13. Disconnected Randomness

each week i have tried to group and summarize events into some sort of theme that would help anyone who reads this digest them more efficiently. despite my efforts, there have been a number of 'things' that we've seen or heard that cannot be grouped... they are completely disconnected and completely random, but also completely hilarious (at least to me).

1. the risk taker - there is a lady with a small child at the rice field who cuts his hair whilst he breast feeds. i find the breastfeeding and haircut combo to be very efficient but also very dangerous
2. it's never too early - each morning at starr villas (our home away from home) we have breakfast with several people sitting at the tables near us. more often than not, someone is having a beer at 8.30am. i guess when a majority of the population start their day at 5am, it makes sense... sort of?
3. first impressions - i met someone this week and his opening line was 'ohh you are big, i like your stature". 
4. we have decided to call our taxi driver eugene by  his yiddish name oygen - he seems to like it.
5. market wife - the main markets in the center of accra are makola markets pronounced 'mikola makes' which sounds incredibly similar to nicola marcus
6. international sister - burkina faso lies to the north of ghana and is mentioned a lot in regular conversation in short form 'burkina'. i think they are saying 'betina' every time
7. ghana love - makola and i were walking down the street holding hands and someone approached us. we believed he was going to offer us a product of some sort but instead he came out with 'is she your sweety and the one you really love?'
8. ants in my pants - literally. this week our bed at starr villas was covered in ants and i found them in my pants. i am hoping that i am not caught lying this week, it will hurt. 
9. humping lizard - my favorite of all the animals we have seen so far...i can take all the credit for the excellent camera work in this film