nane nane
28.8.08
This is an entry I meant to write weeks ago but I decided to wait to get images from Jeremy before I posted.
Nane Nane is a holiday. It's the eighth day of the eight month. Saba Saba is also a holiday, the seventh day of the seventh month.
At Pamoja we don't usually celebrate national holidays but this time we decided to plan a day out. Around Chai Time (10:30am) Joy, Sig, Jeremy, Christine, Jacob, Natasha, Davin and I headed out to the "paragliding" hill for a picnic. The view from the hill is incredible (see the pic with mine and Jacob's backs). We had a great lunch and played on the hill. Jacob played with his piki piki (motorbike) toy, I spun him in a few circles, Natasha crawled around and got filthy, and Sig, Davin, Jeremy and I took turns flying a kite. When the kids started to get tired we packed up and they slept while we drove another 30 mins. to the Snake Park. The attendant there surprised us by giving us a residence rate. It's normally $10 US per person but the Residence rate is 1000 shillings (about $0.85)! I think my favourite parts were a) seeing the huge constrictors b) Natasha trying to grab at the "holding" snake and put it in her mouth (that's where everything these days) and c) watching Jacob ride a camel with his mom. After leaving the Snake Park we drove into town and stopped for yummy gelato and then we headed home. It was a perfect relaxing day... I wish there would have been more of these. :)
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8/28/2008 08:03:00 AM
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Lake Manyara & Ngorongoro Crater
27.8.08
Last week, Joel, myself and our new friend Carly went on a two day safari. It was pretty incredible. The pictures speak for themselves.
Note: I didn't have some fancy SLR, just my basic digital. My maximum zoom is what I could see with my own eyes. So not particularly amazing shots like Joel but what you do get is an idea of how close we were to some of these animals.
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8/27/2008 03:42:00 AM
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Nipe Jibu on set
8.8.08
Over the past few weeks I've loaded a bunch of "on set" pictures to facebook. Even if you don't use facebook you can view the photos by clicking here. Enjoy!
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8/08/2008 08:25:00 AM
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changing of gears
7.8.08
This week has almost felt alien. No running around. No time pressures. No last minute problem-solving. No details to maintain. No set dressing, props, hair, makeup or costumes to worry about. No people and their emotions to juggle. *sigh of relief
We finished shooting last week, a day earlier then expected!
Now, it's time to shift gears. For the past two days I've been creating my latest and last newsletter (link to the right). And for the next 25 days I will be designing the movie title, Nipe Jibu and the DVD case, and applying similar design elements to the disc, menus and the website. I'll also have much more time to keep this blog up-to-date. :)
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8/07/2008 06:34:00 AM
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