A: IT HAS A LOT OF UH HEALTHY OPTIONS AND MORE OF WHAT I SEE YOU KNOW UM THERE ARE A LOT OF WISE CHOICES IN TERMS OF FOOD YOU KNOW

B: MM HMM

A: I SEE THEM ENCOURAGING UM CHILDREN TO HAVE FRUITS

B: YES

A: YOU KNOW INSTEAD

B: IN SCHOOL ESPECIALLY

A: OF A PACKET OF CHIPS YES

B: YES

A: EVEN IN SCHOOLS I THINK THAT'S A GREAT PRACTICE YOU SEE

B: MM HMM MM HMM MM HMM

A: UM OPTIONALLY INSTEAD OF OPENING A CAN OF UH COKE OR HAVING A DRINK WITH A SANDWICH THEY'D PROBABLY

B: YEAH

A: SAY HAVE SOME FRUIT YOU KNOW AS AS A

B: YEAH

A: SNACK AND I THINK THAT'S EXCELLENT

B: YEAH SO UM AS I WAS SAYING WE WERE JUST EATING FUFU EVERY DAY AND MY SISTER I BECAME SO BIG AFTER COVID AFTER THEY LIFT THE BAN ON THE I BECAME SO FAT I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT AND YOU KNOW THAT LED ME TO ANOTHER HOBBY I DISCOVERED EXERCISING

A: OH YOU ENJOY EXERCISING

B: YES SO BECAUSE I BECAME LIKE THAT AND THEN MY AND MY BOSS ALSO FOUND OUT THAT YOU KNOW CO UM THE THE LOCKDOWN MADE UM COMPANIES KNOW THAT EVEN STAYING IN THE HOUSE AND WORKING FROM THERE IS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN COMING TO WORK PUT ON THE AIR CONDITIONING THE WHOLE DAY YOU KNOW ALL THOSE THINGS SO MY MY BECAUSE MINE WAS DATA COLLECTION AND FILING AND ALL THAT MY BOSS SUGGESTED THAT I STAY HOME AND WORK SO YOU KNOW I WAS GROWING BIGGER AND BIGGER AND BIGGER I SAID NO I NEED TO GO FOR JOGGING SO I WENT OUT THERE I BOUGHT MY MY ATTIRE FOR THE JOGGING THE NEXT MOMENT I AM ON THE WAY JOGGING THE NEXT MINUTE I'VE GONE TO THE MALL TO BUY THE DUMBBELLS AND THEN THE NEXT MINUTE I WAS LOOKING FOR UM A GYM AROUND BECAUSE I HAD A LOT OF UM SPARE TIMES SO I I DEVELOPED AND I REALLY LOVE IT I WOULD VISIT YOU UH ONE OF THESE DAYS YOU SEE HOW FIT I LOOK NOW

A: WELL THAT'S INTERESTING

B: YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH

A: WELL I ENJOY EXERCISING TOO BUT I JUST PREFER TO GO FOR A LONG BRISK WALK

B: OH

A: THAT YES THAT THAT IS SOMETHING SOME GOOD MUSIC AND A BRISK

B: MM

A: WALK AN EMPTY ROAD A GOOD WEATHER AND I COULD I COULD

B: MM

A: WALK LIKE FOR HOURS

B: MM MM MM BUT PLEASE DON'T EAT FUFU BEFORE YOU GO FOR THAT WALK YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO <DTMF>

A: CAN I OH WELL THAT'S FUNNY BECAUSE UM STRANGELY AFTER LIVING HERE FOR OVER A DECADE I HAVE

B: HMM

A: THAT IS SOMETHING I'VE NEVER REALLY TRIED <OVERLAP> AND I I HAVE TRIED JOLLOF AND JOLLOF IS SOMETHING I REALLY LIKE EATING WITH SALAD AND UH CHICKEN GRILL

B: YEAH <OVERLAP> YOU KNOW THE LAST TIME THE LAST TIME I CAME THERE YOU YOU YOU GAVE ME JOLLOF

A: YES YES THAT'S RIGHT

B: YES BUT THAT JOLLOF IS IS A BIT DIFFERENT FROM YOU KNOW A TYPICAL GHANAIAN JOLLOF

A: TRUE I THINK I THINK THAT'S MORE LIKE A CUSTOM MADE UH JOLLOF FOR AN INDIAN PALETTE

B: I KNOW <LAUGH>

A: YES BUT THE NEXT TIME YOU PROBABLY VISIT I THINK I'D I'D UM I'D BE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU SOME NICE INDIAN FOOD

B: YES I WOULD I WOULD BE HAPPY TO BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I ENJOYING YOUR HOUSE IS THE TEA IS THE TEA I REALLY ENJOY THE TEA

A: YOU LIKE THE TEA OKAY

B: YEAH I I LIKE

A: A TYPICAL INDIAN TEA

B: YEAH I LIKE I LIKE UM HOW YOU MAKE THE TEA FOR ME I'M ALWAYS LOOKING AT UH FORWARD TO THAT I LOVE THE TEA SO UM MY SISTER THAT'S ONE OF THE HOBBIES I REALLY I REALLY ENJOY AND NOW YOU KNOW I DON'T FEEL GOOD THE WHOLE DAY IF I DON'T GO FOR JOGGING OR TO THE GYM IT HAS BECOME PART OF ME BECAUSE UM BECAUSE I'M WORKING FROM HOME I ONLY NEED ABOUT THREE THREE HOURS FOR MY WORK AND THE REST OF THE DAY I'M JUST HOME SO DEVELOPING THIS HOBBY IS HAS REALLY BENEFITED UM ME AND I'M LOOKING ABOUT I'M LOOKING OF COMMERCIALIZING IT PERSONALLY BECAUSE UM I LEARNED UM A LITTLE BIT OF HABIT A HEALTHY HABIT THAT UM YOU KNOW IT HAS MADE ME LOSE THE FAT AND NOW I'M GAINING MUSCLES SO I'M LOOKING AT COMMERCIALIZING IT LIKE ADVERTISING PEOPLE WHO NEED SOME ADVICE ON THOSE THINGS UM I THINK I'M IN A BETTER PLACE NOW TO TO GIVE THEM THAT

A: YOU MEAN LIKE A COACHING SERVICE LIKE A HEALTH COACH

B: YES YES YES

A: OH THAT THAT'S LIKE A GOOD IDEA

B: YES SO I'M LOO I'M I'M LOOKING AT THAT BECAUSE I MEAN I I HAVE I I NEVER KNEW I WOULD FIND INTEREST IN IN THAT BUT WHEN I STARTED IT I KNEW I KNEW THAT NO I BELONG HERE I REALLY BELONG THERE

A: OH WOW THAT'S NICE I'M HAPPY FOR YOU

B: MM MM THANK YOU THANK YOU THAT'S UM ONE OF THE THINGS UH COVID BROUGHT TO ME

A: YES I THINK UH WITH THIS WHOLE PANDEMIC A LOT OF PEOPLE UM I THINK YOU KNOW WHEN I DID START SEEING SOCIAL MEDIA WE HAD CHEFS OVERNIGHT

B: MM

A: WE HAD ARTISTS OVERNIGHT A LOT

B: I KNOW

A: OF THINGS THAT WE WOULDN'T DO IN OUR DAY TO DAY ROUTINE

B: YES YES

A: I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE STARTED EXPLORING THEIR SIDE UM THAT SIDE

B: YES

A: UM YOU'D BE SURPRISED WHEN I WAS A CHILD I USED TO LOVE PLAYING BADMINTON BECAUSE BACK IN THE DAYS THERE

B: MM

A: WAS NO GADGET

B: MM

A: WE DIDN'T KNOW EXCEPT FOR THE TV WE DIDN'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER GADGET

B: OKAY

A: SO WE'D UM YOU KNOW WE'D GO WE'D GO DOWN AND WE'D CYCLE OR WE PLAY BADMINTON OR WE'D HAVE OUTDOOR SPORTS

B: MM

A: SO IT TURNED AROUND THAT WHEN WE DID START AND UM I STARTED LEARNING I STARTED UH PLAYING BADMINTON

B: YEAH

A: AND I STARTED TEACHING MY SON HOW TO PLAY BADMINTON AND

B: OH

A: IT'S SOMETHING I ENJOY SO MUCH EVEN TILL TODAY IF YOU GIVE GIMME A CHANCE AND

B: WOW

A: TELL ME LET'S GO PLAY BADMINTON SOMEWHERE I'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT AND I TAUGHT HIM AND HE HE LIKED HE ENJOYED THE SPORT TOO

B: WOW WOW THAT'S GREAT

A: YOU KNOW IT'S A GREAT OUTDOOR SPORT FOR FOR GIRLS FOR BOYS FOR CHILDREN IT'S GREAT PHYSICAL

B: MM

B: MOVEMENT

B: MM MM MM

A: SO

B: THAT'S GREAT THAT'S GREAT OKAY SO SINCE UM SINCE YOU'VE BEEN IN GHANA WHICH UM HAVE YOU BEEN ENJOYING OUR FESTIVALS OR YOU YOU DON'T REALLY GO YOU KNOW WE APART FROM CHRISTMAS WHICH IS GENERALLY CELEBRATED THE WHOLE WORLD DO YOU KNOW ANY OTHER FESTIVALS UM YOU ENJOY IN GHANA

A: NO I'M NOT AWARE OF ALTHOUGH MY SON TELLS ME THAT THERE ARE THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF FESTIVALS

B: YES YES OH I SHOULD UM INVITE YOU THE NEXT TIME MY PLACE UM ARE PERFORMING THEIRS IT'S IN NOVEMBER OH YOU'LL YOU'LL REALLY ENJOY IT A LOT A LOT OF PEOPLE COME AROUND FROM THE WHOLE YOU CAN'T BELIEVE IT FROM THE WHOLE WORLD EVEN INDIA MY GRANDMA USED TO INVITE THEM IN WHEN IT'S TIME FOR THE FESTIVAL AND THEY REALLY ENJOYED BECAUSE I I I JUST HAVE A LITTLE IDEA BUT THEY LIKE CULTURAL THINGS

A: OH OKAY WHAT IS THE FESTIVAL CALLED

B: IT'S CALLED ODWIRA

A: OKAY AND WHAT DID THEY DO

B: SO THAT IS UM FESTIVAL TO THANK THEIR GOD THE LOCAL GODS AND THEN

A: OKAY YOU MEAN SIMILAR TO THANKSGIVING IN THE IN THE US

B: YES SIMILAR TO THANKSGIVING AND THEN APPRECIATION AND THEN ALSO RECOGNIZING THEM THAT THE PEOPLE STILL REMEMBERS THEM EVEN THOUGH OTHER RELIGIONS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED THE PEOPLE STILL REMEMBER THEM AND YOU WILL LOVE IT BECAU BECAUSE DURING THAT TIME YOU ONLY SHOW CULTURAL THINGS YOU WEAR YOUR LOCAL CLOTHES AND THEN SOMETIMES A FAMILY DECIDES THAT OKAY THIS IS THE UM FASHION THIS IS WHAT WE WE ARE ALL GOING TO SEW THE SAME CLOTHING THAT ALL THE GIRLS ARE SEWING THE SAME CLOTHING WITH ONE COLOR AND THEN YOU KNOW IT'S REALLY FUN IT'S IT'S IT'S REALLY FUN SO YOU WILL BE SURPRISED AT THE WHOLE TOWN WE ARE ALL WEARING THE SAME FABRIC

A: OH IS IT

B: WITH THE SAME STYLE YES WITH THE WITH THE SAME STYLE

A: WHAT FABRIC

B: WE HAVE OUR LOCAL WE HAVE OUR LOCAL UM FABRICS THE NTOMA WE CALL IT THE NTOMA SO UM THE LOCAL SEAMSTRESSES THEY KNOW HOW TO SEW IT THEY KNOW HOW TO UM IF YOU TELL THEM THIS IS THE STYLE AND YOU KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY'S WEARING THE SAME STYLE AND THE SAME COLOR

A: WHAT COLORS DO YOU WEAR

B: USUALLY WE TAKE THE BRIGHT COLORS BECAUSE IT'S FESTIVAL WE WANT UH EVERYBODY TO SEE US BECAUSE UH PEOPLE COME AROUND YOU KNOW THE UM THE AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE THERE THE INDIANS THE BRITISH WE HAVE A SIMILAR UH WE BELIEVE WE HAVE A THE BRITISH IS OUR SISTERS BECAUSE YOU KNOW THEY COLONIZED UM GHANA SO

A: YES