-When there’s a storm with lightning you have to cover your mirror. When asked why my Mae thought I was joking and never answered (according to my language teacher it’s because the mirrors can attract lightning.
-If I don’t cook when I go to site and eat sandwiches all day, my body will dry up so it’s important that I learn.
-Mozambicans are crazy about being clean, but the buildings and houses haven’t been maintained in the last 30 years. The graffiti in schools is out of control. Paint would go a long way here.
-There are free roaming goats and chickens everywhere, and everyone seems to know which belongs to who, and they definitely know if they’re missing. I see no order.
-Small children are running free in the streets all the time, no parent/babysitter to be seen.
-being able to turn on a computer makes me a technology expert here
-they drive on the left side of the road, and if I teach English I’ll be teaching British English
-no matter if you live in a little grass roofed hut, you’ll have a giant amp to blare music from
-they were blasting Eminem “shake that” at my mom’s church party. I was sitting next to the pastor drinking beer.
-they ask you for everything all the time. Like “can I have your water?” or even “can I have your hair?” or “can I have your nose ring?”
-Amanda is a latin based name so it’s common in Portuguese too. Therefore everyone is confused that I have no Portuguese family or background.
-Amanda is also the name of a butter brand here.
-A woman wrapped in a kapulana (traditional clothing) will be walking down the street with a giant crate on balanced on her head and a cell phone at her ear
-everyone here has a maid and doesn´t believe me that it is not common in the states.
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