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Since i began thinking of funny things to share, i can't stop. so here are a few more!

1. I was sitting in church last week, and was thinking, "wow, they have pretty bars on these windows." Every building has bars on the windows for protection. They have all these pretty designs, or the bars are in the windows themselves (small squares of glass with heavy metal frames around them). But they aren't bars, like in prison, so after a while you don't really notice them. 
2. Everywhere has security guards, especially banks. The police are not reliable enough to come if there is anything going on, so most big businesses hire their own security. It is a bit alarming because places with actual stuff to steal, are armed with machine guns, and they carry them around so nonchalantly. But because of the war with Somalia, there have been a few terrorists attacks in Kenya, so there are even more security guards. At our local supermarket there are security guards with metal detector wands, but they have no idea how to use them. They always swipe my purse, and the wand beeps, but they never do anything about it. Granted i am a white women, so i don't really fit the extremist Muslim stereotype. 
3. When saying the alphabet, they say "zed" instead a "zee."
4. This is one of my favorite things about Kenya, everyone knows where food comes from. Even people that live in the city, know how corn is grown and how to butcher a chicken. As my dad likes to say, (speaking of people from the states, who live in big cities), "they think that milk comes from God through Safeway." 
5. Vegetarians are only for religious purposes. Kenya has many Indians that immigrated here to help build the railroad, and the Hindus do not eat meat. Muslims are only allowed to eat meat that has been prayed over, so if they are unsure, they will also abstain from meat. 
6. If it isn't visible, you aren't sick. Preventative medicine is becoming more common with the growth of the medical field, but it is definitely not as common as it is in the states. I try and take vitamins everyday, or else i feel tired. I also take some other medication for some long term conditions i have. This is very strange. 
7. Kenya destroys shoes. There are so many rocks, and i walk here much more then i do in the states, which completely destroys my shoes. I brought a pair of brand new birkenstocks with me, and they already are looking a bit sad.
8. Eyebrow raising. This is done to say "hi" especially to little kids.

That is all for now. Hope everyone is well! miss you all!

xox suz