Monday, October 4, 2010

You know you live in Grenada when...

* ...you missed going to the grocery on thursday, so sorry,I guess you wont have chicken this week.
*...your favorite perfume is 30% Deet.
*...WALMART is now what you would consider to be a luxury
*...You spend $8 on a diet snapple for an extravagent afternoon treat
*...You will get cell phone service "if it pleases the lord".
*...Seeing a tomato is more exciting than a UFO sighting
*...You or someone you know has vomited after their wild ride in a reggae bus.
*...Blackouts last for whole days...not just a few hours
*...Drinking water scares you...but you have to just get over it.
*...Jerry Sienfeld's 2007 flop "Bee Movie" just came out at the box office.
*...Professors arrive to university events in a kayak.
*...You fill up your water bottle with warm water from a drinking fountain
*...You know how to respond to someone that yells WHAGUAN at you.
*...When someone yells "electrical fire", you turn off the lights and continue with class...with the lights off.
*...You love it when you see spiders because you know they eat mosquitos
*...You say things like "omg what I would give for a reasonably priced can opener".
*...You smile and wave when someone TOOTS their horn at you.
*...You progressively become less and less sanitary when washing dishes and preparing food because...meh, whatever, it's grenada.
*...Karaoke at a bar is done with a microphone and YouTube
*...You know what leaf to stand by to catch the bus off campus...there are no official bus stops.
*...You walk around paranoid about Dengue, but have no issue with the clouds of toxic smoke wafting from people burning their trash.
*...Straightening your hair is futile...it WILL become an afro on your walk to class.
*...you buy food from random strangers on the beach, on campus, in town...even though there is no FDA here.
*...University events provide alcohol because its cheaper than food.
*...A thunderstorm isnt just a thunderstorm...It's a borderline natural disaster.
*...It's totally normal to have a crab cross your path on the way to class.
*...When you get a sunburn, you use an actual aloe plant...
*...Stray dogs dogs and cats are friendly....but they WILL give you fleas. (wahhh ;) ).
*...VIP at a club costs $24 US dollars. and that includes all you can drink.
*...Everywhere you go, someone is trying to sell you a spice necklace.
*...You are severely anemic and you bruise like a peach.
*...A cab ride for 8 people costs 8 bucks total.
*...You are surrounded by water but the fish is all imported and ONE PIECE of sushi costs $2.
*...There are cows on the beach.
*...You find yourself strangely into Soca music all of a sudden.
*...You continue to swim in the ocean for hours even after repeatedly being stung by baby jelly fish.
*...Radio stations are in shacks off the beaten path.
*...A 30 min wait for fast food is EXCELLENT!
*...Your chicken fingers never came out because they "couldn't catch the chicken". No joke.
*...At least 3 times daily you look around and go...wow. I live here.

4 comments:

  1. Hi Leila,

    They're actually called' bluggoe', here's a link http://trec.ifas.ufl.edu/tfphotos/121500.htm

    Hope this helps and have fun discovering all things Grenada has to offer.

    Michaela

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  2. LOL ...you buy eggs even when they have been sitting in the blazing heat all day. PS. i shouted out to you in here..did you find it? :P

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