Hey.
So... my internship might be a changin. my supervisor doesnt really believe in schedules or telling me whats happening ever.. so im hoping to change to something new.. im meeting with an american girl tonight who has been in a village near here for a year with the peace corps, she works in eco tourism and if it sounds like i like her organization, i might be switching it up. inchallah.
Life here is still hot. im still sweating everyday, no worries. and my family here is amazing. i wish you all could meet them. Kaba is like my older brother whos probably around 30. i live with him and his wife Ara, Badu, a friend of the family's who is prob around my age; Sidy another boyaround my age, Ndiawar, a boy around 16 or 17 who is like my best friend - who doesnt speak very good french which makes for interesting conversation...; Binetou, my other bff who is a little girl about 10 years old; a little boy, probably 5 named Lamine who is adorable and a big trouble maker. There are the "mom's" Nafi and Hadi and random people who live in the back houses in our complex who i still continue to meet... Kaba speaks pretty good french and Ndiarwar a little but for the rest of the time its Wolof only... so my wolof has been improving but it seems as though my french is slowly deteriorating... and i can no longer really understand the nasaly french accent after being accustomed to the African take on the language.
i'm getting to know the village a little more each day... yesterday eva and i went out to the field with a friend to pick white bissap - which is used as a seasoning. but red bissap s a good juice they make and eva and i found the random house with the fridge that sells frozen bissap in little bags...mmm deliciousness...
i dunno what else. we eat dinner all together around a big bowl, some of us with our hands only, under the stars in our courtyard with the light of a flashlight that usually ends up being my cell phone.
i don't pee at night after dark cuz there's too many cockroaches in there...
um, my senegalese name is Ayesha, or Aissatou, or Binetou... or toubab, obviously.
okay, i dunno what else there is... i'm taking lots of pictures, no worries, so lemme know when i get back if you wanna see 'em.
mucho amor.
ba ci kanem, inchallah
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sounds fun. what do you actually do during the day? why do they rely on your cell phone for dinner? (like, they don't have a lantern or something?) do you like eating w/ your hands?
i hope you're enjoying the weather there. here it's like 35* and rainy and always cloudy...very depressing. do you get to swim?
oh, i can put your pictures in a photo gallery online somewhere if you want people to see them. could host it at the sahagun family site. let me know; it'd be pretty easy to do.
Hi, I've enjoyed reading your blogs and I am looking forward to seeing your pictures. I just got back from NYC rats and an occasional roach in the subways. Not as exciting as you village wildlife. Hope you are having fun.
xo
Margaret
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