Saturdays and Sundays are my day off. I have basically been invited to Senegalese homes on national holidays, but it was the first time that I was invited to a Senegalese home on a normal day. I was happy and said immediately, "I'll go!" T…

This happened when I went to the water department to pay my water bill. I hade a conversation with a Senegalese who was sitting next to me in the department. I said, "I'm from Japan." He excitedly answered, "I like manga!" I was curious wh…

I'm going to elementary schools this week. Children are just reviewing previous contents of subjects last year and haven't started learning new contents yet. I was wondering about the children's clothes. Just like in April in Japan（New se…

When phone calls are gotten even in the middle of conversations, Senegalese will quickly answer the phone without saying a word and suddenly start a conversation saying "Allô!". Allô means "Hello".In Japan, people would say, "May I take th…

Senegalese common things, "Everybody is never on time" Not about some people, everybody in Senegal are. For example, at the language school, classes were scheduled from "what time to what time". However, they never started on time and neve…

The final exam for students at the"Teacher Training Center" was would have been in September. However, due to the strike, the exams will be in October. According to an original plan, new teachers(current students) would start working in el…

Today is a national holiday named "Tamahari" in Senegal. I heard that the day is the beginning of a new year in the Islamic calendar. The new year begins in September. In Japan, the dates of national holidays are already set at the beginni…

I tend to cook dinner by myself. Recently, I’ve been making fried vegetables every day. In addition, I eat rice or pasta half and half. I opened a package of pasta I just bought. This is a moment thing, just five seconds between opening it…

I tend to eat this bread everyday, for breakfast or lunch, sometimes even for dinner. I don't know how many days I have been eating this bread. I had never eaten bread like now in Japan. "Ndekki" in the local Wolof language means "To eat b…

It rained this morning. The rain drenched my whole body. I was watching Senegalese people on a rainy day. Some didn't mind getting wet. Some didn' t like to get wet. It was the first time for me to see a person used an umbrella. I had neve…

Cut watermelon was sold on the street and I bought it immediately. It was tepid, though, so good! This is typical thing of the summer!. Since I moved to Louga, I've been on vacation for about a week so far. It is an unexpected break as I t…

When I lived alone in Japan, I relied on eating out or prepared foods from the supermarket most of the time. It is one of amazing things about Japan that there are "Bento” lunch box shops and restaurants all over the place basically. I loo…

The 11th of August was a public holiday called Mountain Day in Japan. I had been thinking that I'd like to climb a mountain if Senegal had mountains. Because I used to climb mountains in Japan every year. But it seems not to be mountains i…

I threw my TV away on April this year (2018), and I have hardly watched any TV shows. The only program I watched was the World Cup of the football. One of my favorite shows used to be "Crazy Journey" in Japan. I liked that travelers ate un…

Today is my day off. I went surfing in the ocean. Even tourists can do it here very easily! Although I didn't even have a bathing suit, but I could borrow it and a surfboard at a shop for 5,000FCFA. (1,000 yen) There were a few tourists th…

The official language in Senegal is French. French bread is the standard breakfast here. There are many shops selling French bread with eggs, fish, potatoes, sauces, mayonnaise, etc. They are usually sold outside. There was a bakery, so I …