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Mmm mmm good (oops sorry Campbell soup didn't mean to steal ur creativity....

....but don't this look mmm mmm good? Well I couldn't make this picture much bigger without distorting it but I suppose that clicking on it opens it up to a larger view. I'm sold out for 3 of the dishes the fourth, i'm still a bit iffy about. Clockwise from top right: nsima, kapenta stew(the dish i'm a bit iffy about), cabbage, and masamba otendera. Nsima : Nsima is purely maize meal and water, simmered and cooked to the right consistency. Some hate it, some of it love it for the fact that it has no taste of its own so u can eat it with pretty much anything and be full, hits the spot! Kapenta stew: tiny fish, must be about 2" at their full-grown length. The little beady eyes freak me out. When I MUST eat them, I avoid the head (OK, that's more detail than anyone needed). Cabbage : fried in onions, tomato and seasoning, ahh, yum. Buckaroo style? cabbage stew, bean stew and nsima, now THAT hits the spot! Masamba otendera : Garden leafy green veggies

Ode to Kabula City

Can my love for Kabula, so different from my love for Zomba (paTexas) be aptly described? If so, let it be proved: Kodi iwe Kabula paja ati ndiwe Blantyre tsopano Ah, iwe Kabula! Ndimakumbuka ndili mwana kundiwopsyeza ati "Iwe ukapanda ku kwecha nkhali siwu pita nawo ku Blantyre." Inetu nthawi yomweyo ku kwecha nkhali mpaka nkhali kubowoka Ah, Kabula kodi ndi zowona? Kuti nthawi imeneyo anthu otchena onse ama shopa ma georgette kumeneko? Panalinso ma shati aja onyezimila thwani thwani, ati Viscose amapezeka kumeneko mu shopu ija ya ku Joni inathyoledwa ija? Ine ndimakumbuka kumvera pa Radio MBC, 'broadcasting from Blantyre' nyimbo ya "zinabwera mochedwa inu a Phiri" kodi ndi nyimbo imene ija anatchulamo Delamere House kuti ndi nyumba yokwera pa mwamba pa inzake zosowatu izo Nanga ma red star a city ovala za orange 6 July ma fana a ku Dharap atsikana a pa Our Lady Amwenye a ku Mpingwe ma Double Decker ku Zoo ndi ku Museum Iyayi ife kunali ku silira moyo wa n

The Pic says it all

UEFA Here we come (and this is an African speaking, Ok that's a paradox. Hence club football is a global phenomenon and Man U. is THE people's team!!!) The pic says it all Manchester United 1-0 FC Porto ....and Ronny you had to humiliate folks in your own country, shame....psych naaaaaah! A game is a game !!!! Hurraaaaahhhhh!! pic: manutd.com

Thank You Chelsea

Nothing personal against Liverpool, it's just that that humiliation a few weeks ago was too much for me. I'm a Man U fan and a 4-1 loss was just too much. I applaud Liverpool for playing their hearts out in both the Premier and Champions League. It's now time to thank Chelsea for a job well done. 7-5 victory over Liverpool on aggregate...I'm truly happy to see the back of them in the Champions league. Zimatele zimatele, bwenzi zikoma.
The Prisoner Within These Walls You've never been in there, the four walls made of concrete, stone, brick, wood, mud... The key only meets the oustide key hole but you too are a prisoner how do I know? I am too When I look on as people suffer I am a prisoner of false freedom and you, when you give consent so that your earthly trappings are secure are a prisoner too, of affluence they sleep side by side on a cold surface, made of concrete, stone, wood, cloth, straw and metal The sun only kisses the outside of their wall don't turn away, you too are a prisoner how do I know? I am too When I don't question the status quo and say, 'that's how it has always been. that's what works' I am a prisoner of self-inflicted blindness, I don't want to see and you, when you give consent so that your own country is blessed and prospers are a prisoner too of national pride affluence security freedom sight national pride prosperity They sleep side by side wait for the so

Liverpool 1-3 Chelsea: Now that's what I'm talking about

Thank you Chelsea for meting out vengeance on Liverpool. Hawu, angithi they humiliated the Red D's like no man's business. Hah, well, i won't be a meanie and gloat, but hey, it feels good to see JUSTICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Zimatele! Zimatele! Bwenzi Zikoma!

G-Mobile and our Versatile Tay-Grin

Beyond Nyau-unit, (I have my 2 ¢ on that but I will save that for another day) and his music, this man Limbani Kalilani AKA Tay Grin is setting the pace for a new generation of versatile Malawians by being part of the leadership of the third mobile company in Malawi: G-Mobile. It seems gone are the days when families sat around the table and parents asked the children, "what do you want to be when you grow up?" To the "correct" responses such as "I wanna be a lawyer, a doctor, a pilot", parents invested everything they had to make that dream come true- and, ahem, made sure you stuck to that profession if they had anything to do with it. If on the other hand, the response was something like, "ah, I wanna be an artist or a sports professional" the parents ably took up the challenge to drum it into your head that, "Honey, you could do that ofcourse, ASIDE from a real job, you know, like working in an office like a manager. Don't you want