Keep dreaming upside down

My life is not so different from anyone else's. I mean, can't you relate to these comforts of home? Lets take a pictorial journey together.

I mean, just look at my electrical plug. Adapters and a power switch on the actual plug? You have that, right?


A porcelain toilet? Now that looks familiar, yes? How about the two optioned, push-buttoned flush? Everyone's got that at home! Completely normal.

And since we are on the subject of gadgets and appliances, how about this hot-plate stove? Who needs coils and glasstops when we've got rust and degrees in Celsius?!?!

Have you seen my newest creation in chakula (food- for all you westerners)? Well, its important to make one meal a week that feels like something from home. So here is my mac and cheese. What? You can't read the arabic on my 'cheese in a can'? What's wrong with you people? Everyone knows arabic. You need to sue your school.



And the way that it just mixes so well with the pasta? Scrumptious.



So, lets talk sleep and upkeep. I love how my skin is changing colors, all on its own. I mean, I can scrub and scrub and scrub, and that rich brown color just won't leave the bottom of my feet. Its so cool. I never knew you could tan the heels of your feet by just walking.



My apartment is so well protected by the gate and the guard. Just look out of my window. I'm living like royalty! And speaking of looking out of my window, check out my bed. I bet you wish you had mosquito nets covering you while you sleep!!!




But I have to confess that my favorite things here that TOTALLY remind me of home are the things that we all have lying around the house that come in a bottle....




Ahhhhhhh, just like home.

Note to self# 6 - Its ok to find humor in unfamiliar and uncomfortable things. Because to laugh about it, means that its ok. And my life is more than ok. Keep swinging with the unfamiliar, Shae. You might come to love all that which you thought you were here to change.


Please leave comments below or email me sometime. I love to get messages from home.