One month report

People

Ugandans are easy to smile and love a laugh and a drink and boy can they dance. They are quite relaxed about most things except maybe the state of the roads. They aren't very confrontational and will rather avoid a topic that might lead to an uncomfortable situation. Their patience is limitless and is best demonstrated on the roads. Though the traffic is atrocious, rarely do you see people raging about what would be unacceptable road etiquette. They have waiting down to an art. Whether it be waiting for meeting delayed 2 hours, being stuck in a traffic jam or waiting for someone, Ugandans do it without any complaining.
Papua New Guineans weren't very entrepreneurial and had this caustic mindset of being owed something. It was always about compensation and their right to unearned goods based on some convoluted logic. Ugandans sell hangers at traffic lights and will provide "value add" services (like the key-cutter who picked up my keys, made copies and dropped them off) for an small fee. There are people selling cheap local fare of cassava, pumpkin, rice, greens, beans and fish unlike New Guineans who are happy to subsist on fried chicken, flourballs and kaukau despite the abundance of vegetables. People are always searching for such unsaturated markets which require little setup capital. It's not perfect but it's a vast improvement from PNG.

Weather

Temperature ranges from low to high 20s. It's wet season at the moment and it's at the lower end of the scale. On average, nights are cool and pleasant and even on hot days there is cool breeze.

Work

With only 15 odd people in the office, it's surprising how much work they get through. Workmates are intelligent and easy going and it's a pleasure working with them. The projects they work on are high impact ones and go about it quite efficiently.

Also I get to save babies. Job satisfaction has never been higher.

Security

This is mainly for mum. This place is extremely safe. Crime is low and the most dangerous things are Bodas. Work has a 5'5" security guard with a rifle which is half his weight and probably never been fired. I guess he could use it to club someone over the head. The point of this story is to show how much of a non-issue security is.

Home

I have a couple of kickass neighbours in Shira and Frankie. For a little over $4 a week, a maid comes to do the cleaning and washing. House has an inverter for when the power goes out and I bought a sandwich press. What else does a man need?