snippits

two little funny snippits from my past week

One day this week Elisa and I went into the village.  At the house where we were, the ladies made us lunch which consisted of chicken, rice, dal, and a veggie dish.  When offered chicken, I declined because I'm veg and they lady was so concerned.  She asked if I ate eggs and I said yes so she sent her daughter-in-law to get an egg and showed it to me.  She said it was from the chicken that everyone else was eating... I kept eating my rice and then in a few minutes I had a fried egg in front of me! I'd forgotten about it and the woman looked so concerned as she urged me to eat it.  I ate it, despite the fact that it was runny (ewww haha) and showed the plate to the woman and her daughter-in-law who were eagerly watching.  When I showed them the empty plate they both "head bobbled" at the exact same time and had the exact same look of approval on their faces.  It made me laugh out loud! And then the woman was concerned that I only had one serving of dal.  Tryin' ta make me fat over hur.

Another day after going to the school we went to watch the kids of some friends.  When their dad came back we decided to all head back to our part of town and have dinner with another family in our building.  We picked up some Lebanese and headed back to our flat.  The family we were with had their own car, but in our complex we don't have a parking spot, so the guards just directed him to a spot along the side.  The dad of the family said he'd be 5-10 minutes.  We headed up and ate all together and the kids were all having a blast dressing up in super hero costumes and enjoying time all together. About a hour and a half later there's a knock on the door and a little guard is there saying that they need to leave.  The dad, a rather large, especially when compared to the guard, told him that he would be 5 minutes and shut the door in his face. About 10 minutes later there is another knock on the door and a slightly taller (but not in comparison to the dad) guard comes up and is using a more raised and assertive tone.  The dad is not fazed at all and says "Thank you" and tries to shut the door.  The guard pushes the door back open and says "ONE MINUTE," but the door shuts anyways.  When our friends eventually left,  we assumed they got home okay because we didn't receive an SMS or hear any distinct shouting.  They did go down with a small army so I didn't expect anything less.