When
my wife asked whether I was going to participate in the challenge this morning,
I wanted to say ‘Heeeeeell NO with
the hand gestures that come with it’ and I still have a few reservations here
and there. What if I do not make all the 7 days? That makes me a failure and
someone I know would say ‘Don’t over think it’ so imma pretend to do that. What many fail to understand is what they
call over thinking is my normal thinking, it might not always be sense but
there is always a lot of it.
While
many are worried about running out of what to write, whether they will have the
time to write among others, my biggest worry is that the posts will be shared
on social media thus increasing the chances of people reading my stuff. Sigh!
Because
of this fear mostly and the fact that my friend has THE coolest stories ever; I
decided to be her voice for a week. She wasn’t on board initially but an hour
or so later, she is more enthusiastic than I am.
I
am ALWAYS amused when I meet bazungu who
are staying in Uganda indefinitely and this case was no different. I mean Lux
*not real name because Duuuuuuh also
shout out to people who are going to let me name their children, clearly y’all are
in BIG trouble* has been in Uganda for over a year and different countries in
Africa before that. Who in their right minds would leave the UK for an indefinite
stay in Africa?
For
the challenge Lux gets to decide whatever I write about and I have my fingers
crossed that she will let me share the REALLY exciting and shocking stories.
As
a Mzungu who has lived in Africa for
2 years, Lux’s only con is the low Quality of life although that encompasses A LOT
with highlights on poverty, the comparative lower standard of living in
relation to one's earnings and working hours. Obviously no one likes to be poor
so this is valid although it got me thinking because poverty might not be on the
list of things I do not like about Uganda. Interesting!
On
the bright side, the pros outweigh the con which is weird if you ask me. Lux
feels that it has enabled her to get a lot of work experience which she never
would have managed to get in the UK in the same period of time. She is able to
learn really fast because things are more practical. This one had me raising my
eyebrows because for as long as I can remember the systems here have been
blamed because of their impracticability, different times may be.
Things
are more hands on, you have to use your own personal initiative in order to
progress, which is tiring, however doing things on your own, not relying on preexisting
systems means that you learn technical stuff fast. It raises the question
whether it makes sense to do a lesser known thing because there will not be a
million other people with similar aspirations to yours.
Would
I have a similar experience if I went to a less developed country like DRC (not
the fancy bits like Kinshasa but the equivalent of Mukono or something like that)
or Togo (LOL, nothing personal but Lux assures me it’s way up there on the
list)? Apparently Togolese do not hold back on the partying scene and while she
was there, there was a bum shaking competition for guys and babes, and a lucky
babe walked away with a motor bike. Well not walked away because she rode away
on her bike.
Imagine
that, shake your bums and win a motor bike. I bet many Ugandans would be on
their way to Togo if they knew about this. I’d consider it if I had bums but
Nope, life had other plans!
Togolese
bums are also a pale comparison to the Buganda Bums, girls could get rich. Did you
know that Ugandan bums are famous all over Africa for being BIG?