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Good morning and happy birthday!
Another great night out in Maputo. It’s Etevaldo’s birthday and we have danced until there was almost no people left, so we took the party to the car and found ourselves on this huge sand dune somewhere on the outskirts of the city where it now continues. Next stop is dropping by to pick up swimsuits at home and going to spend the day by a pool.
We will sleep when we get old, life is just too awesome right now.
I have put up one of my photos from Changara in my office. It’s like a window reminding me of why I’m here and of what it was like to be in the field. Maputo is really not representative for the rest of this country and it’s pretty easy to forget that.
(Yes, I’m at work on a public holiday. Haha.)
Here’s some very worrying Mozambique statistics for you. Always in front of me and another reason to stay put.
Wonderful, wonderful sunrise drive with friends.
That was Saturday morning, right after leaving the Maputo Fortress:
People don’t stop dancing here even after the sun has come up, I haven’t even managed to be the last person on the dancefloor yet – it’s so great.
The song in the video from the car is Angel Eyes by Submotion Orchestra and this is my opportunity to officially thank Rui for having the best car music in Maputo and for introducing me to this band. Obrigada, mister!
Good stuff by Stevie Briggs.
“Michael Jackson made it no secret that he was inspired by Fred Astaire. As clearly seen in this short video, it wasn’t only his dancing that Jackson mirrored. Notice costume and lyrics.
The video contains clips of ‘The Band Wagon’… Fred Astaire’s 1953 Musical, and clips from Michael Jackson’s short films ‘Smooth Criminal’, ‘You Rock My World’, and live performances of ‘Smooth Criminal’ from the 1992 ‘Dangerous World Tour’, and 1995 ‘MTV Video Music Awards’ performance of ‘Dangerous’.”
Painted my nails pink this morning in a slightly desperate attempt to remind myself that it’s Friday today. Been in meetings all day – and what you can see here is not even half of today’s 2do list. Maybe I should just realisticly call it the weekend’s checklist and I might get home before bedtime today.
It’s all good. I might even sneak out to dance one of these nights. And after this big event in October I shall have a social life again, hopefully a huge experience richer. Oh, and by the way – happy peace day!
Many office buildings in Maputo are actually old family houses. That’s why there’s an old bathtub here. Considering the amounts of time (~11h daily) I spend in this office it might come in handy one day. After this big event that we are planning for October, I promise myself to go home while the sun is still up at least twice a week. And try not to work at all on weekends, seriously now.
At least I’m really enjoying. That’s the main issue, I think. There are so many things to do, and they are just too exciting to leave for the next day. True story.
