Nicky's Update from the Capital

Thursday, February 22, 2007

Since Information travels the word over, we are aware of the latest spate of shootings in the UK and it is a tragedy. I must say that as a person who lived in the US until 2001, I was a little surprised that they shootings caused such an uproar, only because maybe in the US shootings and the reporting of them are a much more "regular" occurence.

Here in Sierra Leone, in related news, a teenage boy (a student at Technical School) was stabbed to death at his school's Prize Giving Ceremony on Monday. The details are sketchy, but apparently another student, his girlfriend, invited another one of her suitors to the Ceremony. That suitor attended armed with a knife and got into a scuffle with the Technical student over the girl. A scuffle that ended with one boy's death and another's arrest. Sad.

Switching gears: Sierra Leone's first reality tv show is going from strength to strength! If I haven't mentioned it before, "So YOU Think You Can Dance, Sierra Leone" is its name (obviously you can see where the name came from!). It's produced by the new tv production wing of our company (SSTV Productions) and aired on SLBS TV (Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service).
Talented kids are competeing for the title of Best individual and Best Group Dancers in Sierra Leone. I host the program and it is a joy to see how week to week these ordinary kids are rising to the challenge. The public also gets the opportunity to vote for their favorite dancers through sms voting after the show is aired on SLBS. It's providing a great learning opportunity for everyone involved!

Family News: my husband is on a work-out regimen and just announced that he's going vegeterian for a month- leaving me with the dilemma of figuring out what the heck he's going to eat! (should just feed him salad greens! lol!). Daughters are doing well: the eldest announced today that "I am not your friend!" because I would not let her eat cheese balls before her lunch of jollof rice and chicken stew! Stay Well.

From Freetown,


Nicky
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