Saturday, September 13, 2008

Our Rich Neighbors

For the last eleven days, the total days we've been living in our apartment, Steven and I have gone shopping at Co-Op Mart almost every other day. We buy food for dinner, but we can't buy too much because our fridge is half the size of a fridge in the States and the food is fresh and has been sitting out so it doesn't last long if you don't cook it soon after you buy it. We've also bought things for the house: organizer drawers for the bathroom, voltage adaptors, a surge protector, hangers, spoons, a strainer, a colander, a trash can for the bathroom, etc. Each time we go, we walk by all of our neighbors sitting out in front of their shops or their stalls, or people at the restaurants on our street, with two big bags a piece full from the supermarket. I wonder what they think when they see us walk by. Do they think we have lots of money to go shopping every other day? Do they wonder who we're hiding in our apartment that we need so much food for two people? Or do they just not care at all one way or the other?

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