Jordan and Julie's Watoto Adventure: Amazing things about New Zealand

Amazing Things We Have Learned About New Zealand During Our Time In Uganda:

In New Zealand, people rarely greet strangers. Often, people pretend not to notice you.

In New Zealand, bananas and mangos taste more like cardboard!
In New Zealand, children complain a lot about doing household chores!
In New Zealand, cars only drive on one side of the road, and motorbikes never drive on the footpath!
In New Zealand, you can chew your food with reckless abandon There are no stones in it!
In New Zealand, no one ever chants through a megaphone before dawn. If you want a natural wake up call, you need roosters!
In New Zealand, shops, houses and cars keep their colour! There just isn't enough dust to make them go clay-coloured.

In New Zealand, taxi vans don't have random, nonsensical slogans!

In New Zealand, even the prime minister can be held accountable for his actions.
In New Zealand, no one can get away with burning miscellaneous household rubbish and smoking out the neighbourhood. The air is clear in the suburbs all year around!
In New Zealand, the government employs people especially to stop loud music playing after bedtime. Super loud nightclubs in residential areas would never last.
In New Zealand, you can make a whole house out of wood! It will last over a hundred years without being eaten.

In New Zealand, a bus ticket costs as much as a private hire taxi in Uganda!
In New Zealand, a family's rent for a week can easily cost as much as 4 1/2 month's wages, for a Ugandan with a decent job. Yet, the New Zealand family still has money left over.
The eggs in New Zealand are exotic.

In New Zealand, there is a coastline! With beaches! Sometimes, you can even swim in fresh water, and drink water out of the tap!
In New Zealand, electricity is on most of the time, even in the suburbs!
In New Zealand, people have so much to thank God for, yet most rarely do.
Wherever you go, anywhere in the world, people are like rice: precious, and 15% broken.

Thank you, everyone, for your ongoing support and prayer. Life is good. Praise God.

Dan11 October 2011 at 01:05
Hey thanks for this!! I'm not sure what kind of egg DOESN"T have yellow yolks - have you found any? And only 85% of the rice is really precious, unles it's preceous to be broken :-)
The Jamily11 October 2011 at 01:17
Yeah, every egg we've had here has white yolks. Sometimes the yokes are whiter than the whites, which is really weird.

And who says wholeness is a prerequisite for preciousness?
The Jamily11 October 2011 at 01:32
The yolks turn more yellow when they are cooked.
Emily11 October 2011 at 13:21
I like your bracelet =)
The Jamily11 October 2011 at 23:13
Thank you. It was a present from my friend at work. =)

Sunday 9 October 2011