cultural and communtiy living

here's a few things that have had happened in the past 2 months...

we found that if you spray cecuks with soapy water while on the ceiling...they will fall and the boys can catch them much easier. we have lost one cecuk and 1 other lizard thing in our car...we see them occasionally...how long will they last? right now we have 2 frogs, one hamster, several cecuks and one dog.

the only one dog story came about because bruiser started killing chickens after the celebration of sacrificing animals. he ran down to the mosque and grabbed some bones in which he thought tasted good so he went after two chickens in one day. our neighbor wasn't so happy with us as she brought the chicken to show proof of the kill and we had to pay a high price of $6. so the only nice thing we could do to keep good relations in our community was hand over bruiser to our other neighbor who went and made "sate" out of him...meat on a stick. so sad...very very sad. so now poor sassy sits alone in the backyard and cries for her brother to come back.

i brushed my teeth with an ant. enough said.

the termite season keeps living on. i don't know how many times we have woken up with 100's of termites on our floor. it's getting old.

the mosque just down the street is decorated with christmas lights...hmmm????

we wrapped our christmas presents last week and they are now "molding"... the paper is damp and all...so nice and refreshing. mold is growing everywhere in our house now. coming up in all sorts of areas...

two mornings in a row now we have woken up at 5:30am to someone cutting wood with a saw. they only make about 10 cuts...just enough to wake us up. just cuz the sun is starting to come up...does it mean we ALL have to be up?

i went to our ibu-ibu meeting...a monthly meeting of women in our community where we all wear the same outfit to be united....and we went and visited a lady who is sick with diabetes. it is really nice to be in a community who really cares about their neighbors. we went and prayed for her...