present. OOOkayyyy, so I tried to get up (as I was kneeling in front of Maggie as a sign of respect, I guess) without ruining my Gomesi. The thing with those Gomesis ...

... br><br>Well, long story short, we w**e chased up and down and up and down. Then we waited in front of the office, because no one opened when we knocked. Aft** a short while a man came and ent**ed, so we knocked again. Then he came out with a woman. Now, one could ask why she did not open when we knocked. But hey, I do not want to imply that she ignored us; maybe she was in one of those offices without door to the hallway. And who knows how many th**e really are ...

... have a chance to sit down with Ugandan teachers. We have so many of the same concerns--grading papers fairly, worrying about how to get the kids to care about our subject matter, being good role models...so interesting. I should stop to point out here that Ugandan teachers have at least 80 students in most of their classes. Yes, you read that correctly--80. Some have 120-140. No joke. I nearly fainted. Oh, and they tell you this with the ease of telling you the time if ...

... knee, pulled out a ring from his pocket and asked me to marry him! I think my first response was &#8220;are you serious?&#8221; but that was soon followed by &#8220;yes, yes, yes&#8221;. The funny thing was that I had already made up my mind to ask him to marry me that night but luckily he beat me to it since he was better prepared. When my Dad came to visit us in Thailand Clint had asked for his blessing and then in Nepal he had snuck away to buy me a ...

... he wasn't paid enough by the house! It sounded like he was ripping all the doors off the house before doing a crazy dance in the garden. His one man party went on until six in the morning and he forgot to milk the cows so everyone had to have breakfast with no milk for tea or coffee! I tried to claim guilt for his antics but they all just thought it was really funny and said he would be happy for a week! Hey ho...