Movie

My movie is on the bottom of my blog
for those who want to see it.
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After A Hard Days Cycle

From Amani

We have just got back from an awesome weekend at Amani Nature Reserve. We stayed at this campsite way up on the top of a cliff. We did a lot of walks in and around it and then a night walk on Saturday night where we saw camelons, large crickets, stickbugs and tree frogs. It was very cool to look in close at a chaemelons. Alex and Emily’s tent is in worse condition then it was in Peponi. Two poles have now broken. We only ate dinner at the lodge and brought up all our own fixings from breakfast and lunch. The two Irish girls stayed down in Amani village at the rest house there. They then met us for the night walk. The road up was not as bad as first though and our residence permits saved us $85!!!! We only ahd to spend 5000 shillings instead of $30 each person.
We have a Catan game scheduled for 7:30 tonight with the medical students for our usual Sunday night Catan. Mom has arrived safely in Toronto and has now visited her Dad. We will send usdates as we get them.
Just a little one for now
Talk soon.
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Lots of News

Having not blogged for many day lots of new has come upon. Mom is leaving tomorrow, being Thurs, to head back to Toronto to visit her Dad who is in hospital with a broken hip and complications. We are all going to Tanga tomorrow so she can fly down to Dar and then fly KLM home. Many thanks to Sal and Rose who made this possible my finding the flight and booking it. What would we do with out them!!! She will be gone for what looks to be about 10 days to 2 weeks. In that time we will have gone to Amani Nature Reserve, Sudan vs Tanzania at the big field in Dar and most likely a couple hundred Catan games.
Our weekly Catan game with the medical students is going well. I was very close to winning last week but one of them is a Catan expert and has won both weeks. Now that Rose is home she has clarified many rules from Catan.com. I don’t know if she has started to play online yet at playcatan.com. Haha.
Just finished week of exams at school with Sy and I only having to write the English and otherwise just helping Sister G with odd jobs. Our marble skills have plumted. We have lost something around 50 marbles and counting. It is a good thing it is only 2 cents a marble. Mom went into Tanga last week and bought a used bike like Sal and Rose’s so she can actually have some left over energy after the short ride. She likes her new bike and now we fly all around on them except we are still suck on getting up the hills which is going to take some time!!!!
Hope you like the pics I was finally able to get up on the blog. It took some definite re-sizing to very small pics, but fro m what I can tell they aren’t half bad. If you saw my very short blog I said that I has figured out the computer problems which was just a small problem that was right under my nose. Almost had to call Graham in Ottawa but solved it a good hour before our scheduled calling time. I am very proud of myself.
Really gotten into reading here with all my extra time. Just finished my fifth book so far. The first book I read really challenged my reading and excelled me ahead once completed.
The Swahili, ah yes, the Swahili I didn’t realize how hard a new language is to learn and we all agree that if could do one thing differently in that last year it would be to have learned just some of the basic Swahili before coming here. It is just the pronouctation that has got me stuck but I am slowly pushing my way through the teach yourself Swahili which I was doing in school before this week.
My movie has made it on to the website but has not won yet. I you want to see it go to www.guardian.co.uk/canonfreecording and it is under the more movies section. Don’t let the little blurp about it fool you. The only reason it says Graham was because I am not 18 and I am not a resident of England. Since he is older then 18 and used to live in England he put his name in the entry form. It is also on youtube under Guardian Movie Entry. Hope you can find it.
We are getting a new fridge which is big news around here but my not be as big back home. The only reason I am saying this is because of me self urge to fill up and entire page of a word doucument so you proble don’t need to liten to the next new but I guess I am out of something to tell you so I will just sit here and keep you reading till I sign out and say goodbye. G

Computer Problems

I think I have fixed the computer problems. And this is very big because I did it without the help of Graham. I am so proud of myself. G

This is just getting ridiculous

Even more Pics

Here is some more pics

Finally a picture maybe more to come

hope you enjoy your one pic
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internet is very slow so posts will be limited
computer not connecting any more
bye
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Photo Post From, Ontario!

Hey everyone check out a photo post below!!


http://ambleahgriffinsy.blogspot.com/2008/11/photo-post-from-ontario.html

And a video post below!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSbGVJtdagM

hey all

A big congratulations to Barack Obama for his us election win. This will really change the world having a African-American President. We are reading a history book out loud that has all the history about the slave trade and the first settlements in Africa and now there is a Black President of The United States of America. Wow the world has come a long way.
Sally and Rose leave tomorrow. So we are all going I to Tanga for the day and then we are staying the night at a hoteli. Today was Rose’s final day of teaching at the school and Sister Gwyneth gave her and Sally a map of Africa carved on a slab of Banana tree. Their final week has gone so fast with my parents in Tanga and us up and down to school everyday. Good time to have a three day weekend.
Graham should be posting some photos on the blogs son. Hopefully! We just sent him the passwords so any day now.
School is getting more and more boring. We write are exams on Thursday of next week. That should be interesting. I might be helping Sister with the laptops and maybe even running some little practice times so that the kids don’t lose touch of the skills. I now can’t wait to ride S and R’s bike everyday since it is so much better and so quiet. I am making new friends at school and playing tons of marbles. This week was a rather bad week or a up and down because you never know how you are going to do.
Sal and Rose have now left That just shows you how long it takes to right a blog. We had a very nice visit with them, but just the same it is very sad to see them go. I guess now all those guys in Victoria will hear some great stories. They right now are in Zanibar and will be until Wednesday before they head home.
We have now received two pieces of mail!!!! One from the Victoria clan at Thanksgiving and one from Rachel (Rose’s daughter) in Korea. Please keep them coming. We figure that it seems to take about 2 weeks form Canada and some where around that from Korea.
I have a massive sunburn from being at the Mkonge with Sally and Rose on Friday. The doxychycln makes your skin more sensitive to the sun so I am much easier to burn. That really sucks.
I will talk again soon.
griff

Hello All

School has changed from "fine" to "boring." What can i say. I am doing all my own work and reading in class. We write are school exams on Thrusday if next week. So those might be interesting.
It is now quite hot here and hit 40c last week. And the worst part is it is still going to get hotter.
I will do a longer blog later
got to run
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