1. when using the work toilet, never again forget to step WAY BACK when flushing to avoid crashing splashes… ESPECIALLY during upset stomach times!
2. try to avoid using work toilet all together.
3. if running an errand near dusk, remember that once the sun goes down there is absolutely no light in the streets other than your own strikingly stark-white self. Lili light pole, Lili light pole!
4. careful when pronouncing tchok nga… meaning –works very well- as not to mix it up for tchuk na and have to embarrassingly explain that you didn’t mean pubic hair!
5. always remember, shoes off before sitting on the mat or in someone’s home so as not to offend with the potential misunderstanding that you do not feel welcome. Hospitality is what people pride themselves most upon here!
6. keep in mind a lot of people pass through La Case… completely unequipped. Fancy ($14 a bottle) Parisian shampoo half used. Same goes for the towel… back in room after each use!
7. even if there are only two mosquitoes in all of Senegal… they will find me!!! Mosquitoes love Lili. Never ever go anywhere without bug repellent.
8. figure out a solution to keeping the smallest ever Senegalese cockroaches out of the fridge.
Friday, February 10, 2006
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3 comments:
liloubab
Just read your notes to self and I laugh so much i still have tears in my eyes. lol
jatoubab
Chère Lili,
J'ai bien ri à la lecture de tes «notes to self» que Daniel m'a traduites. Quel beau blogue tu as construit. Félicitations et bon séjour chez les Sénégalais !
GrandmamanLaurabab
Grandmamoubab et chers autres,
Je suis si contente de savoir que tu as reussi a voir mon blog :-) La technologie est bien une belle chose, n'est-ce pas? Ca me fait beacoup de plaisir de partager mes histoires avec le cercle de mutuelle admiration. Merci a tout le monde pour vos commentaires, continuez!
je vous embrasse fort,
Lili
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