well I thought it was time for another blog entry so here goes. I have spent the last 40 or so hours in bed.... not sure what I ate but wow it did not go well. I honestly dont think that food poisoning or whatever this is is as bad in canada.... I have been sick twice now since arriving and it is terrible. Anyways I am starting to feel better so thats at least good.
So I thought I should say a thank you to Tessa and everyone who wrote messages and put pictures into my photo album. I was in need of a laugh / smile and it helped today.
So as of tomorrow I will have been here for one month... weird it has gone very fast now only 4 and a bit months left. Anyways I am sure it wll fly by!
Maybe I will just make a list of all the things that I have forgot to mention in the last while....
1) little children here... most of them dont know very much english but if they know some they usually know how to say "how are you" which they all yell as you walk along the street... continuously... if they know any other phrases it is often... "give me your money" or just "money" with their hands out reached..... enough said.
2) Michelle and Julie... the other two volunteers I am working with have been great so far. We have a blast and it is usually constant sarcasm. The two of them have not quite acclimatized to the heat as I have and I enjoy reminding them as the sweat runs down their faces haha.
3) Driving... I know I mentioned it before but wow I do not know how there are not soo many more accidents. The other day i was walking along the side of the road and a matatu swerved off the road to come around the far side of the telephone pole... where the sidewalk would be... it didnt even pause for me to literally dive out of the way. On top of that... they often have far more people than can actually fit inside so people just hang out the door or onto the side... safety is clearly not paramount here.
4) Getting ripped off. Oh the joys of being a muzungo (european or white person). Prices pretty much just double or triple for you and even if you know the correct price half the time it doesnt matter. Taking a matatu to town should cost 25 shillings the guy the other day wanted something absurd like 70... I laughed.. handed him the 25 and got out.. which was lucky tho because half the time they wont let you out till they have had the chance to overcharge u.
5) Dancing and singing. I sat in amazement on an outreach the other day. We brought along a PA system and were blasting music to attract people to come watch... within minutes there was around 200 children age 3-10 all dancing. I suppose this isnt anything amazing but almost every kid out there was dancing as if they were in a club and with more skill than any adult white person. So different how dancing and singing are encouraged at all points down here. Totally different than in our culture.
ok I am feeling like I may die again.. so I am going to go home. Hope everyone is doing well! miss you all lots
Jessie
No comments:
Post a Comment