Shake shake shake

by Dom on February 28th, 2007

So I’ve been traveling a lot it seems lately. I had to go down to Yorgos’ site a few weeks ago for some more language training. Then I went to Mary Cate’s site to see how it compares to mine since she is the closest (It only takes 4 hours to get there). And now I’m here in Lilongwe.
I’ve come here to talk to Dale and Dora. I have a proposition to make that could shake things up here. I think it’s a really great idea. Basically I want to write a book to augment to the poor quality textbooks we all have to use here. Only the requirements to do that will challenge some of the norms here at Peace Corps Malawi. I’ll write more later, depending on how my meetings go.
Otherwise things are calming down. The crazy fantastic is becoming normal, the novelty is wearing off, and normal life, Malawi-style, is setting in.
The rides I get have been pretty awesome. I got one ride with the district administrator for the Rumphi district, who has apparently also picked up Yorgos and Leslie. I got a ride from a former physical science teacher, a ride from a landcruiser full of beer drinking malawians, world vision. All solid stuff.

The Malawi Song

by Dom on February 3rd, 2007

This is the first song I wrote and it’s my perspective on life here along with a lot of inside jokes.

Here I am in Malawi
Playing this box, just happy to be
Here to help all these chillin’
out kickin’ back and having a beer

Ready to rock let’s have some fun
In this land of lake and sun
been here too long can’t wait to sima
-ther, father, loved ones

1,2 or 3 years who can say
Right now I just want to eat drink and play
Sessions and processing always suck
I’d rather be eating sima, carrying water on my head and doing a malaria slide all at the same time

Waking up to the rooster’s crow
I want to kill it by the afternoon
kid’s yelling through the market
“Iwe, azungu, AZUNGU!”

Life ain’t fun but that’s ok
Cause their’s no one making me stay
Things aren’t so bad though for me
Hmm, mmmm, mmmmmmmmmmmmm, form 3…

A-A-Anxiety
Sure won’t let me feel very free
But my brain is just reminding me
That it could be the mef and not just me

Spiders and scorpions
We all know aren’t very much fun
So we asked Dr. Max, are we doomed
You know what he said? PAIN PAIN PAIN! PAIN FOR YOU!

So yeah, that’s pretty much it, It’s fun and easy. Maybe I’ll play it for you one day.