Minimum number of buckets floating at the bottom of my village well, as of November: 6 Maximum number of pounds lost by a male volunteer from my stage: 60 Total ETs from my group, out of 30 people: 5 Days that admin closed the Tamba regional house to prevent a Halloween party from occurring there [...]
Today I uploaded photos of Molly’s village, Cory and Josh’s village, random stuff around my hut, and the Tamba women’s retreat. Plus, I offer you your first hints of the glory of donkeys (hint 1, hint 2). Go. Listen. Believe.
Since the timing of Ramadan goes by the lunar calendar, the dates change, moving something like ten or eleven days ahead every year. The imams watch for the moon, and then announce holidays based on when it shows up or disappears. Yet here at least there always seems to be some debate over when exactly [...]
Times the village TV has been turned on since Alahji returned to Spain: 1 Minimum number of clandestine card playing sessions held while the heads of household were out of the village: 4 Motorcycles (not mopeds… motorcycles) bought by my village father: 1 Lowest temperature observed in my hut, in degrees Fahrenheit: 74 Approximate hours [...]
So I had just finished typing my Month 11 post and was looking through photos to upload… when the iBook screen flickered and died. I think it’s the video card. I think getting tech support from Africa is going to be a pain. I think I’m very, very sad. So until I get the thing [...]
This week was really only good for being sick and being the week before I go to Thies to help out with Pre-Service Training, so in lieu of any new content of my own devising… Go check out Josh and Cory’s photos: they’ve got a great collection, which they have organized very handily into exciting [...]
I posted a few Month 11 photos today. Card games, a donkey, and corn. What more could a girl want?