Christmas and Junji.

Christmas in Ghana just seemed like any other day in Ghana. I thought there was going to be slaughtering of cows, chickens, goats, beetles, snails, frogs and what not, but it was pretty ordinary. Everyone was saying that because of the elections people aren’t really celebrating… they will wait until after the elections to celebrate. So all I did on Christmas was go to the tourist center to talk with Mavis and then walk around Ntonso a bit to find a good seamstress. I was later invited out to a spot with my counterpart and the assemblyman of Ntonso. While we were there talking they were explaining what they do for Christmas, so I guess on the 24^th families will go to the bush to cut down banana or plantain trees and bring it back to their house to decorate with flowers and balloons. I sort of half believe this because I didn’t see any trees up and decorated. They give gifts of biscuits, crackers, maybe sunglasses (I saw so many kids with new sunglasses that I figured they are sporting the new shades.) The 25^th is boozing day. So everyone gets drunk. And then the 26^th is chop day, so everyone will like eat fufu and chicken. Then on the 27^{th &} 28^th people will go to church, the SDA’s at least and they will get decked out, fancy shoes, socks, dress, hats, handbags, and their new sunglasses, oh yea, and some will go get their hair did. So Christmas wasn’t really Christmas, but its okay, after a beer and some goat kebabs, it was still a good day in Ghana, so I can’t complain. (Although knowing that my family had a nice Chinese lunch made my mouth water… who knew after all those years of eating Chinese food for holidays and pretty much any gathering would make me miss it, but somehow I do.)

Oh yea, I also had an awesome dream that night that it was Christmas and new years and I was back home and I got to see everyone! So I guess it was kind of like I didn’t miss Christmas at home after all…

oh yea, i got myself a puppy! i named him junji and hes super adorable... kind of retarded like poki and kind of a brat but i'm really happy that i found him because its always nice to come home to him.

and yay for ghana for finally electing a new president! i thought the race for presidency would never end... because just when you thought it was over, one of the regions had a miss count or something and needed to revote... but finally, is over! there was a small fight in my town, its was exciting and then scary and then funny... it was exciting at first because they were celebrating and parading the streets, but then i saw all this dust flying and then people throwing rocks and then people running the streets with their machetes, so i got scared... but then it was funny because everyone was running crazy and i was a safe distance away. but everything is good now, so we thank god.

xoxo.

ps. i have a cellphone. so if you get a call from a number with a billion threes  don't be alarmed... its just me wanting to say hello!  

sorry no pictures, but it won't let me upload them for some reason, so i guess you just have to wait until next time to see how adorable junji is.

twi word of the day: afishiapaaa! (happy new year)