{UAH} THIS IS FOR FOREIGNERS ON UAH AND WISH TO LEARN SOME PECULIARITIES ON UGANDA
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Bobby
You have been away from Uganda for a long time. You may find this useful too. You learn many things that may appear strange in other countries. Here are some Ugandan peculiarities which sometimes make me chuckle and shake my head in disbelief.
"Welcome back" just means welcome whether you have been there before or not
" Well done" is just part of a greeting. You dont need to actually achieve anything great.
Surname comes first when writing your name.
Saying sorry is said frequently for the tiniest thing.
Undies should not be washed and hung outside for all to see even though the sun is beneficial in freshening clothes. It is embarrassing and unacceptable
Green veges are not served with a meal as this is associated with poverty.
Do not leave things within reach of little scally wags who can fit their hands through the bars on the windows and take
Women seem to do all the hard work here- digging in the fields. pumping for water at the wells, carrying the heavy loads on their heads while looking after their own and everyone elses kids
The kitchen is a private area- not the gathering place where we all seem to congregate
There is no such thing as personal space on the bus
BO seems to be a common aftershave fragrance especially among the motorbike taxi drivers
Polygamous marriages with up to 40 kids is not unusual
Playing the game" See how many people we can squash into the bus" is the norm and we wait till it is jam packed before we leave
It is not unusual to see a live pig strapped to the back of a motorbike... or a coffin or 5 kids or a mattress or, well anything goes.
Dont expect everything on the menu in a restaurant to actually be available.... dont even expect the cook to be there!!
African time is different- things move very slowly, if at all.
It is good manners to eat with your hands
Chickens will wander into your house if you leave the door open.. . or a goat or a cow or a turkey or a pig
No matter how hard you scrub your clothes they never look clean
Power and water is a luxury that seems to go off just when you need it most
A bribe for a soda will get you out of most sticky situations
Muzungu( white skin) means money at all times regardless of your financial status
African women have the most amazing hairstyles
Ugandan kids know how to have the best fun with the simplest things to make them laugh
There is no such thing as garbage bins- everything just gets thrown in a heap out the front of your house then whatever the animals dont eat gets burnt.
The butcher is a tin shed with one carcass hanging down in the heat- he just carves off a chunk when needed.
All parts of an animal can be eaten
Ah- I could go on forever...... This is Africa!!!
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-- You have been away from Uganda for a long time. You may find this useful too. You learn many things that may appear strange in other countries. Here are some Ugandan peculiarities which sometimes make me chuckle and shake my head in disbelief.
"Welcome back" just means welcome whether you have been there before or not
" Well done" is just part of a greeting. You dont need to actually achieve anything great.
Surname comes first when writing your name.
Saying sorry is said frequently for the tiniest thing.
Undies should not be washed and hung outside for all to see even though the sun is beneficial in freshening clothes. It is embarrassing and unacceptable
Green veges are not served with a meal as this is associated with poverty.
Do not leave things within reach of little scally wags who can fit their hands through the bars on the windows and take
Women seem to do all the hard work here- digging in the fields. pumping for water at the wells, carrying the heavy loads on their heads while looking after their own and everyone elses kids
The kitchen is a private area- not the gathering place where we all seem to congregate
There is no such thing as personal space on the bus
BO seems to be a common aftershave fragrance especially among the motorbike taxi drivers
Polygamous marriages with up to 40 kids is not unusual
Playing the game" See how many people we can squash into the bus" is the norm and we wait till it is jam packed before we leave
It is not unusual to see a live pig strapped to the back of a motorbike... or a coffin or 5 kids or a mattress or, well anything goes.
Dont expect everything on the menu in a restaurant to actually be available.... dont even expect the cook to be there!!
African time is different- things move very slowly, if at all.
It is good manners to eat with your hands
Chickens will wander into your house if you leave the door open.. . or a goat or a cow or a turkey or a pig
No matter how hard you scrub your clothes they never look clean
Power and water is a luxury that seems to go off just when you need it most
A bribe for a soda will get you out of most sticky situations
Muzungu( white skin) means money at all times regardless of your financial status
African women have the most amazing hairstyles
Ugandan kids know how to have the best fun with the simplest things to make them laugh
There is no such thing as garbage bins- everything just gets thrown in a heap out the front of your house then whatever the animals dont eat gets burnt.
The butcher is a tin shed with one carcass hanging down in the heat- he just carves off a chunk when needed.
All parts of an animal can be eaten
Ah- I could go on forever...... This is Africa!!!
H.OGWAPITI
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"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."
---Theodore Roosevelt
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