Friday: Smu and I went on a tour around the neighborhood.
Saturday: It was Smu's 11th birthday so a few of my friends and I went to the mall with her and her friends. Getting to the mall was an interesting experience to say the least. We had to take a mini bus. Minibus taxis are the major way for people to get around since most of the families in Cato don't have cars. The minibus taxis blast house music and zip all over town. Drivers try to pack as many people as they can in the taxi. Once we got to the mall, the kids told us that they wanted to go to some place called "Makdunnels". It took them a few tries to explain, but we finally realized the kids were talking about McDonalds. So, I treated Smu to a happy meal for her birthday lunch. We also took them to the arcade to play some games. Smu won a bunch of bling (little rings with blinged out dollar signs) and some candy. Overall it was a pretty successful birthday celebration!
Sunday: Sunday morning we went to church. The church service was really long. Unlike the hour long service in the US, it was 3 hours long. Apparently it is normally an hour but the pastor from the city came to the church so we had that service plus the normal service. After church we ate some South African style Biryani. SO GOOD! The rest of Sunday was spent playing with the neighborhood kids. A bunch of the students and I learned some South African games. One of them is like "Little Sally Walker", a game we play at camp. The South African version requires a little more booty shaking than the American version.
We also watched African Big Brother. I've never watched it in the US, but here in South Africa there is a whole channel dedicated to it. The people on the show are filmed 24/7 like in the US version. But, it's a live feed, so the channel follows what everyone is doing at all times. Freaky.
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