While these two years have been challenging they have also been rewarding. I've been making mental lists of things I wont miss and things I will always cherish. My flat mate and I tell each other of the most recent additions to our mental lists and I am looking forward to telling her of one I added last night.
Here are some of the things I will miss:
1. The thunder and lightening storms that are so loud they wake you up at night and strike your porch leaving it sizzling with steam.
2. Students who have extra support from their parents and community. The discussions we have in class because of the things they've seen and places they've been.
3. My friend Staci who when picking me up last night said, "Do you like my new boobies?" as she puffed out her chest. This was the purpose behind her and her husbands recent trip to Thailand. I will miss the diversity of friends I have here.
4. Fabric, all colors, designs and quality. I will miss walking through the market and having the men wrap it around their waist showing me how it would look as a skirt.
5. Suya, a spicy meat that you can get on the side of the roads. They serve it with raw onions and you eat it with toothpicks.
6. When buying things in the market being able to tell the vendor to dash (give me for free) something. The other day I bought flowers for my friend and confidently told the guy "You dash me this now" and he did without hesitation.
2 comments:
a lovely list, meag. what adventures you've had!
Thanks GP. It's been a wild ride. Well worth it, but I'm getting dizzy and need to get off.
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