The last few weeks the talk of the town has been about the election that took place on Saturday. The last official election year was 2007, but because of all the corruption they decided to have another one this year to make it fair. Last year they didn’t bring boxes out for the people to put their ballets in and they had people waiting to shoot anyone that came out to vote. They call them thugs and wonder if we have those in America too.
Sadly this year was not much different from the last. We were told not to leave the house on Friday or Saturday and everyone locked themselves in their homes and the town was quiet other than gunshots and sirens.
On Wednesday we (Amanda and I) decided to go to Internet to post some blogs before everything got too crazy. The trip to the Internet was normal; we got on a machine, crammed into a hot little room and waited 30 minutes for one page to come up on the computer. After the Internet we decided we should buy some cabbage and bread for dinner, so we stopped at the “garage” on the way “home”. It isn’t a very far walk from the garage to the house, so instead of taking a machine we decided to walk.
So, as we’re headed down the road, here comes what we call a “parade-gone-bad”. Instead of handing out candy like a normal parade, they give out bullets instead. Amanda and I are walking down the road and after seeing this guy hanging out of his car window and shoot a gun over our heads, we were having a difficult time deciding what we should do. Do we stay? Do we find cover? Head for “home”? Keep walking? We decided to dart across the street and take a short cut off the main road. Well, Amanda was carrying the head of cabbage and avocados and tripped. The plastic bag broke and so everything was laying all over the ground in the dirt. This brought laughter to everyone around! The antifoos running across the street because of the shooting and then all their groceries laying in the dirt as they’re scrambling to pick them off the ground. A and I were just laughing! I thought for sure A was just going to leave our dinner in the dirt, but we managed to get it picked up and made it home in one piece.
Today is Sunday, so the election is over. This afternoon they announced who the new governor is, so now they have what they call “jubilee” to celebrate. This consists of more gunshots and bad parades. We’re all glad the election is over with and look forward to peaceful days following.
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