Are you going to chongwe?

Ah! Muli shani mukwai. So much has happened in the last few weeks! A couple weeks ago after spending an amazing weekend in Lusaka(full of pizza,movies and sunday markets) i had my 1st mini bus experience. And oh was it an experience. We went to the bus loading station and asked "are you going to chongwe?" bad idea. Of course they were going to chongwe they wanted our money. So 9 of us get on a mini bus with the condition of: you get paid when we get to chongwe! Needless to say we never made it to chongwe in the mini bus. We did however get a great(free) hitch from lusaka to chongwe so the day ended well. While in lusaka I met a group of guys singing outside the mall. We started talking and ended up singing together! It was great we bonded over neyo and coldplay. I also had an interesting convo with this one guy about stereotypes/labels. He now knows that southerners arent dump and we dont all have strong accents. We also talked about black americans and all the ideas he had about black american. Lets just say we had a LONG talk about his preceptions of black americans. No my one 40min convo will not change all his myths and misconceptions but he now has seen and met something different. Its kind of sad because they get these ideas from american media and they are not all positive. But cultural exchange was made so thats a start. Had a snake in front of my hut. I also had my teacher evaluation where i taught a 5th grade science class(on the excretory system) alone. The kids thought i was crazy but we had fun! I am trusted to teach now. Also passed my bemba test. Now its the night before swear in. We had cultural day yesterday and cooked for our families and they gave us gifts. Bamayo gave me a broom, a nshima spoon and 3 bowls. In bemba culture every women is given a broom as a sign of coming of age. I gave my family gifts and they were so excited. This morning batata cried and i almost lost it. I will miss them alot. But im ready for the next step. Sorry this is so long but thats whats been going on. Big day tommrow!