PAUL- The Computer Guy

A little mini update- last night I went to the launch of the English Language Improvement Centre at the college, and was presented with the following by one the teachers, Optamu, who had written the following it as an example in writing a descriptive piece for his students. I thought it was so good I should share it with you all:


PAUL- The Computer Guy

"Paul is a long white English man in his early 40’s. He is from the center of London. Like all white guys he enjoys talking to people. He has a light brown receding hair, always combed. He has a long straight nose with attentive brown yes. Paul has very thin lips with a well arranged teeth and round innocent mouth. All the same, he has a small ear but never failed to listen to what people say all the time. He is always clean shaven. He sometimes has a frowning face. He usually wears a jeans trousers with casual t-shirts. He often wears lovely patterned shirts, mostly quite expensive. He sometimes wears an ad shirt with a slapstick picture of a bicycle. That is because of his love for cycling. He even planned to travel back to England cycling all the way. He is crazy about “tegabino” a traditional food in Ethiopia, and sometimes enjoy eatinf “beyaynetu” too. Paul is very generous and compassionate guy. He is sociable and very extrovert. He always wants to help the needy. He is also cooperative and vigilant. Paul is also very hard working. He is very thoughtful of others. In short, he is very dependable. He is quite shy and very slow at times. Surprisingly, he is learning Amharic language now. He can now say “endemineh?” Endeminseh?” “Shay, buna, selam neh...” and the likes. He is currently working as a volunteer in the ICT department of the college to help establish a networking system in the college. He is very good at computer stuffs; some guys even call him a computer guy. Paul in General is a very good friend and an excellent professional. People enjoy talking to him."

I was taken aback by how accurate and good it was- excuse the odd mistake, but for a guy who I have only met a few times, I think he has got a great insight...

Apart from the receding hair bit ...

Paul