I'm currently sitting at my internship counting down the minutes until lunch. The one bummer about being in a different timezone then the rest of your friends is that facebook becomes a useless procrastination tool.
So far things are going pretty well here and I finally feel settled after two weeks. We had our homestays and I was with a colored family in khomostal. It was weird to hear them make racist comments towards both whites and blacks. It's also interesting how being colored here is it's own race proving yet again that race is nothing but a social construction. We ate some interesting food at my home stay aka not really cooked all the way food.....that was a rough outing for my stomach. Needless to say it was great to return to life at the CGE house and there were FATCAKES for dinner. I think I'm turning into a fat cake haha. My internship is getting much more exciting because I now have a project, which is to conduct a basic needs assessment for the people of Namibia that will be used to lobby the government for a standard minimum wage in the country! look at me actually doing something in Namibia to make a difference. The classes I'm taking are great! Yesterday we talked to a man about the Herero genocide who named the country from Southwest Africa to Namibia. I also LOVE my yoga class! Sometimes it's hard to stay quiet for that long, but it really helps me mellow out. Total side note yesterday was Valentines day and everyone was super festive! pretty much everyone had on pink or red and every place in town was decorated. Who knew it was so popular here. I also can't wait for next weekend when we are going quadding and sandboarding on the coast. I'm so pumped! Well guess I should get back to work
Later
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