- Writing the date as 14/12/2009 instead of 12/14/2009
- dialing phone numbers that start with 0's
- saying yes with my eyebrows rather than with words
- pointing with my lips rather than with my finger
- waving with a flat hand and telling people to come with a closed hand wave
- not drinking water and walking at the same time
- wearing skirts and dresses
- calling pants "trousers" and underwear "pants"....yeah that's a tricky one!
- calling corn "maize"
- eating race and soup with my fingers (I haven't mastered it yet!)
- bargaining
- riding public transportation
- 3-4 hour church services
- walking and dodging cars/bodas at the same time
- using the phrase "I've ever" to say "I have or I always"
- starting many sentences with the words "For me..."
- turning down marriage proposals
- long car rides with little to no personal space bubble
- 1 minute phone conversations
- traffic...way worse than LA traffic hands down!
- plated hair (and the fact that it doesn't need to be washed or combed)
- Being awake when everyone in Cali is sleeping (and vice-versa)
- SLOW Internet
- Sporadic electricity
- Using British spellings like: Colour and Centre
- Saying "full-stop" when you come to the end of a sentence instead of "period"
- Saying "now now" when you mean immediately
- Understanding that if someone says they will be somewhere at 11, it means they are going to arrive anytime between 11:01 and 11:59.
AND I am sure there are more but my little brain is tired...so off to bed I go!
Enjoy your morning as I enjoy my night :)
1 comment:
Wow...don't really have words here. I'm sure this is just a small taste of what you are getting used to =)
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