Language, Bugs, and Rhapsody's

(This was written a couple days ago,but I just now have time to post it.)

Doesn't this title sound like a great band name?

I am on day three of my trip, and I am in love with this place! It took me a little bit to get used to it, but now that I am, I am really happy I did this. Today I had my language lesson. Apparently, English is the official language but they also speak Chinyania. The nice man, Lazerus, taught us such phrases as, "Mwauka Bwangi" which means "Good Morning", but you say this when addressing an older person. The best part about it was when he was exlaining this phrase he kept refering to my pompous roommate Karen as an elderly person.The best part is, is that she is only 42. I was laughing so hard (on the inside), I thought I was going to burst! Other important phrases I learned today included, "Ndiwe ndani zina?", which means "What is your name?" And my absolute favorite phrase, that was so important they had to include it in the lesson, "Nizingati Moba?", which means "How much for a beer?" All in all, it was a very succesful lesson.
Last night, I went to Rhapsody's again. This time all the houses went, and it was a lot of fun getting to know all these people. I did meet a couple of locals, one of which had a digital camera. I figured if he has a digital camera, there has to be a place around here to fix it. So I asked him where I could get mine fixed, and this is what he said, "Go to Shamba's and ask for the rastafarrian with dreads." I thought this statement sounded a little strange, but I thought maybe Shambas was a camera store and the rasta man was really good at fixing cameras. Well today, I was going through town and I saw Shambas. To my surprise, it was not a camera store, but in fact a crappy looking fast food restaurant. So this incident has taught me a lesson. Always double check before you take the advice of Zambian locals.
I know earlier in this blog I said I love this place, and I really do, but there is one thing I DO NOT like about Zambia. The f-ing bugs. They are not like humungous and gross like I thought they would be. They are actually just flys and mosquitos, but they are super annoying. First of all the flys are EVERYWHERE. And these are not just normal flys, they are called Puchi Flys. These wonderful things, make nests in your wet clothes when they are drying outside. The only way to get rid of the nests are to iron the clothes. If the clothes aren't ironed then they will lay the eggs in your skin. HOW GROSS IS THAT?! So, I just need to make sure that everything is ironed. The mosquito's are equally as aweful. They have been eating me alive. I have like twenty and it's only the third day. For some reason they only like my blood. I thought I wasn't using strong enough repellant, so I swiched to really strong stuff. But these are munant mosquitos, so it doesn't help. The worst part is, is that my luck with random illnesses is not very good. So I am pretty convinced I will get Malaria by the time I leave.