Well, so far this week... I've gone to the mall, gotten "take out" pizza, ate chips & salsa, and have driven a car. Getting myself in gear for re-entry to the States. ;)
Oh a humorous note... my roommate and I had a new expat (American) family over for dinner the other night. I picked up their 18 month old daughter after dinner, and immediately had this strange sense of something being "off." It's hard to explain. I shrugged it off, but the back of my mind was reeling to understand what was different... then it hit me: she is the first white child I've held in 8 months!!
A few other things I expect will be a bit jarring when I return?
-the LACK of gates, fences, and barbed wire around every business, home, shop, office, etc.
-the LACK of security guards at every location I go
-not greeting everyone, everyday with a firm handshake
-not using sign language 24/7
-having wide, paved, smooth, painted roads -- and having other cars stay in their own lanes
-the lack of pedestrian traffic and free-range livestock
-modern kitchen appliances, excess furniture, and just a lot more "stuff"
-the (much) faster "pace of life"
-seeing white people everywhere
-oh, and the conspicuous lack of dhania (aka: cilantro/coriander) in every dish
01 June 2011
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I've really enjoyed "catching up" with you by reading your blog entries. You bless me, make me smile, encourage me, and wrap it all up in beautiful words! Thank you!
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