so they have this rice and bean dish here, and you put caramelized onions and a chili sauce on it. its called SHINKAFADAWOCKEY (sp?). no joke, thats what its called. i like to randomly shout it...
love naye/ayesha
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
cars
so there are a lot of scooters here, along with a lot of cars. most are hatchbacks, like the taxis... and there are soooo so many taxis here, probably 5 taxis will pass you in one direction in a minute, no exxageration. they all stall at the petite marche, and its a sea of taxis. then there are 3 varieties of toyota sedans that exist. then there are the random cars that you look twice at. like the one bmw x5, or the one vw suv, or the couple of toyota suvs.
but this is what makes me kind of really happy. they have one variety of minivans here, the TOYOTA PREVIA. and it only comes in one color, that sky-silver blue that we had when i was a kid. same interior and everything. and ive also seen a couple of party jeep cherokees! love it.
love naye/ayesha
but this is what makes me kind of really happy. they have one variety of minivans here, the TOYOTA PREVIA. and it only comes in one color, that sky-silver blue that we had when i was a kid. same interior and everything. and ive also seen a couple of party jeep cherokees! love it.
love naye/ayesha
Saturday, September 20, 2008
PICTASSSSS
a fellow nigerien
tamumu's blog:
http://www.blogabond.com/TripView.aspx?TripID=2211
love naye/ayesha
tamumu's blog:
http://www.blogabond.com/TripView.aspx?TripID=2211
love naye/ayesha
a note on the wildlife
so outside my building, there are always frogs. some are big, some are small. i might not always see one hopping along, but i frequently see them flattened out into the dirt, with their guts hanging out of their body and flies all over it;.
i rode a camel! we went to the baleyara market outside of the city, where they sell livestock. we paid the guy who owned the camel 5 bucks and i took it for a ride... pictures to come i hope!
love naye/ayesha
i rode a camel! we went to the baleyara market outside of the city, where they sell livestock. we paid the guy who owned the camel 5 bucks and i took it for a ride... pictures to come i hope!
love naye/ayesha
malaria madness!
AND THE FIRST VICTIM IS...
hasi the conquerer!! aka my roomie!
how sad, it takes 2 weeks for malaria to start showing symptoms, so she must've gotten it right when we got to niamey. shes a trooper though. she went to the clinic for 2 nights, and by the second night she was as good as new... kind of. shes on meds and feels nauseous still. but shes alive and fairly well!
she gave me some advice after her experience: don't get malaria.
love ayesha
hasi the conquerer!! aka my roomie!
how sad, it takes 2 weeks for malaria to start showing symptoms, so she must've gotten it right when we got to niamey. shes a trooper though. she went to the clinic for 2 nights, and by the second night she was as good as new... kind of. shes on meds and feels nauseous still. but shes alive and fairly well!
she gave me some advice after her experience: don't get malaria.
love ayesha
a day in the life...
A typical day in the life of naye:
i wake up at around 7, climb out of my mosquito net, brush my teeth, wash my face, change, and the first thing i do in the morning (4 times a week anyway) is get bread (buru) for the 15 students in the program. i walk out of the cfca (where i live) and go to the bread guy on the corner. he hangs out at a wood shack, and i pay 800 cfa for 4 baguettes (sp?) of bread... thats 2 dollars. he wraps scrap pieces of paper from a local school around the bread and i take it back to the dining room. soumana, one of the cooks, boils water and i make tea with powdered milk and sugar cubes. i take a piece of bread, and put peanut butter anddddd condensed milk on it. i know, it sounds nasty, and it actually looks nasty too. but the peanut butter isnt sugary enough, and it makes your tongue stick to the top of your mouth. so sweetened condensed milk is good.
i do my reading or go to my community placement until 12:30, then we get lunch. then we have naptime!!! i nap from about 1-2, and take a nice shower. its the hottest part of the day, and i wake up in a pool of sweat. so a shower is nice. then class starts up again at 3, and can go until 8:30 at night.
after class i read, write in my journal, watch a movie, or go out w/ the ppl here to the neighborhood bar. dont worry, i buy a fanta. there are a lot of bars here!
when i walk in and out of the grounds, i talk to the staff a lot. my bff is hama, hes the day guard. he teaches me zarma and he's patient with my lack of language skills.
at night i tuck my mosquito net under my mattress, think about all of you (i have pictures up on my wall), and snuggle with teddy. oh yea and i sweat a lot.
the power goes out a ton, and the internet poops out with it. my hand crank flash light is really coming in handy!
love naye/ayesha
i wake up at around 7, climb out of my mosquito net, brush my teeth, wash my face, change, and the first thing i do in the morning (4 times a week anyway) is get bread (buru) for the 15 students in the program. i walk out of the cfca (where i live) and go to the bread guy on the corner. he hangs out at a wood shack, and i pay 800 cfa for 4 baguettes (sp?) of bread... thats 2 dollars. he wraps scrap pieces of paper from a local school around the bread and i take it back to the dining room. soumana, one of the cooks, boils water and i make tea with powdered milk and sugar cubes. i take a piece of bread, and put peanut butter anddddd condensed milk on it. i know, it sounds nasty, and it actually looks nasty too. but the peanut butter isnt sugary enough, and it makes your tongue stick to the top of your mouth. so sweetened condensed milk is good.
i do my reading or go to my community placement until 12:30, then we get lunch. then we have naptime!!! i nap from about 1-2, and take a nice shower. its the hottest part of the day, and i wake up in a pool of sweat. so a shower is nice. then class starts up again at 3, and can go until 8:30 at night.
after class i read, write in my journal, watch a movie, or go out w/ the ppl here to the neighborhood bar. dont worry, i buy a fanta. there are a lot of bars here!
when i walk in and out of the grounds, i talk to the staff a lot. my bff is hama, hes the day guard. he teaches me zarma and he's patient with my lack of language skills.
at night i tuck my mosquito net under my mattress, think about all of you (i have pictures up on my wall), and snuggle with teddy. oh yea and i sweat a lot.
the power goes out a ton, and the internet poops out with it. my hand crank flash light is really coming in handy!
love naye/ayesha
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