Monday, 8 September 2008

recent headlines of our lives'

time flies
yesterday saw my first long sailing trip ever
SPD in Germany in a typical chinese situation of crises / opportunity
I went to my first National Day celebration ever at the Brazilian Embassy in Dar es Salaam
work, work, work
we visited Bagamoyo together after 5 years, and the cushions in the French restaurant are still the same
Marilia is trying the virtual love way
Zimbabwe is still exactly in the same situation, only inflation now must be about 245.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000 % and tomorrow 246 x 10 *27 % and ...
Elections in Angola give the party in power (since 1975) the winning ticket. One can imagine the reason, since we'd better keep the bed smelling goat we know than - ops! totally politically incorrect! welcome soldiers of fortune!
Local elections in Mozambique in November.
Wow! It was enough to give Mc Cain a real conservative gender orientated twist and there the polls (but who believes in polls) show he's ahead of Obama again. I actually think that we all should vote in the American elections since the guys come and put their uncalled for finger anywhere in the world. But since we cannot, I'll just stick to my boycotts.
and Cuba refuses American help after the hurricanes, and Haiti is offered almost no help. The Caribbean is THE region where climate change preparedness can be practiced.