Lord Emmanuel Port Harcourt

... filming was down town and the traffic in PH down town is not even funny. In a 3 million people city th**e is only ONE road into town so the hold ups are crazy. You can try to get trough the narrow side streets, but then you may be th**e for hours. The worst I have heard was Kelvin's boss who was stuck for four hours not long ago. As Kelvin's car got ov**heated, as it was old, he needed to turn it of to cool it down, but as th**e is no space to push, what would happen if it stopped? We ...

... noch die meisten hi**, arrangi**t worden, und dann landest du als mind**jaehriges Maedchen ploetzlich mit irgendeinem doppelt so alten K**l vor dem Traualtar und am naechsten Morgen muessen die Muett** des Ehepaares zum Beweis d** Jungfraeulichkeit das blutbefleckte Bettlaken oeffentlich praesenti**en. So jedenfalls hat Nazis Mama das Ganze geschild**t. Ich wu**de ab** mal sagen, dass solch archaische Traditionen langsam ab ...

... You can travel to Cam**oon for less than 15 pounds from Calabar and from Lagos, you can go to Ghana for 20 pounds or less so I may try to do a West African journey. I might sound strange when I return - I think I've picked up lots of *****ian phrases without realising! When I first came h**e I rememb** no-one could und**stand me and now, even when I meet new people, no-one has any problems which makes me think ...

... of fundraising for the children. It's turning into a v**y exciting project - and I love doing it apart from having z**o free time compared to the oth** volunte**s. Trying to do anything h**e is vastly diff**ent from how it would be done in the UK - time management is non existent h**e eg. the headmast** has not turned up for work on time for a week and it is rare to start and finish anything on time - even formal meetings! I have spent the last three weeks explaining ...

... to sponsor children = pay their school fees. Edinburgh and Calabar have so many more links than you would expect. For example, I didn't know that it was British missionaries who introduced Christianity to *****ia. Seeing as this (religion) is probably the main diff**ence between the two nations, it is ironic. Congrats to ev**yone who has passed tests and got job int**views - th**e seems to be lots of luck in the UK at the mo!

... She was only about 5 or 6 and didn't know wh**e she lived or wh**e she was - we think that she had been used a "home help" (this is basically a p**son who does ev**ything around the house for a family - washing, cooking, cleaning...). We took h** with us to work and we handed h** into the police on the way back. We all are hoping that a family comes forward to collect h**. If she doesn't get collected then it's likely that she'll go to a centre for people who need community ...

... placements are v**y int**esting and v**y enjoyable. I am working two schools h**e which couldn't be more diff**ent. Auntie Margaret High School a huge school with large grounds. It was set up as a charitable organisation for disadvantaged childrens. The oth** school, Flieyo Model, is basically a hut on a puddle! Th**e is no floor, no light, no resources and the children get sent home if they have not paid their fees. Caning is practised h**e still - I had to hide my ...

... the local peoples awareness of our presence. This week is the 10th anniv**sary of Ken saro-wiwa's execution and I have attended a memorial meeting of the Ogoni people. One of the opposition lead**s in the region is also going to trial today as well as more demonstrations for independence by seek**s of independence. So the potential for the increase in our workload is ev** present but hopefully will not reach fruition. Also did my first Steinman pin last week!!

... the road of Ikom to the *****ia - Cam**oon bord** (230 Km), I make a jump at NICON Calabar to insult the Manag** (who is not th**e for anything). I leave him the business card of his bush meat of colleague of PHC so that he congratulates it. While coming out of NICON, the African repair of the rear valve died. it is th**efore time to make a prop** use of my new tube freshly arrived from PHC. § 3. When I abandon *****ia Tuesday 27/09: Calabar - Cam**oonian sludge 07h15, on the ...

... inhibits fear and runs at xxxGHz. Still, even though I was analysing and behaving accordingly throughout the adventure, I realize I was competely helpless, and that's the most difficult thing to cope with, when you think about it aft**wards. Anoth** day, immigration officials wanted to take me to jail, for my visa was somehow ****** to them. Got real close, but oth**wise I'm pretty sure that the *****ian jail would have gone in this entry... brrrr