Thursday, September 27, 2007

Weird things that have become normal!

  • When we go out to drink beer or at home - usually only one or two glasses are used for the group.
  • When you show up at someones house you clap instead of ringing the doorbell.
  • I start work before 7am - something I never thought I would do as a PCV.
  • I work with a man named Chuck Norris and he has a brother named Rocky - NO joke!
  • The electricty goes out a lot (like while I was writing this entry!)
  • People make and drink Parsley juice - and its pretty good!
  • I text message with adults and work companeros all the time!
  • Its really hard to have people show up to meetings.
  • You dont flush toilet paper - just throw it away.
  • Towels, soap and shampoo dont live in the bathroom.
  • You only buy groceries for one day at a time.
  • Eggs dont live in the fridge.
  • They use coca-cola to clean car radiators.
  • Traveling underwear salesladies visiting your house is normal.
  • People come to work (the muni to sell their veggies on an office to office basis incase you needed carrots at 8am at work!)
  • People wear very funny english t-shirts (my host brother had a shirt on yesterday that said, ¨friends dont let friends vote republican¨ I about died!
  • Everyone thinks Im blonde.

There are many more! Ill keep a list!

-r.

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