Help is on its way...

I have been reading Angelina Jolie’s "Notes From My Travel" on line. I’ll be needing my own pair of eyeglasses soon from staring too much on the computer screen; but I don’t really mind. Missing the philanthropic work, I don’t mind knowing other works being done to make the world better. Not to mention, reading my most favorite actress’ thoughts and experiences gives me the high.

I recommend you read the book, better yet buy it, and know the terrible things that is happening in Africa - the amputees, the refugees, the women, the kids, their survival, and how they manage to give a bright smile and welcome their visitors beyond the hardships, pain and trauma from the RUF, the killings, rapes and amputations.

I plan to buy a copy of the book because Jolie donate all her proceeds from the Simon and Schuster book to the refugee agency.


"I've taken on the responsibility of donating at least a third of what I earn to humanitarian aid. If anyone thinks the way I look in photos is more important for me than the fact a sick child has food, they are mad".

~ Angelina Jolie

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Becoming somewhat aware and concerned of what the African people are experiencing, I came across a site about Sierra Leone. There I found some ‘proverbs’ compiled by a number of persons.

Here are some :

1. If a madman takes your clothes you shouldn't run after him naked. If you do, people will think that both of you are crazy.
2. That truth that can ruin a marriage, leave it unsaid.
3. An adult should not sit and watch the pot cooking pigeon spill into the fire when he knows that he will share in the food.
4. The hawk's medicine is patience. (Patience is rewarded.)
5. The sun comes out twice. (If you do something bad to me today, tomorrow it will be my turn.)
6. What would make a cat sit near a blacksmith until a spark goes into its eye?
7. You don't need to teach a snake how to lie down. / You don't need to teach the mother of five daughters how to have sex.
8. Monkey talks, monkey listens. (Persons who think alike will understand one another.)
9. A child who doesn't listen to its mother will be brought up by the street. (A child who is disobedient at home will eventually have to face the consequences of a poor upbringing.)
10. A bad child may not be thrown into the bush. (No matter how bad a child may turn out to be, he can't be disowned by his family.)
11. No matter how you try to cover up smoke, it must come out. (A person's bad character cannot be long hidden.)
12. You want to shit, but you don't want to eat. (You want the reward, but you don't want to work to get it.)
13. Knowledge has no worry.
14. However bad things are, they won't last.
15. If you look into the bride's face, you'll know that the bride is crying.
16. When you go to a country where the people dance on one foot, you should dance on one foot as well. If you dance on two feet, they'll cut one of them from under you. (When in Rome, do as the Romans do.)
17. The tortoise wants to tremble, but it doesn't have the body for it.
18. The same rain that beats bitter-leaf until its bitter beats sugar cane until it's sweet.
19. God will drive the flies away from a tail-less cow.
20. I won't buy a cow only by the sound of its voice.
21. Not all the water you take to wash goes on you. (You don't get credit for everything you do.)
22. If you put a stick into a hole it can deceive you, but if you put your hand inside it won't lie.
23. Shit doesn't have bones, but when you step on it you'll tiptoe.
24. If a fly insists on remaining on a dead body, they'll bury both of them together. (If you join bad companions, they will drag you down with them.)
25. A person shouldn't abandon old friendships for new friendships.
26. You can chew for a person, but you can't swallow for him.
27. When they start talking about an old woman's boyfriends, she says she hears thunder. (Changing the subject.)
28. You can cure madness, but you can't cure a stupidity.
29. You can't measure a snake until it's dead. (You don't realize a person's worth until he's gone.)
30. No matter how ugly the baboon is, he's married to the monkey's sister.
31. An angel never disrespects God.
32. The law is like a biscuit - cracker.
33. A child who is fearless is going to bring tears to his mother's eyes.
34. The family tree may bend, but it never breaks.
35. If they carry you on their back, you won't know that the road is long.
36. God will butter my bread.
37. He who trades with God never loses.
38. Only God knows what makes all our fingers different.

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