So yesterday, monday, classes officially started....yay!!! i always looove the first day back but oh my lord i had to wake up soooo early aka 6 am, but really i woke up at 5:15 because my house is right near this small mosque so around that time there was all this singing out of no where and i was so confused cause i couldn't figure out where it was coming rom, but now i like it cause they also ring at night for a long time since its rahmadan and its just so pretty to listen to!
It's really convenient because literally EVERYONE except me lives very far away from the SIT/World Learning classroom, whereas i live about a 5-10 minute drive away, and hopefully one day i can try walking it because it shouldn't take more than 45, but more likely around 30 minutes.
We have Luganda class every morning for two hours and it's soooo much fun. Yesterday we kept onlearning more greetings, both formal and informal. My new favorite greeting is "Ogamba ki" and then you respond by saying "si bubi" which is just so cute!! I'm definitely learning a lot more, but it's kind of hard to retain all of it so quickly especially since most people just speak English so you have to go out of your way to speak Luganda to them, but then usually they just laugh at you since they think it's funny you know a little Luganda. We have a really big proficiency test at the end of the 6 weeks in kampala so hopefully i'll get the phrases down better.
We then have various Deveclopment Studies Seminars and Field Study Seminars throughout the day. Most of the DSS seminars right now are just learning basic information about Uganda, such as the geography and ethnicity of the state, or history of Uganda. today we'll be learning alot about development studies which should be good. One of the Prof. yesterday was sooooooooo funny though! First of all he kept saying United State of "America" trying to impersonate the way George Bush says America. Also he went to univeristy at University of WIsconsin at Madison so he told us the story of his journey from Africa to Wisconsin and he said that when the plane landed the pilot said "Hello ladies and gentlemen. I am pleased to inform you that we have landed in the Madison airport and it is currently NEGATIVE 20 DEGREES." Luckily the family that was hosting him for his stay in the U.S. brought a huge jacket for him. But we started talking about rivers, since the Nile river starts in Uganda and is the second largest in the world, and he knew a song about the Missouri River and then...just started singing it! But he was soooo good! Like just a beautiful voice I couldn't believe it! we then learned that he loooovesssss national anthems so then he sang the Ugandan anthem and i almost cried it was so good! And THEN he said the U.S.A.'s anthem, but didn't know all the words and just hummed it and he hit ALL those high notes so easily it was crazzy!! I wonder if he sings as a hobby cuz he was mad good.
It was definitely a long school day and there's a huge amount of time from breakfast to lunch so i was struggling soooo badly, but today i brought a little peanut butter sandwich that i am VERY excited about. The tea here is also sooo good its very milky and smooth and mmmm. just so good. But this morning my mom or Jjiji which means grandmother asked me if a brought a sweater because its cold out (i didn't) but it was just funny because its like spring weather and they consider that chilly.
I keep forgetting to upload pictures but I will soon! The one thing I forgot to bring was the connecter from my camera to the computer, but there are a few people who have the same connectors as me so i can just borrow them
ALSO! random news not related to Uganda! BUT I just heard from a few of my advisors and so im officially going to change my dual degree to be a Environmental Studies Major, and have two minors: Community and International Development, and Dance!!! Yayyyyyy
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