Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from July, 2009

Mountain Hikers, Be Wary of Global Warming in Africa

French Brazilian hiker goes missing in malawi ….with temperatures dropping on our continent… hikers beware. In the news article below; there are three possibilities: 1) Mount Mulanje has had cases of people disappearing mysteriously, an occurrence connected to spiritual activity on the mountain. This man may have fallen victim to that or 2) temperatures around this part of Africa are dropping, so this hiker’s going up the mountain with a t-shirt and biscuits is something that could probably have been safe to do 50 years ago, Winter in Africa was kinder then, or, sadly 3)the zeal of youth.... The News Article: ____A 23-year-old French-Brazilian hiker has gone missing in one of Malawi's mythical mountains, the southern African country's environmental and security authorities disclosed Monday. "Last Friday afternoon a French hiker attempted to climb Sapitwa Peak but failed to return to Chisepo Hut and since then there has been no sign of him," said Hastings Maloya, Co

Say What????

Two men met at a bus stop and struck up a conversation. One of them kept complaining of family problems. Finally, the other man said: "You think you have family problems? Listen to my situation: A few years ago, I met a young widow with a grown-up daughter and we got married. Later my father married my stepdaughter. That made my stepdaughter my stepmother and my father became my stepson-in-law. Also, my wife became mother-in-law of her father-in-law. It's not funny, my wife sees me as her grandson because my father is her son-in-law. "You will realise that my stepdaughter and her mother, my wife that is, became sisters-in-law. Then the daughter of my wife, my stepmother, who is also my stepdaughter, had a son. This boy was my half-brother because he was my father's son, but he was also the son of my wife's daughter, which made him my wife's grandson. That made me the grandfather of my half-brother. "This was nothing until my wife and I had a son. Now the

Congrats Cathy Kamthuzi

Malawi Fashion expo winner's creations! Outfits looking good, where can we buy them?!!!! source: Nyasa Times

Ooooh! I want a Malawian Child too!!!

Vraiment... They don't know you but they'd like to have you they think of all the wonderful things they will teach you they have no idea what you already know the meaning of "Siku sinja ndi Gwenembe" and the morals behind"Kam'dothi" Mais... they want to take you to their land and show you the wonders they have no idea that your eyes have already seen the miracle of mbewa ya pa chulu ikunena mawu, "muzindi khapa bwino, mudzandidula mutu ye!" or better yet, Bangwe on Market day, people, sounds, smells, such simple wonders, so profound Je connais que... they can't wait for you to hear the sounds of the West It's funny how they think wealth means joy toys, car horns, wii, sounds, sounds, sounds they don't know you don't know a word in your language for depression that you've never heard of a psychiatrist in your land Free, Mahala you laugh at Makiyolobasi's jokes for free you dance to Music splash for free ah money, what joy