by Ngozi Fuller on Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at 11:50pm
First I would like to state that all is well and I am having a wonderful time. My roommate, Virstine, (and yes its with a V) is AWESOME! She and I are the only two black women here and that is just fine with both of us because we are having a great time meeting the other teachers from Australia, S. Africa, UK, Canada, and Austria. We may be the only black women but we are not the only foreigners. Although, the reactions that I have gotten are either very disturbing or very funny. there was a little girl in the store that screeched when she saw me and her mom had to cover her mouth and drag her away. Another woman literally looked like she would have a heart attack when she realized that I was standing near her in a store. I find these things funny and am laughing at them as I write this. There aren't many black people here and I only met two others who were Nigerian.
There are many quirky things here that make sense when you think about it. the organization is, WOW!!! there is a line for everything. to get on the train you literally line up out side the doors of the train, wait for others to get off then get on. No bum-rushing the train like we do in NY, ATL or any other place. when getting on the escalator you line up. No cutting in line. there is a line to the right to get on if you don't want to walk up and a line to the left to walk up the escalator. The food does leave something to be desired as everything has seafood or noodles. I did however find an awesome Indian restaurant and it is great. also, there is no flushing of tissue at anytime. Because of the plumbing, no matter what you do the tissue goes into the waste paper basket. Beer is quite affordable and you can find it in any of the THOUSAND seveneleven stores around. RedBull is here so Yaaaaaaaaa. The country side is beautiful and the inner city landscape is definitly worth waking at 5am to see. Everyone here owns a camera. It's like they hand them out with paper and pencils. I wanted to know where the line was for that. LITERALLY EVERYONE HAS A CAMERA. There is no reason why one should feel uncomfortable taking photos. Picture taking is welcomed and even encouraged. This Morning I went out at 8am and was greeted by a kind old lady doing her morning prayers. I Love shooting here, there is just so much to photography. I will add photos later.
More to come.
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