Shoota da gun
Well, it's the end of the month, my student's final test is tomorrow and I'm nervous for them, I'm really gonna miss them when they go back to their countries, got a real affection for ALL of them, even the little buggers! We had an EXTREMELY interesting discussion in class the other day, were talking about traditions in different countries, i.e in China you bow as a greeting, in Iran you don't talk much in a restaurant, in Yemen you shout at everyone and eat with your hands in a restaurant, and one of the lads from Yemen was like
" in my country, when someone go away for long time and come back, we shoot guns", i was like
"aye???"
"yes!" the other agreed enthusiastically
"and at weddings! we shoot the gun", I'm like,
'what???'
"into the air teacher! for celebrate!" I was like
'oooooh! ok! isn't that a little... dangerous??? can't you just have a little tipple like everyone else? (apparently not, alcohol is banned in yemen, and iran! imagine that!!) and where do you get the gun from?'
"oh nooooo! not dangerous! everybody in my country have gun".
They then proceeded to tell me they all owned guns, even the quiet one! i was like,
'sultan, tell me you don't have a gun... do you?'
"oh yes teacher, three. The gun from America are better quality but mine are from Russian" ....
"AAAAAAlllrighty then guys! WOW! that's...just..."
I couldn't get my head round it cos guns petrify me, but they all have guns from a young age apparently. My main fear was what if someone tripped on a banana skin during this shooting celebration and killed someone, apaprently this never happens (never has to them anyway, apart from one who apparently shot his mate by accident when he was playing with a gun as a small child). However, i'm still feeling sorry for any Yemenese seagulls flying innocently over a wedding. And then my housemate said apparently a lot of people are injured by the bullets when they fall back down to earth, which i hadn't even considered, but it makes sense, what goes up an' all that.
It's not all guns and shooting tho', most of the students, when asked about their ambition it's to go back to their country, get married and have lots of children!! and they're, like, 20!! my chinese student wants to be a film director, my Bangladeshi student wants to be a graphic designer, but all the yemenese want to get married and have children!! bless 'em. I'm sure if you asked a 20 year old back home what their ambition was, marriage would be a BIG list of 'stuff not to do til i'm way old'.
posted by Katy Bangkok @ 12:24 pm
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Hello Katy and Han,
i'm just at college doing this because our computer has been taken away to be revamped, the man is doing it in exchange for some sandeels??!!i think dad was chuffed that he didn't have to part with any notes! it sounds like you two are getting along fine, everyone keeps asking how you both are and what you are going to do when you get back, any ideas? is Han going to yemen because that is what i have been telling everybody, and that you are going to marry a rich oil lord/baron, or something. good news about us being aunties, eh!mum is going to love it.you must be finishing soon to do some MORE travelling! i had my last exam the other day, so i don't have a worry in the world(apart from what i am doing with the rest of my life, i like to think in the short-term!)and we are off to majorca soon, woohoo! when we get the computer back i will e-mail you some photos of what has been going on, on old fraggle rock, grandma and anuntie Eda came down the other week, i took some then.
i take you won't be going to Yemen then, what with the old prohibition,it is highly likely that you would end up in jail, i thought han was a bit of a vino aswell!
any way i best be off in a minute, katy is picking me up so we can go to Southampton shopping. bo has been to Glastonbury so will probably have a few tales to tell!, they woke up in the middle of the night to find a torrent of water cascading through the tent!will be in touch again when we get the souped up computer back, it would have been quicker to send a letter from a messenger on foot befoer! love sophxx
Hello Katy and Hannah,
Well I thought it was about time I posted an entry, so atleast I have added something to this excellent blog site before you come home (not long now!!) I have just been catching up on all your latest gossip and was thinking that Katy's new clothes will be more suitable for me than your Mum with the rate I am putting on weight!! Your Niece\ or Nephew (or both!!) is certainly making his early presence known as I am suffering from quite a bit of sickness. My clothes are already getting tight and I am only 8-weeks!! Please don't make any arrangement for travelling next year as Richie and I are relying on you for babysitting!! We are all looking forward to seeing you soon. Take Care.. Lots of Love Ali and small bump xx
SOPHIE BROPHIE!! she's aaaaaalive! and she speaks!! how are ya? good to hear from you, exams go ok?
i'm glad dad has finally managed to find a way to save even MORE money, who o EARTH would take smelly little fish instead of cold hard cash??? hee hee, sucker!
i think han's planning to go to yemen and be a concubine for a beautiful arab man with big curly eyelashes after this. i'm undecided as yet, obviously i wouldn't even consider landing in a country where there is no booze, let alone living there, I'd be like
'what?, like, why?? what's going on? who would...? um, i'm sorry, what's going on again? where's the bar? who's... are you SURE there's no beer anywhere??? not even over here? what about over there? behind that thing? surely there's a bit under that thing over there...'
I'd be wondering round in a confused daze for days!
Hey Ali!! great to hear from ya, still not all-u-can-eat then? morning sickness aye? that a bugger! just when you have the perfect excuse to eat everything in sight... it all comes back up again! can't wait to see yous, and put me down for as many babysitting dates as you like, can't wait!!
Rich you big fat monkey liar! you know how i know you're lying? cos no one can smell ANYTHING in malasia cos Durian rankness overpowers every other smell, even alcohol breath, so you don't even have to drink vodka before school, you can drink beer and no one can smell it...
AAAAANYWHOO, i think i will see von when i come up, i won't be in yorkshire til the end of august, you guys'll be there then wontcha?
ps mum i was joking about the drinking before school.... 'beer o'clock' never starts before 12.30pm here.
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