Well, no sign of Mao still. Put up flyers, no one in the neighborhood has seen him. Not looking good.
Things in the Congo are really hotting up. Nkunda's decided he doesn't just want to protect Tutsis in Kivu, he wants to 'liberate' the whole of the DRC. His troops have captured a military base and the DRC's President is calling for people to take up arms against him in Eastern Congo. Things are looking distinctly unstable over there.
In other news, my friend and I decided to brave the ex-pat initiation today and go to the Polyclinique for an HIV test. Neither of us have been saints in the past and we just wanted to get our certificates of good health. We'd both been thinking about it, but didn't want to go on our own. It's customary here for friends to go in groups as it's so easy to get a test, and free on our health plan. Back in the UK it can seriously affect your insurance premiums to even request one from your GP because it apparently suggests you're the type of person to take risks and get yourself killed early.
We got there around 10am, waited around an hour, went in, gave blood, went for a coke and a chat. Came back 45 minutes later and got our negative results, then went for a slap-up lunch at Karibu where they do fantastic crispy cauliflower cheese.
It's just nice to know, and I promise to be a good girl from now on.
Training with the KW group is going well. Working at the Office of Total Apathy is driving me up the wall and next month I will have been here for one year :)
D’s coming over to watch films soon. We’re doing well together at the moment. Just chilling out now and then. Happy.
All good in my world.
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