Trippin’ with Tracey: Workshoppin’ – Part 2
If you are tuning in late to this shizznap and wondering why there is a “Part 2″ and where is “Part 1″, then WHERE THE HECK WHERE YOU?! *sigh* Cause we here at GBD are so nice, I’ll give you the first part and save you the trouble, ya lazies. It’s okay. We love you anyways.
For those of you actively watching the GBD channel, why Thank You, kind peeps. 
Now! Where we last left off, our brave adventurer was stuck in the hidden jungles of Hulazimbashiba, in the outskirts of Oklahoma, fighting for her life from the dreaded talking coconuts that can make your ears bleed with their singing! Oh…what?….this isn’t where we left off? Are you sure? ….. Hmmm….Sorry, I guess I was thinking of a different story. Carry on then!
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That’s when we saw her…
A lady working in Croke Park and who was in charge of serving dinner was bringing ten spare boxes of sausages and chips back into the kitchen. The 8 of us just glared at her as she started walking past (she looked a tad bit scared, I’ll admit).She eventually dropped the tray onto the table beside us and said, ‘You can have these if you want’. We were on top of her raging to get the food before she could even finish her sentence. I managed to knock down a girl from another school. It was so funny! Everyone had left to go back to the workshop and just our table was left eating.
So after that little moment, we had we got back to our second workshop. I ended up doing a little work with people from all over Ireland promoting a slogan called ‘Africa Also Smiles’. The idea of the workshop was to come to terms with the fact that Africa isn’t just about poverty and starvation, that people are also happy there and proud of their culture. We did lots of activities that got us all working together and I had a great time.
By the time 3pm came, we were all ready to head for the train home. One downfall: the room I was working in at the time was on the 6th floor. I had left a bit early to meet up with the rest of the girls so I hopped onto the elevator… Knowing my luck… It got stuck!
I was there for about ten minutes just waiting for it to move. The door was jammed and a red light started flashing inside. I was by myself in there which made it even worse, but luckily, in the end, I got down to ground level and all my friends seemed to find it very funny.
So we headed back to the train station and had a laugh all the way back! These trips have really allowed the 8 of us and our 2 teachers to become a lot closer, which I think will really pay off in Kenya!
A few days later, back in school, one of the teachers traveling to Kenya with us informed us of another small workshop we would be doing. Our teacher’s son is an aid worker over in Kenya and has been there for a couple of years. Because he’s fluent in Kiswahili (the Kenyan Language), he agreed to do some of that with us!
It was definitely fun learning it and it’s honestly not too hard! Here are some words that we learned:
Hello – Jambo
Friend – Rafiki
Goodbye – Kwaheri
Thank you very much – Asante Sana
Welcome – Karibu
My name is – Nina Itwa
So overall, January was a fun month and we focused more on the fun side of our trip. The next couple of months we will be getting back down to business to finalize all the details on the fundraising we have coming up (concert coming up in March!) and more on the trip.
So I hope ye enjoyed, girls! I’m so glad I can share all this with ye and have ye right there beside me the whole time! 
I’ll talk to ye again soon!
Peace & Love,
Tracey
Kendra
February 16, 2010Tracy I think its amazing that you are here sharing your stories with GBD, it sounds like you had an amazing life experience that you will take with you forever through out your life.
“Africa also Smiles” – I think all too often many people look at other cultures and judge them as being bad or sad not realizing that that the people are happy and proud of who they are and the beliefs they have, all cultures in my opinion need major make overs but most of us love and believe in where we come from