Shocking!
Assalamalekum! I had a good weekend. Didn't do too much though. I was sick to my stomach for two days and couldn't eat anything and now I have a cold. I am not at all suprised by this seeing as Bébé Fa is sick and is always rubbing her hands all over my face. She did the cutest thing yesterday. I had just woken up from a nap and was really hot and she came and jumped in my lap while we were watching tv. She felt my face and realized that it was really warm so she took my hand and said "kaay" which means come in Wolof. She took me to my room and told me to sit on my bed. She then pointed the fan at me and turned it on. It was the most precious thing ever for a two year old to be taking care of me. Amy and I really want to take her home.
Saturday afternoon I had a not so fun experience. I went up to the roof/third floor to go to the bathroom and when I came out I went to turn off the light and when I touched the light switch it shocked me pretty bad. My whole body shook. I hate that feeling soooo much. I guess there was a puddle of water on the floor that I was standing in. I don't reccommend standing in water and touching old light switches. So now I am scared of the light switch and am avoiding it at all costs.
I found out the name of my sheep. It is Mammi. Pafili, my brother who is 16, named it after his mom who is in Italy right now. How cute.
posted by Jamie Paxton @ 6:37 AM
1 Comments:
Jamie, sure, the "literal" translation was: sells porridge but of course there is a story that goes with it. Maybe I will keep my Wolof dictionary.
"Some of you have requested some Wolof Words-Of-The-Day, so I’ll try and oblige. We’ll start with one of the funniest phrases I’ve learned: Jaay fonde, which is apparently the appropriate thing to shout at a woman whose behind you admire. We were initially told that the translation was “big butt,” or “nice butt,” however, there’s more to it. While it’s true that that’s the intended meaning, the direct translation is “sells porridge.” This comes from a story/folktale about a woman who was selling porridge, found no customers, and slowly ate all of her wares herself. The carbs went straight to her ass, so the story goes."
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