The Random Expat Personality Game

After spending part of last night at Champs, talking to a charming man who claimed to be writing an article for National Geographic on the Ghanaian economy - and who probably was doing nothing of the sort in real life - I realized that so many people here are probably talking out of their behinds when they tell me their life story.

Thus, some girls and I decided at Assase Pa to create random fake personalities for each other. The next time we go to a bar, we'll become these people and see how well we can convince them that we are the real deal. Here's a list of new personalities...

Mel (St. Catharines): is an Australian trust-fund baby who has been travelling around the world and has now decided to open a Western-themed bar in Osu called the Giddy Up. She's even importing a mechanical bull from America.
Anna (North Carolina): is working on a pilot project to make sure all tro-tros are equipped with state-of-the-art GPS systems.
Laura (Norway): is using a grant from the Tony Hawk foundation to build a skater park in Accra and teach Ghanaian youth to skateboard.
Lisa (Carleton): is fostering women's empowerment by teaching alternative sexual positions other than the patriarchal "missionary" style. Her NGO's name? "Women on Top".
Hannah (Carleton): has been commissioned by the Canadian government and Royal Dutch Shell Oil to create a new engine fuel made of apateshie (distilled palm wine). Trust me, if you've had apateshie, you'll laugh your ass off at that one.

And myself? I'm a German PhD candidate from Jena writing a report on the "most peculiar" sexual habits of Kwame Nkrumah. And boy do I have some good ones lined up!

Let the games begin...