day387

the first thing i did on the net today was change my birthday on Facebook.
i wanted to avoid the certain point in the year when people throw eggs at you and chuck you into a pool.
with your clothes on.
on your birthday.
this happens at my school and i have no idea how i avoided it last year.
but i don't think i can get lucky twice in a row.
i'm taking every precaution this time.

besides getting drenched in icy cold water and smelling like eggs at the end of the day there is one other consequence.
some form of punishment from the Coordinator of grd10.
none other than the Feared Ms. Adoo.
grd10 students try to avoid any chance meeting with this teacher.
that includes myself.
there's just something "you better not be doing what i think your doing and even if you're not doing it you're thinking about doing it behind my back" about her.
yikes.

someone asked me what kenyan foods i like.
well, i like Ugali na Sukuma and Chapati na Rice na Kuku.

i can't really describe them specifically but next time you're in kenya or you happen to pass by a culture festival just check 'em out.
you won't be disappointed.

I was supposed to be going on a trip to a place in kenya called Maasai Mara but the money came late.
now i have 200 and something dollars for something else, i guess.
but it's all good.
i wasn't really psyched about going anyway.
besides there's a trip to Spain coming up in April 2009.


this school term closes on December Eleventh.

two thirds of grd10 is gone so we had free lessons.

i guess not going to Mara had its benefits after all.

yesterday i did nothing.
today i did nothing.
tomorrow--yep you guessed it--nothing.
for once i'm not doing school work.
i just spend a whole day in a school.
[yes, there's a HUGE difference]


the teachers are tallying marks now [in kenya "points" are called marks].
they add up all the test, classwork, and homework scores together.
whatever the average is, is your grade for the term.
i think i did okay.
we'll see.
we'll see.


you might have noticed that there's been a big gap between this and my last post.
that's because of the projects and assignments from school.
and tests.
there are always tests.
but hey...
school is school.
what would it be without work?
it wouldn't be school...
nah...
it would be cool.

next Wednesday we have a basketball game against another school called Braeburn.
we'll win.
our team is good.
and even if we lose[ which we won't] i'll just be glad that we played against other people.
i've been playing with the same students for months.

i recieved my artwork today.
i got a 90%.
speaking of art...
remember that week that i missed school?
that long, boring, week?
yeah, well that was the week the auditions took place.
oh well.
it is what it is.

i can't wait until that b-ball game though.
and you know what else i can't wait for?
the day i leave this country.
i'm not homesick, just kenyasick.]

laterrrr.