Baaa

Yesterday, I was at a dinner/dance hosted by the wildlife society of malawi. People usually say that the dance is the most exciting part of the evening, but I personally think it is the dinner - simply because of the auction prizes. Two night accommodation at a game park! An evening at a lodge at the lake! A live sheep!

I've never won anything at an auction before, although I've tried many times to win that evening at the lake prize. Last dinner/dance, I almost won some tree seedlings. But this year, I got real lucky. I won a live sheep! Now, I know y'all thinking "what am I gonna do with a live sheep? I can't keep it in my house - it'll eat all my grass!" No worries my friends. Once November rolls around, I'm going to go collect my sheep from the farmer, and have a brai party! Holla!

The Lottery Game

I love Ramadan. Every year, on the last day of Ramadan, the president of Malawi declares it a national holiday, and we are all free from the pains of work for one extra day. Of course, no one really ever knows when the last day of Ramadan will be. We all look up into the sky and watch for when the moon comes out. This year, it was debated that it would be either Friday or Saturday. If the moon came out Friday morning, we would get Friday off. If Saturday, we'd get Monday off. My coworkers and I all hoped that the moon would make an appearance on Saturday. Since Fridays are always so relaxed, we'd rather have the Monday stress taken away from us. We stayed up till midnight Friday morning, waiting for the moon to come out. It didn't. So we all thought that the holiday would be on Monday. But we got a call at 5am on Friday morning - the moon came out. Friday holiday. Bummer.

Jambo