My frame of reference

This morning the car wouldn’t start.  Today was the first time we’d scheduled three loan disbursals on one day so I knew something had to be done and quick.  I called our driver and asked him to hire a taxi for the day and come to my building.  That way he could focus on getting the Land Cruiser fixed and the busy workday could roll as planned. 

It turned out to be a great day.  I’m coming off of a couple of weeks with a lot of electricity problems at the office.  This week the current has been stable.  I’m putting in long days getting a lot done.  I’m worn out, but it feels great.  I hope this persists, at least until we have a good generator flown in.

In the afternoon I went to help inaugurate a brand new community banking group.  I especially enjoyed riding there and back in the compact car that we rented.  I usually see the city from Land Cruiser height.  But today my eyes were opened to things from a new, lower vantage.  I wanted badly to stop and take photographs of things that struck me, but that’s difficult in Congo as photographs are generally considered illegal and we had a schedule to keep.  So instead I took mental snapshots of odd and beautiful things that I hadn’t seen before.  Come to think of it I felt the same way when I started riding the bus in San Diego after living there for years.  In that case it was a view from higher up.  In each case it was an adjustment of a few feet and I saw the city with new eyes.

3 Responses to “My frame of reference”


  1. 1 paul

    Nice blog! Sorry to hear about your car. Sometimes having a car trouble is such a pain. You have no car to use plus have to pay for the repair and wait till its done.. *sighs* Just a month ago, my car wouldn’t start. I was really annoyed since I have a meeting to attend. ( I called up my mechanic to check on my car. After some thorough examinations, it turned out that it needs a new mazda fuel injector and starter. After the said replacement, my cars’ working good again. I hope yours would be fixed soon. Good luck o )

  2. 2 Jason Becker

    Forget about gas prices sometimes just having a running vehicle is a blessing.

  3. 3 AJ Buerer

    A new physical perspective on a scene really can be fun. I’m glad you go to experience that.

    I realized recently that the the area at the north end of Ryan Library can look like a beautiful old forest from certain angles, and that brightens my day whenever I notice it again.

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