Hello again everyone! I hope this post finds you all well. Things in Ghana have been waning a bit. This past week I think I hi the bottom of the study abroad S-curve that everyone teaches you about before you leave on your academic adventure. In the beginning of the trip everything was exciting and it was sensory overload all the time. However, this past week I started to get frustrated with everything in this country. When I was eating oatmeal for the umpteenth time for breakfast, I began to get angry that there wasn't enough dietary variety here. When I [View Full Entry]

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I forgot to write about our house's private drumming lessons. Gidi, a member of the band Gouda which I talked about before, is trying to promote his private lessons. One of his friends agreed to use his fancy-shmancy camera gear to take some professional looking pictures of Gidi teaching a bunch of oborunis how to drum. So our entire house tried to look as candid as possible while learning how to drum. Gidi is actually an amazing teacher and is trying to find a way to get to the United States to that he can be with his fiance and get [View Full Entry]

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Hello again to everyone. Again I have been warned by my father about my bad spelling problem, so again I apologize for any mistakes I make. This week has proved very interesting. Since yesterday our house has had to endure a power outage...the first long one we've had since we arrived in Ghana. It turned off yesterday at 11a.m. and didn't return until today at noon. And no power = no fan or light. Last night we were very careful not to burn down the house with all the candles we lit, keeping them anchored in empty beer and Fanta bottles [View Full Entry]

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Hello again everyone. I can't believe how fast the time has gone by. It's been a month since I first set foot in this interesting country. This last week proved most interesting. I started it by going to Medina once again (the large market near us). I explored it much more this time, taking lots of pictures and perfecting my bartering skills. I went a little fabric crazy and made friends with a woman named Lydia who helped me pick out complementing colors to have taylored into shirts and skirts. After our day at the market we were informed that there [View Full Entry]

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I wouldn't go as far as to say that things have come to a stand-still here in Ghana, however, this last week seems to have been fairly laid back. When I first arrived here it was sensory overload all the time and I was constantly learning new things. However, as of right now I feel pretty comfortable with everything. I have become quite accustom to being stared at, honked at, yelled at, and proposed to. Because I am blond haired, blue eyed, and tall, I stick out like the sorest of thumbs here. And being an oburoni (finally the correct spelling [View Full Entry]

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First of all I would like to preface this with an apology to all my former teachers and mentors for my terrible spelling (which my parents have pointed out to me on numerous occasions). Anyway, I can't believe I've been here for 2 weeks. It seems as if I got here yesterday. I now feel very much at home and settled in my little house outside of the university campus. All of my house-mates and I have been getting along swimmingly without any drama or fights (lets hope that lasts). Because I've been experiencing so much, I figured that the best [View Full Entry]

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I'm slowly but surely starting to get the hang of things. Knowing the lay of the land is one thing, finding the essentials like food, water, toilet paper, laundry soap is another. I found out today that absolutely nothing but the internet cafe is open. Therefore you must make sure that you buy food on Saturday so that you can actually eat on Sunday. Church rules this country. People are up at 6am and are in church until noon, I don't know how they do it. The weather is becoming easier to bare. It starts off muggy in the mornings, gets [View Full Entry]

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That's how it feels at the moment...like the calm before the storm. It's like I'm in limbo right now, just waiting to step onto that plane and get off in a completely different world. I mean, in the midst shoveling snow right now and being forced to watch High School Musical with my mother and friend, it's hard to think that in four days I'll be in ninety degree weather, putting on sunscreen and losing all memory of wearing a winter jacket. I can't read anymore about or study the history, people, or culture of Ghana. I just want to experience [View Full Entry]

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So that feeling starts...the feeling that I am about to embark on a life-changing experience; or at least I hope so. I'm ready for warm weather and different food, soda with real sugar and glass bottles, a different culture and way of life. Sure I'm a bit scared and a bit worried, but hey that comes with the territory. What worries me more is making sure I get everything here at home finished before I leave for six months. I'm afraid that I'll become ignorant to things happening around the world, but hey, a change of pace is what I need. [View Full Entry]

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