Wednesday, August 15, 2012

August 15, I am an official PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER


So, today we were sworn in at the Ambassador’s house. The ceremony was pretty short. We sang both national anthems and performed our Kiswahili version of “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”.  There was also a cake cutting ceremony. Apparently all the staff members particularly enjoyed my bobbing/whistling/singing according to PJ. There was some sort of group discussion about it…

I couldn’t see most of the ceremony because the photographers/videographers stood in front of us and took pictures of people at the podium the entire time. I took some photos of the people taking photos because I thought it was funny. Then we all took a bunch of photos together and subsequently got escorted quickly back to the PC Office. We had lunch (well other people did, I haven’t been able to really eat anything for the past three days. I had 3 bites of rice and a couple cucumber strips. I’m not sure what’s wrong. The doctor had no real advice) and then came back here after finding out our travel plans. We are leaving at 4:30 in the morning, but everything must be packed and loaded on the vans tonight. That’s my next big task! 

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