Second & Third Day

Second & Third Day      8/17/10 - 8/18

I was trying to write my blog on my bed… and of course… I fell asleep in 5 minutes… but I’ll still try to at least blog every other day… cuz these moments are just too precious to forget. And I’ve never even had this much motivation to blog/journal… hmmm but it’s ghana! na mean?!

Ok, starting from yesterday, orientation day 1: ughhhh. SOOOOOO TIRED!!!! i’m surprised i didnt fall asleep… we had to wake up mad early for the orientation and stuff… real business it is… na mean?! and we went to the nyu campus… it’s very diff than i expected… i thought nyu would build a really fancy building for us… i mean, not that i want nyu to, but you know how nyu always spends money on these unnecessary things. but it was small and looked just like any house you would live in… but i guess the homey feeling is nice. its just not very classroom like… we had a quick tour of the entire campus… which took us about 10 mins -_-… and of course, i took a lot of pics… i turned into a photographer since ghana… ive had at least 300 pics in the past 2 days lol…

then we met the officials… i dont remember that ladys name… but the director of the program is a very lovely ghanaian woman… and of course christa is amazing… and a woman of style too! they gave us a rundown of what the program is gonna be like… and that just got me so pumped up for everything… and then they had the police officers give us some tips… which, kinda scared me a lil bit… cuz they talked about how ppl get mugged… and how ppl take your bag from inside a car and drag you along the street… sigh… sad puppies.

then lunch at… ughh i forgot the name but it was our first ghanian meal basically… sampled quite a few ghanaian dishes… and WATERMELON JUICE!! muahaha… watermelon is like my fav food everrrrr.. and fried chicken… and koolaid?! -_- LOLz! and of course, by the end of it, my mouth was burning… even the plantains were spicy… i was suffering… and cuz i have a cut in my mouth, it makes everything even worse. sigh. but its good… and finally got a phone too… its the old fashion nokia phone… and texting is such a pain… but i mean its better than nothing… plus its got radio…and flash light!!! how cool is that?!?!

sigh.. i fell asleep once gain… and now i cant really think clearly but i figured blog has to go on… so here it is…

we spent the whole afternoon getting our phone registered pretty much… then dinner… i feel like all we did was eat…

coming back from dinner.. i went to the airport with the lovely cristann and erin and ughhh i cant remember her name right now but shes nice and stuff… anyways i went to the airport for the 3rd time in the past 2 days lolz… and i talked to the driver while they were picking up their stuff… he was going an hour over time to drive us there and back…and no hes not getting paid for that. and he had to wake up at 4 am the next morning… sad puppies. that made me feel bad… he’s really lovely person tho!!!

Day 3: More orientation… we walked to the campus this morning instead of taking the bus… and it was like a fresh breath of air… finally got to walk the streets of Accra!!! had a lecture in the morning then a lil tour of the city… we went on a bus tour to British Accra, and saw the tombs and all that good stuff… but didnt even get a chance to get off the bus and walk around… but going around the city just makes me wanna go into the city and mingle with the locals… but sigh… cant do so just yet… lunch at frankies again… and that lunch took 3 hours. it was insane. and the RAs wouldnt even let us go downstairs… but i went anyways -_- lolz… and ppl kept trying to sell me stuff… like drugs and errthing… im like… do i look like a smoker?! no -_-. and they keep touching me too… im telling you im gonna touch back… smh.

it started raining during the bus tour… the first rain i experienced in Ghana… it was refreshing… and cooling. Africa’s cool! na mean?!

since lunch took too long walking tour was almost canceled.. but we ended up walking around for a lil bit… and it was sooo fun!!! all kinds of ppl were around… and everybody is so friendly!!! everybody waves to you… and idk where we were.. but out of nowhere came all these lil kids and they were waving and smiling at us… it was the cutest thing everrrrrrrrr omgggggg!!! i love kids so much… and they were also playing how low can you go -___-… smh. thats a major smh. but i danced to it and stuff. and it was nice and stuff.

Sigh… apparently im 21 already… according to ghana time… happy bday to myself… i feel so old -_-.

imma go get one of those flowery shirts for myself… and maybe a bottle of wine… too bad i dont have money -_-.

and by the end of next month, imma learn how to balance stuff on my head… just watch!!!!!

watutu in ghana… its like fish in water… natural! na mean?! how wise. ok bed time..\

oh since i said i wanted to go to egypt to see the pyramids… at least 5 ppl have asked me about details… not to mention those that kept it to themselves… sooo i guess this trip is happening!! and my dream is finally coming true… egypt!!!!!