
They've been here for just over a year. Michelle does reproductive health work for a US non-prof. Unfortunately (for me not for him) Nick will be in Malawi while I'm here doing a food security consultancy for an international organization. Monday night Michelle picked me up to have dinner back at her flat. How nice! We had home made stir fry and sat out on her patio drinking wine and catching up. It was so great to see her and enjoy the beatiful weather. We'll have more adventures while I'm here so expect her name to pop up again.
She also has a new kitten! Seems a neighbor cat had kittens and Nick and Michelle decided to adopt one. They named him Mapopwe (ma pope way) which is the local language (Tonga) word for corn. I probably misspelled that, but you get the point.
Incidentally, the neighbors kept another one of the kittens and she came over to play with 'Popwe. Her owners named her Christine. Anyone else think it's funny that the Westerners chose a local name and the locals chose a Western name? Here's the two of the playing on the grill and in the charcoal sack.
While it's not replacement, it's nice to have a fix of kitty love. Work starts tomorrow. Michelle gave me the heads up where the office is. Shortest commute ever!
3 comments:
So glad you have found a kitty to play with. I love that your western friends named their kitty with a local word. Thinking about changing Slinky's name to Karma or Mischief. Little Ms. Mischief. I could put that on a shirt and wear my cat's name. Can you sneak on of the kitties into your hotel?
YAY for kitty love! how super cute are they?!
I like Ms Mischief! That's cute. If I could sneak one of these kitties to my hotel, I certainly would, esp when Michelle and Nick got back to the states for home leave. I'm pretty sure house keeping wouldn't appreciate that though. If I find the equivalent of a meow shirt here, believe me you'll be getting it. You can wear it under your pancho.
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