Out of the strain of the Doing, Into the peace of the Done.

So as most of you will have reasoned by now, I am in fact back in the UK. The Blog has indeed come to a natural end and as I predicted would be the case, I have cured AIDS and saved all the children in Africa..... Job done!

So, thank you all for reading and, I leave you with the happy news that, as of last week, all of my businesses have turned a profit except for my chickens which are a slightly longer term investment and I don't expect them to move into financial gain for another three to four months which is in accordance with my prescribed plans.

Now I am back in the UK I am able to upload much larger files so for you final viewing pleasure I leave you with some footage of the shootings I was witness to in Arusha.. Enjoy. Sadly the police got a bit upset about my filming so I had to stop but here is what I managed to get;

I also wanted to say a big "thank you" to everybody who has supported the cause over the last few months and I hope I can buy you all a drink at some point to express my thanks personally. If anybody would like more information about the charity 'Future Sense Foundation' or is interested in doing a mercy mission of their own please don't hesitate to get in touch and I'll do my best to give you some pointers. Thanks again. Damian.

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'

I was just wondering.....

...how's work?

Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.

..and I ought to be doing exactly what I am doing right now!

I am sitting on a cliff overlooking the Indian Ocean eating a full English as I type this. Here are a couple of shots of my accomodation.

This charity work can be tough!

I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up - they have no holidays.

I have, more or less, finished the grant rounds for my small businesses now and I plan to clear up the outstanding administrative tasks whilst sitting in a beach-side bar in Zanzibar over the next few days. I will try and post a picture of the Indian ocean and a nice white beach just so all those who read this from their office can appreciate their is something else you can be doing...

In the meantime here is a picture of some rhinos that I saw:

...and a hippo

We surrender!

I have been force-fed a large slice of humble pie by my German friend. Well done Germany you deserved the victory even though the referee was clearly on your side.

Ich bin ein Berliner

Here's a picture of a happy German. Take a good look because it may be the last happy one you see for some time.....

Just one more thing

......you've got to love Colombo and I have to admit to being party to painting a live rat as well as the remand centre yesterday.

Now, before you call the African equivalent of the *RSPCA you may recall that the body count was already standing at two humans and a lizard (I forgot to mention the lizard in yesterdays post) that the children took great delight in dismembering when it had the misfortune to venture into their small concrete enclosed exercise yard.

The rat in question was living in one of the beds and whilst myself and some friends were working on sprucing the place up a little we disturbed it from its cosy home. My personal view on rats is that they are disease bearing vermin and I wouldn't want it living in my bed so I think it got away very lightly with just being painted blue instead of being brutally exterminated which is exactly what would have happened if we had let the children have their way with it.

I feel my conscience is mildly salved in admitting my complicit guilt in this animal cruelty but I would also like it noted that the body count at the remand centre remained at two humans and a lizard and the rat will live to fight another day even if he is feeling a little blue!

*Royal Society of Protection of Cruelty to Animals