Just 5 more days! Until I’m off to Kumba.
I know I haven’t blogged in a
couple weeks and I have a lot to catch you up on but I’ll just give you a brief
over view. So the biggest thing that
happened was that I was preparing for my final language test which I did pass!!
I had to be intermediate mid to go to post but i ended up getting intermediate
high which is one level above so in total I’ve advanced five levels. So I can leave Bafia on time with the rest of
the group. This also means I get to
start taking pidgin.
Update
on the host family; EVERYONE is now living at the house in Bafia which is quite
overwhelming. There is about nine of us
in total and one bathroom. They are
here for church which they go to Monday thru Thursday from 4pm to anytime between
8-9:30 at night. Which means that I’ve been locked out of the house and having
to stay with other trainees until they tell me that they are home since my
curfew is at 7 but I can’t be at the house by myself for some reason and I don’t get out of class until 4:30. Also the week before everyone came I was
eating really really well but now it’s back to normal. They get home after church and still have to
make dinner which I often help with.
Pretty
much every day I end up having a discussion with my host brother on gender
roles and females in general. I think
that it’s been eye opening for both sides.
I also wanted to bring this up since I haven’t posted about anything political
or about any of the social problems I’ve encountered in Cameroon and this is
because I want to be here long enough to get more of the perceptions of the
locals rather than just my observations especially since at this time the
Cameroonians that I spend the most time with are y teachers and my home stay
family which I’m sure doesn’t represent all of Cameroon.
This
week is a pretty easy week for us. We are done with our technical sessions and
all we really have to do is one more medical session and “bridge to post” which
is telling us everything that we have to do to before we leave, how to get to
post, and what to do when we first get there besides that all I have to do is
pack. This is a little worry some since
I have no idea how I’m going to get all of my stuff on and off public transportation
by myself and to my house and hopefully not stolen. Things I have to bring:
·
2 suite cases I have
·
Backpack
·
Metal trunk
·
Bike
·
Water filter
And if I can’t fit everything from my room that I have and
that Peace Corps gave me in that I will have to buy some market bags for the
rest of the stuff.
But with all that being said I’m excited to get to
post. I am very ready to be done with
training. Also I get to pass though Yaoundé again. I already have plans to use their washer and
dryer, get smoothies, and probably some Indian food. Maybe some other shopping at the grocery
store to stock up for post depends on how much time we have.
In
health news I got a scrape on my knee a couple weeks back (different from the
bucket wound) that it healing fine.
However I seem to be having a allergic reaction to something on my hand
and wrist. Which is just great. So I’m on antihistamines and if it doesn’t
get better by Tuesday I might have to go to Yaoundé to see the medical officer
but should come back in time for swearing in ceremony on Thursday.
All of
the trainees have to wear matching pagné
for the swearing in ceremony which I should be picking up from the tailor
tomorrow. So I have a couple outfits now
that I think turned out pretty good. But
the two tailors that make most of our clothing are either the mom or the
brother of one of the trainees. So for
the swearing in dress I went to the tailor that my host mom uses and
recommended. I decided to do this since
the other two tailors have been very backed up and now take a long time to
finish anything and do a rushed job. But
I don’t really see my mom wearing traditional clothing so it’s hard to say
whether or not this woman will do a good job.
