10/15/11
Today (my first real day) I went to stage (training) and I had a lot of fun. We had culture/peace corps training and we rode our bicycles all around the city. I was feeling dizzy for most of today so they told me to drink this sodium potassium mixture to restore my electrolytes. When I rode my bike home I pulled out a notebook, pen, and French/English dictionary on my ipod. I sat down with Alice (my HS mom) and we communicated en francais. It was great! I feel like I can learn fast here. We understand each other a lot better now. She is a banker and he is a nurse.
When Isaka (my HS dad) came home they were going to try to make me eat dinner alone but I told them that I wanted to eat as a family…so we did! This is the family dynamic: I have a mom and dad and a little 2year old brother named Farid ( he is super spoiled. They also have a little girl who is basically their servant. I feel bad for her sometimes. She does everything. I tutor my little neighbor boy, Papi (steve) in French. I hope that he improves a little in school with my help.
After dinner we all went walking around in the dark and we ended up at a restaurant. We sat under the stars and drank Brakina (tasty beer). I am so happy that I actually got to sit down and speak to my family. They are very patience with me.
Sidenote: while we were drinking our beer this fou (crazy person) came up to us asking for money and such. He was singling me out because I guess he knew that I am a nassara (foreigner). Isaka stepped in and defended me hardcore. Yay!
Yayayaya! You didn't tell me to look at your blog. You're going to be so fluent in French! Perfect! Sounds like you're having a good time.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you are liking your homestay family! I wanna hear more about the servant girl, ya know when you find out more....
ReplyDeleteHey Sandra, I could hqve sworn that I did tell you! And yes I will be close to fluent by the end of these 2 years. Its hard though!
ReplyDeletePebbles, Afou (the servant girl) was pretty great. Shes gone for a while and we have a temp replacement. I miss Afou so much. I`ll post another entry about her soon.