Monday, June 29, 2009

My 24th Birthday

Saturday was my 24th birthday. Where have the years gone?



If theres one thing you should know about it me its that I love celebrating my birthday so I wanted to make sure I did it up right in Africa. We hung out all day doing laundry and visiting Main Mall to buy some gifts. I treated myself to a Botswana t-shirt and a little statue. After that I decided to hand wash my laundry because its been two weeks and I needed some fresh clothes to wear to work. For dinner we went to the Grand Palm Resort as I mentioned early ate a wonderful dinner and had live music. The entertainer was very creative and amusing with his music. He played Rihanna “Under my Umbrella”, John DenverCountry Road” and Happy Birthday to me. While we were waiting for the bus to come pick us up I decided to gamble a little bit more and while we were there Clare was approached by a middle aged Chinese woman who was shocked by her beauty. She pulled her around the casino by hand desperately trying to find her husband so she could introduce her. She kept talking about how pretty her body, hair and smile were.

It was quite unusual and fascinating so I took it upon myself to ask her if I should get a picture. By this time Clare was being pushed to her limit of kindness but she knew the lady meant well. I took a picture which she wanted to see about six different times and then she left for about ten minutes. She came back with her husband and demanded I take another photo and email it to her. Its official, Clare has her own fan club now. One of the most thoughtful gifts I recieved was from our guide Karabo which was a Botswana Jersey with my Setswanna name on the back "Thabo" which means always happy.

The night was amazing and I could not imagine spending my birthday in Africa any better way.

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