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| new born babe...first time mom |
Malila
Friday, July 08, 2011
Baby Season
Walking down the street on our way to visit my friend's friend newborn baby and I run into my tutor who is going to the hospital, because his wife just gave birth to a baby girl! In my concession every time babies are brought up we talk about Koniaba, my host sister-in-law, who got married last October. My younger host brother and I say she is pregnant with twins and when they're born it will be a girl and a boy. The girl's name of course will be Jacqueline-Sita Kone! My togo-ma or namesake. It is such an honor to have a new born baby take your name, my host mom recently got one and she talked about it incessantly for a while. I would like to leave knowing there is a Jacqueline-Sita in my village before returning to the states.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011
Ruthless Mosquitoes
They are terrible insects that prey on every possible surface of your body. I was bit on the bottom of my feet! Unfortunately the peace corps house in Sikasso has a a limited amount of mosquito nets. So for the first night I stayed there I was without a net. I counted 10 bites alone on my left hand. It was ridiculously hot, because the power was out. Usually the fans help keep the mosquitoes at bay. Also the medical cabinet in the house had no mosquito repellant! fml. So there I was lying in bed with long pants, socks, a long sleeve shirt, and a sheet draped across my face. I am trying my best not to itch, because I learned the hard way last year when my itching led to a bacterial skin infection.
checkers here just ain't the same
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| Malian Checker Board |
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| Zaba, it tastes just like sour patch kids |
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| my tutor gave me an incredibly old English book to read interesting... |
...ghost machine...
Someone please watch Casper and tell me if this is not the ghost machine. I went to a technical school and saw this in the corner covered in dust.
Current conversation among pcvs and malians: During lightning storms does carrying a cell phone increase your chances of being struck by lightning? Well I guess it couldn't help.
Apparently in Mali, four people were killed last week using their cell phones. Also, lightning can strike through windows.
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