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Published: August 8th 2006
Sooooo right now I'm still in the (relatively) tame locale of Dallas, Texas, but I am doing so much reading on Ghana and Africa and a variety of potential research topics that I feel like I am already in the "field," that is, GHANA!! I am going to be arriving in Accra, the capital of Ghana, on September 1, 2006. Even after all the reading and websearching I have done, I still don't know what to expect... which is thrilling. I will be there for 3 and a half months through the School for International Training (SIT). From what I know about the program we will just be immersed in to the Ghanaian culture, starting with a homestay about a week after we arrive. Like the dork I am, I have already started practicing the language. Even though the "official" language is English, I want to be able to speak (what I think is) the "people's" language. My worst fear is being called an "obruni" !! (Wow, I just got the feeling that I will be looking back over this many months from now and thinking "worst fear, confirmed." Nooo! hahaa - stay tuned to find out!)
So for the next few weeks I will be visiting as many people as I can in the States. I just said goodbye to my twin sister, Melanie which was pretty sad. I won't be seeing her again until December = we won't be celebrating our birthday together! :*(
Anyway, here is the schedule:
Dallas til tomorrow
August 9-14: Austin, Texas visiting my dad
August 14-22: Houston, Texas visiting my boyfriend, friends, and taking care of stuff at Rice
August 22-25: New York City with Priya and Rachel Green aka my future roomies for Spring 2007 aka R.Kelli Katari 😊
August 25-28: Philadelphia, PA visiting my mom's side of the family
August 28-30: Brielle and Freehold, NJ visiting my dad's side of the family
August 31: NEW YORK CITY ---> flight to Accra (via Amsterdam) leaving at 10 pm that night!!!
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Jim Newman
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Bean, It was great being able to talk to you today. Sounds like you are adjusting quite well to Ghana in genral and the lack and/or unreliability of mocern conveniences. Glad the weather is good and that you survived your frolic in the mighty Atlantic. Big Krystal-Alex wedding tomorrow and big UT-Ohio State game on Saturday. Thanks for keeping in touch. Love, Dad