Petunia in Paradise

Observations from Southern Sudan. Obviously Paradise.
And I am obviously a Petunia.

Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures. ~John F. Kennedy

Thursday, August 7, 2008

oy vey

Just a few reasons why our world is friggin weird:

Hail comes out of toilets
Political figures are charged with sodomy
Sudanese man's goat "wife" dies
Dolphins are freaking out
People still believe in Bigfoot
Scientists reveal 'the yeti' suffered from split ends

I give up.
Posted by Petunia at 10:19 PM
Labels: i'll talk about sudan in a minute i promise, media props

1 comment:

KM said...

hahahahaha - the best one is he goat one!!!!!!! miss you!!! xoxoxo

August 21, 2008 at 3:36 AM

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Petunia in Paradise Dictionary

APLWHA: Association of People Living With HIV and AIDS
Boda Boda: Flimsy, cheap motorcycle taxis driven by 10 year olds
CAR: Central African Republic
CPA: Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed in 2005 between North Sudan and Southern Sudan outlining terms of power sharing etc, ending the 21-year war.
DRC: Democratic Republic of Congo
the Hash: Short for Hash House Harriers. Group that meets on Saturdays to run or walk on a pre-set trail. And then drink beer and sing silly songs and drink more beer.
ICC: International Criminal Court. Based in The Hague, Netherlands, it indicts people and tries them for things like war crimes.
Jebel: Mountain on the outskirts of Juba
Juba: Capital of Southern Sudan (where I live)
Khawaja: White Person. As in "what is a khawaja like you doing in Sudan?"
LRA: Lord's Resistance Army. Armed guerrilla group from Northern Uganda. Present in Southern Sudan and generally harrass and cause harm to the population.
Matatu: Minivan used as a bus
MoH: Government of Southern Sudan Ministry of Health
NGO: Non-governmental Organization. Generally not for profits. I work for one of these.
R&R: Rest and Relaxation. For every seven weeks spent in Southern Sudan, I have one week off in Nairobi (or wherever I choose to go from there)
Simba: My boyfriend
SPLA: Sudan People's Liberation Army. The rebel group during the war that fought the north. Now they run the South.
SSAC: Southern Sudan AIDS Commission
UNMIS: United Nations Mission In Sudan
VCT: Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing


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