"I'm a Ugandan for Obama"

President Obama is extremely popular in Uganda. I noticed it immediately, but only realized just how popular he is this past week. I've seen plenty of people with shirts (campaign shirts, homemade shirts, etc), hats, pants (including black jeans with Barack Obama printed brightly on them in yellow) or bumper stickers declaring "I'm a Ugandan for Obama." It's pretty humorous, and nice to be someplace where people do not hate our President. (I only previously traveled when Bush was President, and, as you probably know, he wasn't too popular abroad.) All of this has sort of surprised me, but my experience this week showed just how popular he is. I saw a stamp with Barack Obama's picture and the U.S. Presidential seal on it. Mind you, this was a Ugandan government issued stamp. I was blown away.

As for other things that are happening, I went exploring last weekend, and the countryside was really beautiful. It was nice to regroup from the busyness of Kampala. Classes also started this week, sort of. I think about half of the professors showed up. My classmates are really nice though, and a few have given me suggestions for internships. From what I've been told, classes will really get started this week. So, we'll see how that goes.