Just a few quick things for today:
first things first, I saw the baby ans he's soooo cute. Poor Nyaneh wanted a girl (she has a husband and 2 sons already), and her labor was fairly difficult, but I think she's just happy that the baby is healthy...and seems to sleep more than the average newborn.
Also, I went to UCAD for my History of Islam class yesterday, and it actually happened! Well, the professor showed up over 30 minutes late, and the kid in front of me answered 3 seperate phone calls during the lecture, but still, the important thing is that I am now on track to graduate on time.
College classes here are bizarre; the little things that you take for granted in the US are just absent here. For example, there is no eraser for the blackboard, and the board itself has a giant whole right in the middle of it, so the professor has a difficult time writing notes. And, as I mentioned earlier, students have no qualms about answering cell phones in class, or getting up and leaving, or shouting things out to the professor (which can be all to frequent in a class about Islam, especially because where our professor wants to take a historical approach, the devout Muslims that compose most of the class insist upon taking a theological approach).
Beyond that, I don't have much else to tell you, but I'll be sure to post again later in the week.
Jwallll,
ReplyDeletealways good to hear that you are alive and thriving. I'm glad your class finally actually happened! The baby being born sounds quite exciting and the thought of going on Muslim pilgrimage - very cool. Hanna and I misss you lots. We're going to the indoor place in Noho tonight for pickup so we'll think of you even more than usual. not much else besides that I'm continuing my adventuresome ways (facebook message to follow haha). And yes, it is a frozen tundra here, we've had TONS of snow (I believe I'm the only person on campus that is still excited by it). glad life is good in sunny, warm Senegal! bisoux.
Conny