This week I haven’t much to say, so today’s blog will be about more mundane things in the life of a South African resident. I’ll start with the roads.
What is a curb? Well people who are in charge of infrastructure here, a curb is something placed on the edge of a road to do several things such as keep people on the road and act as a guide for water on the road. They are also great for sitting on, if I do say so myself. Oh and then my dearest infrastructure people, there is the pot holes. And that is all I have to say on the pot holes other than its worse than 75th street in March.
Then there is just the state of mind of drivers here.
*Common Thoughts of a SA Driver*
“This car is only going 10 over the speed limit so let’s go on the gravel to get around them and not use the passing lane.”
“ ohh lookie! speed bump!! Let’s go super-fast and then slam on the brakes right before.”
“Let’s honk our horn at the person in front of us before the light even turns green!”
“I don’t feel like going fast anymore so I’m just going to put-putt in front of you if that’s okay?”
“I like your bumper! I’m going to get super close to it so that I can have an intimate moment with it… that was nice…. Oh look at that one! I want to see that one too!”
What is a curb? Well people who are in charge of infrastructure here, a curb is something placed on the edge of a road to do several things such as keep people on the road and act as a guide for water on the road. They are also great for sitting on, if I do say so myself. Oh and then my dearest infrastructure people, there is the pot holes. And that is all I have to say on the pot holes other than its worse than 75th street in March.
Then there is just the state of mind of drivers here.
*Common Thoughts of a SA Driver*
“This car is only going 10 over the speed limit so let’s go on the gravel to get around them and not use the passing lane.”
“ ohh lookie! speed bump!! Let’s go super-fast and then slam on the brakes right before.”
“Let’s honk our horn at the person in front of us before the light even turns green!”
“I don’t feel like going fast anymore so I’m just going to put-putt in front of you if that’s okay?”
“I like your bumper! I’m going to get super close to it so that I can have an intimate moment with it… that was nice…. Oh look at that one! I want to see that one too!”
Needless to say I have no purpose for my $15 international driver’s license at the moment. I am not mental enough.
Mundane topic number two is the $6 movie tickets FOR A PEMIRE. At any given time at Menlyn Shopping Center Mall in the New Metro Theater a movie ticket will sell for all of $6… and yes that is in US Dollars. I just got back from seeing the Kings Speech actually… Loved it!
Topic three is less exciting… scullery wear…we finally got our washer fixed!!! Yaaaayyy!!! Clean sheets!! Yaaay!!! And we might be getting another fridge because I can’t fit everything in to the one we have. This fridge size is like from the 20’s or something? Our oven is gas and I hate it because I have no clue what the actual temperature i …its dumb... and I burnt my cookies…
Then there is the even less exciting bracelet making …well it might be less exciting for you but not for me. I have nothing much better to do so I have yet again started making mass amounts of bracelets so don’t be surprised if I come back and looking like I just got back from a hippie commune. And I’m reading Sense and Sensibility, sooo my days are pretty busy if you can imagine. Between my Dexter’s Laboratory, NCIS marathons, bracelets, reading, and laying in the pool, I’m so busy I don’t even know how I have time to sleep.
