More details are to come from last week but I couldn't resist put some of the latest moments that can only happen in Africa. This past week has just been jammed pack with crazy moments, some of them where you don't know if you should laugh or cry, others where you laugh so hard you cry, and others where you just shake your head.
Friday evening, I told a friend about these and asked for some ideas. The next night, we went to the movies and three times during the most exciting moments the power went out. The third time we looked at each other and said you might be living in Africa if....
But, let me just get on with it. Don't forget fake laughter and polite chuckles work on me. It makes me feel warm and fuzzy to get comments that say, you are the funniest mzungu ever! =)
1. You might be living in Africa if your roommate can actually play a joke on you by saying rats have eaten our chocolate cake because you believe it could happen. The rats have eaten just about everything else.
2. You might be living in Africa if you cook four pieces of chicken but can only find three. Solving the great chicken mystery quickly becomes the focus of the day. The only evidence seems to be that the rats climbed up on the stove and stole a piece! (They have climbed up more difficult places and stolen more).
3. You might be living in Africa if the idea of a night's entertainment is watching two ants crawling up the wall carrying a bug much bigger than the two of them. All eyes are on the ants and lively commentating begins. "Look they are losing ground" "Nope, they are going to make it, they are not giving up." "They are going up a little and down a little" "Will they make it?" And finally, a lively round of applause as they succeed.
4. You might be living in Africa if you see an entire office desk on the back of a bicycle.
5. You might be living in Afica if you can put your entire house on a cart and push it through town. Africa's version of a Uhaul.
6. ... if you are willing to pay $14 for creammate.
7. ... if you are willing to pay $5 for a snickers but argue over the $.50 for a mango.
8. ... if you while you are eating a piece of red meat you are able to sit at the table for a short while, get up and go into the kitchen to get something, return to the table, listen to a 20 minute conversation and then finally swallow. Boy do I miss the steaks from home!
Don't forget about the polite chuckles and the fake laughter!
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6 comments:
I miss you.
You are the funniest mzungu ever! ;-)
By the way I used to entertain myself as a child watching the ants but some times there were hundreds of them. It was enough stuff to build a castle. It was amazing to see them work together, take turns and see others come to their aid as they were ready to drop the big cargo. Pretty amazing indeed.!
You are DEF a very funny woman! Your story reminded me of my last roach infested apartment -- I guess God really does know what each of us can handle because I could NEVER handle rats in the house -- too many mice in the house growing up, I guess! I also remember a night where there was a very large roach crawling up our wall and Sherry every so calmly reached her arm up, threw the roach into the kitchen, and then put her arm around Art -- all without him ever seeing (for some reason roaches creeped him out!). I have never had to work so hard from laughing in my entire life...May you always keep your sense of humor!!
Love your stories, Meagan! :) Always. As far as mzungus go, you are very funny. Love you! XOXO
Funny funny. It all made me laugh. Our daughter was in Africa many yrs ago well really only 5 yrs. She would agree with the..You know your in Africa if.....
I am a friend of Julia's and jumped onto your blog from hers. I will pray that you are free from the homesickness at least for a while. But I think no matter where you are if it is away from family you're gonna miss 'em. Take care girks and god Bless. Cheryl
Who's faking that laughter? You nailed it.
I remember playing rat bowling in India. You would set up empty bottles in the hallway and in the morning see who won. The rats couldn't see the bottles and would run into them as they trekked down the hallway.
Did Isack tell you about the rooster run while we waited in Longido? Probably not. I have it posted on my blog. So funny.
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Kimberly
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