I would like to welcome those who bave joint the forum in the last few weeks. It is always good to read new post from new members. it is always fresh and innocent. I would like to encourage all of you to contribute to this forum. It is our meeting point. People play whatever game they want to play here, it is allowed because it is a democratic forum. Welcome aboard.
Ajak Ajang
Atem Dau is Coming down from Dabbo to Sydney to collect his award tomorrow evening. I am not quiet sure what the competition was for, but he told me that he had summited some thing and he got an email today telling him that he has won an award.
Atem Dau was in the KSA writters club in kakuma. He started writting for Kanibu, a local news magazine in Kakuma when he was in year 6. Let's thank him for that award.
Ajak Ajang
I am currently in Singapore waiting for my connecting flight to Doha where I will take Kenya airway to Kenya. I took off todat at 1 pm and arrive here in Singapore at 5pm local time.
Singapore airport is amazing. I am having a good time. I will go outside the airport to shop a bit. I have already made myself at home. I am now going to have a glass of wine with a Nigerian friend before I resume reading my book.
Ajak Ajang
I will take off on friday noon this week heading down to Kongor.
It is a mix feeling in me. sometimes I am excited about it and other times I feel depressed by it.
All in all it is short trip for only 4 weeks. I will try to be on the top of it all.
My appreciation goes to all of you and specially to those who have offered me words of encouragement and advice in regard to it all.
I will be updating you on my journey wherever and whenever I have the access to a computer.
Thank you all
Ajak Ajang
I am of the view that this conference need to be conducted differently. I spoke with Ajang Kiir, the chairman yesterday and he share the same thought as some other people I had spoken to.
One of the thing that i am so passionate about is this idea of asking people to put their name down now as presenters in the conference. If you want to present an issue in the KSA conference, than you have to register yourselve and the abstract of your paper here now on the site. ( summary of what you want to present in the conference), Than you can go on and make research in that area. For example, I will present a ten minute paper on why it is important to station the KSA conference in one state. I will then ask people to go to groups and further discuss the proposal. All that discussion will help in the decision making toward the future of the KSA conferences.
I want you to discuss this.
Ajak Ajang
Sydney confrence. 30/11/06.
Guess of honour,
MP honorable Mrs Babara