This is my favourite team.
Monday, December 31, 2007
Friday, December 28, 2007
Last of December 2007
Hello,
Only two days of 2007 left and 9 days left for school to open. First, I lost a cousin who was 27 years old. She was sick for a long time. She has an 8 year old son who is in the UK.
Anyway, I spent my holiday only in Iringa , and the furthest place I went was Ifunda.
My first Karate exam went very well. The first two parts of it was good but I mucked up a little on the third part. I moved up from white belt to yellow belt.
Driving Under aged
This holiday was the first time the driver let me drive in town, and my father let me drive in Kidamali. I can drive a manual car not badly and this holiday was the first time I drove a Scania truck in our factory. It was easier than I expected.
Well, after 3 years I will be allowed to have a driving licence.
Only two days of 2007 left and 9 days left for school to open. First, I lost a cousin who was 27 years old. She was sick for a long time. She has an 8 year old son who is in the UK.
Anyway, I spent my holiday only in Iringa , and the furthest place I went was Ifunda.
My first Karate exam went very well. The first two parts of it was good but I mucked up a little on the third part. I moved up from white belt to yellow belt.
Driving Under aged
This holiday was the first time the driver let me drive in town, and my father let me drive in Kidamali. I can drive a manual car not badly and this holiday was the first time I drove a Scania truck in our factory. It was easier than I expected.
Well, after 3 years I will be allowed to have a driving licence.
Monday, December 3, 2007
Things that upset me about Tanzania
CorruptionTanzania has many resources. Oil, coal, gas, gold, diamonds, forests, etc. In contrast most of the people live in poverty, and hunger and earn less than a dollar/day. The government is corrupt. Greedy government officials swindle money. Most of the policemen, T.R.A(Tanzania Revenue Authority) officials will easily accept bribes. Therefore the government has very little to spend(if there is money in corrupt hands the money will go into the pockets of a few individuals) on roads, buildings, bridges and other infrastructure. The people also play a part in corruption. Sometimes many government officials are persuaded or even forced to accept bribes.In addition, Tanzania has a very high debt of about $7.5 billion which is about 40% of the total expenditures.(www .state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2843.htm)
(check out more corruption scandals:Richmond, BoT etc)
Disease
Tanzania has a very low life expectancy(male:49 yrs; Female:51 yrs) This is partly because of diseases such as HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Cholera, Malaria etc. These increase the death rate. The most people infected with HIV/AIDS are people between 15 to about 55 years old in the working age. This reduces the workforce bringing the economy down.
I think that if everybody works together to fight diseases, (educating people, fund raising etc)Tanzania will be a better place.
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Saturday, December 1, 2007
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