Just another weekend..

A head start for little Claire

Sparing

That's the smile I use to get evry morning

taking out the coconuts

The coconut pilot guy

Everyday it's raining in Cameroon! I love the rain as much as I love sunshine. Its still rainy season here and they say dry season will start at the end of this month...we'll see. Our Saturday morning started with a cup of freshly brewed coffee sitting at the porch enjoying the cool breeze of Yaounde. Then the guys came to trim and harvest those bunches of coconut that are about to fall anytime the wind strike. They waited for the rain to stop...its gonna be a tough job for him since the tree now is wet and could be slippery but seems like he's an expert and did a good job. He pretty much cut everything which is a big relief to me cause that coconut could fall and could hit anybody head. Not to mention the mess it makes in the pool! For our lunch we headed to the embassy the AERAY is hosting a BBQ...hamburgers and hotdogs at the pool, lots of family came and kids swimming in the pool. We had hamburger and Claire got a hotdog...it was good. We stayed a lil bit meet new faces then time to go home and take a nap hehe..
Its a beautiful day as the U2 song goes on in our ipod and its Sunday. Sun is up and that give me the opportunity to do gardening and Jeff cleans up the pool while Claire is playing with Simon the duty guard. Then Jeff and Claire jumped in the pool for a while...it's too cold for me! We had some fish delivered to the house yesterday so we had fish and chips for lunch and then it's time to just relax for the rest of the day...until football comes on!!

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HHE,Consumables and The Car

Our baby with the Diplomat plate

The Pantry that take me the whole day to organize

consumables enough for 6 mos I guess

lovers in the middle of all the boxes

The embassy truck with the three crates in it

HHE is three very important letters in foreign service life...and yes we got our HHE, consumables and the car over the past couple of weeks. The car arrived first, on 01OCT, then a week after that we got one crate of our HHE...only one! Then this week we got three more crates which contained the rest of our HHE and Consumables. We are happy to get our big screen TV...with football season in full swing and baseball playoffs, Jeff is really happy to have the TV. Im happy to have the car And Claire is really happy to have her toys...we can tell she missed them as we were unpacking, she was really excited to see every box we were opening, just like Christmas! haha. As I go thru the boxes I realised that we packed a lot of unnecessary stuff...thanks to Jeff! haha. And we didn't really bring that much...we put more in storage than we shipped here. A lot of people have 9 or more crates...we only had 4 total! We did alright though for our first posting and not really knowing what to expect for a house furnished by the government. But all in all we did a good job on our first post.

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Congratulation Cameroonians!!

The Lions Roarrr again! Cameroon beat Togo 3-0 in Yaounde yesterday October 10 at the Amadou Ahidjo Stadium...They're now the lead in group A of the combined qualifiers. It keeps us excited knowing that only one more game to win and they go to The World cup 2010!! Now on to beat the Moroccans at all cost!! Hope we have our jerseys by that time!!

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The saddest time of my life..

I just arrived back here in Yaounde last night from Philippines, the memory of my father is still in my mind and I cant help but cry but in the other end I manage to smile thinking that Im coming home to my loving husband and sweet Claire..
I left Yaounde Sept 13 and went home to take care of my father who is still in the hospital and comatose that time.. He passed away 5 days after I arrived..Im having trouble getting over it..that was the hardest, saddest time of my life..Being the eldest in the family I took care of evrything from the hospital,burial to the interment. Im so greatful to have a husband who stand by me all the way emotionally an finacially in my crucial monemt.. I miss my father so much..I have plans and dreams for him but that was all gone now..may he rest in peace with the Lord.
Im so grateful and thankful to the people who helped me out on getting my tix and getting me out of here quickly...espescially Kevan and Mac and Anna, and Emmanuel from the travel office. My EVT was approved as soon as the USE Manila confirmed my dad situation in the hospital. I'm also thankful to everyone who supported Jeff and Claire while I was gone...special thanks to Kevan and Kate, and Steve. Claire and Jeff really enjoyed spending time with you guys and your kids!

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