Visiting Ben's daughters

So yes, I forgot to write into the blog. Yesterday wasn't that busy, but I just got entangled with work and completely forgot about it! I am translating this legal document for the World Bank, which is pretty good since it forces me to review again my legal terminologies... good practice.

During lunch time, we went to BIOSADEC to visit Ben's daughters. Both of them (4 and 13) were sick with malaria +++. Poor girls have been hospitalized since Saturday and they were there with their glucose. The beds weren't the cleanest, and it seemed more like a room from one of the lowest quality of hostels... if you can picture that. I met Ben's family for the first time, and it was unfortunate that it was at the hospital. His wife was also sick with malaria last week, where she fainted and lost feeling on one side of her face. Man, I am glad I didn't get that kind of malaria. The family though seemed pretty nice, but they were coughing all over, and the room didn't have a window, and I was thinking to myself, shit, I'm gonna get sick. So we stayed there for about an hour, and we chatted here and there about the family.

The rest of the expats went to dinner with our regional director, but I was too tired and broke to go. I just don't want to have to spend for a meal that's gonna cost $30 and that's gonna be worse than the food we have at home. I watched a movie and just drank some coca cola and took it easy for the night. Georgia and Amaka got back yesterday as well.

Today, not much otherwise, preparing a presentation for our local partners on effective reporting. It should be interesting. I am also checking our house expenses for food, and man, it is annoying to see how much the cook tries to cheat on prices... again, another sign of corruption. I saw this morning that he made chocolate mousse for himself and hid it in one of the fridges. I ate dishonesty, but I let it pass since it's not a big deal. If it gets out of hand, I will warn him.

So no running for today, feeling a bit lazy. I started looking for some jobs starting in September. A few opportunities in Kinshasa and in other parts of the world, but I want something hands on in the field with more management responsibilities. Still looking...

All right, isabelle out!