Moving on:
My mom felt that I should include this story in my blog, so here it is - nearly word for word as I told it to her...
I went to Bafoussam (the biggish city that is 15 minutes from my village by car) the other day to load up on some groceries (I was mainly craving raisins, which cost AN ARM AND A LEG here.... could you send as many as you can possibly fit in my next care package???). As I got out of a taxi and was adjusting my skirt and belt a little, this man in another taxi, was gestering to me grandly, and I thought he was miming to me to show some skin, which is weird here, so i waved him off disgustedly with my hand and said out loud to myself... "asshole...". Then i crossed the crowded roundabout to the supermarket, where I had to check in my backpack at the front door. As i was walking in and down an isle, I heard "SSSSSSPP, SSSSSSSSSPPP!!!," which usually means, "Hey girl, look over here, I want to bother you!" So I didnt turn around, but kept on walking. But then it was a female's voice behind that ssssp, and she yelled, "MADAME!?" So, finally I turned around and said, "Oui?" She came walking toward me like someone with really good gossip to tell... I waited... she walked right up to me, reached behind me and zipped up my FULLY OPEN back zipper!!!! I stuttered out., "Uuuuh, merci......................uhhh... beaucoup!" I now realized that the guy in the cab wasnt an asshole, but a gentleman, and that there was a reason the girl before me had left this adorable, long, high wasted, pencil skirt with cute little umbrellas all over it sitting abandoned in an empty closet of my home... haha some find! Anyways, I still like the skirt and think i can take it to the tailor and get a new zipper for pretty cheap.
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| One of my favorite parts of Cameroon - the fruit - here, i have bananas, guava, apples, papaya, watermelon, and something else that I've never heard of before that is somehow related to a mango. The crazy thing is, it will probably only take me 4 or 5 days to eat all of this! |
Haha... that wasn't just the skirt of your predecessor, but a skirt I got made at the beginning of my service all the way back in 2007! It also had a matching top at one point, is that still around? I used the same material to make a dress, which I actually wore to work last week - where I live in the DRC. Hope your service is going well, and say hi to Theo and Evelyn from Emilie!
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