First Day in Ghana!!!

First day in GHANA!!!   8/15/10

Just a forewarn this blog is prolly gonna run really long… but patience is a virtue and stuff. So here we go.

It really didn’t hit me yet when i was on the plane… I was still in the packing and rushing mode… I was basically just following what was supposed to happen… and I watched the losers on the plane. it was dahling. and they played eenie meenie, by just bibs. of course. and then they played baby, by j bibs too of course. it was a live version. and i almost didnt recognize the song. sigh… And I fell asleep. But the moment I got out of the plane and saw the huge “Akwaaba” (Welcome) sign… my heart started pumping like crazy… it was the most wonderful feeling ever. I overheard this guy saying he’s from nyu… and as always i crept up to him and introduced myself, sort of. And I was joking we might be roommates. And we are. -_-. smh. So we went thru immigration… and the first thing we saw was this… 

I thought it was funny first… until I was informed that “sexual deviants” refer to, basically, the lgbt community. Not so cool. But funny still.

We met up with the rest of the group, and this very nice guy Chris was awaiting us… we got into the bus and drove off. Little did we know, we got to the house/dorm we’re living in. And it’s a HUMONGOUS house in Labone!!! We got a balcony right next to my bed… and a huge living room… it’s just… the perfect house to live in. Rosemary and Calvin are the 2 wonderful RAs we have here… they are all recent college graduates and they are the sweeeeeeetest people I know!!! Anyways… I thought I would be really tired and pass out… but no, I could not hold back the excitement… every time the thought came to me that I’M IN AFRICA, I’d smile. Can’t even help it. Well I was smiling the whole time… So I talked to the 2 wonderful RAs.. Calvin is an artist… and has paintings and all that good stuff… very cool…

OKKKK so the first place we went to was this place called Frankie’s. The food is very Americanized. I don’t approve. PLUS, as opposed to common belief, the prices were really expensive. REALLY EXPENSIVE. I spent 14 cedis (equivalent to 10 dollars) on lunch… which is like the prices you pay in NYC… anywhoodles I got this dish called Jollof chicken… it was good… but… spicy. well nobody else thought it was spicy… but… well. IT’S SPICY!! And apparently EVERYTHING is spicy… sigh. im screwed -_-. And then we talked about why we picked Ghana… and I just kept rambling… talking about how I’ve had a dream… that one day… i could go visit the pyramids and stuff… and it was dahling. I just had to so much to get out…

On our way back, someone waved to us… and I waved back. And they all thought I was weird and stuff. But this is called friendly, na mean?! So that inspired me to wave to every single person I see… well… now it’s getting kinda weird. But everybody, almost everybody, waved back, with a smile!!!!!!!! It was the most dahling feeling everr!!!! I never felt so welcomed before…

Shortly after, the second group got in… I raced out the door to go meet all of them… I said Akwaaba to all of them and helped them with their bags and stuff. how nice of me and stuff! And I mixed up this girl named Lauren with Candis… and I gave her an awkward hug. And it was awk and stuff. but it was nice and stuff. so… yeah. it was nice -_-.

I went to lunch again with them… and met 2 other RAs, Abigail and Kingsley. and we went to this other place called Churcheese. And again, it’s americanized. but the same dish here costs only 8 -___-. smh… such a rip off. But I saw this woman here wearing a Jesus shirt… and I approached her and has a lil convo with her… and she invited me to church… well I invited myself. But I found Jesus… so quickly.. na mean?! And I talked to the waitress at the restaurant and she basically said… everything here is spicy. sigh… it’s gonna be pretty tough and stuff. sigh.

Cuz I couldn’t stay still… i went to the airport with Calvin again to pick the last group up… calvin is a really interesting guy… he listens to so much american music… he even knows the dream… and i know a lot of ppl that dont… lawlz. how dahling!

And I talked to more bus drivers and more random people… I got a lot of stares, as the only asian guy in the entire airport… i would always smile back tho. i was soooo excited… i couldnt even control myself… my mouth just never shut… this is actually the first time i actually closed my mouth as i sat down and started the blog lolz…

christa, the program director, was there too… ive had… i dont even know how many people tell me to give her a hug. so i gave her 4 hugs. and she was dahling. and it was a dahling moment. and marian, who has been emailing me back and forth… well… she emailed me quite a few times.. and i never responded to her -_- smh… long story short (well its gotten pretty long already…), the last group got here.

And we came back to Church Crescent (the name of our place), and Rosemary sent me to show everybody around and all that… and I helped them pick up the bags and stuff. Everyone thought I was an RA… so I crowned myself the RAA (RA assistant lawlz…). and they believed me and stuff. such a lawl!

But yeah… now I’m just chilling at valentinas room… sigh. im not sleepy at all… not jet leg no nothing… all i wanna do is get out of here and meet the neighbors… and meet all the ppl… sigh…

it’s only my first day here. but i already know that this is gonna be the BEST time of my life… not one of. BEST.

i lovvveeee Ghana… and Ghana loves me. so.

we’re married.