Design on a Dime

We're in our flat!!!! That means we don't have Internet yet. There is no Farmer's Telephone that we can call to set everything up. Right now, I'm in South Asia's version of Starbucks. You would have laughed at me while I was ordering. I'm not a coffee drinker, so I don't know the difference b/t a mocha, white chocolate latte, espresso, etc. I finally saw something named "Americano" so that's what I went with. It's hot and gross. I did get a blueberry muffin which is really good.

Here's a pic of by bedroom. Try to see if you can find my pet miniature iguana.

He's in the top right corner. I named him Shiv.

This really isn't a good picture. Do you like my bedside table? Yeah, it's a computer chair that is still wrapped in plastic. You can't see the actual bed, but it cost around $30 to have it custom made and delivered. The curtains were $3 each, and the computer chair/bedside table was $11.

Enough about the flat. I'll move onto a more important issue...FOOD. We went grocery shopping a few days ago. Their grocery stores make the T'ville IGA look like a Super Wal-Mart. Most of them are so small that they don't have buggies to push around. My partner thinks its funny when I call them buggies. I forgot what she calls them, but I think it's funny. We have found two stores that have buggies, but they are the size of the little kid ones our grocery stores once had. Hugh you need to bring those back. I loved them.

Here's a picture of the Fruit Loops I bought. I'm not typically a Fruit Loop eater, but it was that or granola. I chose sugar. They were manufactured in South Asia. I don't think they have artificial coloring down yet. They roughly tasted the same.

Although the outside is green, this is an orange. It just tasted a little watered down.

That's all I have about food. Everyone asks me about the weather. It's still in the 80s during the day, but it's cooling down at night. Our guard that stands outside our house wears a scarf sometimes. It makes me laugh, b/c I would be sweating. I'm told that the constant temp. in the summer is 120, so when it gets in the 60s they think it's freezing. I'm going to struggle this summer.

I'm really excited about this week. We're actually going to start working. We'll be traveling to a different state to train nationals and to scope out future work opportunities in slums and orphanages. This week is really crucial for us. We're really excited.

The blog may not be updated for awhile. Hopefully when we return from traveling, I'll have a few good stories and pics so I won't need to write about Fruit Loops.