Have been going on a few school trips with the students. We
take a bus and armed guards, usually one guard and gun per bus. I seem to be
the only person who feels uncomfortable with this routine.

The electricity power cuts are increasing in the length of
time. The amount of time when there is power available is becoming less and
less. Unfortunately it is not just shorter periods of electricity but also
erratic timings. In the morning power was on between 06:00 and 07:00, but now
it does not necessarily come on during this time. So I am showering, dressing,
eating etc with no lights, blow dryer, toaster, fridge etc. The other worry
about this is the weather is warming up quite dramatically and no power means
no fans or AC. So I’m dreading those days of 40 degrees plus with no means of
cooling down (nightmare).

Was watching 3 guys with 2 bamboo ladders, 1 long and 1
short, and a pile of posters. They were hanging the posters from lamp posts.
The man with the long ladder would climb up, be handed a poster, tie the top
part of the poster , climb down and carry
his ladder to the next lamp post. Then the man with the short ladder would climb
up his ladder, tie the bottom of the poster, climb down, and repeat the process
at the next lamp post. Hilarious!!!