This is Africa

I have had a spat with Dar. A couple of weeks ago, I couldn’t get enough of Dar. However, at the moment, I am looking forward to getting out of Dar over Christmas and recharging my batteries.

While we were hiking Kili, my friend’s apartment was broken into. My friend lives in the same apartment building as I do and his apartment is one floor above mine. The break-in was unfortunate for him because the perpetrator made off with stacks of his stuff. It was unfortunate for me because my friend had borrowed my laptop while I was away and it was one of the items that walked out of his apartment. My laptop had all my pictures, music and documents for the past 4 years. Needless to day, I was a bit upset by it all. For a variety of reasons, we think our security guards are responsible for the break-in. However, our landlord refuses to do anything about the security company and I think the possibility of the police retrieving my laptop is zero. It is a frustrating situation that is unlikely to have any positive resolution.

I also had a small work issue. My supervisor forgot to tell me that there was a November deadline for submitting the first draft of the human rights report. I first heard about the deadline when people started questioning me about the status of the report. It was rather awkward, as I tried to figure out what they were talking about. After a couple of conversations with my supervisor and the executive director, I think we have sorted it out. However, I was not impressed at being put in that situation.