This is
what I tell my students when I complain about their work they had not revised
before handing them in and they reply that they so much love what they had
written that they didn’t want to touch any part of it.
You may ask
what has this got to do with this blog?
The point
is I had an appointment since three days ago to see my younger brother’s
father-in-law today Sunday 15 September 2013 at 10.30 concerning their
recurrent conjugal problems, the last of which took them to the police (an
anathema here but being encouraged by the Organizations defending women’s
rights) and last night a good friend of mine (a fellow colleague teaching
computing) invited me to a get-together the same day at noon.
In Africa, a society which adores talking for hours on end,
especially concerning such family problems, I wasn’t sure to be finished with
the first appointment even before 2, 3 or more hours, so I told my friend to
excuse me if I didn’t show up.
To my
surprise, we finished the matter in about an hour (thanks to the fact that only
me and my brother’s father-in-law—assisted by one of his sons of 13 children
who the father had called as a witness and who hardly talked) and I got to my
friend’s house at 1 pm. The party lasted up to 5 pm and I got home an hour later.
As custom
demands I had to give my family feedback on my mission (with my brother’s
father-in-law) and I since this is a big group, I know this will take time.
Under the circumstances, I can’t find the time to write today’s post.
A blogger
is advised to post constantly and I do so each day. Today is an exception, so
should I be worried?
Normally
yes, but posting to a blog at a certain rhythm is not the ten commandments of
God. Only the ten commandments of God cannot be changed but any other thing
can, hence the title of this post.
Tomorrow, I
will give you an insight into African societies in the areas mentioned in this
post. What has this got to do with this blog? Maybe nothing, but this blog’s theme
is not the ten commandments of God.
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