Not Much of a Week
June 15, 2008
Nothing much really happened here in Kinshasa this past week, other than I finally made a wee bit of progress on the project that I’m working on here. Not enough to make a huge dent, but a dent nonetheless. There’s still quite a bit that yet needs finished and or figured out, but I suppose that’s what the next few weeks will entail.
I’ve also managed to get a hold of a training manual that help everyone involved with the project here understand how to decipher the actual software that will be need to be used. The problem is that it doesn’t actually explain how to use the software, just the concepts behind it. That’ll be a problem, and I’ve suggested to my employer that I head off someplace for some additional training. I’ll have to wait and see how that all plays out and what he thinks is the best way to approach the problems here.
Other than making the small bit of progress, nothing else has really been worthy about writing about. I did manage to go to one of the few supermarkets here and stocked up on some water, juice, and assorted cheeses with bread, along with a few single bags of chips. I tried to go to the MONUC PX, but was turned away — seems contractors aren’t allowed to use the facilities.
Friday night was another evening at the British Embassy club for dinner. They had the current Euro football tournament on a big screen TV, so that was interesting. Cedric was there, as were a few other people I know from here in Kinshasa. The evening ended up with a trip to another club, and then back home.
I spent the rest of this weekend here at the hotel, not evening venturing out of my room really.
I’ll bet you time was much more enjoyable than mine — wanna bet?
