"it's OK"

Something that gets lost in translation that drives me nuts here is the phrases.. "it's ok" or "It's just ok". It is used often, but I can never tell whether or not it is really ok, or if it's bad.. At home when someone states, "yea , it's ok" when you make an arrangement or business negotiation, "it's ok" usuallycan be translated into... "it's not really that great". the words great, awesome, fantastic... those sort of words to describe how something is.. are non-existent. therefore, I am always left wondering if the other person is really happy or not.. It drives Celeste nuts and she has adopted the word "Awesome" , although it doesn't come out as nice from her beautiful African accent.. it'smore strained than anything else...
One other tib-bit.. Celeste and Kabo state that Americans here stick out like sore thumbs.. they always have a bottle of water and are carrying a huge backpack... they are exactly right..

More photos posted from my recent trip to Odi.. Notice the photo of the girl holding the bird.. She caught it in her yard just before we took the photo. The makeshift chicken coupe(sp?)and a young girl carrying her little cousin...Women at the chibuku stand and a few others i think..
Election day here.. Unfortunately we won't know what's up until late , late, late night/morning.. That's just ok.