Some of
my favorite interesting East African sayings:
- “Are we together?” – translation: Are we on the same page? Do you understand what I’m saying?
- To be pressed – translation: to need to go to the bathroom (#1). Used a sentence: “I was so pressed, but I didn’t want to pee in the bush.”
- To “flash” someone – translation: to call someone and then hang up, so they have your phone number and can save it to their cell phone.
Funny
experiences:
Fitness: While running here in Hoima, I
get the typical “Hey mzungu!” from the boda drivers and “Mzungu, how are you?!” shouted at me from many local children. I got two new
ones last week. One was when I ran by a
man, he shouted at me “You are doing fitness!” and I thought, yes, why yes, I
am. Then as I was running back home and trying to to make it up the big hill on the road near
my house, a man yelled at me “You are fit!” and I thought, well, I’m working on
it!
Scaring
babies: When we went to a neighbor’s
house the other night, we were invited in to the living room, and the neighbor
carried in a really cute little girl, who appeared to be less than 2 years old.
When she saw us she started
crying. I didn’t understand what she said, but between sobs, she kept
stammering, “Mzungu, mzungu” between tears.
I’ve heard that some small children in rural areas are afraid of white people because
we are are rarely seen and so foreign to them, but this was the
first time that a child cried so spontaneously and vigorously just at the sight
of me from across the room.
Fun
photos:
I’ve posted some of these pics on Facebook before, so for those of you who I’m connected to there, you may see some repeats here.
A local
brand of honey with a sense of humor:
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| For when you're just not in the mood... |
A gigantic
papaya with an oddly creepy surprise inside. At least it tasted good!
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| Nalgene bottle included for scale. |
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| Weird foreign objects found inside papaya |
Cool birds I
saw outside our office window in the avocado tree while working in the
afternoon. A friend told me they are either yellow or red hornbills...like Zaazoo from the Lion King.
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| Visitors |
Cool double
rainbow seen from our front patio after one of the many torrential downpours
that we’ve experienced here during rainy season.
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| It was too big to fit in one photo |
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| Complete double rainbow |
Water Crisis
Update:
By the way,
as an update to the last post, we did get running water back after 4 full days
of being without. It was glorious! I never thought I’d be so excited to wash my
hands or flush the toilet without needing to maneuver a huge water jug. Since we got the water back, the power hasn’t
been on very much, but I’ll take what I can get!
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