First of all, let me give you some interesting and random things going on in Kuwait.
1. It's midnight(quater after in fact) and it's 106 degrees
2. The high today (that I saw anyway) was 120. and that's a cool summer day. :-/
3. In Kuwait, houses/buildings have installed plumbing, yes, BUT the water doesn't come from pipes in the ground. Uh uh. Rather, it comes from big barrels of water sitting on our bulidings roof, that is trucked in daily and pumped in to fill the said tanks. So no, we don't drink the water out of the tap. You just never know!
4. Because of previous points of interest, the water that is piped into our apartment is very warm, nearly hot. So, we have to turn off our hot water heater to get reasonably cool water! Yeah, and cold cycle on the washing machine? Doesn't exist. I'm running it on tap water temp setting, and my clothes feel like they were run on hot! But hey, they're getting clean!
5. The average amount of CO2 emission put out per person in America is 22 tons per year! In Kuwait, each person's average CO2 emission is 87 tons per year! Damn.... I wonder what the average for an Oregonian is? Probably even less than the national average! We're just cool like that! :)
6. Dancing Matt came to Kuwait City! Well, I was uber excited, got all emotional watching his 3rd video, but was IMMENSELY dissapointed about what he wrote in regards to Kuwait and the amazing people here. (Comparing the traditions of the Muslim people to someone with OCD! Good God man, are you for real?!?) He's a star that isn't shining so bright in my eyes anymore. If you don't know who he is, google him. I'm not going to post his site here.
ok, well now in other news.....
¡felicitaciones España!
and much sadness to my beloved Deutschland... :-( But hey, you've still got great beer, amazing Christmas markets, and my awesome family and friends! :)
* I KNOW that's not all that's amazing about Germany, just the first few things that came to mind. If I wrote all I love about Germany, I'd have to write a novel.... so no crap throwin'! :)
3 comments:
We just want to hear from you. whether it's about the heat or about your bunions-it doesn't matter! Kuwait is probably the place I would least want to go to. Not because of the people or the culture but because I CANNOT stand the heat. it makes me nauseous. it makes me complain non-stop:)
In Brazil they have the same system of water on the roof. We were there in the winter (only 90 degrees or so) so we were able to get some cold water for washing hands, etc. But water pressure was non-existent.
Not all buildings had septic systems so in a lot of places you weren't allowed to put toilet paper in the toilet. You had to put it in the garbage can. Disgusting!!! But amazingly enough, the bathrooms didn't stink. They must clean them every day or something...
You can always post more pictures of your cute kiddos! It's nice to see how they are growing when we can't be there to see it for ourselves. Say hi to Maleah for me!!
I guess I shouldn't complain about 1oo F heat, but I still will and no one can stop me! I hate to be hot and I hate to sweat. And then add blood sucking mosquitos that bite me even when I am wearing stinky bug spray, and I will never stop hating and complaining about the south!!!!!!!!
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