you know one of the many reasons i love this country is that you can have hired help for about $2usd per hour!!! i know be jelouse... but what is even better is when you grow to be friends with the ones that work for you. in my case Anna is a 27 year old filipino girl who lives right around the block from me and she is a jewel to have around.
well today she invited me to a christmas party... a bit early... but none the less it has renewed my sense of normalcy here in this backwards country. they had it all at this party, a christmas tree, the mistletoe, lights, a santa statue next to the 3 ft. hight virgin mary statue and even there cute dog 'nimrod' (yes that is the dogs name) was dressed for the occasion with a t-shirt.
the mood was set by traditional filipino holiday music, mixed with a little olivia newton john, circa....greese. and the food was delicious. there was everything from a spicy noodle dish, coconut flavored sticky rice, a giant baked fish with all kinds of yummy in it and kentucky fried chicken...
needless to say i enjoyed myself although i wanted to stay longer and really get to know people and just have fun.
you see in jordan and probably in the entire middle east where there is hired help you don't find that the madam and the housekeeper get together and hang out, but when you treat eachother right and you become friends it can be a great thing.
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