ok. THIS has to be the longest I’ve gone without a post. So sorry. It’s been months! Hope you all are well. School has been really tough this term, and the reality of everything finally hit me….which was terrible at first, but I’ve adjusted myself. I’m eating lots of oranges. Maybe that’s perking me up. [...]

Turkey Turkey Gobble Gobble! The only times I can ever remember seeing a turkey in America are usually on the last Thursdays of Novembers. Slathered in garlic and dripping with deliciousness, stuffed with various nuts and berries and other deliciousness that makes up stuffing. Well, that’s not the case here. There are turkeys running free in [...]

….is nothing special. I tried explaining Halloween to some of my students…and aside from not being able to sign the words “pumpkin”, “jack-o-lantern”, “carve” and “candy”, I realized during the process that Halloween is the silliest of all holidays. But definitely an all time favorite…it’s just a pity I wasn’t able to don a fufu [...]

So school has finally started, and after 18 years of being a student, I’m now a teacher..decked out in your typical navy blue dress suit pant suit thing, complete with an up-do and wreaking of perfume. Well no, not really. It’s weird though being on the other side of this whole student/teacher/school thing, but the [...]

Ghana Standard Time. Good thing I’m used to Indian Standard Time, or this whole adjusting thing would be a lot more difficult. Students at my school were supposed to move in this weekend, with school supposedly starting on Tuesday of this week, but I think only 2% have done so, and school will now be [...]

So based off of the title of this wonderous entry, I’ve been sick. ah! well better now, much much MUCH better now. I think I had bacteria poisoning for a while, which alas…enabled me to get acquainted with my toilet – on a very, VERY personal level mind you. It’s a pity the toilet seat [...]

Hello everyone! I think this is the longest it’s been, eh? Well, much has happened! Firstly, I am an official volunteer now! Yaya!!!! On August 13th, we had our swearing in ceremony, which was held at a local high school on their grounds. There was a pretty nice set up, with tents and a staging [...]

I feel like it’s getting a little redundat to preface every blog with “so i know i haven’t written in a long time…” so im going to let you guys do the math on how long it’s been since i posted. ive never had ample time or time at all to sit down at a [...]

hello all!! i have 15 minutes before this computer shuts off, so ill try to make this detailed. wooooo. practicum training started again this week, which is awesome. yesterday and today we got to work on our own batiks, which is going to be reallllly cool. they have these beautiful stamps ofthe sign alphabet, which [...]

!i am still alive! ive finally managed to find a computer that works reasonably well, which is great. things are continuing to going really well. all the visual arts teachers have been in koforidua for the past week doing something we like to call practicum. it’s where all the teachers are sent to different schools [...]

HELLO FRIENDS! i am alive, do not worry. i know it has been a long time since i have updated this thing, or contacted any of you, but this is africa. let us not forget. i am using my first computer now (well sort of first…at least first time on a computer for an extended [...]

So I just started this thing…and let’s see how long I’ll actually be able to keep it up! For all of you that are thinking about Peace Corp and somehow found this site, congrats! I’d like for it to be available to more people, but I don’t know anything about the web …so pass it [...]

The contents of this website are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the U.S. Government or the Peace Corps. Hello. So this is me, Sonya Dugal, and this a blog about my Peace Corp adventures in Ghana! Woo.  i’ve just graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York, where I got [...]