Thursday, August 5, 2010

Bet you thought I forgot Hearing


I didn't. It's been written for months actually. But sadly my free trial of Microsoft Word has expired and I can no longer access my own work, and you better believe I'm not going to retype it all. I'd like to include some videos of the children's songs or the traditional music, or even the unfamiliar sounds of a foreign tongue for you all to enjoy, but there's no chance the internet has the capacity for it. Some other time, perhaps.

Until then, I'll tell you something else. Perhaps you'd like to hear some adventures from the third world?? I'm afraid I lack quality stories in that category. Life is basic, but not especially difficult. Running out of the things that seem like basic necessities (water, gas for cooking, electricity) are not really major issues, and will happen. Most likely all within a day or two.

I am learning a lot, but as is generally the case, the more I learn, the more I realize I don't know. It appears that I really have nothing to say. So I'll include a few pictures to distract you from my writing and hope you won't give up on my thought-sharing entirely. I might even follow through and tell you something about the sounds of Rwanda if you're really patient.

Hmph. Speaking of patience, I will tell you this. Since moving to Rwanda I have been accused of being impatient, complicated, dramatic and fat. I won't say none of these were ever true before, but I guess people forgot to mention them, because they feel new to me. Maybe people here are just a little more honest. Good thing I know now so I can get better!