WEDNESDAY

06|02|10

Feeling much better this morning. Im able to make it into the office which is a relief. I have been getting quite anxious not having left Elmina since Thursday. First things to get sorted at the office was getting on the internet to send emails and contact a few people. I had a message waiting for me from James which made my day!! He really helps to put things in a realistic perspective. A woman came through the offie this morning selling peanuts for a few peswas. I ended up buying some; they are defiantly different from the salty bar peanuts in the states. They taste exactly like the peanuts my old boss Tom from Peng Lai would eat.
The first part of the day we sat down with quality control to find out in more detail each step that they do. We then had to ask questions and figure out what they could do to improve their system. Once we were done we had some folding to do for the order which is to go out on Friday. After that we as designers had a meeting about what we should do for the next week or two so we’re on schedule and able to meet the goals we have set for ourselves. The rest of the day was spent working on stamp designs for batik and trend research. We are working towards our presentation next Tuesday. We will be presenting the office and the incoming designers with what we have accomplished thus far. We will then send it to the US office and see what they think and if we are heading in the desired direction.
The taxi ride home was quite annoying as it always is. Today we had Sam who I think is the head of all taxi drivers who go out to Elmina. He is in love with Sarah and I guess has remembered her name since day one. It was just the two of us obrunis so we had to wait till the taxi filled up with more people to leave. The woman that sat up front stared at Sarah and I the whole ride home and continued to ask for money for Kiki. Not really sure what she ment but I think she just saw that we were white and expected money. She was also speaking in Fante to the woman next to us in the back seat and im sure they were talking about us. We had to make two stops on the way home at two different gas stations. Finally home and irritated I was going to take a swim to cool off and like expected I couldn’t because it was under treatment.
For dinner we went to Eli’s and had Palava. I was super excited since when we had this dish over the weekend I couldn’t get enough of it! At dinner for some reason I just couldn’t eat.