And His Name Is... (Week 5)

Got to walk around Osu this week while we looked for supplies. Very strange to see the juxtaposition of huge corporation buildings sandwiched in between small sketchy food stands that took up their own blocks. While we were talking to a guy -mid conversation- he started to urinate in the drain and then proceeded to tell us how dirty and nasty Togo and Benin are. (Excited to go there in 10 days).

So I got new roommates a week ago and they are both from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They speak zero English but know american culture from movies and tv. When they first got here I was exercising and they both grabbed each other and shouted what sounded like "Won a weep her!" and they said that every time I saw them for the past week. Was not until last night when they started humming that I figured out what they were saying. "And His Name Is.. JOHN CENA" So they both insist I look like him and now yell John Cena when I see them.

Everyone on our floor is bringing me their electronics, irons, watches, etc for me to fix now because I fixed a watch and iron for a set of native companions with some duct tape and a soldering iron that a maintenance guy had in the closet.

The French is getting pretty intense. We are not allowed to speak english so now we all carry around our English to French dictionaries so that we can have conversations.

I hope you guys all have a great week.

Love,
Jeremy