I had planned to send this a week ago, but I got wrapped up in some projects at work, my Internet connection has been really bad lately, and then I got malaria, so I have been pretty sick for several days. Sorry to be out of touch with so many.
Happy New Year! My laptop power cord melted about a week ago and I’ve been without my computer until today when Sam sent a new cord from Kampala, so I have a lot to catch up on. But I wanted to send this out today, as it is the six month anniversary of my arrival in Uganda.
In conversation this fall, I mentioned to Dave that I wanted to have some place to post some music I was writing, and other information related to Uganda. Dave ran with it, and gave MANY hours of his time to create this site. I never asked him to do this…he saw a chance to practice his new design skills and to demonstrate again what a loyal and generous friend he is, as he has been to me for over 10 years now. There were several different versions, and each one got better and better. I am so pleased with how it turned out. When you see this man, bombard him with suffocating bear hugs, high fives and bountiful bottles of beer, preferably home brew! Thank you DC for all the work and heart that went into www.papajustin.net BTW, don’t miss the two loons bottom left! And it is best viewed in Internet Explorer.
I wrote all of the songs posted here but one in September/October when I was still fresh from home. I have music for all of them, and I am hoping to find a decent mic I can plug into my computer, and make simple recordings that I can email home, and then have them put on the site. I’m Comin’ Round is my newest one…and my favorite. The music is catchy, and the pitch is perfect for my voice.
Most of the pictures that include me are from the first circumcision ceremony I went to back in August. There are also pics of my house here in the village, children who live around my house, Stella (in my raincoat), students at the school, Mai Jessica, Lona and Kubo, some of our Community Health Workers receiving awards, Sam and his son Samson working in my house, Walter the VS Principal, pictures from some of the communities I have visited, another set of circumcision ceremonies, and several of the breakdancing workshops put on by my friend Abramz.
I hope to be able to post video I have shot, additional pictures, recorded music, and other things that come to me as time goes by. If anyone has ideas about what they would like to see, feel free to let me know. I want this to be a constantly evolving site.
I will write again soon about my trip to Tanzania, and the latest and greatest from Mbale. I hope that 07 is starting off right for everyone. Many thanks for all of your emails. I can’t tell you how nice it is to open up my Gmail account to find letters from home. I’ll be catching up from the holiday soon.
Aluta Continua,
Justin
Happy New Year! My laptop power cord melted about a week ago and I’ve been without my computer until today when Sam sent a new cord from Kampala, so I have a lot to catch up on. But I wanted to send this out today, as it is the six month anniversary of my arrival in Uganda.
In conversation this fall, I mentioned to Dave that I wanted to have some place to post some music I was writing, and other information related to Uganda. Dave ran with it, and gave MANY hours of his time to create this site. I never asked him to do this…he saw a chance to practice his new design skills and to demonstrate again what a loyal and generous friend he is, as he has been to me for over 10 years now. There were several different versions, and each one got better and better. I am so pleased with how it turned out. When you see this man, bombard him with suffocating bear hugs, high fives and bountiful bottles of beer, preferably home brew! Thank you DC for all the work and heart that went into www.papajustin.net BTW, don’t miss the two loons bottom left! And it is best viewed in Internet Explorer.
I wrote all of the songs posted here but one in September/October when I was still fresh from home. I have music for all of them, and I am hoping to find a decent mic I can plug into my computer, and make simple recordings that I can email home, and then have them put on the site. I’m Comin’ Round is my newest one…and my favorite. The music is catchy, and the pitch is perfect for my voice.
Most of the pictures that include me are from the first circumcision ceremony I went to back in August. There are also pics of my house here in the village, children who live around my house, Stella (in my raincoat), students at the school, Mai Jessica, Lona and Kubo, some of our Community Health Workers receiving awards, Sam and his son Samson working in my house, Walter the VS Principal, pictures from some of the communities I have visited, another set of circumcision ceremonies, and several of the breakdancing workshops put on by my friend Abramz.
I hope to be able to post video I have shot, additional pictures, recorded music, and other things that come to me as time goes by. If anyone has ideas about what they would like to see, feel free to let me know. I want this to be a constantly evolving site.
I will write again soon about my trip to Tanzania, and the latest and greatest from Mbale. I hope that 07 is starting off right for everyone. Many thanks for all of your emails. I can’t tell you how nice it is to open up my Gmail account to find letters from home. I’ll be catching up from the holiday soon.
Aluta Continua,
Justin
posted by Justin Silbaugh at 5:04 AM
2 Comments:
Hey brotha - heard you got the malaria. Get better and I'll come check up on you personally in a few months...
You're staying another year!? Wow...I'm happy for you and am still reading about your experiences with envy. I guess malaria was inevitable. I'm glad you're feeling better. I'll write a long letter soon.
Miss you!
Much love,
Rose
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