You may be a South African Peace Corp Volunteer if...
*Over a vacation you get your thrills through going skydiving and getting ringworm.
*You debate over who has the most disgusting pit toilet.
*You share a chamber pot at night with the 10 other volunteers your visiting and argue over who has to empty it in the morning.
*You complain about the nasal voices children use to imitate your accent.
*You burn your trash next to where you dump your environmentally friendly dish soap.
*The highlight of your month involves renting a movie.
*You order a White Russian and receive each of the ingredients in a separate glass and are also charged separately for each of these ingredients.
*Your margarita glass comes lined with sugar.
*You annoy male Peace Corp Volunteers with an inordinate amount of time and energy focused on knitting.
*You share a bed with 5 other people at get togethers.
*At any one time you are using three different products from your medical kit for the various ailments that you are currently experiencing
*You will never understand why village women don’t shut the door to the toilet while they are using it, regardless of whether it is a pit toilet or a toilet in a movie theatre.
*You will never understand why people think it is always okay to wake you from sleep regardless of time or illness
*You make jokes such as “Okay where’d we park the car” before grudgingly squishing into the back of a taxi with three big mamas, a box of chicken feet, and two suit cases
*Every time you ride a taxi the first person to exit is always the one sitting in the back corner forcing no fewer than 6 people to exit the taxi with 80 pieces of luggage before reloading and starting again only to drop off another person from the back seat 300 yards further down the road
*When you feel like spoiling yourself you heat up 3 kettles of water instead of 2 for your bath
*You marvel over the genius of the person who invented insulation for houses and wonder at the logistics of importing him to the village for lessons
*You text message so often that you are more comfortable with the buttons of a phone than with a keyboard.
*The biggest thing you’ve accomplished is hearing a principal lament over the fact that children can’t learn will when they are being hit.
*You only buy things like pickles and diet coke for special occasions.
*You discover a village preschool with a playground, blocks, and dress up clothes and see it as revolutionary.
*You realize that jumping out a plane assumes less risk than walking through a village at night.
*You make someone’s day by bringing Girl Scout cookies to a gathering.
*Book talks come very easily as the same 11 books continuously circle through all the Peace Corp Volunteers.
*You become personally insulted when people make judgments based on race and lifestyle because you have completely forgotten that you are in fact not a black villager.
*You debate over who has the most disgusting pit toilet.
*You share a chamber pot at night with the 10 other volunteers your visiting and argue over who has to empty it in the morning.
*You complain about the nasal voices children use to imitate your accent.
*You burn your trash next to where you dump your environmentally friendly dish soap.
*The highlight of your month involves renting a movie.
*You order a White Russian and receive each of the ingredients in a separate glass and are also charged separately for each of these ingredients.
*Your margarita glass comes lined with sugar.
*You annoy male Peace Corp Volunteers with an inordinate amount of time and energy focused on knitting.
*You share a bed with 5 other people at get togethers.
*At any one time you are using three different products from your medical kit for the various ailments that you are currently experiencing
*You will never understand why village women don’t shut the door to the toilet while they are using it, regardless of whether it is a pit toilet or a toilet in a movie theatre.
*You will never understand why people think it is always okay to wake you from sleep regardless of time or illness
*You make jokes such as “Okay where’d we park the car” before grudgingly squishing into the back of a taxi with three big mamas, a box of chicken feet, and two suit cases
*Every time you ride a taxi the first person to exit is always the one sitting in the back corner forcing no fewer than 6 people to exit the taxi with 80 pieces of luggage before reloading and starting again only to drop off another person from the back seat 300 yards further down the road
*When you feel like spoiling yourself you heat up 3 kettles of water instead of 2 for your bath
*You marvel over the genius of the person who invented insulation for houses and wonder at the logistics of importing him to the village for lessons
*You text message so often that you are more comfortable with the buttons of a phone than with a keyboard.
*The biggest thing you’ve accomplished is hearing a principal lament over the fact that children can’t learn will when they are being hit.
*You only buy things like pickles and diet coke for special occasions.
*You discover a village preschool with a playground, blocks, and dress up clothes and see it as revolutionary.
*You realize that jumping out a plane assumes less risk than walking through a village at night.
*You make someone’s day by bringing Girl Scout cookies to a gathering.
*Book talks come very easily as the same 11 books continuously circle through all the Peace Corp Volunteers.
*You become personally insulted when people make judgments based on race and lifestyle because you have completely forgotten that you are in fact not a black villager.
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