best day ever

Yesterday was the best day ever! In the morning I ate breakfast on the picnic table outside, and then around 1230 like 10 or 15 of us went to this barbecue (brae) in a township like 20 minutes away. Thapz, who is from JoBurg took us there and we all paid 40 rand for our food. It was almost like a block party, there were people all over the street, and everyone was drinkin' and loungin' and eventually dancin'. We ended up waiting like 3 hours for our food, so we went to the liquor store right down the block, inside the township in the mean time. We got some Hunter's and Sahara cider which was good; I'd never had it before...and then some beers. Since we had waited so long for the food, we were all so excited to get it because we saw other people receiving theirs. Everyone at our table was literally like drooling and freaking out. We knew that we were getting different types of meats and it came like family style for the table. We end up getting these 3 huge bowls: one filled with chicken, another with lamb, and the third with this certain type of sausage. It was kind of disgusting but also delicious. Everyone eats with their hands, and there are no plates, so at the end of the meal the table cloth is covered in the remains of our meat. I felt like a savage, but it was awesome.

Our cab driver ate with us, and he had 3 adorable kids with him, and 3 more at home. I think his name was Bobby...His cab was pimped out, painted green, red and yellow with license plates and cd's covering the walls in their entirety. They hung out with us all day, it was awesome.

After the brae, we went to another one at Moses' house. Moses is a soul mate that works for CIEE. There were a ton of peeps there, so we only stayed for like an hour. They have a sweet yard at their house...i wish we had grass!! O well.

Today was the first day of classes. I had class at 10 and 11. My 10 o' clock class was pretty cool, but my 11 o' clock was canceled until Friday. Not bad, not bad at all. I'm gonna go grocery shopping because I just heard about this bigger, better grocery store that's not too far away. They charge you for bags here...like when you are checking out, they'll ask you if you want a bag. It makes sense, but I keep forgetting to bring bags because I'm not used to it.

I wanted to do something fun today like go for a hike, but the weather is kind of yucky. Gray skies. Tonight we're going to see a play called Cissie, I'm not a big play person but I'm sure it will be something new and different.