Obruni

This is the Twi word for white person, so I get called that A LOT. Just walking down the street people call it out. I don’t know how I feel about all this attention. Actually, I do. I don’t really like it. I like being able to blend in, but that’s not at all possible here, especially considering that I saw a total of 2 other white people today.

Today’s Highlights:

I am actually starting to remember the route to get to work. Getting home is the tricky part. It’s quite different.

I sat in a cab marveling that there are not more traffic accidents and dead pedestrians lying in the roads.

That same cab was rear-ended by a motorcycle.

I forgot to put sunscreen on my neck and got pretty crispy.

I walked through one of the slum communities I will be working in. It was definitely an eye-opening experience.

On my walk around the area, we made a stop at the courthouse and sat and listened for a while.

So, there’s this Spanish soap opera called “Tormento en el Paradisio” that is dubbed in English and aired here. Apparently, work stops when this show is on. One of the volunteers at a youth center said that the same thing happens there. It’s a pretty ridiculous show and the translation is really funny, but for some reason they are all enamored with it. I’m glad that even though I will be missing shows like Glee and Chuck this summer, I will have a telenovela to replace them.