This blog is just an update of events in the past 2 weeks since I haven't written anything.
Honestly, there hasn't been beaucoup des choses going on.
In Africa, people wear a fabric called tissue. It's essentially a tightly-woven cotton fabric of toutes les qualitiés. Some is horrid, some beautiful. It all comes with some kind of pattern or motif. The tissue is taken to a teilleur who can make just about any article of clothing you can draw. What's really great is that Western ideas of what it is to dress like a man haven't influenced Beninese culture.
No joking, men wear tissue that is bright pink with purple lace and red hearts.
All this to say: most of the tissue is not of my taste. However, last weekend je suis allé au marche avec Jamie, Erin and David and I found 3 patterns that are pretty decent. I took them to the teilleur along with my Express, vintage-fit dress shirt, and am having 3 shirts made. Pictures to follow.
Also, Erin and I are positive that we'll get to enjoy Ginger Snaps sometime in the future ;)
My Malaria medication gives me acid reflux to the max and the doctor suggested I take other medication to allow my Malaria medication to work better. I said no. I will be changing Malaria medication in the near future.
There's beaucoup des photos but Erin and I are figuring out the logistics of transfer.
Soul food was made at the last cooking session. I.....was very happy ;)
I've had some grumpy days--Rob, Erin knows your pain :)
Now that the Teaching English as a Foreign Language stagiers are in Model School we have to be at school by 7:30 and stay until about 17:30. Teaching is great! I'm still stubborn and stay up until atleast 22:30
And perhaps the most important thing, in the last 2 weeks I have realized, resented, and accepted the fact that I am in Africa for 2 years.
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3 comments:
love the ginger-snaps comment...tres tres funny!!
oh man, i miss you guys so much already! i suppose the sparse blog updates will have to suffice though (*tear*)...
btw, i am working on sending you guys a package soon, hopefully it will get there before the end of stage!
"And perhaps the most important thing, in the last 2 weeks I have realized, resented, and accepted the fact that I am in Africa for 2 years." Still working on the accepting part of that:) Miss you so much and love you!
Hey, I remember from our phone calls that you switched malaria medication, but im not sure if i followed up re: how it is working. any side effects? Also, tre funny... my mom thought your shirts were really made out of our equivalent of tissue paper. (And of course my dad pointed out how illogical that would be... that it would tear very easily. generally just a standard entertaining convo between my folks!
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