Yaoundé Continues

what is it? five more days in yaounde? its been relatively enjoyable. i'm over any illness that i had (pretty quickly, a tribute to my immune system). We've visited a numer of new places: US Peace Corps, Volunteer Services Overseas (both were looking to recruit), Mutations Press (newspaper), and the UIS embassy, where we met with the ambassador. Can anyone name the ambassador? I dont even remember his name, honestly, but its just interesting to know that he is such a well-known icon here, yet completely unknown to us back home. That is the case with so many publuic officials however. It's just a big world.
Freetime since has been spent shopping around, and I've definitely have spent more here that anywhere before. It's silly though, since many of the crafts and souvenirs i buy now I can get elsewhere and avoid carrying around for the whole trip. But I am content with my purchases, even though I dont bargain dsown enough from time to time. I havent even spent much so far, so I'm not concerned. In fact yesterday was the first time I've visited an ATM here, and I shouldn't have to again for a while, after.
I've been spending all my other time doing preliminry research for my ISP. I spent time online, at libraries (including the US embassy's, which was oh so helpful), and took some time to chat with a professor the other day. Ive been struggliung with narrowing my topic, but I believe Ive mostly settled now: future prospects for further democratizing Cameroon. I'll be researching from articles and books, talking to political party reps, and evaluating voter apathy and publis opinion. Newest change of it all is thatI've decided to do it here in Yaounde. So I'll be here the whole month of April, with the lovely resources and computers and big city feel. It should be good. I'll be staying with some new family or person during the time here, and still need to determine that and figure out who might be my advisor. Seems that the plurality of students are doing their project in Dschang, which is alright, since I am not trying to hang out with Americans all the time I'm here. So more work to be done on that, but it might just wait until April at this point.
We're here till monday, then off to very new things in Ngaoundere.