Sika | November 8, 2007
I just got back to Zomba from Dedza, where I was for 2 weeks for reconnect. Reconnect is also called In-Service Training (IST) and is the training we do after having been at site for 3 months (unless you’re me, and then you do it after a month and a half). The first week was [...]
Sika | July 8, 2007
My 3-year-old sister, Cecelia, fascinates me. We went to the river to wash our clothes (apparently I was not supposed to go as I am a wussy American & who knows what I’m going to catch from the river water–especially with these cuts in my thumbs–I probably already have schistosomiasis.) This morning, Cecelia threw a [...]
Sika | July 8, 2007
I learned how to remove the hard kernels from the corn cobs. I finished the ones in amayi’s basin and then, after dark, started helping achimwene Lami do his. Eventually, I felt a corn cob that was kind of sticky (to which I was like, eewww, yuck). And then, it wasn’t just one cob. And [...]
Sika | February 18, 2007
I said I wasn´t going to be checking livejournal, and that´s sorta true. But anyway, now I´m going to tell the story of my birthday. On Wednesday, because of my birthday and Vday and because I´ve been helping her with her translations, my friend Sylvie gave me a really nice bottle of champagne (Sylvie is [...]
