January 9, 2011 entry- Soccer Game

Today we woke up relatively late, around 930 am, which isn’t even that early, to do some work, since we have so much to do and it’s ridiculous. After getting work done, we  got ready to go to lunch and then the soccer game! We went to the mall for lunch and I got a grilled chicken sandwich. It was delicious, but the ketchup was really weird. It was very sweet and very thin. My charger for my computer blew out because of the voltage over here, so I went to the apple store to see if I could buy a new charger. Well, a charger is $265 cedis, which is around $177 dollars. I was in disbelief. In America, an apple charger is only $70. So, long story short, I’m borrowing chargers from the girls on my trip who have macs. After the mall, we got on the bus and drove to Osu real quick. We wanted to get soccer jerseys for the game! So we learned how to bargain with the men. It was definitely interesting! We all got jerseys and I bought a bracelet. The man I bought it from was very nice, his name is Kofi. He showed me where his shop (a table on the side of the road) is so I can come see him again. Then we hopped on the bus and we were off to the soccer game! We got the 5 cedi seats. There are 2, 3, 5, and 7 cedi seats, 7 being the most exclusive. We wanted to be more with the people so we wanted 3 cedi seats, but we ended up with 5 cedi seats, which was still fun. It was the Accra Hearts (the home team) vs. RTU (which I’m not sure what it stands for). It was so much fun! Accra wasn’t playing too well and everyone was getting rowdy in the stands. When RTU score a goal, the few supporters of them that were there were running all over the stadium, taking off their shirts and yelling. Then some fights started to break out and the police got involved. The Accra fans were becoming so frustrated with their team that they started to throw water bottles on the field. It was awesome to be with all of the locals and hear them speak about the game in Twi. I saw some people walking around selling ice cream and it looked interesting so I bought some. It was frozen strawberry yogurt and it comes in a little plastic package where you bite off a corner and suck out the yogurt. It was pretty good! In the stands, people bring drums and other instruments and we got to listen to live music the whole game, which was great and festive. RTU won, which was disappointing, because we wanted to see how the fans would react if the Accra Hearts won the game. After the game, we went to shoprite to pick up some things for lunch this week and then we came home. I did some laundry in the sink (not fun) and now I’m about to do some homework.