Soccer (5/20/2006)

This week was the European cup finals. Soccer is the one sport that everyone follows, and so the european cup was a big deal. Because Tanzania is a few hours ahead of France the game started around ten and went to midnight it was great match and all the teachers and many of the students were tired the next day. The English team was the underdog that nearly won even though they were a man down the majority of the game.

I also watched the Msufini Umbwe game which was I think the first time our form five played together. They lost 3-0 but the real fun was cramming 45 people in a vehicle meant to hold 30 then riding on the short cut route which is only about 15 KM but took about 40 minutes because of the dirt road and then we stopped about a five minute walk short of our destiniation due to a creek running in the road.

Speaking of things getting stuck this week I am pleased to report the toilet is clear. Somehow I managed to forget last week the toilet was clogged. I had used the end of the banana bunch to get the water and things to drain but for the next week things still seemed to get clogged and slowly drained. I probed further with a stick and discovered the culprit was a wash cloth and by using a plastic bag was able to remove the waste.

All sorts of things left this week, and it was sad times as the English said good bye. There is still Will hanging around until Sunday but the rest have left. It was pretty amazing all of the things that they managed to pull off in their last week. John paid for transportation to the Umbwe soccer game and bought sports equipment. Will recieved the karate uniforms and had a Karate tournament (unfortunately the same day as the soccer game due to technical difficulties). While Loise bought a pregnant cow for her elementary school.
I think that's the news for this week,
T.