Though I have one life, I can confirm that I am currently living three lives. If my life was a drama series, there would be three story lines going on concurrently. The first one is the academic life with its own pressures. The main stress being the anticipation to graduate after years of studious life. The second life revolves around my wife and kids and relations. The desire to have these people around me and being able to show them my love, not only in words but deeds. The third life is between me and the world. The people that feel hurt by my actions much as I did not intend to do so. The realisation that I cannot change the past yet it has a bearing on my future. However, my desire is to be in good terms with all mankind. To show as much love as I can. To be understanding to other people's feelings and needs. A significant percentage of my time is spent thinking how best I can live these lives.
Monday, May 26, 2014
Welcome Back
Welcome back to my blog. After many years without posting on this blog, I have decided to revive it. I am glad to find out that it has so far accumulated 595 page views despite having 9 posts only. A lot has happened from the last post up to now, but I guess I will have to take baby steps in reviving this blog. I have to either choose from starting to blog on current issues or start from the past news and merge them into the future. It will be a natural process. For now, welcome back.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Having an Engineering Publication in Malawi
I am proud to have been sent a copy of the monthly publication of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering magazine for six months from July to December 2008. The articles contained therein are not only motivational but also very inspirational.
However, the question is 'Why can't we have an engineering publication in Malawi?' To start with, probably we can start with a publication covering all engineering issues in Malawi since (may be) to have one publication dedicated towards civil engineering currently would not be very feasible. We have the Malawi Institution of Engineers but somehow it has not done much towards having an own established publication. Apart from updating engineers on what fellow engineers are doing in the country/industry; it can be a very good motivation for students wishing to pursue a career in engineering one day.
May be I should put it again on the list of issues that I intend to work on upon my return back home. Hey! but the list is getting long every day. The list includes ... No, let me keep quiet; somebody may steal my ideas and implement them before I am back to my home soil. So for now; the publication is needed more than ever. Peace.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Some good quotations
I thought these quotations may be interesting to some:
'To what extent am I causing my own unhappiness? Isn't there anybody else I can legitimately blame?' Ashleigh Brilliant
'Life is like an art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning' unknown
'Some cause happiness where they go, others when they go' Oscar Wilde.
'Your task is simple, eliminate the difference between how things should be and how they really are' Ashleigh Brilliant
'Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated' Mark Twain
'Your manuscript is both original and good, but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good' Samuel Johnson
'Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time' E.B White
'Some wines improve with age, but only if the grapes were good in the first place' Abigail van Buren
'Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously' G.K. Chesterton
The purpose of liberal education is to make you philosophical enough to accept the fact that you will never make much money' unknown
'An honest politician is the one who when bought will stay bought' Simon Cameron
'How many roads must a man walk down before he admits he's lost?' unknown
'Tradition is what you resort to when you don't have the time and money to do it right' Kurt Herbert Alder
'The first two years of university are vocabulary lessons, the second two are spent learning who to ask and where to ask it up' Bill Austin
'It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers' Brendan Jill
Just remember that you are absolutely unique just like everyone else' Margaret Mead
'To what extent am I causing my own unhappiness? Isn't there anybody else I can legitimately blame?' Ashleigh Brilliant
'Life is like an art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning' unknown
'Some cause happiness where they go, others when they go' Oscar Wilde.
'Your task is simple, eliminate the difference between how things should be and how they really are' Ashleigh Brilliant
'Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated' Mark Twain
'Your manuscript is both original and good, but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good' Samuel Johnson
'Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time' E.B White
'Some wines improve with age, but only if the grapes were good in the first place' Abigail van Buren
'Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously' G.K. Chesterton
The purpose of liberal education is to make you philosophical enough to accept the fact that you will never make much money' unknown
'An honest politician is the one who when bought will stay bought' Simon Cameron
'How many roads must a man walk down before he admits he's lost?' unknown
'Tradition is what you resort to when you don't have the time and money to do it right' Kurt Herbert Alder
'The first two years of university are vocabulary lessons, the second two are spent learning who to ask and where to ask it up' Bill Austin
'It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers' Brendan Jill
Just remember that you are absolutely unique just like everyone else' Margaret Mead
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Monday, May 26, 2008
Profile
Vincent Msadala is a civil engineer by profession. He works as a Staff Associate in Hydraulics and Hydrology at the Polytechnic, a constituent college of the University of Malawi.
Vincent has a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the Polytechnic, University of Malawi and a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Stellenboch, South Africa.
Vincent started his career, soon after graduating from college, in 2005 with Blantyre Water Board, the largest water utility company in Malawi. He worked at Blantyre Water Board as a Graduate Management Trainee responsible for planning, design and construction of water supply infrastructure. He left Blantyre Water Board in 2006 after working for one year and joined the University of Malawi as a Staff Associate in Hydraulics and Hydrology. Apart from teaching, he has been a consultant on water supply, sanitation and health.
Vincent has a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the Polytechnic, University of Malawi and a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Stellenboch, South Africa.
Vincent started his career, soon after graduating from college, in 2005 with Blantyre Water Board, the largest water utility company in Malawi. He worked at Blantyre Water Board as a Graduate Management Trainee responsible for planning, design and construction of water supply infrastructure. He left Blantyre Water Board in 2006 after working for one year and joined the University of Malawi as a Staff Associate in Hydraulics and Hydrology. Apart from teaching, he has been a consultant on water supply, sanitation and health.
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