Today I sat side-saddle on a boda-boda (motorbike) for the first time ever, easy peasy. :)

Saturday September 28
Just got home from our time in Gulu, though we had a slightly wet ride. In order to prevent the windshield from steaming up, we had to have the windows partially down.. in a thunderstorm. Got home slightly soggy, but we got home!

Friday September 27
Another full day at Gulu University! We met the Life Ministry student leaders, taught and encouraged them, and got to know them (maybe a little too well?) I asked my favourite get-to-know-you question: "If you could be any animal, what you want to be" and had two unique responses: Zebra, and a Peacock! Ha, interesting. We also discovered a quaint little Pork Joint and had quite the exciting lunch time adventure.

Thursday September 26
Today was our first full day at Gulu University. Met the student leaders for the first time and toured the new campus. At night we played "Hot Seat" with our boss (a game where one person is under scrutiny, while everyone else peppers them with every question under the sun!) Haha, never done that before!

Wednesday September 25
SNE. Today was our travel day. First time we made what would be a 4-hour trip in Canada in just under 6 hours! And we actually made good time, somehow. Good ol' African pot holes.....

Tuesday September 24
SNE. Today I found the biggest moth I've ever seen!!

Monday September 23

Brief power outage tried to dampen our fun, but instead I baked brownies by candlelight! Not the first time I have appreciated having a gas oven.

Sunday September 22

Today I gave home church a try and was not disappointed. Glad that sermons from home can be found online!

Saturday September 21

We had our first LMU training meeting of the year, and then my homies and I got some lovely movies for just 2000 shillings a piece! Never done that before!

Friday September 20

Something new everyday. Spent a good 20 minutes shooting markers at this paper with a slingshot and I finally got it! I gave up trying to hit the circle tho... Ignore that. Thanks Vanessa for leaving some markers behind!

I also (fiinnaallly) watched the first episode of the new season of Korra today. It only took 3 days of downloading, one day of computer wiping, another 2 days of downloading, and then downloading the proper viewer program. It's only been a week since it came out!

Thursday September 19

Wednesday September 18
SNE. Performed a full system recovery on my computer today and made it like new again! Hopefully the problems it's been having will now be fewer.

Yesterday I painstakingly moved all my files off my computer, which took most of the day as safe mode kept freezing every 6 minutes! A new and not-enjoyable experience. Hmm

Tuesday September 17

Monday September 16
Something New Everyday. Spent the day with LMU staff and students painting the office building. All it needs now is the final coat, and boy, does it look smart!

Sunday September 15

Church service ended early because the pastor's voice was being drowned out by a thunderstorm. Never had that before!

Saturday September 14

Today's SNE involved going over an unmarked and unexpected speed bump at ... 80km/h. Oops. Got a little air on that one. Thanks for keeping us on our toes, Africa.

Friday September 13

Thursday September 12

Wednesday September 11

Tuesday September 10

Monday September 9

Sunday September 8

 Today I had a lovely "coffee date" (quotation marks because it was neither coffee nor "date") with none other than a fellow Londoner and Western student! It was so nice to connect with Theresa, who I hadn't seen since first year University!

Something New Everyday. Today I showed my housemates a new side of my character: I played music for them in the car. hehe. That consisted of The Apple Song by Calibretto 13 and a bunch of bouncy Disney songs. Also got to spend lunch hour with some awesomely dedicated students from MUBs campus. Good day!

Thursday September 5
Today I employed my brand new full-year calendar. Who knew those actually existed? I feel so organized now that I can have an entire year's plan on one wall of my living room 


Wednesday September 4
SNE. Today was my first ever African choir/dance party/guest peaker/welcome the mzungus/comedy night on MUBs campus. Quite entertaining if I do say so myself. 

Tuesday September 3
Today was my first time going door-to-door with the student leaders of Life Ministry Uganda sharing the gospel and connecting with students in their dorms. Also discovered a new expat bible to be a part of, who knew there were so many other white people in Uganda?!

Monday September 2
Surprise! The campus we planned to be on this week is still closed. Such is Africa. Nonetheless something new did happen, for this was my first time ever on the Makerere University Business school campus!

Sunday September 1
Something New Everyday. Had an epic puddle jump/ dancing-in-the rain party with the housemates today, followed by hot tea and my favourite Christmas sweater.. in Uganda. Never done that before!

Saturday August 31

SNE. Today I had a lovely jam session.. with myself. First time playing my flute in Africa!

Friday August 30
Today's SNE involved getting stuck in a traffic jam downtown Kampala.. wait, that's not new.. um. we got stuck in traffic and moved a few metres in an hour. But that's ok, cuz we had some nice tunes, and some popcorn, and some Bim and Julie to keep the fun alive.

Thursday August 29

Had my first Africa-to-Canada Skype call today with relatively good internet connection. Woo! 'Twas nice to see the fam jam again.

Wednesday August 28

Had my first 5 hour-long African planning meeting today. Haha, guess I need to get used to the different views of time in this culture.