V5 - NTUBIZI? Tips, Facts, Advice, & Miscellany

• You can find all of your favorite new and used books online—and raise funds for literacy and libraries at Better World Books. Great ―argain bin deals;‖books arrive within an average of four to five weeks. Free international shipping worldwide—no minimum purchase! www.betterworldbooks.com.
• Looking to expand your culinary horizons beyond rice and beans? Check out the Peace Corps Rwanda cookbook on the google group: http://groups.google.com/group/peace-corps-rwanda. Highlights include (but are not limited to) carrot-cake pancakes, faux-fettuccine alfredo, and falafels.
• Feeling nostalgic for furniture with names like Ektorp, Odda, and Tromsö? Create your own IKEA-style house by printing out furniture models from www.ikea.com. Take them to your local umubaji with your own dimensions and measurements.
• If a recipe calls for buttermilk, make your own. Add one tablespoon of white vinegar to one cup of milk. Wait one minute—presto.
• Low on MTN minutes? Go to www.0.facebook.com. This site offers free facebook, which does not use modem minutes, as long as you have MTN. This also works on data internet phones with an MTN sim card, free internet!
• At the time of publication, the Rwandan post office is still not sending mail to the United States. When asked when sending letters might be possible again, the employee at the Kigali office simply shrugged.