Let's Compare Lives

Let’s compare lives…let me know if you have had any of the following experiences or have had any other experiences equally or more interesting:
1) Have the Village Councilor’s number in your speed dial
2) Made copies using a copier from the 90’s
3) Hand collated over 3000 pages to make 3 page and 17 page surveys
4) Have an open account at the local copy shop
5) Average 3 marriage proposals a month
6) Wear long sleeved shirts and skirts every day
7) Have to visit offices multiple times because people don’t show up for work
8) Make all food on a charcoal stove on the floor
9) Have to avoid getting pooped on by pigeons, duck under a clothesline, and pass by the cowshed before getting to the outhouse where your 2 options are to use the squatter or take a bucket of heated water in to bathe
10) Ride in a public transport van with more than 20 people and have to stop to put the door back on
11) Land on a runway that was last paved in the 80’s so that it’s part dirt, part asphalt
12) Greet your neighbors that live in a mud hut as you walk through your grove of banana trees
13) Have taught people how to turn on a computer, use a mouse, change a battery, use a digital camera, or use a withdrawal slip at the bank
14) Pay to use “fast internet”, which is slower than dial up
15) Don’t blink twice at someone walking down the main road in town with a goat or chicken
16) Have to avoid the chickens and ducks walking around the road
17) Live on a dirt road that is so rocky it is more enjoyable to walk than ride
18) Have to check the power timetable to see when the power in your community will be turned off that week
19) Have thirteen intelligent children living in poverty come over to hang out and play
20) Think that stale chocolate and riding in an SUV are the best things ever
21) Greet the Masai warriors that live in your neighborhood (that have big holes in their ears, wear brightly colored cloth, carry a walking stick, and wear rubber shoes made of tires)