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Procrastination

rob — Mon, 21 May 2012 07:55:20 +0000

When I was a child my mother bought me a t-shirt that said "Destination: Procrastination". Thanks mom.

TORE Magazine, Southern Sudan

rob — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 09:02:34 +0000

A few years ago I worked with some friends and put together a poetry/prose magazine for Southern Sudan. This was one of the most interesting projects I have done in a long time ...

Nairobi Traffic Sucks

rob — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:58:09 +0000

I was talking with someone the other day about Kampala vs Nairobi traffic. I’ve only had a little exposure to Kampala traffic. I thought it was horrible. I somehow thought Nairobi traffic was better.

I am wrong. Nairobi traffic sucks. Nairobi drivers suck. People driving cars in Nairobi are stupid. Matatu drivers, lorry [...]

Wasting a Sunday

rob — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:24:21 +0000

Guess I could have wasted my Sunday in other ways. Worked on updating bits of my website. And now am posting it here.

http://www.robrooker.com This is the front page. I added some “social” media icons and got rid of those funny photos. And actually added links that take you somewhere. This [...]

Auto Mantenance

rob — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 12:32:01 +0000

I tried to get a better shot than this, but was not very successfull. I was feeling shy to take a photo. So I was trying to be covert and take” photos” of my wife.

Anyhow, these are the best I got. Notice the two little pickup trucks in the background. They have been [...]

Knock it down!

rob — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:42:03 +0000

I got to my office a bit late yesterday morning. I am very happy that I didn’t run a place in the center of the Juba Town market. It was bulldozed down by the government.

Apparently the government is referring to these shops and their owners as squatters. They say they have taken [...]

Toys, Goats and Sickness

rob — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:16:25 +0000

This is a picture of one of my nephews holding a toy he had created that day. It looked liked it would provide hours of fun if it didn’t fall apart. All it is is a stick, plastic bottle, plastic lid and piece of twine. He put a very small hole in the side of [...]

Malakal Celebrations?

rob — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 09:54:04 +0000

Mary and I returned to Juba on Tuesday. In less than 24 hours Mary was able to secure a flight to Malakal to participate in the fourth annual celebration of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) between southerners and the government of the North. Its a very big event in the social calendar for [...]