Okay, I know this is not what you were probably expecting, but I've been meaning to post these few stories and decided it would be best to post them before my long R&R post and my 4th of July weekend post. So enjoy!
Bookstore
On Memorial Day a few friends explored Fahaheel Shopping area in search for a book. There are not many bookstores in the area… in fact, I had never seen one, but my friends knew of one that they said they would show me. When you enter the bookstore you first see a row of magazines against the wall. I walked by not giving them much thought when my friend called me back and pointed out that the magazines have all been “edited”. You see, in Kuwait is a very conservative country and pornography is illegal (or highly frowned upon, I’m not sure which), so in order to sell certain magazines portions of the covers were blacked out with a marker. I thought it was great!
Buying Ice
About a month ago I needed to buy some ice for an event here. That may seem like an easy task, but where does one buy ice when there are no convenience stores? I stopped by the grocery store on my way home from work and when I didn’t see big ice displays at the front of the store I headed to the frozen foods section. No ice there. Huh. Once I found the remaining items I needed while there I headed to the checkout where I asked the cashier where I could buy ice in this area. She replied “On aisle 4”. I know communication is a bit difficult here so I was quick to point out that I needed ice, not rice. She shook her head understandingly and sent a young man to get two bags of ice for me. Sure enough after a few minutes he returned with two small bags of crushed ice just as I needed. To this day it is still a mystery as to where that ice is… I walked aisle 4 and found nothing by rice and oil!
Cold Shower
The day I flew out to the States I had a lovely cold shower to get me going that morning. Even in 120 degree weather I hate cold showers, so this was definitely not by choice. I sent maintenance an e-mail letting them know that my hot water was not working and asked them to fix the problem while I was on vacation. They called me later that morning to explain that they turned the hot water heater off. The tanks are located on the roof of the building and get warmed by the sun all day (and it really doesn’t cool off at night either) so if I turn the water to cold, it will actually come out warm. How would I have possibly known that? I’m just happy I haven’t had a cold shower again!
1 comment:
Warm water coming out of the cold faucet does seem counter-intuative (is that how you spell it?)
Good stories.
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