* When your child comes home from school and tells you he has a 'plaster' on his toe. After investigating a bit, I realized a plaster is a band-aid.
* When you loan a neighbor a needle and thread, and she exclaims, "Well, bless your cotton socks!" What is the proper response to this? "Hallelujah to your Nike shoes?" Not sure, but it does make for entertaining conversations!
*When you go to a little market to buy fresh vegetables, and once you have your purchases ready you realize you don't speak the same language as the cashier.....and he's shaking his head at you....and yelling to a co-worker, who's gesturing at you....and your driver steps in and tries to translate, but he doesn't speak the same language as the store workers....and finally, somehow, you are told that you can't shop at this store, because you're not the right ethnicity. And though you're more than a little baffled and uncomfortable at the entire experience, you're not really shocked or offended by it....because it's just another day in a strange place, far from home.
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