No really - I am 28

It's already the month of May. I have been spending my week days creating user guides and spent half of the time training the SACCO employees. Everyday the bank manager shakes my hands and tells me that they will benefit greatly from the training. I think the manager is ever so grateful after finding out that the training course for the bank software costs $300 USD a day. Of course the software license costs $2,000. It sorta reminded how SAP and Oracle works where they sell the software for cheap and make bulk of the profit by "consulting" for their clients.

Speaking of the banking software, I found out that my grant proposal was turned down as FSD deemed it too "infrastructural." I found it ironic that FSD was paying salesforce.com tens of thousands dollars to "automate" its system but $1,000 grant request for the microfinance institutions lacked a business case for automation.

Shrug. You win some and of course you lose some. It's definitely a shame.

On a more bright note, I was walking up to town with Scott and his host brother Patrick who is 17. Patrick was complaining that he needed to have a stable job so that he can find himself a nice girlfriend. I asked Patrick if there was a certain age when Ugandans should get married and he replied that there wasn't any specific age.

J: Hey, so how old do I look?
Patrick: Which one? This one? (pointing at me)
Scott: Yes, this one.
Patrick: Hmmm... 21 or 22?
J: Nope try again.
Patrick: Huh? No way. 24
J: Nope older..
Patrick: Oh my god. Uh uh. You can't be serious.
J: Oh I'm serious.
Patrick: 26?
J: Older
Patrick: That's crazy. 27.
J: I am 28.
Patrick: How many kids do you have?
J: Oh I have eight.
Patrick: Oh, ok.

Here it is more believable to say I have eight kids than that I am 28.