This was a funny forward that Wamai (wolf) sent me..

It was great to see Solomon Rugunda in Beantown for once.
As you can see we had great times reminiscing about Budo memories. I actually went to sleep past 5am and we were just up talking the entire night with these crazy peeps.
I just realized that going to boarding school was like being in jail (in a good way) i.e. you are taken away from your family to a hill far away for 6yrs (with a few months breaks in btwn). There is barely any TV or contact with the outside world. During this time, you form bonds and make friends that you will keep for the rest of your life. This is why memories of the King's College Budo hill always have the most profound effect on any Budonians life.

Solo Visits Boston

Why is Comcast Cable's Customer service so frustrating to deal with????????
I'm trying to make a simple change of name / responsibility over the phone but it's taken over a month. I'm trying to fix my not-working onDemand but it's taken 3 weeks.

I've just notified my housemates of my intentions of totally cutting off cable. After all, I barely watch it in the first place and if we're paying so much for this service, we should atleast get some great customer service!

After years of disappointment, dropped phone calls, poor reception, lost pin cards and 1800 numbers .... I am finally saying SAYONARA to the frustrations of prepaid calling cards.
I signed up for Gorilla Mobile today on the tip from friend Emmanuel Senyange Sabiti and even if it's more expensive, atleast I am getting what I paid off. Nothing sucks like being ripped off by calling cards!

My CEO just passed by my desk and asked me about my 6th finger.

This whole week has been orientation week at Eze Castle. I got to know more about the company and every single department and what they do. Eze has continued to amaze me with every passing day.

Our very first presentation was from the President, David Quinlan and CEO Tom Gavin. Tom tipped us off that at the end of the week, we would all be required to introduce ourselves to the entire company and tell a fun fact about ourselves. He also said that he is terrible with names but usually remembers people by their anecdotes.

This stressed me out all week and I was asking my gf what I should talk about that was funny enough but not too embarrassing esp. because this is how I would be remembered by most of my fellow employees for a long time. I did not want to look silly but at the same time I wanted to leave an impression.

So when the time came, we all gathered in our cafeteria and the entire company came in for snacks and a chance to meet the new hires. The CEO, Tom was the master of ceremony.

We started to introduce ourselves and tell funny stories about something embarrassing that happened during our childhood e.g. how they got lost, or got stung by a bee etc. So when my turn came up, I decided to add a twist to the storytelling.

"hi, My name is Alan Galiwango, I'm originally from Uganda, just graduated from Northeastern and joined Eze in January.

I'm going to add a little twist to this and instead of a story, I will tell you two truths and a lie, and it will be up to you to figure out which one is the lie."

That alone seemed to capture Tom's attention and he said,"That's interesting. No one has ever done that before! "

Alan:" 1. When I was young, I had 6 fingers and had to have an operation to get them removed.

2. You heard of the $100 laptop? Well, I got to test a version of it in Uganda and it was made of wood and run on banana fuel.

3. I was so lost in conversation one day when I was young that I failed to notice a snake creeping up on my leg."

You should have seen the expression on everyone's face. They were busy trying to figure out what was true or not. The CEO then offered to buy dinner for the person that guessed it right. It turned out that no one could guess that #2 was a lie. But everyone loved the story.

Tom passed by my desk later on to tell me how he really enjoyed my anecdote and we talked for a while about various topics from his travels in Latin America to his volunteer activities relating to Uganda. I really felt inspired to be part of a company with senior management that is in tune with their employees.

PS: AT the end of the week, we had an Eze-Amazing Race which my team one as you can see from the pics:)