After almost two months with the new gig, I am finally back into tennis. I played yesterday for 1 1/2 hours, and it was fun. Especially since I won… We’ll see how much I can sustain this, though…
So, I tried to match up and see what is the difference in speed from the official meter in the EVDO modem application and the actual speed shown by a trusted app like Facebook.
The difference? A whopping 89% (156.58KB vs. 14.14KB). Screenshot below…
Actual vs. official internet speed in Addis Ababa
We love ICS Addis Ababa, did I mention this? The school is fantastic, our kids love it, it’s very social. We consider it our personal park as well, since it’s so close to home… The teachers and TAs are fabulous, very understanding, focused on the kids and the ICS way (their philosophy: take care of yourself, take care of others, take care of this place)… It is the very much the right place for the kids, and we are very happy with the school.
There is one thing that really, really pisses me off – afterschool activities registration process. Last time, the registration opened at 3:30pm. I was online, waiting for the time the website was up. I refreshed the site each 15 seconds or so. It took me a few seconds to become familiar with the interface. I was done with registration at 15:32, only to find out that I was sucessful for just one out of four activities I was planning to register for.
It felt like a land grab in the wild, wild west. I feel it’s very unfair, especially for new parents (to the school) and parents with multiple children. I can only image what happens if one had five or six kids at the school. And what if your internet connection is down during those two minutes (hey, that happens all the time in AA!)?
Today is the second registration deadline, set again for 3:30pm. I feel the panic attack setting in… Aaaaa… 
OK… Focus… Let it rain…
Below is the ASA registration form. No, I am not scared of you… No, I’m not… OK, just a bit intimidated…
ICS Addis Ababa Afterschool Registration Form
PS – ICS, please consider a better and fairer ASA registration process, please…
One of the more fascinating things about AA is the fact most signs here are “interesting”. And when I say interesting, I really mean colorful and well intended, sometimes funny and mispelled. As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I will post up some of the ones I find most interesting. So, here goes…
You need to figure out which caption goes with which photo…
- Prepare to be WOW’ed by the burgers here…
- New construction methodology: “toothpick” style…
- So, why does distance education gets such a bad reputation exactly?
- The source of DeLuxe furniture around the world, right here in AA…
More soon…
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