Wednesday, October 22, 2008

My new haircut!!!

I finally got my hair cur for the first time since being here. It's rather shorter than I am used to but it's great since it's so hot. The pricing for a hair cut in ghana is 1 cedi for a haircut and 2 cedi for "white man hair." So for a two cedi haircut I was quite happy. Other than that it's been hot and I have had a good time saying "Charlie why?" Basically if you don't know someone's name or are being informal you can just call them charlie. except you have to say it charlay. By the way, the instrument that I have to carry on is a djembe. A drum. I think most of campus now thinks my name is mr. mayhew. After the play I have had really random people call this out at me or stop me and talk to me about things and assume I should know who they are since they were in the audience. It's been kind of fun though being known for something in particular rather than just being stared at cause i'm an obruni. It's crazy that my dance final is already next week. My regular lecture class finals aren't until the end of nov/beginning of dec. but I still only have about 5 classes left, Thank god!! The classes are interesting just most of the time interesting does not have anything to do with the content. It's more fun being in a class where the students are more "vocal and interactive" hard to explain but it makes for lively classes. I'm looking forward to this weekend climbing some mountains and exploring the town of Ho more than I was able to a few weeks ago. Have a good day!!

4 comments:

Seth and Elizabeth said...

what are the dimensions of your djembe? For something like that it will all depend on the size. You also should research how customs will treat the drum. You should know the value and have a case. Did it come with a cloth carrying bag or some other case? If not, it would be good to invest in one. Things in cases usually go through no problem.

Canterbury Colorado has a djembe named Jim (or perhaps djim), so I know the djembe well.

Later

Chelsea said...

Nice. I'm glad you found your calling in life. Should I prepare by getting earplugs?!? Just kidding...sorta :P I miss you and will see you fairly soon because the next month and a half will hopefully fly by! I love you!!

<3 Chelsea

The Evangelist said...
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The Evangelist said...

Hey there!

I just saw your post...the price DOUBLES for white man hair??!!

*LOL*

I guess they learned that from the United States where there ARE different prices being charged for hairstyling and cutting depending on whether it is white or black hair!! NO kidding. Yep. All over the good U.S. of A this is occurring.

Now the Ghanaians are in on the action...