Tuesday, December 16, 2008

One more time.....

hello!
its my last day in ghana, and dont worry, this is the only time (10 min) i'll be spending on the internet today. i've gone on my last tro-tro ride, been to the market for the last time, (hopefully) been grabbed by the arm for the last time, was called by the name "obama" again, argued over prices, a miscommunication settled by hand gestures, and been told "feel free" by one person while getting yelled at by another for doing the same action.... good start to my day! actually it was really fun, and i was able to laugh at a lot of things that are normal occurances and apprecaite them one last time - people walking down the alleyways of the market with loudspeakers preaching the gospel and/or singing, bells, horns, the call "one cedi, one cedi, oneone cedi", "akosua!" (a ghanaian girls' name, but somehow its used for any white person when they dont want to use "oburuni", tro-tro ride that involved drivers yelling at each other for space, "purewater", "plantain chips" "ap ap apple", "mate, busstop" "yeees yog-hort", "milomilomilomilo", "agoo" (a call for attention, generally when some manual cart is going to run you over), "mtn, tigo, onetouch!" (the different pay-as-you-go phone companies - they stand anywhere, in the street or market or whatever, selling cards).... wow this probably doesnt make any sense
sorry, but anyway, i would say that i have to go to say goodbye to people, but almost everyone has left. most ghanaians moved out over the weekend, the EAP-ers on the group flight left last night, and most people who are spending the break traveling have also left. i'm really sick of saying goodbye. i feel like thats all i've done since last week. anyway, its totally been worth it, i've gotten to see almost everyone! woot!
aight but its time to go spend my last 8 hrs on campus! yay! perhaps one last bowl of fufu?