Last Full Weekend In Cato

So this was my last full weekend in Cato. We had the farewell part on Friday night. Mama couldn't come to it because she was working but Penny, Andile, and Siyanda came. It was at the community center Cato has and S'du and Thula transported all of us there. The food was catered..we had steam bread, rice, beans, chicken, lamb, pasta..all that kind of stuff. We had the opportunity to say some nice things about our family so I did that. Then we sang to them. We sang Shosholoza, our National Anthem, and then Build Me Up Buttercup for fun! We sounded uhh subpar, but its the effort that counts. After that we basically went back to our houses cause it was like 10 and thats past our bedtime..and we missed Generations!

Saturday, we went to the Pavilion..imagine that...and we went and saw Shutter Island. Its pretty good..we all thought it was going to be scary but it wasn't at all and very realistic..I would recommend it. Then we shopped around a bit. Ordered an iced cappicino...got a room temperature inch of coffee with 3/4ths foam..so still figuring out what means what here. Actual iced coffee drinks are hard to come by..most of them come in the form of milkshakes. Oh and remember when I said I am convinced that all the hamburgers here are mutton. Well they are...this is how I know...we decided we needed to ask the McDonalds in the mall if their hamburgers are beef. So Emma goes and asks..the following is their conversation:

Are your hamburgers beef?
No, they are chicken.
Ok but are the hamburgers beef?
Yes
So they aren't lamb?
And the lady walks away..basically she doesn't know.

Or its a conspiracy. Either way..I'm making hamburgers as in with beef as in from a cow tonight for my family..we will see if they have ever had anything that tasted like this!

Saturday night we had a girls night...like thats hard..there are no boys. Anywho some of us went to Lauren's house and watched Forgetting Sarah Marshall on her laptop and drank wine and ate chocolate. It was nice.

Sunday I went to church with Emma and her Mama. It was in a little shack thingy..it was loud..not too different from our church though..except everything was in Zulu and it lasted 3 hours. And the lady next to me kept holding out the book expecting me to sing along..funny. Then we had a mini party for Lungelo.. Emma's brother. Then we did nothing. We went out to eat at this Mediterranean restaurant and it was soooo good. I had this sesame coconut chicken with cous cous. Then Dad we found Bean Bag Bohemia..it was alright..more of a day scene then a night scene I think.

Monday, today, we have off cause its a public holiday because yesterday was Human Rights Day. So were going to the beach today. And I'm cooking tonight.

A few things I have learned about South Africa:
- You have to ask for the bill..not the check.
- The TV shows don't start on time..and they don't start like on the every thirty min thing.
- Small children roam around Cato. They always come running for me to pick them up..then I carry them like halfway down the road then I let them go but they don't speak English so who knows where they live and now how far away I've taken them from their house. But oh well.
- The pound key is called hash.
- They've never heard of ketchup.