Internet Cafes

I'm working again at an internet cafe in Observatory. My favorite spot for internet is Cocoa Cha Chi. The food is great, the coffee strong, and they give you an internet voucher for free internet for a couple of hours when you buy food. Jawaya and I came here last Friday to do a skype conference with Debra back at Illinois - all about toddlers, advice for tantrums and biting. The usual crowd here at Cocoa Cha Chi is typically the university student group and a mix of locals and internationals. We arrived at a fairly slow time in the late afternoon, so the staff here gave the two middle aged women quite alot of attention. They made sure we got connected, got our camera working on skype, and slipped us an extra voucher, as skype uses the time up really fast. One of the guys listened with interest and amusement at our conversation, and as we were finished, leaned over and said,"I was beaten as a child for bad behaviour, and I turned out ok. I say just hit them with a sjambok until they behave." Though he was smiling, I'm sure he was not joking about the discipline when he was a kid. We seem to get a similar response from all of the adults here, so in the end, felt lucky that the women at our training were willing to consider other ideas like explanation and reasonable consequences. We can only hope they'll apply the information when they get home! Other venues with internet connection of note in Obs are Mimi's and A Touch of Madness. At Mimi's I prefer to just eat my breakfast, sip the coffee, and watch the people about thier business in Obs. Madness has a nice warm fireplace on cold evenings, I can just connect to Skyrove as long as I've got some paid internet credit, and the desserts are fabulous. Chocolate cake! Madness also has a resident ghost, but unfortunately, I've not seen her.