Thursday.
I have been eaten alive. Bug bite madness.
What's the deal....I post a question and only one person responds! My readers have disappointed me.
The ground around our house was a little water logged today, so we had to walk a different way to get a taxi. I should have known it was going to be an interesting ride when the driver could hardly answer if he would take us a Cape Coast for 80 peswas. But 7 of us piled into the car (yes a car, not a tro) and we were on our way. Sometimes I close my eyes because the wind is blowing my hair all over the place (or maybe out of fear for my life) and the driver must have known that was why my eyes were shut, so he put the back windows up. However, the one window was off of its track and made a horrible sound. Then he had the radio on. Normally, this would be an added bonus on a taxi ride, however, today I wanted to cut my ears off! Think of when a cd skips, and add some choppy talking on top of that, and then play it threw blown out speakers. That was the noise I heard for 20 long minutes this morning. Plus, the drivers phone was ringing an obnoxious sound. Can you tell that I woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning?? The driver also took a "short cut" this morning, but he went the wrong way, so it actually wasn't short at all. Gaaah!
When we got to work we all had different projects to work on, and as part of my job, I jump around between a little of everything. Today I worked with one of the girls on the layout of the 2011 catalog. We had a lot of good ideas, and everything was flowing...and then there was an issue with a batch of dresses. This dress has been haunting me from the moment I touched ground in Ghana. The we fixed the main issue with how the dress was fitting, but now there were issues with how the dress was being sewn. An entire batch came in, and none of them passed the quality control inspection. Lots of stressing out later, I had to make a trip to go visit the dressmaker, to show her the issues. It was an uncomfortable experience, because why should she listen to me, she can sew 10 times faster than I can, while using a hand crank sewing machine. (Its a beauty). So, I explained to her the issues, and told her that she needed to be sewing with a much smaller and sharper needle. She told me that they didn't make them, and I had to tell her that they did make them. Then we had to talk about her sewing lines, and how they needed to be straight and smooth. The final issue was that she was not using a seam ripper to remove a mistake. Her solution was to just RIP it out, pulling each sid of the fabric. This explained so much.
We told her that she could not remove stitches that way, and that she needed to take her time. She told me that she was very sad, but I told her we just wanted her to fix it before it was too late, and her dresses were rejected. Then we took one of her workers to the market to buy seam rippers. We were walking along, and then suddenly I was back in the market, surrounded by the smell of hot (uncooked) meat! Gaaaaaaaah! I picked up the speed during that section. I was glad we went into the market though because I found some fabric vendors tucked in the way back. Now I just need to figure out how to get back to that section without passing the dead animals.
Speaking of animals, poor Pepo is sick. He has been so sad lately, and today he stayed under the bed all day. Maria is trying to give him some meds right now. Poor puppy.
Back to work! After the site visit I went all the way back to work only to find that everyone was on lunch. However, I lucked out because one of the women who makes hoodies was there, so I placed an order for a wild orange one. I should have it next week! I had to run a few errands on my lunch, so I had to walk back to the market to find some food. At one of the stores a women asked what was around my ankle, and I said a bracelet, and she could not understand why I would want to tie scrap fabric around my leg. Then, after looking at it some more, she said are you working for Global Mamas? I was like yes, how did you know? She said she could tell by the print of the fabric. The rest of the afternoon I went back to work on the catalog.
When I got back to the house I went over to the resort to workout because I was in serious need of some alone, and de-stress time. After I worked out, I decided that I would put the extra effort in and take a shower. I have not washed my hair in 5 days......let me tell you..I feel CLEAN! :-)
Tomorrow I think we are going to take a half day and take a trip to the beach for the weekend. Pepo will be turning 1, so to celebrate we are all going away to Busua Beach. Google it. Then pray for Pepo to feel better, and sunshine this weekend.
Peace. Love. My hair smells like coconut.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Technology Fail
Wednesday.
It rained a lot last night. A lot.
Well, the morning started off with smoke filling the kitchen. Minor stove fire. I guess nobody was listening at fire safety Sunday. Maria was making Pepo some rice for breakfast, and I think she forgot what she was doing, because she walked away and next thing we knew, it was on fire. So one of the girls did something to stop it, and Maria came in the kitchen and said "oooooooh I am soooo bad at cooking in the morning" (say that with a Spanish accent). I don't know if Peop ended up eating breakfast today.
This morning I went into work a little late today, because I had to go to the hotel to send our trend presentation. They have a faster connection, so I figures it would cause less stress if I went over there. Lucky for me, the internet was fast and the file sent in record time.....I need to be in and out over there so that my husband can't hunt me down.
As I was getting ready to leave, it started raining really really hard, and Maria (the office manager) was at the hotel as well, so we decided to wait a few minutes until it stopped. Then we called a taxi, and had door to door drop service. We treat rain days like snow days, you just don't want to leave house.
When we got to the office we went to a workshop that was being put on for the women about financial independence. Even though it was half in Fante, I feel like I learned a lot. At these workshops there is always some kind of ice breaker (very Laura Jay) and today the question was..."If you had all the money in the world, what would you do?" Some women said they would open an orphanage, some would open more businesses, some would travel, some would pay their workers more. I decided that (one of) mine would be to find the worlds BEST cup of coffee! Now it is your turn to tell me what you would do. (Laura you better do this).
The meeting went on for what seemed like days, but when they brought in a cooler of FanIce, I knew that I would survive until the end. After the meeting, the design team got together with some of the fair trade workers and talked about going on site visits, to see the women working. We were able to schedule a few during the meeting today, but with the way things work around here, we will still need to call the day we plan to go just to be sure.
When we went back to the design room.....aka the storage room, I had an email from the US office about the presentation, and they were so impressed with it. That means we are off to a good start! I think that we have a really good design team, and for the most part we all have very similar ideas. I think there will be some good products coming out!
There was such a cute little kid at work today. He was just sitting on the bench, behaving so well. We played for a few minutes, but I still do not know who he belongs to. Hopefully he will be back again. I think I need to find some little kids to hang out with.
The rest of the afternoon flew past, and then it was time to go. The weather had been pretty bad all day, and when we were walking to get a taxi home, it looked really creepy outside. The sky was so dark, and the ocean was a really strange combination of blues, and the goats were running around like nuts. Strange feeling, but we made it home without anything odd happening.
Once I got home I was completely exhausted. This gloomy weather is so annoying.
My roommate is feeling much better, but she is not fully recovered from the mystery illness yet. And now another girl is sick. I'm telling you...these interns are dropping like flies.
Oh, random fact. Today I found out that Ellen has TWO kids! That's all I know, but I will find out more. I think I should meet them.
Peace. Love. Answer my Question.
It rained a lot last night. A lot.
Well, the morning started off with smoke filling the kitchen. Minor stove fire. I guess nobody was listening at fire safety Sunday. Maria was making Pepo some rice for breakfast, and I think she forgot what she was doing, because she walked away and next thing we knew, it was on fire. So one of the girls did something to stop it, and Maria came in the kitchen and said "oooooooh I am soooo bad at cooking in the morning" (say that with a Spanish accent). I don't know if Peop ended up eating breakfast today.
This morning I went into work a little late today, because I had to go to the hotel to send our trend presentation. They have a faster connection, so I figures it would cause less stress if I went over there. Lucky for me, the internet was fast and the file sent in record time.....I need to be in and out over there so that my husband can't hunt me down.
As I was getting ready to leave, it started raining really really hard, and Maria (the office manager) was at the hotel as well, so we decided to wait a few minutes until it stopped. Then we called a taxi, and had door to door drop service. We treat rain days like snow days, you just don't want to leave house.
When we got to the office we went to a workshop that was being put on for the women about financial independence. Even though it was half in Fante, I feel like I learned a lot. At these workshops there is always some kind of ice breaker (very Laura Jay) and today the question was..."If you had all the money in the world, what would you do?" Some women said they would open an orphanage, some would open more businesses, some would travel, some would pay their workers more. I decided that (one of) mine would be to find the worlds BEST cup of coffee! Now it is your turn to tell me what you would do. (Laura you better do this).
The meeting went on for what seemed like days, but when they brought in a cooler of FanIce, I knew that I would survive until the end. After the meeting, the design team got together with some of the fair trade workers and talked about going on site visits, to see the women working. We were able to schedule a few during the meeting today, but with the way things work around here, we will still need to call the day we plan to go just to be sure.
When we went back to the design room.....aka the storage room, I had an email from the US office about the presentation, and they were so impressed with it. That means we are off to a good start! I think that we have a really good design team, and for the most part we all have very similar ideas. I think there will be some good products coming out!
There was such a cute little kid at work today. He was just sitting on the bench, behaving so well. We played for a few minutes, but I still do not know who he belongs to. Hopefully he will be back again. I think I need to find some little kids to hang out with.
The rest of the afternoon flew past, and then it was time to go. The weather had been pretty bad all day, and when we were walking to get a taxi home, it looked really creepy outside. The sky was so dark, and the ocean was a really strange combination of blues, and the goats were running around like nuts. Strange feeling, but we made it home without anything odd happening.
Once I got home I was completely exhausted. This gloomy weather is so annoying.
My roommate is feeling much better, but she is not fully recovered from the mystery illness yet. And now another girl is sick. I'm telling you...these interns are dropping like flies.
Oh, random fact. Today I found out that Ellen has TWO kids! That's all I know, but I will find out more. I think I should meet them.
Peace. Love. Answer my Question.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
CRIKEY!!
Tuesday.
I bought a bag of orange juice this morning. I was so excited because it looked so refreshing, but then it tasted like Sunny Delight. Gah! I will not be buying that again.
There is always a struggle to get a taxi on Tuesday mornings, because it is a "no fishing" day. I guess no fishing also means no taxis. When it was just three of us, it was still ok because we could always catch one random cab on its way to Cape Coast. However, this morning when 12 of us needed a ride, we had a bit of trouble. I think it took at least 10 minutes to even flag one down, and then I had to talk him into taking us to Cape Coast for the correct amount. Our full car make it to the coast in good time...over a half hour later the other interns finally made it.
The first part of the morning I spent with the new interns, trying to get them up to speed on what the design team was working on. Then they had to go on their tour of the town, while we worked on finishing our presentation. In the afternoon we did the final presentation, and it went over really well. Our next step is to send it to the US and get feedback. I finished catching up the new interns, we walked about some new (and really good) product ideas, and then we went home!
Our taxi ride home was not anything exciting. When we got back I was feeling kind of blah, so I went over to the gym to work out. After my workout I was walking through the hotel and I said hello to one of the workers. He then proposed to me, but I said that I was married. Luck for me I had just moved the ring that I wear on my middle finger to my ring finger because my hands were swollen from working out. Then he noticed the ring and said, ohhhh you have husband. I said yes, and he said what kind of ring is that! (It is just a silver band) and I said a wedding band!! Then he said, oh but I want to marry a white girl like you. I said back to him, well its not going to be me!! Then he insulted my ring again. Then he asked if I would help to find him a wife, so I said that I would get back to him when I found one, and walked away as fast as possible. The, I went and got one of my all time favorite street sausages! I think I am addicted to them.
I feel like this post is too short, and I need to go on an adventure or something.......
Lame day.
Peace. Love. No fishing.
I bought a bag of orange juice this morning. I was so excited because it looked so refreshing, but then it tasted like Sunny Delight. Gah! I will not be buying that again.
There is always a struggle to get a taxi on Tuesday mornings, because it is a "no fishing" day. I guess no fishing also means no taxis. When it was just three of us, it was still ok because we could always catch one random cab on its way to Cape Coast. However, this morning when 12 of us needed a ride, we had a bit of trouble. I think it took at least 10 minutes to even flag one down, and then I had to talk him into taking us to Cape Coast for the correct amount. Our full car make it to the coast in good time...over a half hour later the other interns finally made it.
The first part of the morning I spent with the new interns, trying to get them up to speed on what the design team was working on. Then they had to go on their tour of the town, while we worked on finishing our presentation. In the afternoon we did the final presentation, and it went over really well. Our next step is to send it to the US and get feedback. I finished catching up the new interns, we walked about some new (and really good) product ideas, and then we went home!
Our taxi ride home was not anything exciting. When we got back I was feeling kind of blah, so I went over to the gym to work out. After my workout I was walking through the hotel and I said hello to one of the workers. He then proposed to me, but I said that I was married. Luck for me I had just moved the ring that I wear on my middle finger to my ring finger because my hands were swollen from working out. Then he noticed the ring and said, ohhhh you have husband. I said yes, and he said what kind of ring is that! (It is just a silver band) and I said a wedding band!! Then he said, oh but I want to marry a white girl like you. I said back to him, well its not going to be me!! Then he insulted my ring again. Then he asked if I would help to find him a wife, so I said that I would get back to him when I found one, and walked away as fast as possible. The, I went and got one of my all time favorite street sausages! I think I am addicted to them.
I feel like this post is too short, and I need to go on an adventure or something.......
Lame day.
Peace. Love. No fishing.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Weekend Update
Here are a few photos from the beach. Yes, I know, I still owe you all house photos and I swear they will come :-)
This is one of the rooms you can rent at the beach. I just LOVE the color of the building.
Here I am with my coconut.
This one pretty much sums up the day.
peace. love. sand in your toes.
I'm having fish tonight!!
Monday.
Week Four. Can you believe that this is already my fourth week here? Time is flying by!
Please excuse my multiple SUNday entries, my blackberry is wack and decided to post it four different times. fail.
I woke up in a bed of sand this morning......I guess I did not shower as well as I had thought. I think sand is just falling out of my pores now. Other than the sand in my bed issues, it was a typical morning, read, oatmeal, taxi. There was nothing exciting about the taxi this morning, because we had to take a bag of supplies to work, so we hired a "drop car".
Katie, my roommate was sick all night long, so this morning she had to go to the hospital. After many hours and many different tests, they found that she does not have malaria, but she has something....hopefully it will get better soon.
We drank a lot of starbucks via this morning, so we got a ton of work done this morning. We (the designers) have our big trend presentation tomorrow afternoon, so the afternoon was spent putting everything together.....and singing random songs.
At one point two huge bags of scrap fabric came falling down from a huge stack, and almost flipped the table. We were definitely awake after that!
On the way home I broke part of the taxi. I had Katies backpack with me today, and when I got into the taxi, it was still half on my back. Then I looked to my side to pull the bag onto my lap, when I realized that I was wrapped up in some kind of rubber. It ended up that I got the bag stuck on the rubber that seals the door and pulled it right off. So I turned to the girl next to me and just started cracking up. Then the drivers started laughing, and 5 of them came over to try to stick it back on. They laughed at me for a long time, until finally it was stuck back on the door.
Walking back to the house I noticed that there were some rock cakes and fish pies at Elis. I did not sign up for dinner, so I stopped and got some for dinner and breakfast.
I spent most of my evening working on our presentation, and getting to know the new designers that came to the house today.
Short post.
Peace. Love. Fish pies.
Week Four. Can you believe that this is already my fourth week here? Time is flying by!
Please excuse my multiple SUNday entries, my blackberry is wack and decided to post it four different times. fail.
I woke up in a bed of sand this morning......I guess I did not shower as well as I had thought. I think sand is just falling out of my pores now. Other than the sand in my bed issues, it was a typical morning, read, oatmeal, taxi. There was nothing exciting about the taxi this morning, because we had to take a bag of supplies to work, so we hired a "drop car".
Katie, my roommate was sick all night long, so this morning she had to go to the hospital. After many hours and many different tests, they found that she does not have malaria, but she has something....hopefully it will get better soon.
We drank a lot of starbucks via this morning, so we got a ton of work done this morning. We (the designers) have our big trend presentation tomorrow afternoon, so the afternoon was spent putting everything together.....and singing random songs.
At one point two huge bags of scrap fabric came falling down from a huge stack, and almost flipped the table. We were definitely awake after that!
On the way home I broke part of the taxi. I had Katies backpack with me today, and when I got into the taxi, it was still half on my back. Then I looked to my side to pull the bag onto my lap, when I realized that I was wrapped up in some kind of rubber. It ended up that I got the bag stuck on the rubber that seals the door and pulled it right off. So I turned to the girl next to me and just started cracking up. Then the drivers started laughing, and 5 of them came over to try to stick it back on. They laughed at me for a long time, until finally it was stuck back on the door.
Walking back to the house I noticed that there were some rock cakes and fish pies at Elis. I did not sign up for dinner, so I stopped and got some for dinner and breakfast.
I spent most of my evening working on our presentation, and getting to know the new designers that came to the house today.
Short post.
Peace. Love. Fish pies.
Sunday, June 6, 2010
SUN-day
Finally! A day with no rain.
I think my roommate has malaria. We always joke that she has it, but now its not funny because she is really sick. If she does not feel better in the morning we will have to go to the doctors office. I'm pretty sure if we go there she will be sent home with malaria meds even if it is not what she has.
When I woke up this morning I was super excited because it was already hot outside and the sky was blue. I knew that we would finally make it to the beach. We called Peter, our beach taxi driver, and at 9:00 the first group of us set off for the beach...you were all still in bed sleeping!
I made my oatmeal, and a cup of coffee for a Sunday morning treat. Again, I have an oatmeal comment...are you shocked that I am STILL talking about this? Ok, the new girl brought some Jiff to share, so as a treat I used some of that in my oatmeal this morning. It was not as good as when I use the natural ground nut butter...so you have been warned. And while I am talking about food, the rock cakes I eat do not have anything in them, I'm guessing to keep the cost down, but I'm sure they would be great with something extra!
It was such a perfect day to go to the beach. It was hot and sunny, and there was a perfect ocean breeze to cool us down. We grabbed some beach chairs and set up our spots, then of course we went right in to "swim". The waves were a little bigger than the last time, and I think that at some point during the day, each of us had a wave kick our butt and give us a face full of sand....yet we continued to go back for more. In between waves I started a new book and enjoyed some sun. And yes mom, I had my sun lotion on....I think I used an entire can of SPF 50!
A few of us decided to get lunch at the beach, and I had french toast. After all, it was my sunday brunch :-). It was nothing like french toast in the states...say from, ohhhh I don't know....Steves, but it was delicious in its own unique way. It was more savory than sweet, as it was served with tomatoes and onions on top. It definitely hit the spot...but I could have used some extra crispy bacon on the side.
After lunch, we repeated the events from the morning, and I bought my first coconut. I was not all that impressed. Truthfully, I was wishing it would taste like a pina colda..obviously it did not. I guess I will try one again someday, because I feel like it is something I might like. I just need to be in the right mind set...or something.
Today I also found my first snake. He was bright green and slithering along the trees. While we were eating our brunch I looked over at the entire staff running over to a tree, each holding a stick in their hands. Then, I wish that I would have taken a video of what came next. All of the people started to smack the branches of one of the coconut trees, and as soon as they would smack it, they would jump back right away before taking another swing at it. This continues for about 5 minutes, so I assumed that the snake was in the tree. Sure enough, he fell out, most of the people scattered, and one beat the poor snake to death. For all that effort, I hope he was poisonous. Bye bye snake.
Later in the day we went for a walk further down the beach, and we watched some huge waves. Well, I don't actually know anything about waves, but these were too big to swim in. We were walking up on the shore, a good distance from the water, and there was two different times that the waves broke so far up on the shore, that people were knocked over and pulled across the beach. I'm telling you, these waves were serious. I do not understand how those little fishing boats make it past them.
I ran into the man who sold me the drum, he said if I bring it down we can jam some more. Then we did a fist bump, and he said "one love" It was a very black eyed peas Pepsi commercial moment.
When I came back from the beach, I decided it would be a good time to shower, seeing that there was sand packed into every part of my body. I really should have taken a photo of the shower when I got out. Let me just say, that before today I did not realize that the tile in our shower had a brick pattern to it. However, due to the amount of dirt that came off my body, I could see the pattern crystal clear. Ew
Tomorrow its back to work, and we are getting 4 new design interns....it will be interesting.
Ok, I had a lot to say for a day that was so lazy
Peace. Love. Snakes in a tree.
I think my roommate has malaria. We always joke that she has it, but now its not funny because she is really sick. If she does not feel better in the morning we will have to go to the doctors office. I'm pretty sure if we go there she will be sent home with malaria meds even if it is not what she has.
When I woke up this morning I was super excited because it was already hot outside and the sky was blue. I knew that we would finally make it to the beach. We called Peter, our beach taxi driver, and at 9:00 the first group of us set off for the beach...you were all still in bed sleeping!
I made my oatmeal, and a cup of coffee for a Sunday morning treat. Again, I have an oatmeal comment...are you shocked that I am STILL talking about this? Ok, the new girl brought some Jiff to share, so as a treat I used some of that in my oatmeal this morning. It was not as good as when I use the natural ground nut butter...so you have been warned. And while I am talking about food, the rock cakes I eat do not have anything in them, I'm guessing to keep the cost down, but I'm sure they would be great with something extra!
It was such a perfect day to go to the beach. It was hot and sunny, and there was a perfect ocean breeze to cool us down. We grabbed some beach chairs and set up our spots, then of course we went right in to "swim". The waves were a little bigger than the last time, and I think that at some point during the day, each of us had a wave kick our butt and give us a face full of sand....yet we continued to go back for more. In between waves I started a new book and enjoyed some sun. And yes mom, I had my sun lotion on....I think I used an entire can of SPF 50!
A few of us decided to get lunch at the beach, and I had french toast. After all, it was my sunday brunch :-). It was nothing like french toast in the states...say from, ohhhh I don't know....Steves, but it was delicious in its own unique way. It was more savory than sweet, as it was served with tomatoes and onions on top. It definitely hit the spot...but I could have used some extra crispy bacon on the side.
After lunch, we repeated the events from the morning, and I bought my first coconut. I was not all that impressed. Truthfully, I was wishing it would taste like a pina colda..obviously it did not. I guess I will try one again someday, because I feel like it is something I might like. I just need to be in the right mind set...or something.
Today I also found my first snake. He was bright green and slithering along the trees. While we were eating our brunch I looked over at the entire staff running over to a tree, each holding a stick in their hands. Then, I wish that I would have taken a video of what came next. All of the people started to smack the branches of one of the coconut trees, and as soon as they would smack it, they would jump back right away before taking another swing at it. This continues for about 5 minutes, so I assumed that the snake was in the tree. Sure enough, he fell out, most of the people scattered, and one beat the poor snake to death. For all that effort, I hope he was poisonous. Bye bye snake.
Later in the day we went for a walk further down the beach, and we watched some huge waves. Well, I don't actually know anything about waves, but these were too big to swim in. We were walking up on the shore, a good distance from the water, and there was two different times that the waves broke so far up on the shore, that people were knocked over and pulled across the beach. I'm telling you, these waves were serious. I do not understand how those little fishing boats make it past them.
I ran into the man who sold me the drum, he said if I bring it down we can jam some more. Then we did a fist bump, and he said "one love" It was a very black eyed peas Pepsi commercial moment.
When I came back from the beach, I decided it would be a good time to shower, seeing that there was sand packed into every part of my body. I really should have taken a photo of the shower when I got out. Let me just say, that before today I did not realize that the tile in our shower had a brick pattern to it. However, due to the amount of dirt that came off my body, I could see the pattern crystal clear. Ew
Tomorrow its back to work, and we are getting 4 new design interns....it will be interesting.
Ok, I had a lot to say for a day that was so lazy
Peace. Love. Snakes in a tree.
SUN-day
Finally! A day with no rain.
I think my roommate has malaria. We always joke that she has it, but now its not funny because she is really sick. If she does not feel better in the morning we will have to go to the doctors office. I'm pretty sure if we go there she will be sent home with malaria meds even if it is not what she has.
When I woke up this morning I was super excited because it was already hot outside and the sky was blue. I knew that we would finally make it to the beach. We called Peter, our beach taxi driver, and at 9:00 the first group of us set off for the beach...you were all still in bed sleeping!
I made my oatmeal, and a cup of coffee for a Sunday morning treat. Again, I have an oatmeal comment...are you shocked that I am STILL talking about this? Ok, the new girl brought some Jiff to share, so as a treat I used some of that in my oatmeal this morning. It was not as good as when I use the natural ground nut butter...so you have been warned. And while I am talking about food, the rock cakes I eat do not have anything in them, I'm guessing to keep the cost down, but I'm sure they would be great with something extra!
It was such a perfect day to go to the beach. It was hot and sunny, and there was a perfect ocean breeze to cool us down. We grabbed some beach chairs and set up our spots, then of course we went right in to "swim". The waves were a little bigger than the last time, and I think that at some point during the day, each of us had a wave kick our butt and give us a face full of sand....yet we continued to go back for more. In between waves I started a new book and enjoyed some sun. And yes mom, I had my sun lotion on....I think I used an entire can of SPF 50!
A few of us decided to get lunch at the beach, and I had french toast. After all, it was my sunday brunch :-). It was nothing like french toast in the states...say from, ohhhh I don't know....Steves, but it was delicious in its own unique way. It was more savory than sweet, as it was served with tomatoes and onions on top. It definitely hit the spot...but I could have used some extra crispy bacon on the side.
After lunch, we repeated the events from the morning, and I bought my first coconut. I was not all that impressed. Truthfully, I was wishing it would taste like a pina colda..obviously it did not. I guess I will try one again someday, because I feel like it is something I might like. I just need to be in the right mind set...or something.
Today I also found my first snake. He was bright green and slithering along the trees. While we were eating our brunch I looked over at the entire staff running over to a tree, each holding a stick in their hands. Then, I wish that I would have taken a video of what came next. All of the people started to smack the branches of one of the coconut trees, and as soon as they would smack it, they would jump back right away before taking another swing at it. This continues for about 5 minutes, so I assumed that the snake was in the tree. Sure enough, he fell out, most of the people scattered, and one beat the poor snake to death. For all that effort, I hope he was poisonous. Bye bye snake.
Later in the day we went for a walk further down the beach, and we watched some huge waves. Well, I don't actually know anything about waves, but these were too big to swim in. We were walking up on the shore, a good distance from the water, and there was two different times that the waves broke so far up on the shore, that people were knocked over and pulled across the beach. I'm telling you, these waves were serious. I do not understand how those little fishing boats make it past them.
I ran into the man who sold me the drum, he said if I bring it down we can jam some more. Then we did a fist bump, and he said "one love" It was a very black eyed peas Pepsi commercial moment.
When I came back from the beach, I decided it would be a good time to shower, seeing that there was sand packed into every part of my body. I really should have taken a photo of the shower when I got out. Let me just say, that before today I did not realize that the tile in our shower had a brick pattern to it. However, due to the amount of dirt that came off my body, I could see the pattern crystal clear. Ew
Tomorrow its back to work, and we are getting 4 new design interns....it will be interesting.
Ok, I had a lot to say for a day that was so lazy
Peace. Love. Snakes in a tree.
I think my roommate has malaria. We always joke that she has it, but now its not funny because she is really sick. If she does not feel better in the morning we will have to go to the doctors office. I'm pretty sure if we go there she will be sent home with malaria meds even if it is not what she has.
When I woke up this morning I was super excited because it was already hot outside and the sky was blue. I knew that we would finally make it to the beach. We called Peter, our beach taxi driver, and at 9:00 the first group of us set off for the beach...you were all still in bed sleeping!
I made my oatmeal, and a cup of coffee for a Sunday morning treat. Again, I have an oatmeal comment...are you shocked that I am STILL talking about this? Ok, the new girl brought some Jiff to share, so as a treat I used some of that in my oatmeal this morning. It was not as good as when I use the natural ground nut butter...so you have been warned. And while I am talking about food, the rock cakes I eat do not have anything in them, I'm guessing to keep the cost down, but I'm sure they would be great with something extra!
It was such a perfect day to go to the beach. It was hot and sunny, and there was a perfect ocean breeze to cool us down. We grabbed some beach chairs and set up our spots, then of course we went right in to "swim". The waves were a little bigger than the last time, and I think that at some point during the day, each of us had a wave kick our butt and give us a face full of sand....yet we continued to go back for more. In between waves I started a new book and enjoyed some sun. And yes mom, I had my sun lotion on....I think I used an entire can of SPF 50!
A few of us decided to get lunch at the beach, and I had french toast. After all, it was my sunday brunch :-). It was nothing like french toast in the states...say from, ohhhh I don't know....Steves, but it was delicious in its own unique way. It was more savory than sweet, as it was served with tomatoes and onions on top. It definitely hit the spot...but I could have used some extra crispy bacon on the side.
After lunch, we repeated the events from the morning, and I bought my first coconut. I was not all that impressed. Truthfully, I was wishing it would taste like a pina colda..obviously it did not. I guess I will try one again someday, because I feel like it is something I might like. I just need to be in the right mind set...or something.
Today I also found my first snake. He was bright green and slithering along the trees. While we were eating our brunch I looked over at the entire staff running over to a tree, each holding a stick in their hands. Then, I wish that I would have taken a video of what came next. All of the people started to smack the branches of one of the coconut trees, and as soon as they would smack it, they would jump back right away before taking another swing at it. This continues for about 5 minutes, so I assumed that the snake was in the tree. Sure enough, he fell out, most of the people scattered, and one beat the poor snake to death. For all that effort, I hope he was poisonous. Bye bye snake.
Later in the day we went for a walk further down the beach, and we watched some huge waves. Well, I don't actually know anything about waves, but these were too big to swim in. We were walking up on the shore, a good distance from the water, and there was two different times that the waves broke so far up on the shore, that people were knocked over and pulled across the beach. I'm telling you, these waves were serious. I do not understand how those little fishing boats make it past them.
I ran into the man who sold me the drum, he said if I bring it down we can jam some more. Then we did a fist bump, and he said "one love" It was a very black eyed peas Pepsi commercial moment.
When I came back from the beach, I decided it would be a good time to shower, seeing that there was sand packed into every part of my body. I really should have taken a photo of the shower when I got out. Let me just say, that before today I did not realize that the tile in our shower had a brick pattern to it. However, due to the amount of dirt that came off my body, I could see the pattern crystal clear. Ew
Tomorrow its back to work, and we are getting 4 new design interns....it will be interesting.
Ok, I had a lot to say for a day that was so lazy
Peace. Love. Snakes in a tree.
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