One of my best friends asked me if anything was the same here as in the states. If the books, calendars, and tv stations were similar, or the food, homes, or clothes were the same.
The books here are read from right-to-left instead of our usual left-to-right. The calendars are much the same except for the numbers I can’t read. The tv stations we get are all AFN, so theeeeerrrreee great! Then the food, homes, and clothes vary by location.
Two things I can say has proven to always be the same in every place we’ve gone: the cereal and always Coca-Cola.
Every morning for breakfast, I grab a milk that has an outer appearance, one side English & one side Arabic. Then I grab a familiar cereal and get a touch of home before I start my day.
For lunch, I usually have a water with no label at all on it and sometimes I have the boxed juice that seems to always be 100% juice. Sometimes I grab a new soda to try out, but when I want to feel like home, I grab that red can and taste a somewhat familiar cola.
Now, it tastes more like a diet for us but its still a Coke. Always….
Sunday, 1. February 2009
Tiah, you could be on a commercial for Coke. What a wonderful way to pay tribute to the troops with a commercial of you looking for in symbol of normalcy overseas when you see the can of coke…AH, just remember if you get the commercial I want a cut as your agent. *lol* Luv ya!
G