Avril Lavigne

Filmed Danny at work… no-one showed up to his training session and they didn’t come to work until midday. He was tired and frustrated.

On the street, women who were eating from a pot full of rice invited me to eat with them, which was nice. Went into the bar across the road for a Coke—poster of Canadian rocker Avril Lavigne on the wall—and again was invited to eat from the communal pot of rice, salt and tuna. Overheard a woman talking about how foreigners were ruining the country—turns out she’s a young teacher that hasn’t been paid in 10 months, very dissatisfied with the government, yet says she won’t vote because she doesn’t see the point. She doesn’t seem to understand that there won’t be any change otherwise. It’s a metaphor for the country. She was aware enough to point out that in Guinea they burned down one of the minister’s houses to protest and complained that SLeoneans are too passive. I’d start with voting before burning anyone’s house down.

Went to the beach at sundown, had a nice run and some pushups to try to keep fit. Jen and Nam joined Greg and local reporter ABJ who works at ABC at a pirate-themed ex-pat party. I stayed in to work.

I decided to cut my hair with my electric razor. Big mistake. Despite unplugging the fridge and turning off all appliances, half-way through the power cut out. Our generator blew. So I was forced to cut my hair with a face razor in the dark. I’m now completely bald and weak from the blood loss. I’m also cursing the cheap towel I bought, which doesn’t dry you it just redistributes the water evenly across your body.