Day One (and a bit of two)

alrighty... so I used Lex's idea and wrote this entry on my computer and just put it on my memory stick so as to not waste money paying for the internet... so I wrote about Day one last night before I went to bed... This is it:

My first full day was great…and surprisingly long! I can’t believe I stayed awake this long…I really don’t feel jetlagged at all. I woke up bright and early at like 7 in the morning and unpacked all my stuff. I was actually able to eat breakfast without feeling sick anymore (and yay for cereal!!! Maybe that’s all I needed! Haha)
I took Balka (sp?), Mrs.Venter’s dog, for a walk down to Lex’s house after breakfast and nearly died! I could not believe how hot it is here!! I literally had sweat pouring down my face by the time I got there and it’s probably not much more than a 5 minute walk!!
When I got back to Mrs.Venter’s place she wanted me to go over this musical that Mascato is putting on. I don’t know if I understand completely yet what it’s all about but apparently someone is actually paying for Mascato to put this play on. They get to act, sing and dance in it. (as well as pick all the music) They are even flying this amazing choreographer from Scotland in to help with it.
Mrs.Venter picked only Karl Jenkins music for it (mostly all the ones we’ve done!!) Oh, and Scott, she asked me to remind you to bring your book of Jenkins music (it has a piano reduction right? None of hers do…)
So yeah.. it seems pretty cool… I’ll update more on that when I learn more (they’re performing it in Windhoek in September)
Lex came over while we were looking at the play. Mrs.Venter then drove us into town where the three of us had lunch in this cute little café. She left us after that to do meetings and phone calls (I have seriously never met a more busy lady in my life!! The phone rang off the hook this morning!!)
Lex and I wandered around town a bit more. I bought a cell phone!!! So… as far as I know only Roger phones at home seem to work but if you want to try texting me my number is +264813471435. (and you need the plus sign!) if you want to phone it’s 011264813471435. And if you’re phoning in Namibia it’s 0813471435. (isn’t that crazy??)
We also went to this clothing store that looks like it’s going to be very dangerous for me. Lex said she’s bought so much there already and everything it so cool and SO cheap!! The most expensive thing I saw today was like $70 ($14 CND) so yeah…I’ll be showing you all THAT store when you come!!
We took a taxi into Mondesa to check out her school. They are on vacation right now (that’s how Lex has so much time to show me around…it’s great) Her school is so cute…it seems like an amazing program there! She should be so incredible proud of the work she’s doing there!
After that we walked down to Marcelino’s house to see how he was doing. He seems pretty jetlagged and hates the heat! Hahaha…I think he wants more snow (but seriously, after the heat today…I wanted snow too! Bleh)
Um…what else….We went back to Lex’s house to hang out a bit and then took her bikes (well, Lex’s and her roommate, Beau’s (I spelt his name wrong before)) down to the ocean and saw an amazing Namibian sunset!! I think Lex might post some pictures later…I can’t believe I haven’t taken any pictures yet! I need to get on that!!
So after an amazing supper at Mrs.Venter’s house tonight (John you would be proud of me…I ate new things like vegetables and everything! And it was good!!) we heard from Beau that there was karaoke in town. Now apparently Africa does not do karaoke so this is a huge thing! Most people don’t even know what it is!!!
Unfortunately, people still don’t know what it is. There was no tv with lyrics, no book of songs to choose from, and they basically just played Afrikaan music videos and people sang along. ….weird.
So Lex and I went to Rodney’s house instead…and that was an adventure all in itself. (but I think I’ll spare the details here…I don’t want to worry anyone…namely my parents! Hahaha just kidding…I’m fine Mom!)
So yeah…we saw Golda and Rodney back in Mondesa which was awesome. I had my first African tassi’s and coke (sp?) and we just hung out and gossiped about choir. Much fun!

It is getting very late though so I should head off to bed! My big adventures to come tomorrow!!


DAY TWO
this is going to have to be short and sweet because Lex and I got to the internet cafe late and it closes in like 5 minutes!
Anyhoo... turns out Lex may have gotten what I got (sickness) cuz she was all flu-y last night and puked a bunch! LAME! But she's doing better now!
We went swimming in the ocean this morning! it's SO cold but the air is so incredibly hot that you dry off in like 2 minutes after getting out! crazy!! That was super fun!
We went to Walvis Bay in the afternoon to do a practice for this G3 thing. It's these two guys, George and Gustov (the other G is God). They are a big hit in Namibia and have their music played on the radio all the time. Anyhoo... they contacted Mrs.Venter to put together some people to sing backup for them in 3 concerts coming up. So me, Lex, Rozaine, Avril, Romancia, Dollar, Romano and Garth were all practicing today. I MISSED THEM ALL SO MUCH!!!!! oh my goodness...we sang some of AfroShines music too (namely Ti Mama) I almost cried. Seriously, this was the first time I've had chills in this heat. Michelle - Garth misses you so much and you are going to die when you hea him sing! oh and Romancia says hi to Fahim! hahaha
I had my first chip roll in Narraville (holy crap I could gain 30 lbs just by eating those!!)
We also went to a mini braai area where they sell meat and different things...I'll post pictures tomorrow when I get more time... We had fatkoeks (fat cakes) hahaha..so good!! And the meat was amazing!! You can get like a full meal there for probably $2 cnd! it was awesome!
I should go though...they've already closed the doors! eeeeee
love to you all! *mwah*