Dec 1, 2011

10 snippets of my "this is Africa" life

1) getting stung by centipedes then watching scorpions run across the floor

2) using directions with phrases such as "look for the group of parked motorcycles," "after the really big pot hole," "when you see the orange building"

3) shortages on gas, which means my gas stove doesn't work

4) buying 20 sleeves of Oreos and Ritz at a time simply because they were in the store

5) getting new tires and two of them being flat the next day

6) ordering every beverage cold versus the usual warm

7) paying seperate prices based on resident, non-resident, or citizen

8) yelling at least once every drive, even if it's a 10 minute drive

9) sitting in traffic for an hour on a main road, at 6pm on Friday night, becuase they decided to install a new speed bump. really?

10) memorizing the path to my head lamp because the power goes out so much