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Published: November 22nd 2006
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Somehow, this entire semester is almost over. This is our last full week, our last week of class, our last week of internships. We have just a week left in Namibia, and I'm pretty much freaking out about having to leave. I really love this country. Like a lot. And I can't believe that the time flew by so quickly. Right now the only consolations are the fact that I don't have to leave these people yet, we still have 10 days together in Cape Town after we leave that promise to be an absolute blast, and I'll routinely be able to drop in conversations, "Back when I was in Nam..." All the bumper stickers and abbreviations for Namibia are Nam, which I find funny.
This has been one of the easiest semesters I've ever had...I have learned a ton that I never knew before, but not a lot of that came from work in classes. A big chunk of the work that we do have though is this week...which is not how I want to spend my last week here. Then I just have to remind myself that I just have to make over a C-, which is a
given, and all will be okay.
We have big integrative projects that have to creatively be a final project for our History, Political Science, Development classes and Internships. I'm doing mine on orphans and vulnerable children...and while the research has yet to begin, the creative part is pretty much done, and I'm so excited about it. I gave three kids at my internship disposable cameras and gave them a list of things to take pictures of. Two of them are orphans and live with extended family and one is considered a vulnerable child, which I should probably figure out what that actually means before my project. They were supposed to take pictures of things that scare them, things that are important to them, role models, etc. The fact that I got all three cameras back in itself is pretty amazing, but that I got some really great pictures and stories from the kids- and not 27 pictures of themself or that were black was way more than I hoped for. That's made my internship a lot of fun this past week, because the kids are just as excited about the pictures as I am. Friday is the big Christmas
Windhoek
2 and a half months later I decided to take a few pictures of where I live Party for all the kids at the center where I work. I was sure that I would miss the party...because who would have thought that the Christmas party would be the day after Thanksgiving? The glorious part about being a kid in Namibia around Christmas...it's an outdoor pool party. I don't think the employees of all the stores who have to wear wool Santa hats in 90 degree heat probably agree though.
Not a lot of really exciting things have happened the past week though- there's been a whole lot of going out and visiting all of our favorite places in Windhoek. All of our urban host families were invited over for a pot luck of sorts last Friday. My family however failed to show up at all, so I was family-less for the night. But at least my family didn't show up with goat tongue like another family did.
Sunday we went to Okahandja which is a market town about 45 minutes away to try and get some shopping done. We were told that it's best to go there to get the good deals...but some since it was sunday morning and we were the only 3 people
Post St Mall
and large meteorites? I know random there the good deals were hard to come by. I'm sure they get away with some of the prices they told us- but we are much wiser than that. One guy tried to get us to pay N$400 for something a girl had just bought last week for N$20. I think I'm also just not a very friendly bargainer. We'd been told to take stuff to trade- I tried my best to get rid of the ridiculous number of sunglasses and new socks I have but without much luck. We didi end up gettng some good buys in the end and the ridiculousness of most of the trip made it pretty fun.
That's pretty much it, Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow! We're having a big dinner with all of our staff...and we even invited the guy that named Namibia. Last I heard we were still on a hunt for a turkey but I have faith in our kitchen staff!
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