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Imelda TJAHJA

Malakal family

16 November 2007, 10:12 , by Imelda Tjahja

 

Dear Friends,

How are you?… It’s time to get to know more about local life style & condition in Malakal…

I was invited to my local colleague’s house the other day to meet his family. He has 5 kids & they are all ‘small-small’ :)))

The youngest one is a girl, she is very cute! I was trying to hold her but she was crying. His house is big, it’s made by clay though considering bricks & cement are very expensive here! I took some pictures of them, please see attached just so you know more about local life in Malakal, Southern Sudan!

By the way, I also took picture of the food which we had at local restaurant the other night, it was total SDG 20 including 3 soft drinks for myself & 2 other colleagues. It was not bad, was it?… My local colleagues also took me to have some tea & ginger which sold by a woman in front of local store in Malakal market downtown during evening. It was the first time for me to hang out & have ‘normal’ social life in Malakal. It was fun, I enjoyed it! I told my colleagues to do this kind of activity at least once a month to get healthy life in Malakal.

Cheers,
 Imelda

Imelda TJAHJA Imelda Tjahja She has joined United Nations since 2003. Currently she is serving United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS). Prior to her joining the UNMIS, she was assigned to United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and United Nations Mission in East...

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by Luigi Pralangga at 19 November 2007, 03:05

Dear Imelda,

Thanks for sharing those photos and making me better understood on how the life of the locals there in Malakal. (Do they have a set of DSTV? – Satellite receiver),as some in IDP Camps in Liberia, I found that one or two must have established a satellite TV connection as they making business out of the live-football match championship.. like a theater spot :-)

Thanks for sharing and keep them coming…

by Dobuol Sudan Nyuon at 12 March 2010, 21:03

Thanks to UN peacekeeping for looking after sivilians in MalakalUpper Nile State, in particular, it is nice of you all brothers and sisters who secrifies thier lifes try to control the war in Malakal. I barely thank all of you for your hard work.I don’t understand why people aren’t working together to overcome the past.once more its wonderful to see people that give their lifes because of inocent people…I don’t know how to express myself anymore than thanking you guys again.
As you can see and read my name is Dobuol Sudan Nyuon I am from Australia,but Sudanese by nationality.

 

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