mr. sunshine
yay! rainy season's finally and officially over... i've been saying it in hopes of it going away for weeks, but it was finally gone when i got back from zanzibar. the road that we live on is dried up in all parts that aren't under a tree.
zanzibar was beautiful and the conference was super busy and a lot of work, but fun- nice to meet different and interesting people. i was getting sick of arusha so it was nice to get out and have conversations with new people. the lawyers at the conference were from different african countries and malaysia and they were all very nice and friendly. the only person i didn't like was the bossy lady from canada... she was really anal and reminded me of most things that i hate about home.. for meals, i used to sit away from the dining area and at a coffee table with a view of the beach and different people would always come and join me. the man from malaysia is president of a human rights place there, and also a poet and was nominated for a nobel prize for literature and he was really nice to me and would come and chat with me and gave me a book of his poetry and a pin that says 'no detainment without trial'... i didn't go to the beach at all because you had to take a security guard because of muggings... it was fun but so busy, i was happy to leave a day early. but i overestimated how much time it would take for me to get to the airport. and then i wasn't allowed into the airport for two hours so i sat outside of it and read... and then this old man who's ancestors are mostly from oman and a little bit from india invited me to sit in his office and chat for an hour. he was really friendly and told me about what he thinks the important things are in life... i met a lot of kindred spirits on the trip and it really made me happy.
then friday was j and sg's wedding. it was fun to spend the day with her and she looked really beautiful in her dress. ch was her maid of honor and had an applegreen dress made. the wedding was a lot of them being on stage and a lot of pictures being taken, and speeches made. her parents had sent a letter which they read out loud in both english and swahili. i'm really happy for them.. now they're in zanzibar on their honeymoon.
the new person from canada that'll be here for three months is supposedly arriving today. i feel bad because none of us know anything about when or how he'll get here. i hope everything works out for him.
my swahili teacher that was sick passed away last week. i had just sent him a text message two weeks before and he wrote that he was doing well. he had a really positive attitude about his sickness. it makes me sad to read my swahili notes and see the stuff that he wrote in my book. i hope his family is doing okay.
ju gets back in a week and a half. i can't wait. i like work and stuff but something's a little stale about arusha for me. i get mad to have too many aquaintences and not enough real friends.
it seems like now i'll stick to july 1st for coming home because time is passing so quickly, but we'll see.
i'm thinking of maybe climbing kilimanjaro with my swedish friend before leaving...
not much else. love, ganga
zanzibar was beautiful and the conference was super busy and a lot of work, but fun- nice to meet different and interesting people. i was getting sick of arusha so it was nice to get out and have conversations with new people. the lawyers at the conference were from different african countries and malaysia and they were all very nice and friendly. the only person i didn't like was the bossy lady from canada... she was really anal and reminded me of most things that i hate about home.. for meals, i used to sit away from the dining area and at a coffee table with a view of the beach and different people would always come and join me. the man from malaysia is president of a human rights place there, and also a poet and was nominated for a nobel prize for literature and he was really nice to me and would come and chat with me and gave me a book of his poetry and a pin that says 'no detainment without trial'... i didn't go to the beach at all because you had to take a security guard because of muggings... it was fun but so busy, i was happy to leave a day early. but i overestimated how much time it would take for me to get to the airport. and then i wasn't allowed into the airport for two hours so i sat outside of it and read... and then this old man who's ancestors are mostly from oman and a little bit from india invited me to sit in his office and chat for an hour. he was really friendly and told me about what he thinks the important things are in life... i met a lot of kindred spirits on the trip and it really made me happy.
then friday was j and sg's wedding. it was fun to spend the day with her and she looked really beautiful in her dress. ch was her maid of honor and had an applegreen dress made. the wedding was a lot of them being on stage and a lot of pictures being taken, and speeches made. her parents had sent a letter which they read out loud in both english and swahili. i'm really happy for them.. now they're in zanzibar on their honeymoon.
the new person from canada that'll be here for three months is supposedly arriving today. i feel bad because none of us know anything about when or how he'll get here. i hope everything works out for him.
my swahili teacher that was sick passed away last week. i had just sent him a text message two weeks before and he wrote that he was doing well. he had a really positive attitude about his sickness. it makes me sad to read my swahili notes and see the stuff that he wrote in my book. i hope his family is doing okay.
ju gets back in a week and a half. i can't wait. i like work and stuff but something's a little stale about arusha for me. i get mad to have too many aquaintences and not enough real friends.
it seems like now i'll stick to july 1st for coming home because time is passing so quickly, but we'll see.
i'm thinking of maybe climbing kilimanjaro with my swedish friend before leaving...
not much else. love, ganga
posted by ganga @ 3:59 AM
1 Comments:
At 4:19 AM,
Spc. Freeman said…
"Thinking of climbing Kilimanjaro"
Wow. The fact that you can say that makes me pale with envy. Very cool.
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