well stupid comp hates me but thats ok

i had 8 minutes left to write a quick entry just to say hi and announce that my cell seems to be accepting calls free of charge on this end at the moment so try to call if you wish. also for those who dont know texting works fine most of the time. but my comp exploded, well not literaly but ya know, and i had to go buy more time and come back on. not too hard but still anoying. most is still the same here but yesterday i was invited to the house of one of the ladies whom is helping at the orphanage she is here from france and has been here just a little shorter time than i. i went with her her 2 children and met the husband for a nice meal and good conversation. yumm half normal food. lol i almost forgot how to eat wiht a knife and fork how sad all the one utencil eating and eating witht he hands has gotten to me. OMG after we went for a swim and it was heavenly!! wow to be compleatly surounded by water that is not sweat is awsome! her chaufer; lol awsome!!! drove us to her house then the mother and daughter to dance class and me half way home. ha i got to use a chaufer!! lol sorry anyways it was a nice day and a plesent evening. i guess thats all for now but until later take care and love you all. Emily

hello hello

bonsoir again and i know i am writing more often hopefuly i can keep it up for a while at least. i am here agin in hopes of reciving the picture but no alas it is still not here. o well i guess you will just have to wait until i can figure out how to get the pics loaded-i have 500 so far so i would only upload a few for now and the rest when i get back but i am dreaming again. mom, dad, lorie and brian would you be too too mad if i brought home a baby or two -or 3 or4 or5...? god i want to! they are so loveable! again dreaming but i will come back and get one one day if i can. so life is fine here i tried new food called quqoi i think it is pronounced coqie. itt is alright. i should really go but i will come again soon so love you all and take care. Emily

wow i know two days in a row!!

bjr tout le monde, i know two days in a row is unheard of from me and honestly dont get used to it lol. dont worry nothing is wrong so dont worry i was just checking my e-mail. a friend took 2 pictures of me on his cell phone and promised to send them to me last night but of corse in the true men and cameroonien way it is not there. i know i will get it one day but there is no rush here. it is kinda nice because i dont like to rush either so it works out quite well. dad asked about my toilet roll situation and i just wanted to report that i have 2 of mine left and that there is toilet paper in the house i am staying in presently and i can buy mose if i wish. the same friend from before has said he would take me to a traditional festival of sorts just before i leave, it is in Bafoosam i think but ignore the spelling problem. there i can but all sorts of afican and Cameroonien stuff so i will be saving my money for then. that is all for now take care and love ya-Emily

bababa ba babybell - yes still thiking of food

sorry o about da title. de babybell song just came to my head. good news grandma, grandpa french is much much better now! im forced to use so much it comes well now. still problems forgeting words but it is more natural! i know de Pidgin from the lesson now and am proud. lol yes i am writing kinda funny i know, if you read it without thinking about the proper way to say it it sounds a little like they speak here. not exactly and with an awsome accent in real life but it will give you an idea. in the orphalinant there is a new baby who is 2 weeks old and was abandoned in a village and is being transported to Yaounde at the end of this week. i am also helping sister florence learn or emprove her english and that is fun. not too much else to report it has only been a few days scince the last poast so fair well for now and take care of your selves and love ya all. Emily-wow my name is right this time and no commenting Monica!

bjr lol bonjour in texting sorry for no novel of excitment lol i will try to do a little better but it is not as exciting as everyone thinks sadly i feel kinda useless here as i can be doing this stuff easier in canada and i can at least take care of myself and do what i wish. well no more self pity for the moment - i will tell you stome stuff thoughi dont know where to start.... i am thinking of starting a hand washing buisness for clothes and delicates because i am getting good at it and getting fater lol faster though i am getting fatter as well. who in their right mind goes to africa and gets fatter!!!??? though i guess it is also all the carbs with every meal. oh i am taking people for afican food when i get home lol and i am still salavating over the banana bread btw megan. there are some meals i am trying to watch and learn and i might be able to make when i get home so i will try to cook for you too though not the traditional afican food because it is freaking hard to make so i will buy it. oh my god i want cereal lol or real milk though the powder stuff is awsome. enough about food for now i am already hungry. did you know that you going to sleep at 12 means you are going to sleep as i get up??... now you know!! lol had to sorry. i have learned to change a diper very quickly and it is cloth you have to wrap a certain way followed by another cloth followed by plastic. i dont know what else to write so i will just randomly ramble about whatever comes to mind; so i have kept a journal everyday you would be proud though not of the writing my semi organized writing has turned to pure streem of conciousnness writing and my concious does not have any logical order, wow i am thinking of food again... oh i got my hair done again plated back against my head with black mesh woven in it looks awsome from the front but the back is kinda weak. lol and my scalp is soon going to burn but o well cest la vie. you would laugh at my little knowledge of pidgin but i promise to learn at least a little more before i come back. it really is not as scary as it seems to people when you addapt i am quite confortable here and the people are welcoming. i cant wait to get home and eat turkey then become a veggie cuz i think eating monkey has put me off of meat it has a strange taste and i did not like it. oh and there is no address where i am staying - i am on a back street and just down the road are wooden hand built homes so it is not the most upscale of places. thanks to sargent for the most of this post because i m kinda lazy right now and used some or most of an email i sent her for this poast. love you all and take care emily

wow it is actualy me, emily, poasting this not mum

hello to all and if you did not read the title please do so now. thank you mom for putting all the poasts up all this time. i finaly got the @ symbol to work at least on this computer ctrl alt 0 so i am excited. not much is hapening here at the moment i love the babies and want to bring Jackalina, estel and albert home right now and the rest if i could. do not be suprised if i come home with a baby in my bag lol. the women of some men sent here to work come and play with the kids for 1.5 hrs everyday and it is nice that the children have company and new exciting toys to play with. wow they are getting better at walking even as i watch the wek and a have been there. veronica, or veo, is just marching around but she loves the freedom way to mutch lol. not much else to say for now i have already sent a poast to mom with some detils so i do not have much left but i just wanted to personaly poast while i can and say hi, love you all and take care, emiy.

na haow? lol yes i am trying to learn Pidgin and this means how are you? you respond by A day which means fine. i know this along with a few other random phrases like ya name na weti? which means what is your name and do you know how to swim? which is you sabi for swim? as you can probably tell it is broken english with a mix of french and african langueges mixed in. i love it but can hardly remember the few sentences i know so i must practice. i want to say happy birthday to dad though it is belated i am sure you had a great time at wasaga and has lots of tequila and hair snorting fun lol. well all is fine here and is kinda the same. cute little kids and wonderful food. oh and to Lorie i did call early it was like 7am but that is like 12pm here and it is a motorbike not a ricshaw lol they are kinda like your old dirt bike but more beat up. and the snacks are crackers, plantain chips, to which i am addicted, fruit drinks and other odds and ends. nothing too scary dont worry and i dont know my address and unles you can send me a pizza or a turkey with stuffing i am quite fine for now lol. i would love to take home one of the kids god they are cute and so loving. but alas that would be way to much work at the moment i will wait until i am out of school to come back and adopt one then lol. thats all for now enjoy your haloween i will be thinking of you because i dont belive it is a big deal or even recognized here. laters take care and love you all. emily

hello hello, wow a month and a half already finished and only 4 and a half to go. i am now working at an orphanage called Orphilant Saint Jean de Deido. i am working from 9 to 1 with the young babies from 6 months to just under 2 years. i am still in the same house with the same family and that is conforting but i have farther to go to get to work. and it is more expensive to travel; a taxi to round point, 200 or 300 depending on the driver, then a bike, 100, to the orphanage then the same back. all is good though and i am actualy quite good at it now and i will get better. there are 9 babies and we wake them, change them, play with them then feed them change them again and put them down for a nap. then i go home and usualy stop at the school to visit and help. all is good. i think i forgot to mention that though the travel is expensive in francs it is about...2 dollars a day american lol ya. i believe that is all i have to report for now so if you have any questions post them and i will try to andswer the best i can. take care now. Emily

Saturday, 12:01 pm, Oct.10

hello hello all. How? That is just "how are you" here amoung many other hundreds of ways of saying it lol. All is fine here and deffenetly interesting. i finished at Renaissance the school on friday past and i am starting at an orphanage on monday. i went to visit and it seems like a nice place. i will be staying with the same family for now because the orphange is just in the city close by and taking taxi and bikes there and home for now. they will try to find a closer home for me but until then. dont worry mom and dad there is another man who works there who lives in bonaberi so close by i will be traveling with him most if not all the time and my hours are 9am until 1pm for now i would like to stay later but later is like 4 or 5 and it starts to get dark so i will only stay if i move closer. i have tried so many strange foods here and i have eaten so many different meats now i cant wait to get home and become a vegatairen lol. so the list is beef, fish, chicken feet, snail, lamb and...monkey/ and this is just what i thought to ask about lol. well as i said everything is good and i guess that is it for now. take care and i will see you soon. love emily

4:15 pm Cameroon Time

bonsoir tout le monde for those english people it says good night everybody all is well in my life here. i finaly found out that this is my last last week at the school here and of corse this comes just after i have had a bonding moment with the entire staff. so teachers day was yesterday and the parade was kinda boring; well there were those few people yelling at me to get my kind out of their country. so heart warming... anyways so after that needless to say i was down but then we went to a resteraunt and ate drank and danced and my mood was awsome because in case you dont know me i LOVE to dance. i have been watching the music videos on tv and have picked up some idea as to how they dance and it is to say awsome. i suprised everyone here that i could dance their way decently and we had a blast. man the guys can dance, lol monica and megan and ariel yes guys can actualy dance here. i tried beer dad and it was not too bad the kind was castel and it was ok. guess thats it for now so take care all and see ya in the future. emily