Another weekend is already over, the time goes very fast here. On Saturday we (me and all the other european girls that live at the hostel, although not all of us went) were invited for a little party home to a Swedish and a Norwegian girl, that also are studying at Makerere. They live in i a suburb faaaar out of the city, where I've never been before. It was a little adventure only to get there. It was very nice to come home-home to someone and not sit in a room at a hostel. I was very impressed by the fact that they had a couch, a tv and a FRIDGE. I would like to have a fridge, that would make life a little bit easier...It was a fun evening although we didn't do anything special. We just sat and talked, drank a bit of wine (which is very expensive here, it costs even more than at home in Finland) and then afterwards we went out to a nightclub. It was the first time I went to a nightclub here in Kampala, so far I've only been to bars around in Wandegeya where I live. But on Saturday I actually felt like going out, so I did. Nightclubs here look just the same as at home, they might even be a bit more fancy. To my surprise, no one was stearing at you or trying to grab you and drag you here and there. It's like that when you're out at a bar in Wandegeya, then there's always someone who wants to talk to you or have your phone number and bla bla bla.
On Sunday me and some of the Norwegian girls went to Entebbe to go out fishing on Lake Victoria. I was very tired from the night out, so I almost didn't go with them. But I'm glad I did! It was a very nice day out of the city. I refused to do any fishing, I just wanted to be in a boat and see some water. One of our friends, Hamid, is from Entebbe and he had been very nice and arranged everything for us. So all we had to do was to follow him and get in and out of the taxi and the boat. When we got to Entebbe we first went with the boat to a small island to get some worms. Some of us jumped in the muddy water with the man who drove the boat to dig around in the mud to find the worms. That was fun to watch :o) After that we went a bit further out on the lake to fish. We spent some hours out on the lake, but no one caught any fish. HA! We saw some local boys who also were fishing close to us and they caught some fish, but the fish was very small. The boys kept it, I have no idea what the planned to do with it.
Back in Kampala I was very proud. I had been out on a boat the whole day -in Uganda- and I had managed to NOT get sunburnt :o)
So, the weekend was good. Yesterday was less good. I had a shitty day and when everything feels wrong, then also small things (that normally wouldn't get to you) started to upset me. By the end of the day all I wanted to do was to sit down and cry. I get very frustrated by how things work here sometimes, specially at school. I've been here for one month now and still there's very little I know what to do, when, where and how at the university. When I try to find out, it takes aaaages, because no one knows anything and people at the universiy keeps on passing me on to someone else. Some days all I do is to walk around at Makerere, waiting for to meet someone only to hear that I have to go and talk to someone else. And then it starts all over again, I walk, wait and leave...walk, wait and leave...
But, today is a new day with new possibilities! :o) Who knows, maybe I will manage to find out a couple of things today...?
On Sunday me and some of the Norwegian girls went to Entebbe to go out fishing on Lake Victoria. I was very tired from the night out, so I almost didn't go with them. But I'm glad I did! It was a very nice day out of the city. I refused to do any fishing, I just wanted to be in a boat and see some water. One of our friends, Hamid, is from Entebbe and he had been very nice and arranged everything for us. So all we had to do was to follow him and get in and out of the taxi and the boat. When we got to Entebbe we first went with the boat to a small island to get some worms. Some of us jumped in the muddy water with the man who drove the boat to dig around in the mud to find the worms. That was fun to watch :o) After that we went a bit further out on the lake to fish. We spent some hours out on the lake, but no one caught any fish. HA! We saw some local boys who also were fishing close to us and they caught some fish, but the fish was very small. The boys kept it, I have no idea what the planned to do with it.
Back in Kampala I was very proud. I had been out on a boat the whole day -in Uganda- and I had managed to NOT get sunburnt :o)
So, the weekend was good. Yesterday was less good. I had a shitty day and when everything feels wrong, then also small things (that normally wouldn't get to you) started to upset me. By the end of the day all I wanted to do was to sit down and cry. I get very frustrated by how things work here sometimes, specially at school. I've been here for one month now and still there's very little I know what to do, when, where and how at the university. When I try to find out, it takes aaaages, because no one knows anything and people at the universiy keeps on passing me on to someone else. Some days all I do is to walk around at Makerere, waiting for to meet someone only to hear that I have to go and talk to someone else. And then it starts all over again, I walk, wait and leave...walk, wait and leave...
But, today is a new day with new possibilities! :o) Who knows, maybe I will manage to find out a couple of things today...?
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