I already have a family history of diabetes and I am now in the capital of suga land... I thought I love sugar but NOT THIS MUCH... EVERYTHING and I mean everything is soooo sweet, and its sooo hard to drink.. The tea, juices, the sodas, and when I tell my host mom I don't want and its too sweet, she looks at me like im crazy. So friends be prepeared if i come back with a sugar disease..
And on a side note I think my host mon thinks im dirty. She does not think I take enough showers during the day and she keeps asking me to take one, lol....
Monday, August 23, 2010
The Food
SOOOO the food in the village, to say the least is not up to par... I was soooo hungry the whole time.
They are fasting so i have to hide in my room to eat lunch and snacks... and for lunch I have rice and plam oil with pounded okara... not my favorite..
and for dinner rice and plam oil stew with fish. I eat with the men of the family, and my dad just keep pushing food in front of me WITH THE SPOON HE HAS BEEN EATING WITH... not my forte.. Ive kindda gotten use to eat i just look away when i know he will be doing it......
BUT my mom can cook. but she had not been cooking till the last day i was leaving... so i was boomed.. it was the same think but she made it better...
SOOO I JUST BE coming back skinny..... but I cant wait till October when I can cook for myself
They are fasting so i have to hide in my room to eat lunch and snacks... and for lunch I have rice and plam oil with pounded okara... not my favorite..
and for dinner rice and plam oil stew with fish. I eat with the men of the family, and my dad just keep pushing food in front of me WITH THE SPOON HE HAS BEEN EATING WITH... not my forte.. Ive kindda gotten use to eat i just look away when i know he will be doing it......
BUT my mom can cook. but she had not been cooking till the last day i was leaving... so i was boomed.. it was the same think but she made it better...
SOOO I JUST BE coming back skinny..... but I cant wait till October when I can cook for myself
MY New Family
Hey guys,
So I met my new family and I spent six days with them... Not sooo bad.. minus the part that i dont understand half of what they saying all the time. My new name is Kadiatu. So i have bucket baths and a whole in the ground to pee and number too.. I have 5 brothers and two sisters.. There are about 20 people in my family and it has the wiredest set-up.. I have my dad and his family, then all his brothers and cousins like 4 of them have their family in the compound.
My father is sooo forceful telling all the time what to do, I guess that means he cares. And my little sister thinks im from outter space just keep touching me and stuff.. but I love her we get along.
Ill be going there for 2weeks all alone.. PRAY FOR ME
So I met my new family and I spent six days with them... Not sooo bad.. minus the part that i dont understand half of what they saying all the time. My new name is Kadiatu. So i have bucket baths and a whole in the ground to pee and number too.. I have 5 brothers and two sisters.. There are about 20 people in my family and it has the wiredest set-up.. I have my dad and his family, then all his brothers and cousins like 4 of them have their family in the compound.
My father is sooo forceful telling all the time what to do, I guess that means he cares. And my little sister thinks im from outter space just keep touching me and stuff.. but I love her we get along.
Ill be going there for 2weeks all alone.. PRAY FOR ME
Thursday, August 12, 2010
BUGS
ok.. i just thought I'll tell you how the flies are SOOO CRAY here... its rainy season soooo its their time...
Last time i was just slapping myself because there were sooo many mosquitoes and my mosquito was broken, therefore i have all these bumps on me. and I think one bite me on where I received a shot so, my arm us swollen and it hurts like crap.. OH and i got more vaccines today so that other arm hurts too..
there are countless other bugs here that i dont know what they are..but they keep disturbing my life.
So there are 6 of us in our room. We all get along but we don't talk much since we are always out and doing stuff..
i really like our group all 64 of us (the largest thus far).. we all are getting along. We are really building a family here.. and right now im using someone else's computer.. SOOO we are all close now and stuff./. helping each other on the way.
SEE YA SOON
Last time i was just slapping myself because there were sooo many mosquitoes and my mosquito was broken, therefore i have all these bumps on me. and I think one bite me on where I received a shot so, my arm us swollen and it hurts like crap.. OH and i got more vaccines today so that other arm hurts too..
there are countless other bugs here that i dont know what they are..but they keep disturbing my life.
So there are 6 of us in our room. We all get along but we don't talk much since we are always out and doing stuff..
i really like our group all 64 of us (the largest thus far).. we all are getting along. We are really building a family here.. and right now im using someone else's computer.. SOOO we are all close now and stuff./. helping each other on the way.
SEE YA SOON
I MADE IT
Hey guys.. I made it safely to Theis, Senegal pronounced Chess…
So let’s see, I had my staging(pre-orientation) on Monday. It was pre short and fun.. It felt like freshman year all over again.. Meeting new people, getting to know the college, and about our program and all that jazz.
Then on Tuesday: THE DAY OF DPARTUR.. we then went to the medical center for yellow fever shot.. Which my arm still hurts from..
Then we get to the airport and OFFCOURSE I OVER PACKED.. SO I had o pay $150 for an extra bag. I don’t if I was mad that I had to lug around another bad to my already 4 packs (this includes hand luggage)or I had to pay, which could have been $100 excess. But apparently the bag was too heavy for just the excess.. “it had to be an new bag)..
Thankfully when I got to Senegal the roads were paved and there were carts.. YAYAYAYAY..
The flight was AWESOME…but I could not fall asleep. My eyes were burning and all but the sleep was no were to be found. South African Airways ran by United was one of the best planes I’ve been in.. and just a side note Peace Corps have to fly on a ran US airplane, hence the flight was ran by United, although its South African Airways.
So got here it was pretty awesome and less chaotic than im use to when traveling to Africa. We were met by the country director and a couple of other staff member. We arrived like 5 in the morning
Then we took a 2hrs bus ride to our center which was not bad at all.. No traffic because it was soo early in the morning. There were lots of goats and horses on the way. We rode on air-conditioned buys and stopped mid ways for a potty break.
We were welcomed in the center with drums.. and these people were so hyped and happy for been up so early. You gotta give it to them.
Each room (there are six of us in our) got their own “guide” they helped us with our bags and showed us our rooms and bathrooms.
Then breakfast, which was baguette with condiments and ovaltine and coffee.
Then we got to nap till lunch… which was AMAZING…then some activities and dinner AMAZING TOO..
I have not had a chance to use the Senegalese bathroom yet since its on the other side of the compound. Well the shower are ok like dorms… pictures to follow.
I just had my French test.. SOOO ill see how bad I did. If I get placed in a French class or a local language.. we shall seel.
the flies are vicious man...
So let’s see, I had my staging(pre-orientation) on Monday. It was pre short and fun.. It felt like freshman year all over again.. Meeting new people, getting to know the college, and about our program and all that jazz.
Then on Tuesday: THE DAY OF DPARTUR.. we then went to the medical center for yellow fever shot.. Which my arm still hurts from..
Then we get to the airport and OFFCOURSE I OVER PACKED.. SO I had o pay $150 for an extra bag. I don’t if I was mad that I had to lug around another bad to my already 4 packs (this includes hand luggage)or I had to pay, which could have been $100 excess. But apparently the bag was too heavy for just the excess.. “it had to be an new bag)..
Thankfully when I got to Senegal the roads were paved and there were carts.. YAYAYAYAY..
The flight was AWESOME…but I could not fall asleep. My eyes were burning and all but the sleep was no were to be found. South African Airways ran by United was one of the best planes I’ve been in.. and just a side note Peace Corps have to fly on a ran US airplane, hence the flight was ran by United, although its South African Airways.
So got here it was pretty awesome and less chaotic than im use to when traveling to Africa. We were met by the country director and a couple of other staff member. We arrived like 5 in the morning
Then we took a 2hrs bus ride to our center which was not bad at all.. No traffic because it was soo early in the morning. There were lots of goats and horses on the way. We rode on air-conditioned buys and stopped mid ways for a potty break.
We were welcomed in the center with drums.. and these people were so hyped and happy for been up so early. You gotta give it to them.
Each room (there are six of us in our) got their own “guide” they helped us with our bags and showed us our rooms and bathrooms.
Then breakfast, which was baguette with condiments and ovaltine and coffee.
Then we got to nap till lunch… which was AMAZING…then some activities and dinner AMAZING TOO..
I have not had a chance to use the Senegalese bathroom yet since its on the other side of the compound. Well the shower are ok like dorms… pictures to follow.
I just had my French test.. SOOO ill see how bad I did. If I get placed in a French class or a local language.. we shall seel.
the flies are vicious man...
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