Work is progressing. There are ceiling and roof tiles being replaced, a solar cooker being constructed, and a plan for gutters coming together. I´m glad to claim a small part in each activity.
To relax, I´ve been thinking...
Things I´ve learned since I´ve been in Nicaragua:
1. Vegetables are edible.
2. Shirts should not be off for long when there is sun.
3. Shoes should be worn while playing soccer to prevent injury.
4. Food takes a long time to prepare.
5. A corn tortilla is much easier to eat after it is wrapped around moist food.
6. Plantains need to be eaten with a jug of water nearby.
7. The @ sign is ALT-6-4 on the numeric keypad (haven´t seen @ on a keyboard yet).
8. Photovoltaics are expensive and inefficient.
9. Solar cookers are expensive and aren´t used for much here.
10. Vicente Fernandez is amazing.
11. The internet is difficult to explain in a foreign language.
12. I take Wikipedia for granted.
13. I have no idea what separates ketchup from pasta sauce.
14. Hugs are incredible and necessary.
Things I´ve craved since I´ve been in Nicaragua:
1. A Blooming Onion from Outback Steakhouse
2. Water (It´s easily available; I just find myself desiring it a lot)
3. A hug
3. Frederlinda´s soy cakes with ketchup on top
4. Fresh lemonade (so delicious... I drank the entire last pitcher.)
5. Pepsi and Coke
6. An ice cream cone from the Eskimo man (he answered my prayers yesterday!)
7. Solar-roasted coffee
8. Real pasta sauce (not just a mix of ketchup and barbecue sauce)
With much love and appreciation (Thank you for reading my posts!),
Pete
P.S. I´m taking Spanish classes!
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4 comments:
Awesome list, Pete. I need to laugh today. And you just did it.
Continua vivir,
Drew
: D
I also enjoyed your lists.
AND, I ventured upstairs to the fifth floor and bought myself a Dr. Pepper. Ah, it was so refreshing and delicious. I was getting kind of bored and sleepy at work but now I'm awake.
Thanks for telling me where to go.
Kind of a strange question, but how are the bathrooms there?
:hug: (since you don't get enough apparently.
Kate
:)
Glad to provide some enjoyment.
I shall continue to live well.
The fifth floor is the place to be for cold soda. I also recommend (if you can pull it off) buying a larger bottle and storing it in a fridge at KL. There´s space in the fridge in Purchasing (if you ask), and there are definitely other fridges scattered throughout the building. I´d wager that Sukh has one somewhere... :)
The bathrooms are pretty nice. Most of the houses in the community have a green tin outhouse built by INPRHU (I believe that´s a Canadian organization), which does a lot of work around the area. In fact, a group of Canadians will be showing up on Sunday and sticking around for at least a few weeks. Anyway, the latrines have a concrete seat and the worse ones have a decent number of flies buzzing around. You´ve kind of got to keep moving as you go in those ones. Frederlinda´s INPRHU latrine is better than most; I´ve only seen three or four flies yet. Frederlinda reserved the tin latrine for volunteers, though; the family latrine is a wooden shack ten feet farther back. I haven´t been in it yet. At the center, there is a composting latrine (insane number of flies; they come up from inside the seat when you pick the wooden lid up). In town, there are flush toilets, but the plumbing can´t handle toilet paper. No need to worry--toilet paper is still used. There´s just a little basket beside the toilet for it. As far as showers go, we´re rocking the bucket shower. In town, though, there are stalls and shower heads.
Thanks for the hug :D
GET EQUIPPED WITH... Triforce of Wisdom! :P
But seriously though, are plantains spicy or something? I've never had one before so I have no idea what they're like...
No @ sign? Must be hard to send an email!
Yeah, I bet the Internet must be hard to explain in Spanish if you don't know any... it's hard enough to explain in English! That senator who called it a "bunch of tubes" though, he wasn't far off the mark, despite becoming the laughingstock of the nation!
As for the hugs... yeah, I won't go into any detail here, but check your UD email... :-/
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