Zambia - Day 7,8,9

I realized that I miss an update, I was too consumed with finishing my resume so to make it up, I’ll do a longer update

Zambia Day 7
In all honesty, I can’t quite recall what I did today, I know it is more meetings to talk about the working of RPC and some of the results we came up with for all aspect of the project, so it is a day full of meeting. Everyone is pretty burnt out by the night so we all went to bed pretty early.

Zambia Day 8
It was Saturday. It was a special day causes first of all, no meeting!!! Second? We went to a safari game farm. The game farm does not have any cats which were unfortunate but it did have all the deers and buffalos, zebras and giraffes. We all rode in one of the safari trucks that you find in the movies which were pretty fun. I’ll let picture do the speaking. On the way back to the school where were staying, the bus had a broken bearing and we had to wait on the side of the road for about 20min for a new bus to come. We all praised God that we were safe and that there were no car on the other side of the road cause the bus swerve to the opposite lane. That night, we had a BBQ/meeting to present our findings to some of the RPC share holders. The food we ate in Zambia was pretty similar to the food in North America but instead of potato or rice, they eat a white paste made of grounded maize. It is very bland and you eat with your fingers. The BBQ was great.

Zambia Day 9
Sunday is always church day and in Zambia is no exception. The team was divided up into 2 or 3 and we all went to different churches. The church I went to this Sunday not only had the big speaker at the front of the room, there were big speakers at the back of the room too. Good thing we were sitting in the middle so our ear did not bleed. This service was very similar to the service we had in Lusaka, very engaging and very high energy. After the service, we jumped on the bus and were on our way back to Lusaka. Throughout the time in Lusaka, we notice lots of stickers on the bus and cars have reference to God. Initially we were joking around with the stickers. One of the buses has “Only God Knows” stickers and we were saying Only God knows how we survive that ride but there is some truth to that statement.

Until next time...

Zambia Day 5 & 6 - Meetings and Meetings

Pics of the School

Zambia Day 5
Today was mostly more meetings to talk about the processing plant as well as the business plan. A couple of us went to meet with the Ministry of Environment to ask about the environmental standards and the impact assessment that we have to write before the start of construction. The meeting went very well.

The place where we stayed in Ndola is a school set up by a group of aussie missionary to teach locals different trades skills. The school has very nice landscaping and the rooms are quite comfortable. The window has a screen so the bugs will be able to fly in. For the pass few mornings, I discovered that I have been bitten every night. I soon realized that the screen gave me a false sense of security because it has a big hole in it.

That night, a few of us went out into town with our guild to an internet café. It was nice to get connected with the rest of the world and let everybody know that I am still alive. It was quite freaky to be in town at night as there are not much light on the streets and since we are foreigners, lots of beggars were asking for money but we all made it back safely.

Zambia Day 6
Today is special as we have a little field trip to an orphanage. The meeting today was used to compare the processing machine quotations and discussion on the business plan. There are quite a number of kids at the orphanage ranging from babies to elementary school age. All the kids have HIV but you can’t really tell because they are all so energetic. The orphanage consist of three cute little house. We spend the time there playing with the kids. For the rest of the day, we had our meetings. I notice that throughout the day, I get very sleepy when after every meal especially lunch time. I think they should have something like Siesta but then, the whole day would be Siesta.