Misellaneous interesting tidbits/funnies from the week thus far:
The day before yesterday we walked by a house with about 12-15 clearly drunken guys blasting music. This seems to be a common occurrence here and the music is usually horrible house/techno crap (in my opinion)...but not this time!!! This time they were blasting Phil Collins! It made me tear up a little.
A few days ago we heard a rumor about this guy that sells sandwiches out of his house. Tony and a few other trainees went in search of this secret sandwich man and were able to track him down. The sandwich consists of 2-4 slices of bread, a giant slice of Peloni (still not sure exactly what this mystery meat is), a giant sausage, french fries, and some sort of strange mango acai sauce??? I don't know...but it was pretty damn good. He will also make you a grilled cheese or french fries and he sells giant sodas. So basically he's like Jesus. Our own personal sandwich jesus.
Celine Dion is creepily popular...
Tony tried to make Paap the other day he totally did it way wrong. This made our host mom laugh for about 30 minutes straight. To the point where she almost cried and actually went outside and invited the kids and other random people inside to see Tony's failed attempt at cooking Paap.
According to the Setswana dictionary the word "laba" means "to pick something out of the eye with the tongue."
Random people continuously stop us when we're walking home to ask if we're ok or if we need anything. One guy even offered us his phone number so we could call him in case anyone messed with us.
****In response to a couple of questions:
Yes! Tony and I are together. We were told throughout the whole application/interview process that we would be split up for training but when we got here they told us we'd actually be together. :)
Both of us ate the chicken feet. Tony liked them, I did not. We also had livers for dinner the other night. I tried really hard to put it in my mouth but ultimately I decided that the best option for me was to shovel them onto Tony's plate while no one was looking and pretend like I ate them.
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Phil Collins = YES!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you guys made it there safely. So glad you guys are together. So glad you put a blog up so we can keep up with you. So glad to just know you two - what you're doing is incredible.
I'm now e-stalking you via RSS so keep the posts comin'!
That is awesome! Can't believe that Phil Collins and Celine Dion are popular over there! Hysterical. Keep up with the updates. I mailed Tony a letter on Wednesday. Let me know if you all get it. The sandwiches sound quite yummy - even if there is mystery meat in them.
ReplyDeleteoh good god. oh. good. god. did you stop outside the house with phil collins and dance a little? are you trying to make nice with the jesus sandwich man? i would.
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