Mid - Time Blues... Holiday Hues...

ok, now it really isnt my fault! i havent had internet for soo long! now that my blackberry services have finished it is like i am totally disconnected from the world.... oh btw for all my blackberry lovers... me included... blackbery is nothing without its services! kmt... such a wack feature-less phone! its only when you are not being serenaded by the pings of a new bbm message that you realise it... i still love you though boo **kisses blackberry"

Anyhooo... what have i been up to so far?

well duno if you know i did my hair again... yep three times in the space of three weeks it was... well i may have mentioned that already but hey...


i also went to Akonsobo dam.. which was GORJUSLY BEAUTIFUL! went on a cruise to a little island were all the island kids tried to hold my hand.... and i shouted HESH HESH! everytime... i dont fall for all that cute hand holding business.... hmm... they got all persistent and not so cute when they were asking for money... i think that "can i have money to buy book to read" was probably all the english a few of them knew because when i said i dont got none... they looked a little confused....

i also visited Lambade beach... it was nice... was shocked to see such a sandy beach in ghana... i dunno was kind of expecting the same orange stuff you see on road on the beaches... but was pleasently suprised to see it was actually quite nice...

i have loaads of pics so will be posting.... sometime

i plan to do a whooole lot more of the touristy stuff in my last few weeks.... this week i plan to go to Ebru gardens... and the next week i will be going to cape coast to see the castle and all that fun stuf...

The childrens hommmeee!! lol it is such a fun place.. well not when i am tired.. kai! but i love them kids like wooah! they have their little gangs and gangsters and boss men... and even they are soo cute... i actually am enjoying working there... and getting to know the children better... others find it a lot more difficult to work their due to the cultural differences... but as you all prob know i am AFF so i know how certain things go down... for example... i am a firm believe in the phrase spare the rod spoil the child... AFRICAN/BLACK kids are STUBBORN KAAIII!! so sometimes when the aunties give dem a little knock i find myself giving a slight nod of yesss "you-were-being-soo-cheeky-so-deserved-that"... ah! i mean gosh! if it was all about love and pampering then these kids will be seriously spoilt... i think it should not be forgotten that although the children have no parents, which in itself is a sad situation, it should always be rememebred that the orphanage is their home... so that means they need to be disciplined to grow up to be sensible adults.. if that makes sense? I believe in showing them love as well as a firm hand.. cus if i just smile and giggle whenever they knock the other child over the head with their cup of Hausa Coco they will become increasingly spoilt!

However... there are some things that happen there that is a little sad... like the kids are made to sit on a potty for a loooonnnngg time some of them are not even old enough to hold up their head... but tbh i cant even blame them... nah condition as my people will say... they cant afford to keep the kids in nappys constantly... sad but true... SO if anyone would like to make a donation let me know... and ill let them know :D


I am MISSING all my people immensly! sigh my fam my girls and all my peoples! but dont worry will soon be coming home sadly....cant believe it has gone soo quickly!!

Anyhoo... will love you all and leave u... taking my host mothers son out for his birthday.. he is soo cheeky! lol today he said to his mum because she was telling him to read his book... ah you go back to your job! loool good times....


love you all long time! good night! xxx

kelwele cravings... toothache painings...

Woow! Haven't been on here for a hot minute! That is probably because its a little long to get net at the moment... Blackberry needs to consider getting a google blogspot app #ideaclaimed# anyhoo... Run down of the past few days... Getting more used to being in osu... Host family is lovely... Only that I kind of feel like I am still at home as I always have to say when I am going out and if I am out for to long its a little bit of an issue which is a bit annoying... But still.

*digression* had banku and tilapia yday!! I am soo going to try it again when my teeth get better! Ooo

My teeeeethh! Kai! Soo basically I had this awful ass tooth ache! Kai! It was just terrible! So I had to suck it up and find a ghanian dentist! My host family as kind as they are, sent da son to help me find one. Was there no and was told I either start root canal treatment or just take the tooth out. Ok. Where this tooth is one has already been taken out so if I take another one out you can imagine the gumminess of it all! So I had to fight through my tears and just begin with the root canal treatment! Hmm what can I say... But the dentist and nurse was nice... Their practice wasn't as 100% as clean as a uk dentist but meh I'm not complaining. My teeth still hurts like a mofo though.. And I am just praying it is after sugery pain cus I want to be able to eat my banku and tilapia in peace!!

Mmm I have a huuuge craving for kelewele! Ah! You don't evn know!! Mmm!!

The orphanage has been good so far... Very tiring but the kids are addoorrable! There are some cheeky ones 2! Kai! Lool and sometimes to come out of the play room they stage revolutions lool and one even had a snack heist! Lool funny stuff!! Funnier even still when they see like foreigners they all shout obroniiiii obRrroniiiii!!

For now its watching the liverpool v arsenal match in the airport then off to a bbq! Its been a good life! Thank God!

Will update soon! Lots of love! Xxx

first day at the orphanage....

Today was my first day at Osu Childrens home. It was more of an administrative day to be shown around and to decide where i would like to be placed. oooo!! before i even delve into what happened during the day let me tell you of the cheekiness of one lady that worked in the reception at the orphanage. Basically i came to the orphanage not really sure of what i was doing as my contact was unable to come with me. SO of i go with my most respectful english accent to inform the lady at reception that i was told to come at 10 am but i was a bit early. She goes to me... so em WHO SAID YOU ARE VOLUNTEERING and me being me and not my contact i did not know the name of the lady who i talked to.. so i was like i am not sure i was just told to come back on monday and she was like well IF YOU ARE NOT SURE THEN I AM ALSO NOT SURE... *rude tone and blunt response*. i mean i was shocked SHOCKED I tell you! ahah! a whole load of nonsense! i was sooo vex... but nehu back to the better stuff...

I had to choose the house i would start my volunteer work in. At first we went to the different houses just to look around and be introduced to the workers... lol before this point.. i digress a little... lol before we went of to be introduced the manager of the orphanage made a funny... as all the other volunteers are white she introduced them in their groups like they are from denmark those are from germany then she goes about me... you can tell she is seperate from these people because she is black!! loool! i chuckled.. sighh we all chuckled... i bbm'd my people and they 'lol'd' too...

where was i? oh yes.. so we went to the different depts. i got told in one house that i reminded her of her inlaw which was different.. i am sure they said she was pretty so all i could do was giggle.... i decided on working in the nursery first then moving on to the other departments as the weeks go by. it gets difficult when you think about the fact that the children there have been left... the cutest kids waving at me... oh lord... :( all they need is love shown!

tomorrow is my first day will be starting at 7 AM! yes i was as shocked as you are! lool... hopefully it goes well and i do what i need to do to help... earlyy night for me 2nyt..

Stay blessed my bloggfriends..



oo and TIP OF THE DAY- NEVER WALK AROUND LIKE THE MARKET SIDES OF GHANA WITH A 50GHC NOTE...IT IS THE MOST FRUSTRATING THING TO GET CHANGE!!
xx

new house blues.... getting used to something new...

I'm at my home stay now, everyone is reaaaaly nice here so I think I will be ok! Took a little bit of getting used to and I am still trying to adjust to it but I think I should be ok. I didn't sleep a wink though yesterday night as my over active memory wouldn't let me sleep as my door was unlocked! I was thinking all sorts!! First sounded like the aeroplane was flying to low, then thought I could hear someone coming in! Stressheaad! Lol

Anyhoo, I will be going to the orphanage today just to see where it is. Will let you know how that goes! For now

Good morning! Xx you are invited...

on my way to Osu....

So I am finally on my way to the host family. General recap on the past couple of days...
Chilling, jamming... Writing songs... Going to a jazz/soul/indie open mic night which was very eventful.. (Lool good times good memories.. Let's just say I will be taking out my hair sometime soon...).

So to the present, I am in a taxi on my way to the home stay. The woman that came to collect me seems really nice anyways, so hopefully the woman looking after me is even nicer! I need 2 get used to the heat though! I realise that when I was with kofi and his fam as I literally went from the car to the next location. So I am HOT now! Ah! Anyways I will update the blog when I get there... But trusay if its an experience right out from a nigerian movie I will b finding one of my peoples places 2 crash!