A week since the last post...

Wow...I can't believe its been a week since my last post. Let me reflect on what happend over the last week...

Thursday...I can't remember :(
Friday...I went to Krobo Odumase in the Eastern Region to do CD4 tests and surveys for the NYU group. When we got there they said we couldn't do the tests because the person who arranged it didn't know they had to send a formal letter to the hospital administration blah blah blah! So we turned around and came back to Accra. Friday night Prince and I went to the NYU hostel to hang out with the NYU crew. For the record...It's not a hostel...its 4 mansions on 1 property with security, fully furnished houses, washer and driers, etc etc! After hanging out at the house everyone went to Ryan's Irish Pub which is just like an Irish Pub anywhere complete with "Spotted Dick with Custard" which I am told is a dessert! Prince was seriously hit on by one of the NYU guys we didn't know...in short it was hillarious! He handled it very well...he didn't make the guy feel bad in any way.

Saturday...I went to a pool party at Tesano Sports Club with Patrick and a couple of his friends. It was kinda boring at first...not many people were swimming (including us). Then the "show" started. A lot of people showed up and some famous Ghanaian singers/rappers performed. After a while we decided to go to Accra Mall because it was the "Launching" weekend and there was a big-time DJ performing in the food court. It was extremely loud and there weren't too many people...but it was fun. In the food court was a table of US Navy men in fatigues...I was curious what they were doing in Ghana but it was too loud to talk to them. We also saw Andrea and her two Dutch roommates walk into Rhapsody (a very nice restaurant) with a few guys. When I talked to her later she said that ...well first the entrees at Rhapsody range from $18-30!!...but she told me that they had gone to Champ's Sports Bar on Friday night and this guy was buying shots for everyone. He took a liking to one of her roommates and invited them to his house for dinner on Saturday. It turns out he is an Indian man who grew up in England. He moved to Ghana and started a company making .5 liter bags of purified water for 5 cents (everyone drinks them everywhere) and black plastic shopping bags and became a multi-millionaire. His house is amazing - jacuzzis in each bathroom, etc. He took the girls and his friends to Rhapsody and bought them all Filet Mignons and wine etc. It turns out the roommate is not interested in the guy...but they had a good time anyways.

Sunday I went to church at St. Paul's Lutheran Church again. Then had some Chinese food. That's about it.

Monday...I did some work at work. That evening I went to the NYU house again with Prince and saw Happy ( a young lady we work with) at the house. She came to cook them dinner and hang out with one of the future NYU doctors! We watched a movie - Eastern Promises - thats about it.

Tuesday...I delivered a few proposals with the two volunteers I work with. Hopefully we'll get some funding! After work I went to the tennis court with the guys and watched Patrick play tennis. I met 2 obrunis who came to talk to me. The guys were from Scotland and Switzerland. Fifi and Patrick and I went to Pizza Inn for our weekly ritual of 2 for 1 Terrific Tuesday and ate the pizza at the spot (drinking place) in our neighborhood. While we were sitting there the two obrunis I met came by with like 50 obrunis!!! The place is quite small and ran out of beer pretty quick!

Wednesday...today I am at work not doing much...I'm going for Indian food this evening and Salsa dancing.

This weekend I'm going to Kumasi and then Tamale. See you all in 12 days!

James