Sleepless in Kampala...

It's 4am now... I'm still awake, I couldn't sleep coz the mosquitoes are accompany since 1am. The aircon has shut off since then due to the irregularity of the power supply again. SIGH! This time the voltage is too high. The AVS has sent a signal to shutdown the Aircon *Sob Sob*... Give me back my Aircon and sleep.

You must be wondered why i don't use the my Mosi-Guard... but man! the Mosi-Guard is useless in Uganda... Mosquitoes in Uganda don't even scare of my Mosi. Mosi you could retire in Uganda... :-p I think i need to ask the maintenance guy to fix the mosquitoes net for me next Monday. It's important...

Anyway, I was so tired but I couldn't sleep... what a torture Saturday morning :-( This reminds me of a question from Silencer on why am i in Uganda? Good question? Why i choose to suffer with sleepless night in Uganda? Yet, giving up all my family members, friends and my cool lifestyle back home... Anyway, this is part of the package of new experience :-p

A friday nite without TGI Fridays...

What would it be if a Friday night without TGI Friday's? Boring? Guess what? there is no TGI Fridays in Kampala city. *Sob Sob* BTW, this is my 1st Friday night in Kampala City. I'm going out to explore their night life in Kampala.

For the past 1 week, I have drawn so much attention when i walked on the street. I bet tonight i will be the center of the spotlight. I hope i would not create some inconvenience for myself as i heard the African young ladies are very aggresive to get to know the whites... Scary lah! What if i'm not attracting the Africa ladies but attracted the African guy? How?... Anyway, who's care at this moment... just go out there and see what will happen... :-)

Will blog about my experience later eh!... hopefully my colleagues are going together with me so that i was not alone in the bar... at least if something happen to me, I still have someone to rely on :-p

Let's see what will happen.. I gotta to go and get change now as I will meet up my colleagues downstair... we will be going for dinner and later hit the bar as our initial plan :-p

Boda Boda - Faster transportation to cruise around Kampala

What is Boda Boda? hehehe... sound a little weird... :-p
This is a very convenient and fast mean of transportation to cruise around Kamapala city especially during the traffic jam...

Boda Boda is quite dangerous as the driver going like fast and crazy cruising the city from one destination to another destination. So if you are brave enough this will be a better transportation than the "bus". Moreover, Boda Boda is cheap... it's less than USH1,000 (RM2.00). I'm still not that brave to use this means of transportation... :-p Maybe one day i will try thot...

The boda boda was waiting for passenger

Lady was sitting on the boda boda

The lady paid after she arrived @ her destination. How much?

Sunset @ Kampala...

Folks, I managed to capture the sunset @ Kampala yesterday evening from the balcony...
More pictures coming soon. Gotta to hit the office now. Ciao ;-)

Sorry no electricity...

Irregularity of the electricity power supply is a known issue in Kampala city... I was encountered electricity issue since day one when i landed in Kampala... the aircon is up and down when the voltage of the electricity is unstable. It happened almost 6-7 times for the past 5 days. 4 times in the office and 3 times in the apartment. Sigh!

The owner of the apartment has installed this AVS to protect the electrical appliances. The aircon will not be working either the voltage is low or high, same to the others kitchen appliances. Anyway, this is the first time i saw this AVS. It was @ the corner of the room that i stayed.

After experienced this kind of situation, i was glad that back home don't have this kind of issue/problem :-)

Earthquake @ Uganda

I encountered the shaking of the building at about 17:15 in the office... the whole city was shaking due to a mag 4.6 earthquake stroke near the Lake Victoria Region Uganda.

I'm White :-p

The moment i touched down in Kampala Airport @ Entebbe. I was considered white (Ang Moh) by the local.... hehehe :-) In another words, i got Ang Moh Power (AMP)... Matt, i have AMP in Africa eh! Muhahaha....

Case #1: It happened last night when i was eating in the Nandos (yup, the Nandos that Malaysia have). I was looking for Peri Peri Sauce, I went back to the counter and the African lady was so polite and helpful to get the Peri Peri sauce from the other table and passed it to me even though the other table still having their meal. hehehe .... I got the power eh! ... I'll definitely go back to Nandos... :-)



Case #2: Besides, yesterday case, i was treated differently in term of security check in any building @ Kampala. Usually, i will greet them and say hello or good morning to them. The security guard didn't even open my beg to check and just let me past... so the local really trusted the whites :-p

Case #3: Lot's of people trying to strike conversation... I was like Matt (my buddy) in Malaysia... popular :-p Hiak Hiak Hiak... Now i felt what Matt feels. Back to the question from my friends whether i would get an African lady... I have no idea and no comment... :-p

Case #4: It was a disadvantage to be a white in Kampala too. I was charged higher than what they charged the local and Indian especially riding with this so called "buses"... This was a good experience and learning in my life... it was a modified van to transport people from one place to another. So, my new colleagues and I were hitting the gym yesterday evening and we were using this transportation... My first time in the "bus". It cost me RM1.00 for travelling on about 5KM in distance. It was quite dark and we had no choice but take this bus. Anyway, it was a good experience and now i knew how to take the bus to and from the gym. :-) Need to tell them i'm a poor White man too, otherwise they charge me more :-p



So, if you as white as me, as blond as me, as muscular as me... you are qualify to be white in Kampala, Uganda.... hehehe ;-)