Well guys. Bad news: still no computer. It is so sad! I want all my picture off of it soooo bad! I am scared of losing them forever. Anyway, the last few weeks have been busy. School is starting to pick up and I don't like it one bit. I had a HUGE paper that I just finished. It is due in the morning. It was about the counterculture movement in th 60's in America and if the rock music of that era was political. Pretty interesting...except not. And I have another paper due Wednesday for my English class. Luckily, it is about a very good book called Venture to the Interior. I would definitely recommend this book...talks about South Africa after WW2 and compares European/African life...even uses some Afrikaans words! Very good book, I like ... read more

Nothing too exciting today. Just a few random stories. I just got back from the grocery store. I had class @ 9 and then I got together with a girl from Ireland to work on our project for tomorrow morning. Tuesday mornings we work in a classroom together at Kayamandi. I think I already talked about how crazy/hectic this experience is. Tomorrow will be our 2 day and our task given by the teacher was to make labels of the body parts to stick on a drawing of the body. This is a bit complicated because the kids don't know English and I don't think they can read. We found out the names in Xhosa and then wrote the English word next to it. While printing all the words and cutting it up I couldn't help ... read more

So today was my first day of classes! I had a history class at 9 this morning. I was so tired because I went to bed at like 2 in the morning again. I NEED MORE SLEEP! haha...My class was interesting. It was only like 10 mins long and the professor was super young. It was definitely in Afrikaans....it switched though, like half the sentence would be in English then it would go to Afrikaans. A super nice girl sat next to me from Zimbabwe and she took my number and was like Oh my gosh you're from America...call me if you have any questions! She was really helpful! She goes, " so does it sound like we have accents to you?" I was like oh my gosh yes! Like hardcore. And she laughed and thought ... read more

So I know this is sad, but I am so excited to finally have internet! This morning I rolled out of bed, literally, and walked my computer back to the internet place (2 time) and they fixed it! So I can finally put up pictures and email without paying for it. The last week has been crazy, it is all starting to blur together now. The last 2 days were 2 major events for Jool for the school. It is SO WEIRD....so basically everyone runs around with their housing group (kinda like frats or sororities) and sings and dances and has competitions. Thursday were the trolly races. Trollies being grocery carts. They set up this huge course, block off the roads, and THOUSANDS of people are there dressed in matching clothes with their group and cheering ... read more

Hey everyone! So I will not have free internet access until next Thursday(ish) so I still cannot put up any pictures. I haven't actually taken too many because I am scared to use my nice new camera because everyone keeps saying not to bring too many belongings with you when you are out. You may get robbed! And since we walk everywhere....ya, I will be taking some soon though. I hope pictures can give everyone a clear picture of this place but it just wont be the same. It is like nothing I have every seen! Feels like Palm Springs, CA but 10X better scenery. Everyone here looks like they should be stars in Hollywood...like Laguna Beach! It is quite crazy and different then you would think. The last 2 days I have been in orientations ... read more