That's right. I just bought tickets with the other 31 people in my group to go see R. Kelly live in Uganda at the Cricket Oval tomorrow night. Should definitely be an experience. You would probably have to pay me to see R. Kelly in the US but seeing him here was definitely worth the 30000 shillings (about 17 dollars) to go hang out in the cheap lawn seats that our Academic Director calls "the general happiness." I hope they have R. Kelly in Uganda t-shirts...
On another note I finalllllly got some information about my homestay family. I don't know the number of kids they have or really their living situation (socioeconomically) but I do know their names, professions, and address. They live right outside Makerere University, which is the main (maybe only) University in Uganda. She is a housewife and he is a social worker for The Domestic Violence Project. This is good because I was worried that the gender differences in Uganda were going to really get to me in this homestay-- in some homes they said the women are basically expected to do all the cooking, cleaning, etc while the men just sit there and watch TV or read. It won't be perfect, but I am assuming this husband will be easy-ish to live with.
I think I am finally getting a phone soon. It'll be free incoming calls internationally so get your skype accounts set up if you want to call me:-)
Tomorrow we are taking a day trip to Jinja and are going to see the head of the Nile. We're not supposed to take cameras though because they are too easy to get stolen. Bummer.
Today we split up in groups and were given parts of Kampala to explore. We got assigned to the hospitals and (long story very short b/c almost out of time) ended up stumbling into a 30 minute private tour of the HIV/AIDS research and treatment unit at one of the hospitals here that is connected to the University. Sooooo interesting. Got to see all the machines they use and what each one does, how patient stuff works, etc. They have this really cool thing in the waiting room for people to learn how to make the pretty paper bead necklaces that they then sell and give the money back to the patients. Such a good idea!
Ok. Out of time. More later....
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i'm stalking you. just wanted to let you know.
ReplyDeleteglad things are interesting!!!!! miss you muchly!!
I''m sitting in class right now...ugh. It is so so so boring! Anyways...I remembered that you had a blog and now i am reading it. Sounds like you are having lots of fun. i miss u and will send u an email this weekend
ReplyDeletep.s. worms? and malaria? you crazy.
haha Lily!!! Uganda sounds amazing! I really hope you don't get Malaria or anything worse. Maybe stay away from any sort of needles at least.. hope P-Sam is keeping you company! Love you!!!
ReplyDeleteI read your blog an embarrassingly high number of times. like. creeeper. but oh well. i miss you oh so much! hurry up and get a phone. and of course uganda sounds fantastic. i cant wait until you get to your homestay! I hope it's a hut where you shower in a bucket. If you decide Uganda isn't the place to be there's always room for you here in my room! It disappoints me that I knowww that won't happen. This is getting to be a long post. Loveee you!
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