Wednesday and Thursday

AutoRecover is probably the greatest invention since sliced bread. Today I was working on Dr. Addae’s desktop and the power cut out. And I hadn’t saved in a long time. Fortunately, when it came back, I opened what I was working on and the AutoRecover meant that I’d lost almost nothing.

Yesterday, I went to town late to watch the men’s moguls finals at an internet café that has satellite. As it turned out, it wasn’t live, so when I found out that we didn’t get any medals, I left.

Getting a tro-tro after 7 can be tricky, but fortunately there is this one guy who knows me whose job is to fill up tro-tros and he saw me and got me a seat quickly, something he’s done in the past. I gave him a ‘dash’ by folding up a small bill and giving it to him through a handshake. So smooth. Also, he was wearing a black tshirt that said “Pol Pot was innocent” in red letters on the front. Maybe something from tshirthell.com? I don’t think he got the reference though.

I caught the first two periods of the Russia-Sweden game today. Neither team was all that amazing, but the Russians are explosive at times. I think that the key is to really hit them hard, as both sides look like they’d crumble under a strong forecheck. This is where Bertuzzi, Thornton and Nash among others should thrive. We’ll see. I’m excited to see the boys in action on Sunday night. The Ghanaians in the internet café seemed to enjoy the game, especially every time there was a scrap or a hard hit. There were very few of the latter, but a surprising number of the former, given the teams playing.

I think that on Saturday if I’m feeling adventurous, I’m going to go to this forest west of Kumasi to do a hike. I want to do some tourist stuff to get away from the familiarity of work and home. That’s it.