The girl of many names...

I just wanted to post up the thing that makes me laugh most in this place - everyone seems to have a problem with my name!!!! They either can't accept that Alex can also be a girl's name, or they forget what it is! So I now just answer to whatever name is given to me - Katy, Hannah, Rachel, Rose, Charles (yup, really - but I just respond by calling him Alex) Kibonzo (Swahili for "cartoon" - i like that one!) and most recently, Erin and Gemma!

Oh, and while I'm mentioning funny things, I have to tell this story of what happened the first weekend I was here...to appreciate the story, you should know that Western Ugandans pronounce the letter "L" as "R" (so my name is often "Arex"...don't even think about trying it though, i WILL beat you when i get back, jakukuba NYO!)
So, as I was on my way to the kitchen to wash my breakfast mug, I noticed the boys on my DTS were also finished with their tea so I offered to wash their mugs as well (yup, I still love washing up, even with the crazy way they do it here with plaited string scourers and blue soap bars!) and I got the response, "be breast"....I was a bit shocked until I figured the language thing out, I did NOT expect to hear something resembling "thank you, big breasts" from an African Christian!!