day 16

To cheer myself up yesterday at the market I bought a piece of typical, colourful patterned fabric. Here they love to wear very vibrant graphic clothes and the fabrics aren't expensive to buy. In this case, we can call it shopping since it will eventually become a shirt. So today, before the start of school, I went to the village tailor. Basically, here there's one person specialized in each profession. The tailor lives in a small house with his wife and four kids. In the beginning, I didn't realise he was talking to me because he was quite obviously a sufferer of walleye. Hopefully it doesn't interfere with his job. Anyway, he was very professional. First, he asked what I wanted at least four times to be sure and he took my measurements with his vintage measuring tape. Afterwards, he wrote them down. I hope they are right. Ah, he reminded me of Snoop Dog!

Another happening of the day: the swing took its first victim: a little kid was passing by and he was hit by a girl swinging. Blood and tears were involved as he had a deep wound between his eyes. I thought that I could do better than the simple water they were using to help him so I took my oxygenated water, a sterile Band-Aid and I hoped it would be enough. At least he stopped crying. Tomorrow, I'll clean him again and change the gauze. Apparently I'm now also the doctor/nurse of the school!