Mrs.O's writing room.

It's Saturday night, the house is so quiet that hitting at the keys on the keyboard sounds really loud. Sam is on his way to Madrid right now,I miss him already, I'm hoping that this week flies by real fast. It's already hard being away from home especially this time of year, so it's definitely much accentuated when the small family here has to be split. All over a sudden I'm hearing sounds around the house that I never heard before,I'm certainly praying for good nights and pleasant days. Mich and I escorted Sam to the bus stop, we had already explained to him that daddy was going away for a while and he seemed to understand, but when the bus came I had to grab the young man because he was about to get on the bus too. He cried saying he wanted to go with daddy but I told him that wouldn't be possible, I would have loved to go too anyway. By the time we got back home he was over it, I on the other hand was just beginning to feel Sam's absence, I guess Mic...

It's almost Christmas day and I tell you this part of the city is dead quiet, seems like everyone (apart from us that is) has gone to be with family. I guess that's expected considering that three quarters of the people in our neighbourhood are students. The noise at night is less, the parking spaces are in plenty (doesn't make much of a difference, we don't have a car), but interestingly the laundromat is as busy as ever. I'm enjoying these days of bliss when Sam is at home, the stress from school has subsided, exams are over (for now). Results are already coming back and so far things are looking okay, well at least he is not at the bottom. We are believing God for good performance overall and we have been praying. I found out that at Wharton one can't be too excited about getting 90% in an exam because you will discover that there are a whole lot of people who actually got 100%. Seeing as they are graded on the curve (grades depend on the performance of the c...

"But the angel said to her, 'Do not be afraid, Mary you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end". It's Christmas time, to some it's the snow and the cold outside that makes it time to cuddle in with loved ones. To others it's that time of year when family members come together and celebrate life, yet again to others ... it's all about the christmas presents and Santa Claus. m> Where do you stand in all this? what is Christmas all about in your minds eye? Well Christmas is the time when I remember the birth of my Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ although I must admit I'm finding it hard to focus with all the fancy things around. The Christmas sales, songs about Rudolf the reindeer (w...

I have reached a point in my stay here where I choose not to follow/trust my Christian buddies when it comes to drinks. I think for now I will stick with what is familiar, you know, juice, soda, water and stuff like that, these other drinks with fancy names, ah ah. On Friday I attended a get together for the WWW'07 committee, that is Wharton Welcome Weekend. Every year the school organises a weekend where students who have just been admitted can come and tour the school and the areas surrounding it, inquire about accommodations and things of that nature. The committee comprises of mainly current students and partners, I'm in for the partners and kids bit of things. We are basically there to encourage students with partners and kids to come along with them, we share a few experiences and tell them about schools for children and other activities they can get involved in. Anyway so I go for this get together and have absolutely no one to talk to, my buddies hadn't shown up ...

You won't believe it but my keys went missing again and this time it seems to be for kips because I can't find them. I have chosen to leave Mich out of this because I honestly don't recall him tampering with them. How they have vanished all over a sudden is still a mystery to me, we have searched the house and this is day 3 we are talking about. Mr.O was very unhappy with me and by the way he doesn't get this way very often, this time I think I really pushed it. Ok, so it isn't the first time I'm loosing them, nor is it the second, clearly he's had enough of that. This afternoon I was given very serious instructions, go to the bank withdraw some money, get a new pair of keys cut and get a key-holder with a whistle, so that when the keys get misplaced we can just ... you guessed right, we can just whistle. I felt really terrible about the whole ordeal and sheepishly walked out the door with my tail between my legs, literally. On the other hand I was happy to ...

I'm not that much of a TV fan but there are a few programmes that I wouldn't want to miss. Obviously the channels here are endless over 900 compared to WBS, UTV (I forget the new name)and LTV, the others didn't make it to my list or should I say they were not clear our side of Bukoto. I watched "Dancing with the Stars" dancing/ religiously, the show features celebrities getting on the dance floor with professional dance partners. The audience and judges decide who moves on to the next round. When I had just discovered the channel Jerry Springer was the clown of the day, seeing him dance the Rumba and Salsa was absolutely hilarious, he did it with a passion and I guess that's what kept him in for the next two rounds. Viva Fox was there too but unfortunately she didn't seem to please the judges much. The final show was down to Emmit Smith a football player and Mario Lopez who I only remembered from Sunset beach. I was certainly a fan of Emmit's' beca...