Sunday, May 30, 2010

Overnighter

Hello to all,
So I had my first overnighter here in Afghanistan. It was pretty boring, and kinda disgusting. I went out with my old platoon to a local village and stayed the night at the district center....There were lots of people in and out and people making food and drinks, etc. When we first arrived I was starving, so I went to the smell good area where an individual was making bread. Im gonna call him my Chi biatch. Chi meaning tea in afghanistan (pashtu). Anyways he was sitting there finishing up the bread (Dorday) which is like flat bread, really good. So i ate some, unTILL I SAW HIM MAKE IT LATER THAT NIGHT. We went there to teach the local afghan police how to preform day to day task (most of them illiterate). We got to play chess (none of them new how to play, so i whopped their butt in it) punks..lol...Ate dinner, drank lots n lots of Chi, and talked about local economy and religion (something not to do obviously, they are very hardheaded).
Anyways, back to Chi biatch. I beleive this guy had some gayness goin on, cause in their culture, MAN on MAN is normal. NOT SO MUCH FOR ME. He kept wanting to talk to me and sittin all close and crap. Then he made his move, only to get rejected. FAG. Put his hand on my leg, "O NO, this is a little awkward, take that shit somewhere else". Slap his hand away. I think he got the point.
CAUTION:
Anyways, after awhile, nature called, and I had to take care of some business, only to find out it was more like a workout. I finally found the bathroom, brought my own ultra soft tissue paper, only to find a hole cut in the middle of the floor with mounds of liquid poop just below. I had to sit aside my pride and pop a squat (literally). It looked like I ran a marathon after that. Could barely stand up from squating so long. And these people dont use Toilet paper. They do the two finger swipe and then rinse with water. GROSS.
CHI BIATCH:
Not only did this guy make chi all the time, but he made the bread. I went over to watch and take pictures. He takes the dough and molds it, after slam dunking it several times, kinda like homemade pizza dough. "ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT WAS THIS GUY PROB DID THE TWO FINGER SWIPE EARLIER." No gloves, just all hands up in there. Then he takes his shirt off, dips it in a pan of dirty water and washes his hands and arms with it (pit stains and all). I thought he was done. O NO. He wringes it out, then proceeds to cleans the dough pan with it, and then LAYS IT ON THE DOUGH, to save for later.
AND WE STILL ATE THAT BREAD LATER. Im gonna end of with some kinda disease over here.
Then I noticed the Chi glasses, where the same dirty chi glasses everyone and their momma had been drinking out of. They take a teaspoon of new chi, rinse it around the cup, and WAAAALAAAA.. it is magically clean.. DRINK UP....It got to the point, when they werent looking, i would chunk it off to the side and be like UM UMM that was good. NO MORE THANKS.
Anyways, other than that, nothing new. Hope all is well with everyone, until next time.

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