Esenam came back home yesterday from Holy Child School in Cape Coast for the Christmas holiday.
Today, Esenam, Edem and I decided to go golfing after attending a Quaker meeting.
The discussion at the meeting centred on the essence of Christmas.
The discussants felt Christmas has been commercialised and it has lost its real value.
All the same Edem would like a tree in the house decorated as a Christmas tree. Other wise the house would be 'too boring".
Then we went golfing at Marvels Mini Golf Course.
It is an 18-hole course at Dzorwulu.
Quite entertaining,
Esenam says "this is vacation" she scored the highest number of strokes... the worst player!
Edem followed with 83, and I won with 73.
At the mini golf course, "one does not need all the strength of Tiger Woods", I told Esenam and Edem.
Looking for something to do in Accra,visit the serene Marvels Mini Golf course.
It has an air-conditioned club house and free internet.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Mr Facts and Figures, Squadron Leader Sowu is gone
Got the news while browsing in cold hotel room in Brussels that Squadron Leader Clend Sowu has passed on. He was 78.
I got to know him while I was reporting from Parliament in the 1990's
for Radio Ghana.
I remember the day I misquoted him by adding another zero to a figure. He was at the at the media room the next day to call my attention to the error.
That was not unusual of him. He was methodical and precise.
I remember him when speaking on the floor of Parliament, he did so with facts and figures. He always reminded other members not to speak without the right facts and figures.
I think his training as an engineer and and a military officer made Squadron Leader Sowu so.
A fine gentleman he was.
The last time I spoke to Squadron Leader Sowu was on phone. One of his sons, an ICT fan or geek was in Ghana to cover the 2004 elections the new media way. (He was disappointed because things did not go well as planned. He was let down by bandwidth problems).
When I called the telephone number the son gave me, It was received by a familiar voice of a man I knew,that of Squadron Sowu, Mr Facts and Figures.
May he rest in peace!
PS Please take note, don't take Squadron Leader for Captain Sowu. Squadron Leader Sowu is Clend and not Glenn.
I got to know him while I was reporting from Parliament in the 1990's
for Radio Ghana.
I remember the day I misquoted him by adding another zero to a figure. He was at the at the media room the next day to call my attention to the error.
That was not unusual of him. He was methodical and precise.
I remember him when speaking on the floor of Parliament, he did so with facts and figures. He always reminded other members not to speak without the right facts and figures.
I think his training as an engineer and and a military officer made Squadron Leader Sowu so.
A fine gentleman he was.
The last time I spoke to Squadron Leader Sowu was on phone. One of his sons, an ICT fan or geek was in Ghana to cover the 2004 elections the new media way. (He was disappointed because things did not go well as planned. He was let down by bandwidth problems).
When I called the telephone number the son gave me, It was received by a familiar voice of a man I knew,that of Squadron Sowu, Mr Facts and Figures.
May he rest in peace!
PS Please take note, don't take Squadron Leader for Captain Sowu. Squadron Leader Sowu is Clend and not Glenn.
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