The title of today's post was inspired by a message that my cousin Nick Manto wrote on my facebook wall. I love it! It is so uniquely American and seems to capture the essence of the constant reactions that I keep getting when I tell people back home that I am in a small country called Mauritius which is about 560 miles east of Madagascar.
I do most of my thinking about what I am going to post daily while sitting in traffic for the hour or so every morning on my drive to work. I try and gather all of the observations I have made so far and try and remember all of the stories that I can so that this blog can be as interesting to you all back home as well as something that I can have when this adventure is all over.
I started thinking alot about what my grandmother Mimi suggested last week or so....that I should have a literary career. At first, my response was "whatever Mimi-I can't do that." But in reality, Mimi might be right...maybe I could have some sort of literary career, more specifically in the travel industry. I would want to travel the world while I am living the single life-no boyfriend, husband, or kids. My target audience would most likely be those like myself in their roaring 20s or younger-I'm not sure how well my humor translates to those in the baby boomer set and beyond-but people are known to have a few tricks up their sleave so one never really knows...
A few other individuals (some fiction, some non fiction) have been able to make careers for themselves just by publishing their thoughts-Peter Mayle, the british expat who moved to France, David Sedaris, Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City, Aaron Karo (more known among the college age/20s set for his book "Ruminations on College Life"), Chelsea Handler, and a number of famous personalities and politicians. It is human nature to enjoy talking (and maybe) writing about oneself-I'm afraid I am no different. In reality, I'm not sure that this would ever happen as writers have to invest a lot of time and money in sending their manuscript to a number of publishers. Should I get published, it could always just end up in the wal-mart clearance bin-oh to dream...
Sorry to be on such a soap box-I'll get back to daily life here in Mauritius. I have recently found out that my blog reaches a larger audience than I previously thought. It turns out that it provides daily comic relief for my mauritian coworkers and friends. I do enjoy making people laugh...even if its a my expense..
I have started receiving a number of prospective clients that I will interview in the coming weeks-I can't wait!! Work is going well-I'm slowly starting to learn people's names here in the office and I must say that are several people here that have gone out of their way to make me feel welcome.
After work yesterday I drove the hour or so home, read my book for a little while, and then had spaghetti for dinner. I wish I could say that I ran into the presential candidates themselves as they have come to determine that Mauritius is a hot spot for foreign policy affairs and that the mauritian economy deserves special research....but no such luck.
As I've mentioned in the last few posts, the end of Ramadan (Muslim fasting period) ends this week and we get a day off of work. The question is-will it be tomorrow or thursday??? No one knows...
It all depends on whether or not the moon is visible tonight-if it is visible then no work tomorrow and if it is not visible-well you get the picture (I hope). It is sort of like ground hog day-will he see his shadow?? Will we have a longer winter?? Or-its like waiting to see if school is cancelled due to a snow storm or hurricane-tomorrow or the next day?? Needless to stay, I will be spending alot of time in the backyard to night searching for the moon....
Some little things:
-I woke up in the middle of the night sweating bullets and tossing and turning for no apparent reason
-the dogs were barking maniacally this morning-it was pure reflex that I yelled at the top of my lungs-I then saw a man across the street stare at me...oops
-due to Ramadan-alot of businesses are affected as people need to leave to go and eat
-today was the first day that I noticed a sign that said Port Louis was 22 kilometers away-thank goodness for stephanie's assistance with directions
-I blocked somebody in today rather than the other way around-at some point today my car will moved to a different spot in the gravel parking lot
-I have started drinking the tap water little by little-no trips to the ER yet
More later....
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Have a holiday at Residence Mauritius. It's so awesome.
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