Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Philisophic Comedy
"The thieves in Ghana really need to professionalize," she said.
"Yeah, if I'm going to be robbed I'd rather not know about it until I get home."
"It's like that in France," she assured me. "I don't think a single thief has been successful with us here. It's just a constant stream of annoying attempted robberies."
She's like Sartre only funnier.
--Chris
"Yeah, if I'm going to be robbed I'd rather not know about it until I get home."
"It's like that in France," she assured me. "I don't think a single thief has been successful with us here. It's just a constant stream of annoying attempted robberies."
She's like Sartre only funnier.
--Chris
Drive By
The other night, after a really good day for me during which Bossman said my contribution at the paper was tremendous and he really appreciated my being there, and a terrible one for Miia during which some asshole tried to grab her boobs and she spent most of her time listening to conservative, anti-poor tirades from bigmen and some other asshole who owns a school begging her for money, a car passed us by and the driver actually reached out and tried to grab my shopping bag from my hand! I swore at him, flashed the ole finger, then wished I'd just thrown the bag in his face - it was filled with leftover Chinese food.
Mongolian Flashback
1. A female dog in heat took a shining to Andreas and followed him around all day; every male dog in the city followed him 2. Our guide Baisa, high-heeled hiker extraordinaire
James and Zoe
James and Zoe at their flat near King's Cross. Unfortunately we didn't think to take a picture until the little ones were in bed. They served us a very nice Canadian-style turkey, potatoes and veg dinner; James is a sensational cook!
England Friends
L to R: Chris, Miia, Ali G., Gemma S., Megan, and Pranav (3 Canadians, 2 Brits and a Nepalese eating Indian food in Soho!) --Question: can you see the jetlag on our faces? In our strained smiles? This was a really fun evening all the same.
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Ceremony Honouring our $60 Donation to Ayirebi Community Centre
1. David Firang addressing dignitaries and media, 2. scratchy-mc-chicken, 3.
Ahmed, who interpreted for us and founded Evergreen, Ayirebi's environmental organization 4. Chief and entourage
Latest publications
This week we are running a series on housing issues, so that theme repeats itself in the following stories:
A brief history of housing in Ghana:
http://www.thestatesmanonline.com/pages/news_detail.php?newsid=2158§ion=7
What is culture? (this was for the January special issue for Ghana's 50th anniversary, which is in March. We are doing a special issue every month and this month, for which I coordinated the stories, was on history, religion, tradition and identity)
http://www.thestatesmanonline.com/pages/news_detail.php?newsid=2147§ion=7
The Outskirts of Housing (the first half of this story is mine and the second half, on environment, I edited but didn't write - the title they used was also not my idea) http://www.thestatesmanonline.com/pages/news_detail.php?section=7&newsid=2127
How can we achieve housing for all? (the second half of this editorial is mine)
http://www.thestatesmanonline.com/pages/editorial_detail.php?newsid=123§ion=0
A brief history of housing in Ghana:
http://www.thestatesmanonline.com/pages/news_detail.php?newsid=2158§ion=7
What is culture? (this was for the January special issue for Ghana's 50th anniversary, which is in March. We are doing a special issue every month and this month, for which I coordinated the stories, was on history, religion, tradition and identity)
http://www.thestatesmanonline.com/pages/news_detail.php?newsid=2147§ion=7
The Outskirts of Housing (the first half of this story is mine and the second half, on environment, I edited but didn't write - the title they used was also not my idea) http://www.thestatesmanonline.com/pages/news_detail.php?section=7&newsid=2127
How can we achieve housing for all? (the second half of this editorial is mine)
http://www.thestatesmanonline.com/pages/editorial_detail.php?newsid=123§ion=0
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