Take last night, for example. After choir I ate supper with some fellow choristers, then walked back to Vegas with them. We were standing around outside, and before you knew it, Amon was laying down beats and we were all taking turns rapping. This went on for about an hour, in English and Setswana, and was quite fun. I surprised everyone because (and this is a little known trivia fact about me, but now it's going viral, so I guess you'll all know!) I am actually a pretty decent rapper, especially for a white chick, and threw down some awesome rhymes last night. To the point where Amon and Condra told me I need to start writing these things down. Needless to say, I earned my rapping stripes last night.
Last night also marked the end of my political party-hopping here at UB. I have made it an activity of mine to make an appearance at every political rally here on campus for every party. It's been a blast. I learned a lot about the student culture, and I connected with a lot of neat people. But voting went down yesterday (and yes, I voted, a mixed ticket - lots of fun) and the results came out. I didn't stay up for the results, since the campus was pretty stocked with drunks already at 10 o'clock and I didn't think it smart to go out by myself and see what would happen when everyone found out who won. There should be a memo out sometime today with the official results, but judging from the singing I heard when I woke up this morning, and the green shirts I see walking around outside, I'm pretty sure that BNF-BCP coalition took the cake.
Not much else to say for this weekend. I'll be in a choir concert tomorrow that's a pretty big deal, and that's about it. Nothing too exciting planned. A couple of my friends went to Swaziland this morning and will be out hiking and camping for the weekend. I'm a little bit jealous, but I actually really enjoy hanging around campus with my local friends and doing crazy things like random throw-down, bilingual rap sessions.
~Botshelo
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