This is about me missing my family and friends in the states. I have kept in touch with more people then I thought I would have. You would never believe how much a letter, picture, card or email means when you are very far away from your norm. To have a blog is a good ideal but I think that it can be done from both sides me and those in the states. It allows them to have information about me and my doings just as much as it would allow me to check on the same for them. Or to at least have a webpage that you could keep up with small updates and pictures.
Well since my family and I are both missing each other I think I will be coming/going home very soon. I was making plans to come home in December but people are telling me to come for the summer break and not winter. So I will be checking into airplane tickets to check the cost I hope it’s not too much. I don’t have cash like that even though I have been saving I still have to think about the cost of me being home and going out. And I hope to get to see as many people as possible and go out every day of the weekend and maybe even some week nights. But first is a must needed shopping trip.
The Best Quote: From my brother “What you don’t come home till next year. Oh no you have to come home now. I miss me litter sis.”
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Part 2 The Gambia
The Gambia has been a wonderful place to be. I have enjoyed my time with the people, cultural, customs, and life style. When coming to this country I came with a very open mind and low expectations. I believe that me coming here without knowing much about the country and have low expectations has opened me up to the Gambia. If I would have come with an ideal in mind of how life was to be I think I would have been disappointed but because I didn’t I have not had any real disappointing points since being here. I have not had the chance to see the entire (most) of the country but my travels will come.
Lately the weather has been my problem with all the heat. It has been regularly 37 or 39 Celsius (roughly about 100 plus degrees) like every day. The night time does get better but its not all to cold. The season is about to change again and now its time for the rains to come. I don’t think I will like it any much more then I like this hot season. Why because now it will be very hard to stay clean and dry. The one thing that all the change has brought about is fruit. I have been eating so many mangoes, guava, cashews (both the nut and the fruit), jack fruit, and other random local fruits. I will have to put up pictures for you to see what some of these things look like. Some are things I have never seen or even heard of.
Lately the weather has been my problem with all the heat. It has been regularly 37 or 39 Celsius (roughly about 100 plus degrees) like every day. The night time does get better but its not all to cold. The season is about to change again and now its time for the rains to come. I don’t think I will like it any much more then I like this hot season. Why because now it will be very hard to stay clean and dry. The one thing that all the change has brought about is fruit. I have been eating so many mangoes, guava, cashews (both the nut and the fruit), jack fruit, and other random local fruits. I will have to put up pictures for you to see what some of these things look like. Some are things I have never seen or even heard of.
Part 3 My Host Family
The host family that I am living with has been great to me. As I said before they enjoyed the visit from my mom. The have decided that she was such a nice and loving person to honor her. That will be done in the way of giving the new baby her name (a little African namesake). That is if the baby is a girl. Two of the older brothers recently got married to their first wife (not sure yet how many they will stop at). The one older sister (younger then me by 1 or 2 years) was married in the fall and has since left the house to live with her husband and his family. As the family continues to grow and spread out am trying my best to keep up with all the names and ceremonies that are taking place.
This is the season for programs to take place. I have been very busy with all types of works that I have cost me to miss a few programs but I plan to try my best to show up. There have been many naming ceremonies and weddings. A few congratulation parties for getting promoted at work or within the village and a few sad and unexpected funerals have taken place with in or around my village.
The one things about programs taking place is it allows you the chance to get dressed up. I have now the small but very nice collection of cultural/local outfit. And with more programs to take place my wardrobe will only get bigger. The fabric here is beautiful and relatively cheap (remember am getting paid just as much as the or a little more then my counter parts). And to get the fabric tailored is just as inexpensive for me since I have yet to get and all out fabulous outfit made.
This is the season for programs to take place. I have been very busy with all types of works that I have cost me to miss a few programs but I plan to try my best to show up. There have been many naming ceremonies and weddings. A few congratulation parties for getting promoted at work or within the village and a few sad and unexpected funerals have taken place with in or around my village.
The one things about programs taking place is it allows you the chance to get dressed up. I have now the small but very nice collection of cultural/local outfit. And with more programs to take place my wardrobe will only get bigger. The fabric here is beautiful and relatively cheap (remember am getting paid just as much as the or a little more then my counter parts). And to get the fabric tailored is just as inexpensive for me since I have yet to get and all out fabulous outfit made.
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