As you can see from the changes to my sidebar and the post below, I have revamped the outdated observations on South Africa. But I still wanted to keep them around, so I saved them below.
Let me know what you think about the new list topic :-) I thought it was fitting for this intermediate stage of my life.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Things which are weird about SA by one Canadian’s standards anyway
Laundry machines are a rarity (from what I’ve heard at least), as a result I’m going to do everything in my power to avoid doing laundry
Driving on the left side of the road…I know this isn’t that weird, but I’ve never had to make such a conscious effort to walk on the left side of the sidewalk. The second I start thinking about something else I walk into people
Milk comes in bags…I know this happens in Canada, too, but I’m from the west coast, so just shut up about it
University residence is called a hostel, which makes for many a confusing conversation when I tell people I’m homeless and staying in a hostel. Hostels are called backpacker’s lodges.
Guys hold doors open for you, but they don’t just hold them open they will go out of their way to hold them open. Example: if they go through a door and you are a 30 second walk away from said door…they will stand, with the door open, and wait for you to make the 30 second trek. Also, they seemed creeped out when I try to hold the door open for them.
Woolworths still exists.
My bank should not be texting me, especially at 7 in the morning, even more especially with smiley faces in the messages. This does not make me feel as though my money is secure.
Boys dance...enough said
Baboons are seagulls...or something like that
Weighing your produce prior to waiting in line at the checkout. I always forget to do this when it's really busy...never when I'm the only one in line, no I have to just hold the entire line up...I'm that chick
People don't swear that often and it's rubbing off...every time I swear it kind of shocks me
They are geniuses when it comes to chocolate bars, possibly because I really like wafer bars. Example: I am eating a Tex bar which combines everything that’s right about a KitKat with everything that’s right about an Aero
It makes my feet shrink. I was a size 9, but now I'm only a 6
People say "shame" in a non-sarcastic manner
I lied about the swearing thing...that's just the people I hang out with. My roommate and his friends swear a lot. In a funny way though 'cause they say kak and fok instead of real swears :P
Despite everything you learned on the Canadian Food guide, chicken is a vegetable. As such it is a cultural faux pas to bring some to a braai
Now, now now, just now, and right now are all different gradations of time relative to the present, none of which means this exact second.
I can't believe I didn't put this up earlier, but traffic lights are robots
Driving on the left side of the road…I know this isn’t that weird, but I’ve never had to make such a conscious effort to walk on the left side of the sidewalk. The second I start thinking about something else I walk into people
Milk comes in bags…I know this happens in Canada, too, but I’m from the west coast, so just shut up about it
University residence is called a hostel, which makes for many a confusing conversation when I tell people I’m homeless and staying in a hostel. Hostels are called backpacker’s lodges.
Guys hold doors open for you, but they don’t just hold them open they will go out of their way to hold them open. Example: if they go through a door and you are a 30 second walk away from said door…they will stand, with the door open, and wait for you to make the 30 second trek. Also, they seemed creeped out when I try to hold the door open for them.
Woolworths still exists.
My bank should not be texting me, especially at 7 in the morning, even more especially with smiley faces in the messages. This does not make me feel as though my money is secure.
Boys dance...enough said
Baboons are seagulls...or something like that
Weighing your produce prior to waiting in line at the checkout. I always forget to do this when it's really busy...never when I'm the only one in line, no I have to just hold the entire line up...I'm that chick
People don't swear that often and it's rubbing off...every time I swear it kind of shocks me
They are geniuses when it comes to chocolate bars, possibly because I really like wafer bars. Example: I am eating a Tex bar which combines everything that’s right about a KitKat with everything that’s right about an Aero
It makes my feet shrink. I was a size 9, but now I'm only a 6
People say "shame" in a non-sarcastic manner
I lied about the swearing thing...that's just the people I hang out with. My roommate and his friends swear a lot. In a funny way though 'cause they say kak and fok instead of real swears :P
Despite everything you learned on the Canadian Food guide, chicken is a vegetable. As such it is a cultural faux pas to bring some to a braai
Now, now now, just now, and right now are all different gradations of time relative to the present, none of which means this exact second.
I can't believe I didn't put this up earlier, but traffic lights are robots
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