Dear readers (whoever you are),
You have my sincerest apologies for my continued absence. You see, I just haven’t had the time to sit down and ramble about something on paper as I have been extremely busy.
Yours,
Anton.
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Okay, that’s bullshit. I’ve just been a little too lazy to write. Don’t blame me, I’ve had other stuff on my mind. Good news is, I’m back! Yay! And boy, do I have a lot to say.
Right now I’m in Lusaka – that’s the capital of Zambia for those of you who may be unfamiliar – and I just saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 2. I won’t get into the minor details of Zambia only having one major cinema for the entire country that is (in)conveniently located in Lusaka. I will say, however, that Zambia’s Ster Kinekor Cinema was the highest grossing Ster Kinekor Cinema in Africa. Or was it southern Africa? Either way, I’m not surprised. When you force an entire nation to attend one movie theatre, profits there are more than likely to go up.
Anyway, back to Harry Potter.
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It was without a doubt the most amazing movie I have seen this year. Argue all you want, but I spent every second of it on the edge of my seat, either yelling triumphantly at the screen or slinking back and shedding a quiet tear. All in all, it was extremely moving.
I also saw Transformers 3, a movie whose foundations are a super-sexy model and cars that transform into robots that explode and shit. To sum that up in two words – ass and explosions. Three words if you throw in predictability.
Am I being excessively scathing? Well boo-fucking-hoo, I don’t give a shit.
Now, on to Lusaka. It’s a love-hate relationship we have. It appears that certain people who live in Lusaka labour under the delusion that they are better than everyone living in not-Lusaka. I’ll be fucked if I know why; it’s probably because they have the aforementioned one functioning cinema in the entire country, but that’s neither here nor there. The point is, Lusaka isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. It’s dusty, it smells funny and it has its own line of terrible television channels that it thinks the rest of the country wants, but actually doesn’t (MuviTv, I’m looking at you).
Despite all its shortcomings (and believe me, it has many), Lusaka still has a special place in my heart. I mean, it has an international airport for starters. I need that to get into the country. And it has the one cinema; I wouldn’t be able to watch Harry Potter without it. Oh right, some of my friends live there. That’s a plus, right?
At the end of the day, it’s part of my home, and I love all parts of home equally. Also, I don’t wanna piss Lusaka off yet – I have to use its airport in about a month.
