Friday, February 22, 2008

Lately, I planted some plants and they finally began to grow, and I even used some of my own fresh basil and cilantro in my food. I planted the top of a pineapple (the top that you cut off before you eat it) and I never knew it, but it grows into a pineapple plant. Pretty cool, huh... my neighbor told me about it, and the other day I tugged at it and it wouldn't budge. That means it's growing roots! It's very thrilling, let me tell you. I've been reading a lot, and as a slow reader that I am, I've been flying through some books. ha. I just finished The Kite Runner, which I think they made a movie out of, huh... coolness. Then the other day I tried baking bread and somehow it worked. ha. I don't have an oven, so I have to make this weird one... you can take 2 large cooking pans, a small tin and bake whatever you want inside of it.
In a town close by I found out that this place has wireless internet... it's about the crazyiest, coolest, most awesome thing in the world. It's definitely the highlight of my life at the moment, and I'm very grateful. It's at a hotel and the dude at the hotel says it's expensive, so that sucks, but hopefully I can work out a deal. I am a volunteer for gosh sakes.
It's a nice day and the weather has been nice. I think the rainy season is trying to come, and it's coming slowly, slowly.

A couple weekends ago I hiked a mountain in town, it's called Mt. Winale. I went with 2 other volunteers, and it took all day to hike up the thing, and it was about the most beautiful site I have ever seen. We were up so high that I felt like a bird in the sky, ha, really even. From the town you can see the mountain we hiked, and I swear I'll never look at that mountain the same again. Every time I see the tower, I think... man, I was up there, what, what.

I listen to the BBC almost every day at least twice a day. I'm addicted actually, and I was kept up to date with George Bush coming to Africa and everything... I followed him to each country and knew where he was at all times... anyway, that's not the point. The point is that he wants to donate a bunch of mosquito nets to Tanzania and he said something like this, "I don't like to think that a little mosquito bite kills children all the time"(or something like that)- mosquitos kill because of malaria... anyway, on the BBC there is a response program, where people are allowed to call or text in what they have to say and there was this woman that said something good... she said, "politicians and the governemnt are more dangerous than a mosquito bite, so fight corruption first" - she is most definitely correct.

A new group of volunteers just came. I think there are 60! We are all really excited to meet them and next week I get to host 2 girls at my house so they can see what it's like i guess or something.