Leave Me Alone

14Jun07

Got a chance to go to the supermarket for lunch with Elizabeth. It’s called Spar and it’s a block down from Sally’s. Supermarkets here are basically a one-stop shop. You can get everything there. We were there to pick up lunch. For a supermarket, they have really decent hot foods that are purchased by weight. Liz needed groceries too so I decided to take advantage of the situation to do a little grocery shopping myself.

BTW, at any retail store they will either ask you if you want a bag or will not offer you one for your purchase. Bags cost R.31. I’m not sure if it’s because bags are expensive to produce here and/or it’s just a way to get people to conserve. They should do that in the states. That would totally make me start bringing my own reusable tote bag for groceries. Well, I guess I could do it anyway without the enforcement :p I should be more green. What’s that Al Gore movie? An Inconvenient Truth? I still want to see that. I’m not sure if it’s a California thing or all states but don’t stores charge you CRV when you buy any drinks in bottles or cans and if you recycle, you get it back? (Ok, I just looked it up and according to wikipedia, it is just a Cali thing)

Liz needed to buy another prepaid SIM card, so on our way out she stopped at the vending machine that sells SIM cards. The denomination she wanted wasn’t available so we left. We walked back to Sally’s and she realized she had no airtime to call or text Nicolle to open the garage door. I didn’t have my cell on me either. We banged on the door but no luck. So basically, we had to walk back to the Spars plaza to get her a SIM. Well, we passed by the dry cleaners and what do you know, they do have adapters!! I guess Eunice and I shouldn’t have laughed at the suggestion.

Liz got her SIM at the tobacco store and we were on our way back. There is this warehouse or something where these guys are always sitting outside. Well, this was our fourth time passing and each time they were trying to holla. Liz had said hi each time except this time. I never gave them the time of day. They would yell out at her, “Si Si!”, which means Sista and said some other things in another language. The thing is, she’s Kenyan, so she doesn’t even know what they’re saying. Then this last time when we passed by they busted out the English, “you can’t stop talking to say hello!?” We were talking to each other purposely ignoring them. Liz finally turned around to say hi and waved to shut them up but that wasn’t enough. They wanted the girl in the red shirt, me (I was really wearing a pink shirt) to say hi so I turned around forced a hello and kept walking.

What? Never seen an asian girl before? I swear. Men in any country are all the same! I can understand if I was dressed hoochie and asking for it but come on, I’m wearing glasses, hoodie, and jeans. In terms of safety, these guys this afternoon weren’t looking for trouble. They just wanted some attention.

So anyway, I’ve caught a little cold. The medicine I picked up at the chemist (pharmacy) really helped though. I felt a little woozy (Dayquil-like if anyone knows what I mean) at work. It’s 9PM now and I’m going to bed. Yay, me.

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RANDOMNESS:

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Words Learned:
“chemist” = pharmacy
“Si Si” = sista
“packet” = bag; for example, “Where are your packets?” (referring to my grocery bags)

Head Scratcher:
Why does my bathroom sink have a separate faucet for hot and cold water? What if I want warm water?? At least the shower only has one shower head…

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