Hey kids. I've returned home from South Africa. I caught some kind of something on the plane. A sickness kind of something. South Africans would call it the flu though we'd call it a cold. I bet you want an update. Well, I don't feel like making an update so I'll make a list.
Contrary to what Joel told me he knew about South Africa:
1) nothing bad happens there
2) it's always warm
3) it's always nice
4) it's entirely populated by homosexuals...
I did learn some things...
THINGS I LEARNED IN SOUTH AFRICA
1)Ketchup is tomato paste
2)There are burgers for men
3)Looking at extreme poverty can give one nightmares
4)You can get chutney flavored Lays chips
5)They eat candy in the shape of babies
6)Americans are unimpressive
7)Blankets are rugs
8)Mandela and MBheki (the current prez) are both Xhosa
9)In the winter it gets dark at 5pm
10)Combi buses (that's the public transportation) won't leave until they are full
11)Crepes are pancakes and pancakes are crumpets
12)The american dollar goes a long way, esp with food.
13)Everyone lives behind a locked fence
14)Alan Paton read the JB Phillips translation
15)Culture shock can make one not want to socialize
That's all I can think of now. For pictures from the trip, see norajeanpictures.blogspot.com
