(A while ago...)
I was washing my clothes today and thought "wow, I can't wait to get back so I can have hour-long hot showers and do a massive load of laundry." Not exactly the typical response to such an experience. Usually the response is more like, "After living in [developing country name here], I appreciate [basic human right] so much more!" Perhaps I'm not as close to my int'l development degree as I thought.
But in a way, I do appreciate the river of drinkable tap water in my dorm much more now. (And I guess those people don't always say they're going to conserve from on.) I guess the difference is in what I do about it, if anything. Because appreciating it and working towards universal access are two very very different things. I don't have an answer right now and I suspect I won't do anything when I go back. But at least I'm now aware of how very different life is without running water. And maybe someday in the future I'll remember this day and I might be in a position to do something about it.
I think I may just have gotten back on track to that int'l dev't degree.
Anyway, here's a great pic of me getting all sudsy and wrestling with a pair of jeans. Oh, and I thought I was being stupid and colourblind when I saw blue and green water left behind, but today there was red too. Anyone want to pre-order a complete set of white clothing? I suspect it'll be available in about 9 weeks. (You could use it to remake a really bad 80s music video.)
Correction: The pic won't upload, but the clothes are still for sale.
I was washing my clothes today and thought "wow, I can't wait to get back so I can have hour-long hot showers and do a massive load of laundry." Not exactly the typical response to such an experience. Usually the response is more like, "After living in [developing country name here], I appreciate [basic human right] so much more!" Perhaps I'm not as close to my int'l development degree as I thought.
But in a way, I do appreciate the river of drinkable tap water in my dorm much more now. (And I guess those people don't always say they're going to conserve from on.) I guess the difference is in what I do about it, if anything. Because appreciating it and working towards universal access are two very very different things. I don't have an answer right now and I suspect I won't do anything when I go back. But at least I'm now aware of how very different life is without running water. And maybe someday in the future I'll remember this day and I might be in a position to do something about it.
I think I may just have gotten back on track to that int'l dev't degree.
Anyway, here's a great pic of me getting all sudsy and wrestling with a pair of jeans. Oh, and I thought I was being stupid and colourblind when I saw blue and green water left behind, but today there was red too. Anyone want to pre-order a complete set of white clothing? I suspect it'll be available in about 9 weeks. (You could use it to remake a really bad 80s music video.)
Correction: The pic won't upload, but the clothes are still for sale.
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