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I spent the later half of last week and all of the weekend in Tamale, Ghana, a city to the north of Accra. I was the guest of the Vice Chancellor of the University of Development Studies (UDS). After we met in Accra on Wednesday, he was gracious enough to fly me up to visit the university, get OCW setup there, and talk with the faculty and students.

Check out my room. I was bored a couple of days ago, so I made a video and uploaded it to Google.

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I've just spent my first night in Ghana. The flight over seemed endless. I have never had the patience to complete Sudoku puzzles, but after 10 hours I developed patience and worked through a couple in the Sky magazine on the plane. I also met a woman who owns an art studio (she designs a lot of furniture) in Accra who suggested a few places to visit.

Why is there a silent "feature" on my alarm clock? I was supposed to wake up at 4 AM this morning to catch a flight to NYC, but apparently there is a volume control on my alarm clock and it is turned completely down, so I woke up to many phones ringing as my brother was waiting in the driveway around 4:45 AM.

I don't know what y'all did for the break, but I had a blast! I came in on Monday night (3 hours late!) and got to see my niece. She wore a great shirt that said: I ♥ Uncle Clint! How cool is that?

I just returned from kick boxing. I wasn't really expecting much, maybe some sparring, nothing too intense. I was WRONG! The instructor ran late, so he jogs in, throws his bag in a corner, and immediately has us doing jumping jacks; jumping jacks and a push-up; next jumping jacks, a push-up with a clap, followed by another push-up. My thoughts: Oh my god, this guy is on crack!

After that intense warm-up we did some kicks (front, roundhouse, spin) and a few punches (1/2 jabs, 5/6 uppercuts). It was pretty fun. I nearly broke my toes and ankles doing the kicks, but I got the hang of it.

I attended NSBE's Fall Regional Conference in Buffalo, NY this weekend and I must say I had a great time! Ourchapter won 1st and 3rd (unofficially) place in the Academic Tech Bowl (ATB) events; our two teams were Hustle and Flow. Hustle, unfortunately, was bustled by Columbia in the semi-finals, but the Flow was just too much and defeated Columbia for the championship trophy, free trips to the national convention in Columbus, OH, and free Microsoft Zunes.

So, I haven't written here in a long time, so I figured I would reactivate the blog. I'll start with an update of my travels and injuries.

Injuries

I was so happy when my sister went to college; I could finally have the TV and two rooms to myself. Now that I'm in college, I'm miserable again. I've discovered that roommates are like siblings: they're great when you need something, but just get in the way the rest of the time.

So, two weeks ago I bought a bunch of nice new clothes, because I was bored with school and felt like shopping. I've worn most of them, but a few of the items are still hanging in my "elephant" (this wooden closet thingamajig), just waiting for me to wear them.