AHHH!! Who knew that exams could be so ruff?
My life has been: go to school, come home, study, go to bed.
Talk about no life
I have decided that I hate the British system. These exams are killing me! I calculated that I have 19 hours and 15 minutes of exams. Most of those are in 4 days (exam week). I am frantically trying to catch up on everything I missed at the beginning of the year. Sometimes I feel like my brain is being crammed with too much information. Take maths for example: I have been trying to do stuff on my own (that is super hard!) from a book they gave me. They do thing so different!! I was reviewing and I came across a problem about completing the square, I was like, "super easy," I go to check my answer in the back of the book, and it is completely different! The book itself is no help because it is so hard to understand. Urg. At this point in the game, I just want to go home.
Other than the exams, life has been great!! (I will say that I haven't really had much of a life due to studying)
-I babysat for the Scully's (really cute/sweet kids) and got paid in oreos... yum!
-We had a young woman's part at our house
-We have had TONS of people over for dinner
-I got highest mark on a history test (33/40)
-So far I have gotten all A's on my English exams
-I might have worms....
-I found out my accent is cute
Really, everything has been a blur...:)
I only have to survive until next Thursday. Then I give myself permission to crash.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Advice: Don't come to your wedding drunk!
On Saturday, we had a youth conference in Kololo the entire day. It was suppose to start at 10, but didn't really start until 10:30 (typical Uganda meetings, they start late, and end late). Anyway, we had a meeting that went on forever! I felt terrible because I was struggling to stay awake! :) We left at about 12 to go to lunch and drop Liza off with the Williams (our principal, who has a daughter her age). We went to lunch at this fabulous Korean restaurant that was amazing!!! It was probably the best food I've had in a long time. Once we had dropped Liza off, we headed back to the church to finish youth conference. We got there, and they were having lunch. I love you so much! Thanks for being my friend. They told us that it was over, because there was going to be a wedding at the church later. It was so fun to talk to some of the girls, especially Diane. She is the funniest person ever.
Once the bride got there, we all went into the chapel. It took a while for it to get started though, we found out later that the groom was late. The whole ceremony was short, and to tell you the truth, it wasn't the happiest marriage I've seen. The bride looked very sad, and the groom seemed really weird. After they said their vows, the guy started to kiss the bride (which is culturally unacceptable), the girl was turning her head away and telling him to stop. After that, the chapel got pretty loud, no one was listening after that. I felt really bad for the bride, she looked like she wanted to die. After, Diane turned to me and told me the groom was drunk. And supposedly, they both were suppose to get baptised on Sunday. I'm not sure if that is going to happen.
The whole experience was pretty funny. I guess things happen here in Africa that you don't normally see otherwise. What an experience it is, everyday, all the time. I really am in Africa (sometimes I have to remind myself that). :)
Once the bride got there, we all went into the chapel. It took a while for it to get started though, we found out later that the groom was late. The whole ceremony was short, and to tell you the truth, it wasn't the happiest marriage I've seen. The bride looked very sad, and the groom seemed really weird. After they said their vows, the guy started to kiss the bride (which is culturally unacceptable), the girl was turning her head away and telling him to stop. After that, the chapel got pretty loud, no one was listening after that. I felt really bad for the bride, she looked like she wanted to die. After, Diane turned to me and told me the groom was drunk. And supposedly, they both were suppose to get baptised on Sunday. I'm not sure if that is going to happen.
The whole experience was pretty funny. I guess things happen here in Africa that you don't normally see otherwise. What an experience it is, everyday, all the time. I really am in Africa (sometimes I have to remind myself that). :)
Thursday, May 5, 2011
"When you get to the End of Your Rope, Tie a Knot and Hold On"
So on Tuesday, we went running to train for our upcoming XC meet. The thought never occurred to me to actually run on the streets here (I have been using a track on campus), so when Ms. Wallas told us we would be running a 5k around Kampala, I really didn't know what to expect. I am sure it looked really strange, having a line of white people, and to have them running (NOBODY runs here). Especially when we stopped to stretch. :) It definitely was an experience I'm not going to forget. It felt really good to run; I just don't like the smell that we had to run through. I have come to realize how strong my nose is here! I can hardly stand all of the body odor, let alone the smell of fires and exhaust from the cars. Running through it all is even worse! You can hardly breath! Luckily, I made it!!
Today I played hooky from school (thanks to a wonderful mother who let me!), and went out to the clinic sponsored by Child2Youth, to help with some AIDS testing and watch how they do things. Wow, I can say one thing: I can hardly wait to become a nurse!! I would love to come back here and do some humanitarian work. Watching Camera (a nurse-practitioner from New Mexico) was so fun!! It was definitely different than doctor offices back home. Everyone tends to think that they have a priority that needs to be seen asap, when really, all it is is a back pain or cough. One lady, who was 93, came in and we found a lump in one of her breasts that was 10cm long! It was probably cancerous.
With the AIDS testing, it was really sad to watch and actually put the faces with those who were positive. Out of the 52 we tested, 5 were positive.
The whole day helped me see really how little these people have. They have to pay an office fee of 1000 shillings (which is about 41 cents) and depending on what medicine they received and etc. Some people could barley afford that! Like my mom has said multiple times, "God must really love Uganda, or else they couldn't survive!" It is so true!! They live with so little, but still are the happiest people.
There are so many things that I miss, like cheesecake, Cafe-Rio, my bed, friends (the list goes on); but at the same time, I know that I miss the relax feeling one has here, there is absolutely NO rush to get things done. I almost wish that everyone could have the amazing opportunity we are having!!
Today I played hooky from school (thanks to a wonderful mother who let me!), and went out to the clinic sponsored by Child2Youth, to help with some AIDS testing and watch how they do things. Wow, I can say one thing: I can hardly wait to become a nurse!! I would love to come back here and do some humanitarian work. Watching Camera (a nurse-practitioner from New Mexico) was so fun!! It was definitely different than doctor offices back home. Everyone tends to think that they have a priority that needs to be seen asap, when really, all it is is a back pain or cough. One lady, who was 93, came in and we found a lump in one of her breasts that was 10cm long! It was probably cancerous.
With the AIDS testing, it was really sad to watch and actually put the faces with those who were positive. Out of the 52 we tested, 5 were positive.
The whole day helped me see really how little these people have. They have to pay an office fee of 1000 shillings (which is about 41 cents) and depending on what medicine they received and etc. Some people could barley afford that! Like my mom has said multiple times, "God must really love Uganda, or else they couldn't survive!" It is so true!! They live with so little, but still are the happiest people.
There are so many things that I miss, like cheesecake, Cafe-Rio, my bed, friends (the list goes on); but at the same time, I know that I miss the relax feeling one has here, there is absolutely NO rush to get things done. I almost wish that everyone could have the amazing opportunity we are having!!
Sunday, May 1, 2011
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