from the roof of our school

Thursday, April 8, 2010

changes in latitudes changes in attitudes

just made the long walk back from the marqez shabat (girls youth center) on the other side of town (about 35/40 minute walk away) and about halfway back had a nice conversation with a lady who popped out of her house to say hey. This is about how the conversation went (translated of course):
Hi! Hi! Where do you live? Up the hill. No where exactly? Near Esthma's ducan. Where? Right next door. On the left? Yes. Oh, come in! Thanks, I can't. Why not? I need to go home. Why? To talk to my parents in America. (always gets me out of doing things, sorry parents) How? On the computer. You have internet in your house? Yes. Do you have a computer or a laptop? Laptop. How much did it cost? 200 dollars. Oh, come in. No thanks, goodbye. Goodbye.

Hope you could follow that. Anyway that was with a random woman on the street. Imagine a stranger yelling at you as you walk down the street and then asking you these questions. The funny thing is, I have been home for a half an hour now, and it just hit me that at one point i would have considered this invasive and/or strange. Now i didn't even notice, it's totally cool. She was really nice; if she invites me in again (and if i remember who she was) i'll probably stop in.

3 comments:

UncleMickey said...

So you remember who she is because she was randomly nice to you? People in America could only be so lucky. Great to hear that you are really starting to fit in over there. Probably makes it a better experience.

Diana said...

Yet another great story about your neighborhood. Nothing sinister behind that woman coming out to speak to you, and inviting you into her home...how refreshing!

Stephanie Sweeney said...

Just been catching up on your blog. I've never blogged before. I feel like I'm getting hipper! You are a brave young lady. I loved the videos of the children wanting you to come out to play. I find all this very interesting!