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You might be living in Africa if you are at a bridal shower and a monkey jumps out of the tree and steals your cake!

You might be living in Africa if driving sideways and slipping back and forth across the road doesn't scare you because it is perfectly normal.

You might be living in Africa if falling into ditch becomes a normal occurrence with bad roads.

You might be living in Africa if you are constantly waving to people as you are driving along in the car. I have achieved celebrity status simply because I am white.

You might be living in Africa if someone starts to crumple wrapping paper and everyone gasps. Wrapping paper can be ironed and reused!

You might be living in Africa if you open the window to your office and there is a snake. (This happened to someone who is in my old office and not to me. Thank GOD!)

You might be living in Africa if you go back to your room and there is a baby spitting cobra waiting for you. (Not at my house, while I was in one of the villages)

You might be living in Africa if those crazy stories that people seem to make up about everything going wrong are actually true. (No joke, I had to get a hold of someone. They sent me a text. I could not reply because my texting was not working. Then the network was down. Then, they had their phone turned off. And, finally,I ran out of credit).

You might be living in Africa if that weird itch on your skin really is a big crawling on you.

You might be living in Africa if knowing two languages is considered normal or even basic. Tribal languages make life more interesting. Each village requires a different greeting!

You might be living in Africa if no party you have ever been to compares to the praise and worship here!

That's all for now, but stay tuned for more. Life here is never boring!