So I have officially entered my last week in Senegal-and sorry to say there is very little that is exciting to report. This weekend, a bunch of us went out to Thai food and a Moroccan hookah bar to celebrate our last Saturday night out (and we brought along two random Nigerian guys that take classes with us at the University)...it was a fun night, except that the music selection at the Moroccan place consisted of a boy band covering a plethora of songs originally sung by female vocalists, that should NEVER ever be covered by anyone...among them Rihanna's S&M and Shakira's Waka Waka. It was horrific. But the Moroccan owners were super friendly to me, probably because they thought I was Moroccan...on a related note, I've now been stopped in front of the Moroccan embassy a total of 4 times by Arabic-speaking mistaken individuals.
This week...we will be spending every available moment at the beach, doing last-minute shopping at markets, and I will be learning how to cook ceebujen with Tabara and Aminata on Wednesday (if they aren't too horrified by my lack of cooking abilities and abandon the attempt). I'm sorry I don't have more fun things to tell you, it's mostly just nostalgia-filled everyday activities (ie-"oh sad, this is the last time I'll be doing laundry by hand!"). But I promise to write once more before I leave to wrap things up.
Ba beneen yoon.
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