It's not a normal day in dakar unless...
1) A fly attacks my face
2) The power goes out 3 or 4 times.
3) The power goes out in the computer lab and I loose a really long personal email I was writing.
4) I notice a baobab tree on my normal 30 minute walk to school that I had never noticed before.
5) I eat something new.
6) I pull a bone out of something new I've eaten.
7) I go into a gas station (here it's either "Elton" or "On the Run") just to savor the air conditioning.
8) I think of Austin at least three times.
9) I miss my road bike.
10) I miss my family.
11) I greet someone (a stranger) in wolof and they get a huge grin on their face and we end up having a 5 minute conversation, usually ending with "come by here tommorrow, I'll teach you wolof"
12) I buy a banana from one of my fruit stand friends: either Mamadou or Carolyn.
13) I pass my favorite goat friend Sparticus.
14) I wonder when sparticus will no longer be there.
15) Someone is frustrated because they can't understand my french.
16) About 5 taxi cabs pull over as if I had waved them down on my way to school.
17) About 15 taxis honk at me on my way to school.
18) I smell something that disgusts me (pile of trash, rotting fish, stagnant water).
19) I learn 3 or 5 new sentences in wolof.
20) I sit on the second story of Suffolk University and watch the ocean a while.
21) The bakset weavers I pass on my way to school invite me to drink tea (attayah) with them.
22) I barter the price for a taxi, and even if I use wolof, still feel a bit ripped off because I am a toubab (white).
23) Have to tell several begger children I have no money. (lie).
24) I think about how much I love my new host family.
25) I wish I could remember everything to share with people back home.
2) The power goes out 3 or 4 times.
3) The power goes out in the computer lab and I loose a really long personal email I was writing.
4) I notice a baobab tree on my normal 30 minute walk to school that I had never noticed before.
5) I eat something new.
6) I pull a bone out of something new I've eaten.
7) I go into a gas station (here it's either "Elton" or "On the Run") just to savor the air conditioning.
8) I think of Austin at least three times.
9) I miss my road bike.
10) I miss my family.
11) I greet someone (a stranger) in wolof and they get a huge grin on their face and we end up having a 5 minute conversation, usually ending with "come by here tommorrow, I'll teach you wolof"
12) I buy a banana from one of my fruit stand friends: either Mamadou or Carolyn.
13) I pass my favorite goat friend Sparticus.
14) I wonder when sparticus will no longer be there.
15) Someone is frustrated because they can't understand my french.
16) About 5 taxi cabs pull over as if I had waved them down on my way to school.
17) About 15 taxis honk at me on my way to school.
18) I smell something that disgusts me (pile of trash, rotting fish, stagnant water).
19) I learn 3 or 5 new sentences in wolof.
20) I sit on the second story of Suffolk University and watch the ocean a while.
21) The bakset weavers I pass on my way to school invite me to drink tea (attayah) with them.
22) I barter the price for a taxi, and even if I use wolof, still feel a bit ripped off because I am a toubab (white).
23) Have to tell several begger children I have no money. (lie).
24) I think about how much I love my new host family.
25) I wish I could remember everything to share with people back home.
posted by Kendle at 3:52 AM
5 Comments:
What a great entry. It reminds me of the millions of little things I noticed every day in NZ and makes me want to go notice a hundred million more in Senegal. Parth and I are in an AIDS in Africa class, and it makes me think of you all the time. And I keep thinking I see you around campus. C'est la vie, mon amie. I hope I just accidentally called you my girlfriend.
This sounds really fantastic. I am so excited for you. I still don't have a computer I can just sit down and write on (it arrives on the 20th), but as soon as I get it you can expect a real email I promise. I think about you alot and have a proposition for you when you get back. We'll talk about it later.
I just made a $100 purchase and Extrabux gave me $20 just for clicking 1 link.
I miss you.
hey kendle this is claire. glad ur having a good time in africa.
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