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The Battle of Empires Past: Egypt 1-0 Italy

Ok, Tawaret was actually female but hey, it ties in with the Asterix strip question next to it. Oh, the work of empires....How fascinating to watch (last night) Egypt battle it out with Italy in the Confederations Cup. Descendants of the Egyptian Empire and the Roman Empire. 'Ceasar's men' and 'Pharaoh's men' in 21st Century grand battle of FOOTBALL. Ah, and it was indeed a battle of sheer strength of mind. They seemed evenly matched in as far as physical strength. At the end of the day Pharaoh's men won it. Oi! can you see the pyramids from the Appian Way? No? Hike up that toga praetexta and climb up the stairs outside the temple. There...now you see them. Mmmm, I'm being a meanie now! LOL.....For the Luv of the game!

21 year old Malawian FEMALE Wonders: Part 1

As promised; I have finally sat down to blog about female Malawians who are blazing a trail for the younger generation to follow. A good place to start is 21 year olds, they are the unsung hero's after all; they do all the donkey work and make us grown folks look good. Tru. Natasha Taumbe Age: 21 Current Area of Occupation: Health Location: Central Malawi Training: Malawi, Germany Work Assignments thus far: Malawi, Germany, South Africa Has her own blog : You betcha: www.atutash.blogspot.com Challenging Role : Natasha's work involves integrating traditional healers into Malawi's health care system by facilitating support, training and other things my brain is too small to comprehend so that their work complements that of the government in regards to health. I have my own personal bones to pick with traditional healers (pun intended); So Natasha, whatchu gon' do about my issues with them folks? Milestones : Among other things: participated in the translatio

Smart idea, that

My sister from the land formerly known as Northern Rhodesia took me to the movies recently to watch X-Men Origins: Wolverine . I was more of the idea of watching Angels and Demons to which she gave much opposition; I'm not a fan of Dan Brown either but have read the book and wanted to see what they did with all those dramatic (and I'm sure very graphic) scenes- think death by the elements! Anywho, back to the issue at hand; I was quite pleased to learn (and only after the movie) that the director of X-Men Origins: Wolverine is Mzansi's own Gavin Hood. This is his second movie that I've watched, Tsotsi was the first,and now this one - I quite liked it. And it's a smart idea, when the world begins to utilise the talented directors on the international landscape, we can expect good things. Not only that, I guess many Mzansi-ans will pitch up at the theatres to show support, more money for the X-men franchise. Is this the good side of globalisation? hmmmm....

I Tremble in Fear

Last night I forgot a pouch on a public bus. It had my camera, my cell phone and my memory stick. Think contact numbers, think memories captured on camera, think software and hardware... The pouch had my lip balms too but those were not of as great a concern. This morning, here they are staring at me. I will not be as silly as to think it's just my good luck or naive enough to claim that the passengers on the bus/the staff were exceptionally good people, perhaps they are but I will never know that for sure. Thank you God for making it possible that I have my things back with me. Thank you for showing me that YOU are God. May Your Name be Praised, and not just because You have done this, but because YOU are God.

My Brother's Keeper

It all started with Cain Hate Malice Death It all ended for Abel Hurt Pain loss of...life The Cains are there, still to hate to be malicious to kill Where will you run to Abel? A victim of judgment, misunderstanding envy and why? Anything and everything Your colour your race your religion your food your You Cain won't let you be Cain died too eventually Today Cain lives sometimes he changes becomes an Abel and Abel alas sometimes changes too and becomes a Cain and so the cycle goes on Fundamentalism and all the 'isms' Xenophobia and all the 'phobias' It all started with Cain It all ended for Abel One sweet day, something new started with Jesus in a manger One sad day, and it all ended for Him on a battered cross or so they thought Actually Now through Jesus every day A Cain CAN become an Abel An Abel CAN becomes a better Abel learns to forgive a Cain Opportunity has been availed One day Cain won't be the Cain we have known for one day Justice, Peace and love sha