Local politics Brazzaville

Actually this is not the country politics but the office one. I am glad to finish teh packing and now back in Brazzaville 4th floor office again. I can feel the tension that has been building upver the years with Willy and the locals. Each time there is a change of expats they start to ask to do this and that. But they are not capable to to organise anything so in the end it was Willy who has to organise all that. This year they want to do do much and there are a lot more expats and expats houses to atke care. I wonder if Willy will be able to do all. I remember how we have to work with the locals here. They really need details instruction and guidance. Actually they need supervision every step of teh work. WOnder what will happen if everything is leave to them to organised. Actually tehy have to fall back to the white people again. Like RDC they still need super power for support before they can do anything. RC Congo right now want to get China involved. They want support from China that's why right now this year, I am going to go to Thailand with Ethiopian airline. A lotof Congolese Chinese people travel this route and avoid Europe all together. I am very keen on having the house in Brazzaville soon. I went to see Myriam yesterday and after seeing her ,it look very promising that I will get a house for sure but I have to keep looking. I have enough connection to do all these. Also I need to get pedicure and MAssage and many other peripherals service. I don't want to go to salon. There are less expats here than somewhere else. Lilianne De la Court has an old house on river bank. I think it is more romantic and less violent than teh sea or teh ocean. We did enjoy the ocean for 4 years. Now the people I have diner with last night want to go to Malonda. They don't like to go away for Christmas. It was a good idea because they can do so much in Pointe Noire and relax. Now that there are 4000 expats at least in Pointe Noire , there are more activities than before during Christmas time. I am glad we decided to go to Thailand. And in March go to Belgium to take care of teh registration. I think it is important to do that and I still don't see the bill for Isabelle's schooling yet.Did Franklin organise everything for the plane ticket yet. I will ahve to do mine myself. i prefer. Now everything is stuck. I want to buy rice today. WHat kind of rice do I want to buy. Do I need to explain everything to the cook. Can he do thing the way I want. He is polite but eh doesn't know much what to do. Wil he definitely follow my instruction. I wonder what kind of thing he is going to make. What elase do we do next. May be I have to go down and let them know what to do. There is no way to call or anything. And they don't want to come up and bother me. I think. My intention today is to find the correct house. I am not going to stay in that unfinished one that Sylvie show me.

arranging the move

I am sitting in teh 4th floor dining room waiting for the car to pick me up to go to Maya Maya airport on my way to go back to Pointe NOire to pack. It was funny the first time I arrived in Pointe Noire, It was so sad and I thought it wouldn't work but I really enjoyed my stay and for now I think it is better than here in Brazzaville,the city. But I havw yet to discover Brazzaville. Not sure if my children will think teh same way. If we find the house and all and move in get thing organised, we might still be o.k. I am impressed with teh french lawyer yesterday and I feel good about getting a house form him. He must ahve a o.k. house. i am sicka nd tired of the agence immobilier.They really do not understand what I need and I decided not to work with them any more. tehy can talk all day long or listen to teh amount of maney and calculate in their head what tehy are going to receive but other than that they don't realise what we need. Luckily here in Africa , landlorad and tenant and tenant can specify I only want white people and a long contract. I am glad to say that I onlt want to work with white agent who will understand my need. I am not even sure fi I should even talk with Farnklin about that. In California ,you talk like this your licence will eb at risk right away. they want real estate people to be colour blind. This will never work here. teh way people live here are so difference and what is acceptable to one might not be the case with other. Anyway, I prefer my hosue in Poinet Noire so far but who knows I might find something more interesting here too. I will ahve to move first and start my exploration.

Last night I read teh BBC report saying Brazzaville is the worst city in world to live in and I really agree with them . But they also say that Pointe Noire is one of teh at risk place to live also. That ,I don't agree. But that was old assesssment. I am not sure about right now.

In Brazzaville

Today is Oct.4 and I am already on the 4th floor of Chevron office apartment in Brazzaville.I arrived since yesterday Oct 3 but was too tired to do anything. Actually today ,I suggested to my daughter to go practice yoga and I should also do that. There are so much thing to do and so much to put in order. But first we need to find the house. This is not going to be easy. We are renting from the Chevron office right now and I have to walk up and down stairs everyday. Better than nothing but tomorrow we are going to take a look at the 3 bed rooms apartment. may be it will be better for me. I change my life style a lot eversince I come to Africa. I will see Fulvia soon and may be will also see the people who do yoga also. MAy be I will do it for an hour right now. It's great to back with my husband again and I keep in touch with daughter.We are not too intersted in bringing too many thing to Africa. I feel like retiring soon. Kids are bigs now and they have their own way more and more. Now I want to take acre of myself and my husband. Actually how about finishing teh 3 track of the light body's volume. I am not too jetlag but will email to Sylvie and ask about yoga first. I need to get into teh swing of thing.

In CDG Novotel

Finally I am back in this Novotel CDG again. Finished the writing workshop in Scotland's Lendrick lodge and got so inspired to do fire. I even suggested to have firewalk as a part of the workshop next year and Steven is ready to organise it as optional. My experience in Sterling was not that great, There are no parking and in Edinburg airport, I can not check my suitcases through to Brazzaville so I have all the two big suitcases with me here in the room to night.Wonder if I will be fit enough to go to Paris tomorow or not. Too tired and not intersted in doing any more shopping or sight seeing. If I can see some freinds I would make teh trip especially but Liza is already gone back to U.K. may be I will just spend teh day rearranging teh suitcases and find out about how to check teh big suitcases in or get a taxi to take me to the terminal. With these two big suitcases, I have a very hard time coming to teh hotel with the tube. Also , I need to call teh bank for Isabelle account wonder if she got any news from HSB yet. She did not reply about the mail. And I want to set up the on line group for the Scot writing workshop

Mcdonald in Northampton

Today is the last day of my stay in Northampton. We try to open student account for Izzy but still nto succeed yet. We finally have to go with HSBC and do it on line. We will see what transpire when I go home. I decided to to try Mcdonald new shop on the church square. teh decoration look nice but food still the same. What wa sunusual was there is this girls sitting near teh entrance playing with french fries. She dip a french frie in ketchup and throw ita t people and laugh first I did not notice what happening. I got two pieces of french fries landed on my lap. It was so rude and poor taste of teh girl but what can one do. I shoudl not ahve gone in to Mcdonald in teh first place. It is fool of weird kind of people.may be that's the lesson not to be too curious from teh out side appereance . All was still the same. People who eat there are poor taste people including me. Don't know why I waste so much of my time with that stupid girl who has nothing better to do but play with her food. I though bad table manner is teh trade mark of AMerican suburban kids but thsi is UK. Well not a very good area. Only this kind of area that we can see somethig like this. We are not going stay long. i am glad I am out of here tomorrow.

volume 2 lightbody obstacle

It is Monday morning 24 Sept. I woke up alone in room 310 IBIS hotle Northamton and feel like doing the last chapter of meditation which I did not get last night. I gone through a chunk of info and I heard teh fire alarm. It was faint and came from out side so i did not pay attention. I thought it was from the music of the Cd but then it persits and i the end the alarm ring very loud in my room so I have stop teh CD before it finished an dconclude. I still did not receive the complete info and have to rush down stair to find out that it was ta fault alarm. SO I went ahead and have breakfast. I need to report this to my teacher. What do I do next. i have never get reply form teh Hua Hin Asara resort about the retreat reservation. Today I need to call my daughter again.I receive the valuable information from the aldy from thia grocery store yesterday. I don't want to get in my own way about teh choice of my daughter. I need to get out of my way and other people's way. Just focus on the two last meditation and I will be going into the 3 volume. Hopefully that will be in Scotland or Africa. I always have the idea of contacting soem people in teh morning when I wake up.We will see what transpire today. MAy be I should call my daughter first.

One AM on 23 Sept. in Northampton U.K.

I just finished the whole chocolate bar and 2 cups of tea sitting in the IBIS hotel room in downtown Northampton. Today my daughter ,Isabelle , and I went about town to find stuff for her dorm. She did registered for classes this morning and we just updated herVoda phone account. She re use the old phone she has from 2 years ago when she was in TAsis U.K. How time passed and I still remember Belle Noi when she was born in Thailand. She has been with me a long time. From the day I pragnant and when she was born in Thaialnd her paper was in teh samefile as me. Her dad always came to visit afterwards. the same way with her schooling. We were very closed. Not only in the green card file but later on for teh first communion. We went together to get her dress and get everything organised. tehn about changing to Tsis UK we travelled together to look for schools and finally for university. I was the one who follow the universities application process and was teh one who get upset teh most when we did not know what she will end up doing. Now she is in her dorm room in Northampton. She is here for a reason. This is teh first time in her life that she will be alone in teh room, She will have to learn to be by herself. SHe had grown a lot since she came back from Africa. I won't see her again till Christmas and I need to prepare to let go of my youngest, VAlerie, in two years times also. Thinking of Valerie, By teh time she will be freshman in college, Benjamin will be graduated. May be Franklin will should to retire then. How I miss my little girl. I remember praying to ahve a girl just less than a year when Benjamin were born. SO much happen during this summer . I did teh light body course, I got to go namasakarn the holy relics twice and got to
bring my two girls to be blessed by the relics. Then just before leaving Danville I got to go to attend the fire ceremony at chez Dana. Not to mention the writing workshop that I got to go to many otehr teachers and events that have never able to attend before due to short stay.
This is not finish yet. I already firnished my book and will go to workshop in SCOTLAND in three days afetr this. That promise to be another magical undertake, Thanks teh universe for all these. Especially today, as we were running around getting stuff for the dorm. SO many local people help us. they tell me were to go get stuff Isabelle need in this town that we only know for 2-3 days. I coudl never accomplished so much in one day without their help. Whta a miracles. Teh universe is as it should be and reveal information to at the time I need and exactly what I need. What a generous universe and for this and all that will be revealed to me in good I am so greatful.