it was bound to happen

Today one of the most disgusting things ever happened. I was returning from class, it was dark and stepped right into a gutter (see earlier post)! Knee deep in raw sewage. Worst of all, I also got cut, so who knows what has entered my system.

People got a good laugh from it and I did too, but I think I will start a round of antibiotics tomorrow.

update from ghana

After having some serious doubts, I have decided to stay until May. I feel like I have definitely begun to get into the swing of things here and am having fun. And the urge I had to kick chickens out of frustration only happens on a weekly basis rather than daily. A few things have happened to change my outlook: I got an internship, I am not living in the dorm for the next five weeks, and I am meeting some really cool people.

The internship is doing GIS for a commodity trading website. It is going to be pretty challenging since I am using software I have never used before that requires writing a lot of code. This internship led me to move off campus for thenext five weeks. The guy who runs the firm is away for 5 weeks and he told me that I could stay at his place while he is gone in exchange for the work I am doing. So, I am living in luxury now: A/C, digital cable, a cook and in the city. I won't want to go back to living in the dorms after this.

coca cola+barren women=babies

I have a thing for ridiculous tabloid papers. My favorite is the Weekly World News. I love to read about Big Foot serving on a jury in Washington state or how a giant rodent/human creature is spooking people in South Carolina. When I saw the above paper, I knew that I had a new source of entertainment in Ghana. To be honest, the main story about rape is just WRONG, but the one about how barren women drank bottles of blessed Coke was well worth the 3,000 cedis.


The story reads:

Now Odeefoo Acquah has done it again. Last year, he organised SPECIAL PRAYERS for barren or childless women. What did he do?

He simply prayed over a bottle of Coca Cola, blessed it and gave it to each childless woman to drink. He told them: "As You Drink In The Almighty God's Name, You Will Be Made Pregnant By Your Husbands. And Next Year By This Time, All Of You, Who Have Drank The Coca Cola Will Give Birth To Your Own Children. And No One Will Call You Barren Or Childless Again....

I wonder what Coca Cola would think about this?

Also in the paper are stories about: how a goat thief tries to avoid arrest by playing dead, how pornography ruins lives (including Bible quotes) and, strangely enough, some softcore erotica.