Friday, July 10, 2009

Inventories (Uganda) as of 6 June 2009

Creepy Crawly Creature Encounters
25 - bug bites
2 - cockroaches in room at Kampala guesthouse
1 - bat in room Soroti guesthouse
WAY TOO MANY - ants in dinner roll
1 - caterpillar in corn husk
1 - brown dragonfly
1 - bright green dragonfly

Questions about marriage/residence in Uganda
2 - "Are you engaged?"
6+ - "Are you married?"
4 - "Are you married to Paul?" (also, "Is Paul your husband?")
4 - "Will you move to Uganda (permanently)?"
2 - "Would you ever marry a Ugandan man?" (sometimes followed by, "I have a list!")
3 - "When are you coming back?"

Names I have been called
20+ - "Muzungu!" ["white person" in Luganda] (also, "Muzungu, bah-yee (bye)!"
5 - "Emosugut!" ["white person" in Ateso]
3 - "Mudugu!" [children mis-pronouncing aforementioned words]
4 - "Jennifer"
1 - "Naomi"

Media
799 - Photos taken
43 - Videos recorded
10 - Videos shared
6000+ - Songs shared
too many to count - Songs sung
5 - Unexpected songs heard (Celine Dion, *N SYNC, Faith Hill)
3 - Books started (to read)
3 - Books finished
4 - Books still being read
3 - Books purchased

These inventories should also include a countless number of amazing people I have met, various new phrases/words learned, and a whole lot of laughter and smiles.

Paul and I are in South Africa at the Cottages at Injesuthi now. We arrived on Wednesday evening and it's been a blast so far. I'll be sure to keep inventory on interesting happenings down there, too =)

Nerding out,

Jessica K. Nguyen
Junior - Accounting
Michael G. Foster School of Business
University of Washington, Seattle
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