JBs FACEBOOK ACCOUNT, DEMOCRACY AND IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL NETWORKS
BY:ISAAC CHIKWERE KASENJERE

On 19 April 2013 an article titled “On JBs Facebook account, Democracy” by Bonnie Kalindo. The author is urging the facebook account holder to discontinue the use of this beautiful byproduct of technology with petty, baseless reasons of running away from embarrassment due to negativity of comments, lack of respect of office of president and mere ego of wearing the cap of high office. Leaders are firstly ordinary before they swear to lead people to the extraordinary .The author should know that Facebook has become a tool to reach constituents in a quiet but innonative way.It is through facebook that politicians let alone leaders like the President can promote their policies and enhence political cohesiveness towards development if they choose that direction in a cost-effective manner than drive the whole motorcade round town.The worlds powerful leaders for example,Barack Obama used tweeter and facebook social platforms towards his re-election last year, South african DA leader Hellen Zilla has a tweeter account ,The Presidency of South Africa to mention a few.Its a time that this generation embraces a sense of belonging to a certain class or group of people that believe in what they believe and this is what Africa is known for.We may no longer ring abell to physically congregate where distance with our leaders exist, technology is here to make life easy.Blogs,twitter,Pinterest ,whatsup is another way of meeting under the popular Kachere tree, another way of sharing stories around legendary fireplace.This is what Malawi needs infact, it is conveniently designed to solve the constraint of time.I should remind the esteemed writer that long ago people used to walk long distances to deliver letters, messages and that was replaced by other systems of telecommunications like cellphones and courier services. Facebook offers the impression of direct contact with a leader and offer the ability to tell followers and those on the opposing sides what a leader is doing on a policy , development and other pertinent issues.If you cannot meet all ,try to meet a few that’s my adage if I were given that previledge to coin one.Leaders of this generation should be the first ones to set the trend that a nation needs.

The author of the article mist a point or two in his well scripted article.Firstly in a democractic arena developed or developing country,across euro-zone or here in Afrioca,one is entitled to their views regardless of what its addressing on the ground.Every citizen has a perspective of issues hence we are different human beings with different names,ideas,ambitions and visions.Glass is always half full or half empty In this article iam not encouraging foul language or castigation of our publice leaders.I am only emphasizing the reality that comes with avoiding criticism is refusing growth in any social competition and being man of the people as far as leadership is concerned .Therefore in this 21st century where a country like Malawi embraced democracy more than a decade ago. Democarcy being a package come with values of freedom of expression at the centre of it among others. What the president has done is one step to the right direction and indeed close the gap as he put it between herself and the people of Malawi.One wonders why on earth should in this article by the reputable author who identifies himself as an actor ,comedian,teacher,social activist and campaign ambassador decampaigning against significant strides that aim at reaching out to people other than political rallies .J.Bs Facebook page has almost 46,414 “likes “ still clicking I hope .This translate to me that a good part of Malawians through friends of their friends are able to know issues that their politician and leader is pursuing.

It is interesting to note that the author is worried with the childish comments on this first citizens wall.Therefore the article should have addressed is how our politicians or JB Should deal with negative comments by members of the Facebook family. Politicians should soberly use social media as an indicator of the representation of the support that emanates from the masses and a platform to woo those on the opposing side to like their policies and ideas .This I bet is one way of getting one vote at a time towards 2014.There are a number of ways to deal with irritating comments in the cyberworld:one can ignore,deflect to a more positive discussion and react or respond in real time.It is obvious that the so called childish comments are coming from members of other political parties,they do not care to show where they belong after or before they damp their stinking graffiti on “J.Bs wall” or other public figures.Whether JBs has or has no time out of her diarised rallies and appointment to view the reactions matters less. What is important is how well and effective it is updated and continuous response would let the negativity die down because some of these people are annoyed to read what they have watched on Television and re-read same news in the name of status update on Facebook. The failure of politician’s social networks is the inability to make these accounts have life.Facebook is not a news paper or where the process of communication remains incomplete for a significant length of time. I could have agreed more if the author spelt out that these accounts make their owners speak to themselves and not the people they like and follow them.You will note that this account of JB just like that of the youthful UDF president Atupele Muluzi its status after the other without response and open for interaction.This platform can build the followership by starting small in responding to the selected few constructive criticism.It should be understood that the brand that our politicians want to be or portray does not only lie in the hands of loyalists but also critics.I therefore applaud JB for being a leader that she is and using facebook to give Malawians what they need to know about there leader,all the youth and old can say big up JB! In the name of technology.

FIVE STEPS OF SUCCESSFUL MENU SELLING for SMALL AND MEDIUM RESTAURANTS

I have stepped into the so called Restaurants and start feeling out of place in seconds. Sometimes the grip that –that awkward feeling holds me come from “may be I should stay things will improve to am going to another Restaurant’. The issue here is that  I expect the waiter to welcome me and get busy indeed  because am going to spend my hard-won  cash in exchange of the food that’s stuck i in the kitchen for eternity the moment I seat. I expect my eyes to meet spotless furniture and shinny cutlery waiting for me the VIP.So the places I have gone to have either scored 90% on food and 5%on service and 0% on how they sell their menu.I have known proprietors who claim to have a degree in hotel management but actually in this aspect of menu selling and marketing ahgrrrr ,They need coaching ofcourse.Some times what we learn in school is not easily practiced by those that acquire these skills.

I would like to SHARE   the 5 steps of successful selling of a menu. I would like to analyze with practical examples of how small restaurant can use the 5 steps of successful selling of a menu.

·         PROSPECTING CUSTOMERS

Because times are hard proprietors of outlet s should use cheap way of advertising, for example a board colourfully displayed outside the place with a list of dishes on into easily practiced by those that acquire these skills.You may use banners,fliers or word of mouth

·         PROSPECTING A CUSTOMER

Because times are hard proprietors of outlet s should use cheap way of advertising, a board colourfully displayed outside their  place, with a list of dishes on it.In this way your target market or potential clients can catch what you offer .Explaination of the benefits and  and compare and contrast with a similar dish they know from a stone throw –your competitor.Offer the possibility of having your clients order right at the entrance this gives them an opportunity of less time of waiting and assurance that you are ready for them.Give away fliers that gives another opportunity to clients to have a look at the menu if they find that man on the entrance talking to another client.

·         QUALIFYING THE CUSTOMER

Your staff ie waiters can persuade the prospects soon after they have the client s who are willing to buy .A waiter may briefly explain the history,ingredients that makes the dish standout from other choices.Mostly that dish should be higher that others to make more revenue

·         PRESENTING THE MESSAGE

Attach the wants and needs to the customer and do not rush them to accept before this probation of  allegies,dietary needs and things they worry about or like about the dish.If you have noticed  time constraints  to  have the meal. Suggest the takeaway  or suggest a reasonable time of waiting period for the dish to get ready.However,make sure that you are realistic ,do not exaggerated at all,you create a scarecrow for good if it turnsout to be a lie.

·         CLOSING THE SALE

This the time a waiter can ask for an order from the guest. Proceed to have a docket written for kitchen use and ask for an aperitif to stimulate their appetite. The last thing you want is a complaint that the food was a disaster .Complaints dresses down the image of your restaurant .

·         AFTER SALES SERVICE

A good sales person will be around the place poised to answer all the questions regarding the product .The guest should be asked if they have enjoyed the meal ,however do not overdo this .A waiter who served the table should be left to ask the guest ,unless the manager is also around he/she can do that. Too many questions for a feedback may spoil the moment already enjoyed Timely service ends when the client takes leave.    

The five points explained above can win customers for a long time however they may be basic to a small to medium restaurant but big restaurants can build it from there and match it to the product.

OOPS i forgot i had coffee on my table,cheers.

A TOUR AND WHAT TOURISTS MUST EXPECT (2)

CONTINUED........... OH YEAH am still tackling the tour and hints for both the tourist and the operator.........

Tour brochure checklist
The important items to look for in this task are;
• Itenerery
• Group size
• Terminologies
• Single supplement policy
• Pace

Itenerery

You must eloquently explain all about the distance to be covered on the tour, the time that shall be spent to exhaust the whole tours itenerery and activities that shall take place during the tour.

Group size

Check the group size that is designed to accommodate a particular tour and compare it with the group you are dealing with and analyse all the logistical issues associated with it.

Terminology clarity

We should be pretty aware that every industry has its own terminologies that may not be understandable anybody even a Phd holder. We need to explain what terminologies mean and the consequences that come wit it if we tend to ignore them.
Single supplement
Policy like this may for instant require the client to pay a double rate room even if they are alone/single

Pace

The PACE at which the events and activities will be taking,how fast or slow and the whole timing process of the tour from departure to arrival
Conditions
Conditions should never be spelt out in passing.Liability and any emphasis of a close worth knowing should be clearly highlited.

Questions

Always invite questions from your clients
Consumer protection
It differs from operator to operator ,the benefits that are there if they organize the tour for you .Customers should ask this question if they realize their operator says nothing about the consumer protection.

Cost

The cost of the tour is our make or break base of the conversation we call selling.Let them know what they are paying to avoid loss of revenue and trust from customers.
Aspects of a tour using a brochure
• Tour organizer should explain the overview of detail that involve the tour this is what my market friend will call it qualifying.
• Choose a brochure that you think matches the interest of the client and let them read and understand it ,of course they will ask questions if they don’t understand
• Run through the brochure with the client and invite questions ,by doing that you are sure you are moving on the same page.
• Familiarise them with the brochure by repeating all the important need to know points
• Cacellation policy is one last bit we all goof at and think we have closed the sale yet if they don’t know we are to blame.Dont forget customer is king but not always if we show the king their rightful place

A TOUR AND WHAT TOURISTS MUST EXPECT (1)

A tour is a form of travel from palace to place with multiple features which can be sold to a client as a single unit.The people who participate in these activies are called tourists .They can be locals or domestic.

The history of tour dates back to 1840 with the enthusiasm of Thomas Cook to vist palces with his son.The begging was awesome because the tour registered 23 million aannually
Tour itself as it is packaged into four:custom designed tours and packaged tours with the later having hosted tours,escorted and independent tours
Custom designed tour operator organizes with clients in collaboration to take total control of the tour.Mostly such clients have the knowledge of the proposed destination .This is expensive to organize.A client goes alone after all arrangements making the choice of almost everything.

Prepackaged tour:
is prepared in the absence of the client on its list independent tour is amongst them those tourists who would like to have an even high degree of the tour they go all the way in family groups and it was popular in the 1960s where it was called Foreign independent tours because it was mostly associated with foreigners.The package includes transport ,accommodation and a well articulated itenerery.On transport the emphasis is on the mode of transport.Accommodation contract is in the hands of the operator who books the supplier ie the hotel however the taste of the guest is considered on the type and comfort of the room.Itenerery the component includes distance,time activities and type of meals mostly full board is advisable to ease the hussle in the middle of the tour.

Hosted tour:
tourists are oriented at gateway and may accompany one host who feeds them with a significant imformation of palces or whole tour it can be described as having single assistance.because they are left to go in shuttle unless they want clarity from host.The details may be given by the step in guider
Lastly within the prepackaged tours there are escorted tours ,this depends on the accompanying of professional escort

This has in it what is called the multiple destination because apart from what the package spells there are multiple destination because they are given the freedom to stop at any place they feel like spending sometime along the way.

to be continued:.....

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR RESTHOUSES /RESTAURANTS/LODGES-FOR INVESTORS,VISITORS

This afternoon I was lucky to have  had a chat with some international tourist and they asked me what are the requirements to set up and run a lodge or restaurant.This question conceived the idea to have this posting born;

This posting shall be of benefit to an investor,staff of business units in this industry,owners to avoid clossure of their places and visitors to make imformed decisions when making choices.

RECEPTION

1.      Neat receptionist at all times, in well ironed uniform, and courteous at all times

2.      Clean floors, well swept, mopped, or polished

3.      Clean walls – well painted, no marks, not cluttered with wall hangings, few but decent

4.      Room rates and licences clearly on display

5.      Adequate size

6.      A good chair and table – at least one for the  receptionist and one for the guest

7.      Guest register should be available

BEDROOMS

1.      Clean walls, smoothened and well painted preferably in light colour

2.      Floors, well mopped or polished

3.      Bed sheets of good quality (two per bed), regularly washed and well ironed for every new guest

4.      1 blanket and at least a mattress protector (usually a blanket)

5.      Bedside rug or mat

6.      Working table and chair

7.      Wastepaper basket or bin

8.      Candle holder in each room

9.      Clothes hooks – (wooden or original, not nails)

10.  Window openings of adequate sizes, regularly opened to allow free circulation of fresh air

11.  Curtains of adequate sizes, properly fitted and of good quality

BATHROOMS

1.      Regularly cleaned bathroom floors, free of cracks and with good drainage

2.      Bathrooms walls to be finished with tiles or smooth cement (not painting)

3.      Regularly scrubbed and cleaned bathrooms walls (with soap)

4.      A soap holder

5.      Clothes hook or towel rail

6.      Lockable door when inside

TOILETS

1.      Regularly and thoroughly cleaned toilets

2.      Pit latrines should have a lid

3.      Well painted wall

4.      Use disinfectants to keep off bad smell

5.      Proper door (lockable when inside) and roof

6.      Seat and cover for flush toilets

7.      Sanitary bin

8.      Toilets brush

9.      Tissue holder

10.  Clothes hooks

11.  A mirror if communal

DINING ROOM

1.      Clean and strong chairs and tables

2.      At least uniform table cloth or decent table mats

3.      A well laminated menu on each table. (displayed neatly)

4.      Clean, well mopped and polished floor

5.      Smart and uniformed waiters

KITCHEN

1.      Clean walls painted in light colour (preferably oil paint) or tiled

2.      Clean floors, regularly mopped and without cracks

3.      Clean (grease-free) cooking equipment i.e. cookers, pots, plates etc.

4.      Clean kitchen staff in proper kitchen uniform and footwear

5.      Items kept in an orderly and organized manner

6.      Free of cockroaches and other insects

7.      Food items should be well separated and covered in refrigeration to prevent contamination

SURROUNDING

1.      No cobwebs and dust in sight

2.      Well swept surrounding free of debris

3.      Proper refuse pit/ rubbish pit

4.      Pets are not permitted access the premises

OTHERS

1.      Fire fighting facilities

2.      First Aid facilities

3.      Medical examination for food handlers every six months

4.      Literate Manager

5.      Cleaners should be provided with protective wear i.e. gloves and footwear

MALAWI TO BUILD HOSPITALITY SCHOOL AND GOLDEN SAND HOTEL, BUT......

I am excited,excited that my smile is wider than usual.If you see me now my lips are nearly touching my ears.The priorities set by government to build hospitality school,Golden Sand Hotel in Mangochi Cape Mcclear is good news indeed, Minister of Tourism has announced.

We need to prepare as a country to train more personel with no ordinary knowledge but intouch with the global hospitality industry.I must commend government for thinking ahead that the infrastructure we tend to build (thanks chinese people)need to have people with the capacity to sustain its glory.


The only thing that bugs me is while we are thinking ahead we are failing to transform what we already have.We have a hospitality school already called Malawi Institute of Tourism.
This school has trained most of the managers you may meet in our hospitality industry.The sad part of this school is that government being its mother, little is being done.In my time 2004-2007 computors were very few if not just two to be specific against 200 plus of us.This has slightly improved by now am told but the ratio still calls for action by government.

• These are young men and women who are a face of the country they need equipment knowledge before they go to the industry.Student should never go to the industry before 80% of stuff has been absorbed.No wonder hotel staff in the industry always mock them why they went to school to learn how to smile or speak or clear the table they argue its something innate or what everybody can do.We need to differentiate the service a student or any learned staff can do from that which can be performed by a man dragged from the street.
• The syllabus has to be inline with the global tourism trends
• The syllabus has to give student who want to undergo a degree programe the strength to trod on otherwise it falls short of the ladder to degree programme.

All these infrastructures are nothing if we never run the operations in it .........in this posting i wont mention anything about the the PRESIDENT HOTEL in the city,i save the paragraph hahah.Where are we on this state of the art HOTEL?

FOOD AND DRINK :CAN HAVE YOU HOSPITALISED TOO-TO MY BEST PEOPLE IN 2012

In our life and this stressful hospitality industry where there is plenty of food and drink.Where what is deemed litter is food,you are carried away and stop watching what you eat or drink in the process because the abandance of it clouds the mind to judge goodlife from healthy life.

There are people who give us the reason to go on despite all the tantrams that are thrown at us in the line of duty.We go home and sleep on their lap after a good shower and they insist we are workaholics for areason.These are the people that i want to single out in this post at the end of the year.

To the woman who brought to me the magic of  rediscovering the loudest laughter ever,joy,peace and above all LOVE in our innerself.She has taught me that one can give up a job because love must win.She has proved that lies can be cooked but cant be preserved because they have the weakest elements in them to survive the test of time.May be iam giving a heavy text in this post than any other before.This deserves that weight,density because they have shaped the solidity of my patience.

To my wife:hendrina who was once a waiter(a well experienced one) and gave me a beautiful daughter who is a factory of our joy.She tells me my love for blogging has grown from a hobby to another something she didnt know,something that might be a career on its own.To my daughter she cringes away each time  i keep jabbing in my keyboard yet dinner is being served.........'daddy its mommas dinner time"........

• This year that ends tommorrow by midnight its her year because without her by myside when my health nosedived and lost all the courage to undergo my prescribed ''regular excersise".To watch my diet and stick to what she prepared under a close reference to doctors advise all changed in a month. Eat,eat babe she softly said to me.
• To my mother whom i cried on her lap too as a her small child that i was unwell and she said as long as she is alive she will help me get better,that made me stop crying.
• To my father who will always standout as my biggest pillar(i have no words to praise him)
• To my brother Elijah,he called my line like telephone operator.
• To my boss Thandi,she always called and in response to my hoarse voice a day was added for bed rest.

I have realised that working in this industry where food is the material we work with we tend to forget that food too can kill. We therefore need to be careful in the choice of the food we eat.

This poem goes to my strong woman.Reminiscing the times i spotted her as the one.

WAITRESS ON TABLE    H

in green she lowers to me,
wait

serve me the open chambo garnished by your killer grin

desert?,Never, your number will do

this tall debris built my fault

spillages printed all over,poor me!

cruets yawn void,dont mind

trust no calculator,keep change

may need room service at four,bring crockerly empty though

be my take away for now and ever

am waiting

waiter!
for our outside catering

UNPUBLISHED ARTICLE 2012:TOURISM INDUSTRY AND CURRENT ECONOMIC JAZZ

I also gave out my "expert views" on tourism with the economic situation that hit us hard early 2011-2012 unfortuanately i did not post it on your your blog dear followers and finding it lying around i thought justice in the world could mean posting what i thought in this period of time- Isaac Chikwere Kasenjere

                                                                                       

TOURISM  INDUSTRY  AND this ECONOMIC JAZZ!

The fuel shortage, scarcity of forex and soured relations with the west might be  a result and am not sure if the latter is the cause of this wobbling economy we all dread now. Tourism industry has not been spared with this retrogression to development.Infact its among the top list of the industries hit by this economic tsunami. Whether its forex shortage that has seen hotels registering the highest percentage of cancellations or no-shows this year, unofficial statistics from the lakeshore resorts tout 60-70% ,but that matters less now.

Managers should get cracking and review afew tactics on their revenue management and strategic direction on their propertys dashboard. All these things however should accommodate the current “national recession “if that word can be re-coined.

This is the time Managers should be innovative enough to trade even when expenditure shall equal the sales. This is better than no sales at all .Mind you the hospitality product is perishable. Managers are on the rush to reduce hotel rates that one wonders where on earth these rates were when some of our wallets were still fat before an animal called devaluation of kwacha played predator.

Reducing rates is not the only solution, it’s part of it.The irony of adjusting rates  down is that hotel owners expect more traffic into their hospitality property,however experience has also revealed to me that we have never seen hotels with cheap rates to trade at 100% occupancy 24/7.Customers will always ask “whats in it for me?”even when your rates are the lowest. Demand shall always be created if satisfaction has been spelt in full by the guest.

Creative measures should be applied by coming up with tailor made products to a spectrum of guest.The chef should come up with menu well engineered that does not only look at dietary needs  or names to sell yet  same taste and colour . I should remind hotelier that this should not mean lowering the menu food price you have but a new menu that should respond to the winds of economy.Restaurant patrons should not fumble for the last coin in the pocket for the same thing we offered last time they came .Hospitality units should start selling value not rate or price because price and rate are not a service they seek and pay for.

A hotel room has  a tv set,airconditioner, a table and chair ,soap,towels and usual turndown service.What have you done to change  the features,how many occupants are you allowing this time for a night and amenities added to the room package.Whats on your breakfast menu,add some  most liked food items and remove the  less liked  items by your guests. Human beings will keep on getting married even in times of war,so in this time of economic slump deliberate packages should be made available to such couples, may be a photo shoot , a free massage or a personalized  table with a name  on it. This shall be enough 100 times slot  advert if you may like it that way.What managers should look out for is not the ceiling of 100% occupancy but the demand that comes with it ,so any occupancy over 50% shall see figures  soaring.

All I am saying is hoteliers should come up with adjusted packages with new values and features to catch the eye of the guest.Whether you are adjusting upwards or downwards that is your homework with your Accountant. You need a guest who has cash in the pocket and is also willing to spend it at your place. Ignoring the target market demands is letting your tables gather dust in the restaurant and rooms echoe with sounds of vacancy.

While smaller and broadrange of tailor made products should be created, diversification should also be a catchword as we struggle through this time.Our product should stretch beyond food ,drink and bed.

Our culture is one product that is worth forex in question.Engaging a group of villagers  for cultural evenings can only cost little and plough back into the hotel coffers.A lodge along the lake shore can use more than lake Malawi as a product.They can use the yao culture and its history.Same works for a lodge in Mzuzu. Lets shift our mindset from just waiting for business of bed and  breakfast only. Sightseeing or day activities will see places that are now relying on to make more money even when the occupancy is zero.

The directive by government to have foreign guests pay in foreign exchange should not only be seen as easy go for hospitality owners.There are challenges  that should be expected ,therefore knowing this challenge will prepare the attitude  of staff and wording of interacting with guests to communicate this Press release by Reserve Bank of Malawi.Scenarios of guests booking out of the hotel because they were ignorant of the currency to pay shall if not already  be rampant.Therefore it is my theory that upon reservation this change should be communicated   or risk customer emberassment which always goes with a  cost to a hotel  and our competitor a stone throw can benefit from this mistake.This might also see guests spending little in our revenue centres  if  we leave the job  of spreading the message of this new law  with the Government alone. The excuse can only be “I have already changed my forex to kwacha”.Managers cannot afford  to see their licence be snatched away because they failed to assist the government the regulation of forex.

ZOMBA GYMKHANA GOLF COURSE UNPAID EXCURSIONS

The very first time i cut through Gymkhana Golf course going up Hotel Masongola(of course i wont forget this :"built in 1886),i spotted a lot of Golf players.Wondered how things in sports quickly changed at how instead of playing it with the regular club and that little ball all i saw were  couples  dotting the course with books.Books and books and teenagers outnumbered the adults.I was well imformed that this place is another Study 'huge specious" room  in the city.

How i wish i had something to study!,at the thought of the aftermath of any slight branchoff to help study a few beautiful ladies i saw reading but lonely.Whether they were a serious crop among the crowed  to sit alone or they were out of the market that much i did not establish.Next time i buy a newspaper and read my favourite classfied ads"vacancies'wanna make Gymkhana Golf course the best place to read them.

The Gymkhana Club, old Residency of the first commissioner of Nyasaland  to me is another face of Zomba City,who can resist its dilapidated state its a kind of  its ancient statement that it speaks and renoverting it,expanding it is what man can do to rape the virgin history that it embodies. Let it be old!look old! history is never new.



GYMKHANA GOLF COURSE



While i have a few essays,poems published in my real name i have also struggled to have my name sustained in the glory of print  media so with the above experience i dropped a few lines that made this poem become with a pseudoname/penname VERY BLACKHONEY AND MILK. hopping i have one guy who cannot publish my poem with my real name on it,get it from me i thought the editor might think thats a new kid on the block!

TITLE: GYMKHANA GOLF COURSE EXCURSIONS

 BY   :  blackhoney and Milk

a cross a green carpet

tourists of circumstance

dotted on the cource like golf balls

at books,swatting away the buzzing illiteracy

others staring,studying each others

but your nostrils,your all

mugging in to win a pal on to their hole

flipping through pages of thoughts,that roll over the place

and spread carefully,butter way

and sweet like sugar it feels

when exam calls but panic

non the chapters read

lead to failure of academics

pass in love that see them hungry and angry

who forgets Gykhana golf course

with rubbers left unused when lust takeover

still,who said there is "no hurry in Africa"

Controlling these students of love might be difficult  i only plead to them that may they stop littering Gykhana Golf Course,i dont care if their rubbers are used or unused  Gykhana is one place i call monument of its stature and a club every tourist should stop to admire and spend a little fortune for sure.



GYNKHANA CLUB house



PARTY-POOPERS NOMORE!-USE CUTLERY THIS FESTIVE SEASON

With the invitations flowing in your inbox or post office box you can only  be successful to turn down a few and some are really difficult to duck them away.You better get ready to show up at a formal dinner that demand table skills.We all learn these things as we grow ,afterall all our childhood we have been using hands to eat our dinner hahahah.Come on these are the things you need to know .I have used this setting to really make you a star tommorrow or anyday this festive season and you will hold the folk the right side of your hands and jab on the right foodstuff.Am i good or good, am not being a smart guy if you read am just being that coward for once to alert myself too how to hold these shinning items because i was once caught offguard when one card read "Remember family matters ,we have your part for a speech"

I was not ready to be crown  a party-pooper,i revisted my college skills on eatery and wham-bam-i got it at last by using my dummy cutlerly(dont ask why coz that time less visitors meant less utensils was a single guy beggining to mingle).



a. Napkin
b. Side plate and butter knife for dinner rolls
c. Salad fork
d. Fish fork
e. Dinner fork
f. Service plate.
g. Dinner Knife
h. Salad knife
i. Soup spoon
j. Red wine glass
k. White wine glass
l. Water glass
m. Dessert fork and spoon

Do not panic  start from the outside of your cover setting, and go your way towards the  plate: soup spoon first, then fish knife and fork, then service knife and fork. Use the outside knife and fork for the first course (entrée), and then simply work inwards for each subsequent course.

Knives are always to the right, and forks are always to the left.

The soup spoon, will always be on the extreme right if being served as a first course, or second in from the right if being served as a second course.

Dessert cutlery will always be at the top of the place setting with the fork facing right and the spoon positioned above this with the bowl facing left.

Big events  events, we start with  hot food and cold for foods wait for the host to announce dinner and wait until the head of the table starts.
Dinner rolls or bread is on your left . Butter each bread roll upon the need to eat. Always use the napkin when you want to spit food out of your mouth.

Last time i finished eating using these utensils i sighed and i told my friends and said "MAY I GO AND WASH MY HANDS"...........Where is the WC.?  and saw a waiter figuring out what all this meant..........hahahha  dude eat with cutlery from the west speak like them.

ULENDO KUDYA KUGONA GOES ON SOCIAL NETWORKS

Keep you intouch with the world of tourism,the blogger decided to follow you people because facebook that is  a platform for the global village.https://www.facebook.com/ulendokudyakugona?ref=hl tweeter: @chekasenjere

The blogger has also added new gadgets where followers are able to translate into other launguages.

Like the bloggers page and comment or ask question about anything hahah,i mean anything to do with Tourism.

Its easy peasy to keep intouch
Enjoy.

Isaac Chikwere Kasenjere

ULENDO-KUDYA-KUGONA !-travel,food,accommodation : ZOMBA CHILDRENS' SAFE PLAYGROUND CALLED 'SAFE HAVENS"

ULENDO-KUDYA-KUGONA !-travel,food,accommodation : ZOMBA CHILDRENS' SAFE PLAYGROUND CALLED 'SAFE HAVENS"

ZOMBA CHILDRENS' SAFE PLAYGROUND CALLED 'SAFE HAVENS"

Zomba, after being declared a full city its still growing  in size and activities.Children will no longer stand in the market square and streets struggling to make ends meet..Zomba Safe Haven is a newly constructed playground for children.Its located adjucent to to Zomba Central Hospital ,behind the Ministry of Agriculture offices.

 

It is the SAFE MALAWIS belief that Games that children play have an impact in a childs life,all it is needed are initiatives like these to spread around the country to benefit more.Psychosocial support in the formative years of a child is amust.Playgrounds for kids around the world is the organisation that partenered with SAFE MALAWI to come up with the project from AMERICA.This heaven has also considered culture in this journey of moulding kids into responsible adults.Story telling,HIV and Aids lessons will be among the benefits that vulnerable children will get.



THE BLOGGER-ISAAC CHIKWERE KASENJERE AND THE AMERICAN GROUP THAT DONATED THE EQUIPMENT FROM AMERICA

 They might eat and dress but they need to play,this is as good as vacation.No more destitutes,Kids rise in criminal cases,SAFE HAVEN will chase away the hell out of our beautiful kids,save them from all the plight and gender based violence from this year as days go by in this period of 16 th days of activism.

MALAWI ON TOP 10 DESTINATIONS FOR 2013

Its not the first time for my country to be recognised as one of the best destination in the world . In 2011 Malawi was recognised as a top ten destination by one travel magazine Wanderlust. In October of this 2012  Malawi was included in two of the ‘top ten lists’  by The Times newspaper.As if that is not enough this Malawi had 3 entries in CNN’s most Stunning Spots in Africa.NOW just this last Month,Globe Spots puts Malawi on number 9 in the TOP 10- must go destinations 2013.

GLOBE SPOTS is not a travel agent or Tourist insurance company.They are proffessional and keen travellers so they say on their webpage.Our papers and government officials are spreading this good news about our being voted the best destination among the 10 other countries.All i can say is this is good news for Malawi to celebrate and a challenge to ponder over it.

We need to move with the global winds.Speak the global launguage and put Malawi on their rightful place of top 5 if our infrastructure and presonel are going to be our priorities in this sector.GLOBE SPOTS had these colourful words to publish about Malawi.:

'Malawi is often overlooked in favour of its neighbours, but this gem of an African country has more than enough to keep travellers enthralled.Having earned their country the nickname of the Warm Heart of Africa, the seemingly always smiling Malawians are without a doubt one of Malawi’s main attractions.

Another is Lake Malawi, which provides ample beaches for sunbathing, islands for kayaking, fish for snorkelling and diving and even an annual music festival. Add parks boasting the Big Five, the chance to walk and cycle with zebras and antelopes, mountains providing days upon days of spectacular hiking, an ancient steamboat and sunset cruises along the hippo-filled Shire River to the mix and you’ve got yourself a pretty incredible destination. Best of all? You’ll feel as though you have most of it to yourself!''



where you can find Malawi

For the full list of Global Spots ‘Top Ten’ please click here

PROFILE 

Malawi, officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. Wikipedia

Capital: Lilongwe Currency: Malawian kwacha Government: Democracy President: Joyce Banda Population: 15,380,888 (2011) World Bank Official language: English Language, Chewa language

The blogger thought you deserve to know. YEWO CHOMENE(Thank you -in Tumbuka)