Virus attack.....

For those who have laptops or Desktops you should be very familiar with the pains that viruses bring to us especially after a long day of hard work on writing a proposal or your end of month report...


Yeah right i am so pissed right now i cannot do anything on my laptop coz its been attacked by viruses,i have been changing anti viruses due to their inefficiencies until a friend offered me kaspersky that had proved to be Worst enemies with viruses.

My best moments have been whenever i insert a flash that has viruses,the sound that kaspersky makes when it detects the viruses is a re confirmation that your laptop or desktop is a NO GO ZONE FOR DA DAMNED VIRUSES.

Right now i am still seated in the office downloading a trial version of kaspersky after the one i had got expired(I did not that i had a trial version, oooooouchhhhhhhh!),but exactly thats my point where can you get a full version of these anti viruses without the sun burning so hard on your pocket that it puts a huge hole in it.

OK,please wish me the luck i badly need to get the anti virus, i am so psyche-less,hungry and the same my mind is racing with all these to do's i have pending coz i have a virus infected laptop!

Hope when i retire to bed i wont have computer Virus night mares.

The search for exchanges!!!!

Its 7:23 pm ugandan time,6:23 pm Rwandan time and i am seated in the Great lakes Energy office over looking the beautiful night view of kigali.Wow it looks like NY city!!!!.

I have just come back after a long day of researching potential TN takers to participate in the AIESEC Global internship programme.I managed to visit 5 NGO's and i am very happy because i got some high Po's so mos def i will be raising exchanges for Rwanda.

very tired indeed just chilling for a few minutes and will head home(Nyamirambo) to meet kevin and we continue with the agenda for the night.

Am off catch you tomorrow.

Good nite.

Cyangugu XP

Its 7:15 am still in the bed contemplating whether to get out of bed coz its really cold up in here, All of a sudden my phone goes off and to find that Amri is already waiting for me at great lakes where we are supposed to meet before we leave for cyangugu.

We delayed booking so we missed the comfortable bus and then we opted for a matutu where we had to be packed 4 people per seat and I was complaining until I was told that its really handy for people to seat 4 especially for the cyangugu trip.

7.45 the matutu leaves the park and we head to cyangugu thru kamonyi,gitarama.Before we reached Butare town city we branched of to the way that takes us thru gikongoro to cyangugu.

On our way 3 ladies boarded and they carried polythene bags and lemon which I later learnt that they could prevent them from throwing up because the road has many corners. It’s a 6 hours drive from Kigali to cyangugu Passed thru nyungwe forest the weather changed there and then, it’s a one and a half hours drive to the next town. The road through the forest has so many corners that makes you thin that the car will loose balance and fall off easily.At around 2 pm we had reached the city center called kamembe, a very busy center with so many commercial activities going on.

The Host.

On arrival we passed via Amri’s grand ma,s place where I tasted true Rwandese food that’s the Bugali and small fish mixed with G nuts, also had Ugali from Burundi called Rowe(really tasty and sweet, it can replace Bread).We then headed to Amris brother where I later came to learn that it was going to be my new home for the next 3-4 days. It was a really cool place I felt like home because I was eating well cooked food not the hotel type and at least had options for what to eat.

It felt being part of family life where you have people taking good care of you, I mean you eating nice, boiling water for you to shower and sleeping in a mosquito net you know it doesn’t get better than this.

More excitement came as I had a one on one with a pretty chic, we discussed various topics ranging from world issues like civil wars to technology shaping the world and we ended up in a heated religious argument and the climax of the day was the MUSLIM Wedding that we gate crashed in……………

Weekend at the shores of Lake Kivu.
From kamembe city center (cyangugu), it takes you about 10 Minutes to the DRC border on a motto (bike).That was the first place we went to, took some cool pictures in the boats which were being manned by ladies, who offered to give us a boat ride but I was so scared of my safety.Our next stop was Lake Kivu; the cool breeze welcomes you as you get close to the shores. The scenery there is breath taking, the water, island view and terrain are worthy for tourists, couples and families on vacation.

My stay at the lake was so rejuvenating I felt like I was in my wonderland, chilling listening to the sounds of the water as it hits the rocks, watching birds swim and sipping a cold “fanta”.I had a wonderful time and on Sunday I decide to stay home watching movies till 1 am.

Monday was time to leave for Kigali.In Kigali imagine I got sick of malaria even after sleeping in a mosquito net but TIA…………

catch da next post!

What a day?

My day started at 11 am on thursday 18 th oct 2007,me and kevin get out of the new house and our next stop is at World vision office in Kacyiru.

The ASK project is soon starting,trainees are in the country from uganda aand being trained at world vision.We went to evaluate how they are fairing with their trainer.

At the gate it so happens the gate keeper knows luganda and was very excited to learn that i also speak luganda.This made our entrance very easy though kevin had been there for a couple of times.

Meeting was done in 15 minutes and headed back to kigali,finding taxis is as hard as finding Nsenene in owino market when its not the seaason for it.
Any ways after 20 mins of waiting we finally got one.

The day was really first coz of the many things we had to do.The highlights came when we finished the AIESEC member meetings and headed for an un known destination,it was only christine who knew the place.We later learnt that we are going to a friends place.Treated to J&B,V&A,Amarula,the night was great.

Chatted at the same time watching news and one story was showed of politicians fighting in the Nigerian parliament over what i do not know coz my kinyarwanda is not up to date.This intrigued me for the fact that these are our African leaders who cannot lead by good examples and donot understand the concept of dailogue and to them fighting is the way to go.What a big shame!

11:40 iam off to bed and as i write this i have just woken up only to realise that i cannot shower coz the tap is always locked at 8:00.

Oouch Lets see how this day will be!

Transition in between countries.

Just when you think that East African countries have many similarities we tend to for get the differences even though they are minor.

Yesterday 16th oct 2007,at 5:00 am i was awake,cross checking the bags to see if i had carried everything that i needed for my next trip to Rwanda.The bus leaves at 7:00 am and i had to be on -time because unlike the buses to other East African countries the one that goes to kigali always leaves on time especially the day you decide to think that its going to be late like the others.

It takes 8-10 Hours from kampala to kigali based on the route used (Katuna or katigumba).Unlike the trips i had taken earlier on this time i decided to use the kagitumba route because my friend (kevin) tells me it has a very beautifull scenery and being the adventurous type i had to use it.

I agree with kevin that kagitumba route has a breath taking view (the landscape) and its not as scary as the katuna route because the roads are flat.

The entry points is shaddy,No directions of where to go for passport verification.At the boarder i had to help people who could donot fill in the entry cards,which was exciting for me,having people queuing so that i can help them.I could not fill all of them because the bus would leave me.

At the Uganda/Rwanda boarder almost everything that you have is checked,it was irritating because i had to unpack all the clothes in the bag yet they took me 20 Minutes to pack them.

When iam in uganda there are things i miss about Rwanda like the good roads,beautiful girls and the my internship with SolarNow.

Compared to uganda our roads were pathetic,imagine having a man hole instead of a pot hole in the middle of the high way( I mean Jinja kampala road),no wonder most of the cars are in DMC.But this is changing thanks to CHOGM and the coming of the Queen,this is definately the most outstanding advantage of CHOGM to some of us who are not 1st class Ugandans.

Its because of CHOGM that we will have good roads,hotels and improved security ( kampala has surveillance cameras on the streets) and hope these wont collapse after CHOGM is gone.To me CHOGM has manifested that local Ugandans do not need these facilities,so we have to wait for Visitors to have them.

Just like in Kigali, its a miracle to have musical shows,Local Drama and youth fun,kampala is gifted by this,you can fail to decide where to hang out on a weekend because all the places are happening.

Welcome to My blog!!

Hello,

Welcome to my blog.

This is the third time i am opening up a blog,the last 2 times i forgot my passwords and everything about blogging.

This time around i am not going to disaapoint any one i will be posting loads of stories,thoughts,escapades on my blog.

Enjoy the redfings that will be posted and would love some exciting comments.

Yours,

Julio