Friday 27 November 2009

Notes

Long time no see (as usual)
What´s new?
- I’m suffering a serious lack of music
- I have trouble staying informed about what is happening in the world
- I LOVE to play football, and so does everyone else in Ghana
- 100 attempts to convert me to Christianity have taken place
- All have failed
- 50 attempts to disprove things in the Bible have taken place
- All have failed
- Exams are coming up in school, unfortunately many pupils will fail miserably
- I’m tired of rastas and their “respect”
- Harmattan (Sahara winds) is here, limiting my sight to a few kilometers and killing my eyes
- My wallet has been stolen two times
- One time I took it back
- I’ve been to seven of the ten regions in Ghana (although briefly)
- Ghana is very beautiful
- Ghanaians are very friendly
- They are not so polite
- My Twi is okay by now
- I have forgotten that books exist
- I’ve walked to the shore in Tema (7 hours)
- I really like the kids in school
- Some are really bright
- Others have huge problems
- My room is not very decorated, except for a huge poster of Didier Drogba
- In school I’m either called Monsieur or Mr/Sir Marcus
- I like it
- I’m lazy and eat too much
- Food in Ghana is absolutely delicious
- I use newspaper instead of toilet paper
- I don’t like to go to the toilet at night because of the cock-roaches
- They are big and disgusting
- My brother was here to visit me a week from Burkina Faso
- It took 30 hours to get here by bus
- We ate fufu and drank beer
- I won’t spend Christmas in Sweden for the first time in my life
- General knowledge amongst Ghanainas is quite limited
- Ghana will reach the quarter-finals in the World Cup and lose against Denmark
- Kebab pizza and real coffee are two things I miss
- There are 6 cats living on the school compound
- Micheal Essien is a semi-God in Ghana
- The school’s motto is “Service to mankind is service to God”
- Every Wednesday the students have worship for two hours
- Fridays we have Physical Education
- This means football, the obruni team (mine) against the obibini team.
- We have lost one game more than we have won
- I guess that’s all for now
- Yes Goyens, I know

See u later, and enjoy

/Mr. Marcus

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

haha, jo, bra format va? sjalv stulen av en kompis oxo!
kan du kanske andra lankan fran burkina.nu till sarahgoyens.blogspot.com please?
tack, ha det bra darnere!!
sarah xxx

Jennie said...

Hej du! Såg att du fyllde år och lyckades spåra dig ända hit.. Verkar som att du har det super där borta, jag är lite avis. Men livet är inte slut än. :) Just nu är det skönt att bara ta det lilla lugna i Oslot igen. Lycka till fortsättningsvis, stort grattis på födelsedagen och GOD JUL!!! Kramar från Jennie

Anonymous said...

hey obruni! läste om dig via peaceworks, såå kul att höra om nån annan som också upplevt Ghana! har själv volontärat där förra sommaren, dock bara i fem ynka veckor tyvärr. känner igen allt för väl av dina beskrivningar :) själv var jag lite mer på landet där det inte fanns så många vita så folk tittade på mig som om jag vore en utomjording. åh var glad att du får vara där just nu... hur länge till ska du stanna? bor du i en värdfamilj? oj jag kanske borde läsa lite först...haha. ja jag vet inte varför jag skriver egentligen...mest för att jag kände att jag varit med om något så unikt som ingen som inte varit där nere kan förstå, men det finns ju faktiskt fler folk än man tror som vet, som du. kuul!! jaja. ha en underbar tid och hälsa alla underbara små skitungar från mig! ;) typ. May the lord be with you :P