Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Joyce’s Fun Facts

DID YOU KNOW THAT…

Mavine, Eunice and Michael laughed and laughed on the phone when they talked to me yesterday!

most Kenyans are afraid of dogs and frogs.

it takes 1/2 if a bucket of water to flush the toilet properly.

when you greet a Kenyan by saying “hello” the answer is usually “I’m fine”

you always have to shake everyone’s hand when you enter a room.

it’s not very much fun to step on a cockroach or a gecko in the middle of the night, with your bare feet.

eggs do not require refrigeration…really!

you should pick tomatoes when they are just turning from green to yellowish so the birds don’t eat them.

tomatoes turn from green to red in just 2-3 days just sitting in your kitchen

tomatoes are delicious…and we eat them everyday!

I still don’t want to eat ugali.

Brinkley, the cat, likes to kill the mice and cockroaches in the house – YAY!

Lake Victoria looks like a white-lighted Christmas tree at night because of all of the fishermen out in their boats (they use lights to attract the fish to the top of the water)…it is so pretty!

today I am taking Byron to the doctor to get rid of his worms, talk about why he has blood in his poop,  see why his head has not healed from being hit with a panga (machete) and have him tested for HIV!

MORE FUN FACTS TO COME LATER!!! 

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