Andy, phone conversations, cancelled family conference, King's speech

Got up 9ish, break fast, tidying & hoovering, picked up Eebbs from hockey (Waltham Forest Academy), I drove, not too bad, minor mistakes though, lunch with Andy, I drove us down to car park and walked to the canal with Andy, C & E; Jaal decided to watch things on TV & PC; we fed a squirrel - could see only two, one didn't both to come to eat the nuts; I discussed family matters with Gen & Shefa over the phone; Gen told me arrangements he made with Mum to look after her, to go to hairdresser's every month as soon as the money he sends arrives etc, Garbushe may get government scholarship to study nursing; Shefa told me Balako had a serious raw with Nutole & Kindane, Balako told them off for a lack of motivation and not achieving much in education or any field; but they didn't accept this and refuted as unfounded accusations by Aribi via phone calls; apparently they even didn't say good bye to each other when Balako left; they were divided into the Aribi and Sokora group and the rest; this is a sad news indeed! Balako's first visit in over ten years(?) should have been memorable; the irony of Balako's criticism is that most us have a similar views about his own educational unachivements and unplanned marriage; I personally think, Balako has no moral high ground than his brothers, he has done most of the things a "derailed" teen agers do; how can he criticise them? We cancelled the skype family conference because Shefa, Menno & Nadhi didn't have access to skype; we'll meet next week mainly to discuss the fate of our family hotel in Shakiso; it's run down, the cashier is leaving, no other suitable ashier has been found, no guard, income is low etc etc no family member is closely monitoring the hotel - a problem which we have struggle to solve for money years now! C dropped Andy at the B Horse station, had dinner, dropped Jal & Eb at Marion's and I drove with C to watch "King's Speech", good film; King George iV dies, George V takes over, as the later wants get married to a twice divorcee, unconstitutionally, his younger brother, Bernie, who doesn't want to be a King was forced to do so; due to his stammer he couldn't not deliver speeches, this was extremely traumatic both for him and his audience; his wife tries different speech therapists and finally finds an assertive self-styled therapists, Lionel; who trained/helped the King, King George Vi deliver his very important speech declaring war between the UK & Germany; a number of lesson's can be drawn from the film - the privileged ones can have difficulties, ordinary people can help the privileged, persistence pays off, e.g. the King didn't give up, the therapist wasn't trained, but self-thought out of necessity! we came home just before 10pm, picked J & from Marion's; checked email, sent Dr Balako email replying to his message that he was offered a job as Vice President of Bule Hora University, not confirmed in writing, it's just a verbal offer! It's great news! he could be a role model for thousands if not millions, he's also a hardworking guy and will make a difference, I've encourage him to go for it although a life in a countryside could be challenging; had a glass of rose served to C & I promptly by Ebs, bath, Obama & bed.