my sister in september in Picardie and my brother in december in Seoul! God what a year!!

Climate is changing (it is by the way the way the topic of my new conference). In Basankusu temperature went under 20° at 5am... Du jamais vu!! Nobody outside! I was freezing (not kidding!) and got a cold! But during the day 35° like always...

My mum sent me a camera through a belgium girls who arrived in Basankusu 2 weeks ago. So I put the first new pictures I took: Children during the farming lessons, our library, weird insects during reproduction cycle inside my room! The well we are digging...

When I was in Waka I made a sad conclusion: Teachers of maths physics in secondary school know nothing... Actually before the war ( 1997 2004) there were apparently good teachers. Teachers were going to the university and the level was correct. Before...

No it is not the beginning of a Shakira's song, it is the name of a in the bishoptum of basankusu. Lost in the middle of the big forest, to get there you need to follow a trail of 85km. I went there with the coordinator of the catholic school ( big boss...

Première recolte de légumes, de ciboules et de haricots. Le rendement est a priori incroyable tout le monde me demande de quelle magie j'ai usé pour cultiver! Je leur réponds: sarclage tous les jours en plein soleil et arrosage régulier = beaucoup de...

The internet where I used to go does not work anymore. (apparently issue of paying the fees.) To pay the internet fees, it is such a huge deal... You cannot do any transfer because there is no bank. So you need to give the money to someone who goes to...

The boat arrived! Since Christmas, there was a shortage of everything in Basankusu. The boat which should have arrived from Kinshasa had lots of troubles and eventually arrived today! On this boat, fuel, plastic bag, sugar, salt, air chamber for bikes,...

“Mondele okomi monene”... Instead of saying 'Mama Isabelle Good morning” everybody is now saying “Mama Isabelle you're beginning to be fat”! Since Christmas I am hearing it 1000 times a day... And actually there are right. Here people are still doing...

Weird to wake up a 1st of January at the time who would go to sleep if you were with your friends in Europe. Weird (but nice) not to have a terrible headache (like always during the traditional lunch at your grandparent's place!) So what did I do the...