Shop until you drop

Today is a shopping day. I have been planning to shop the first day I thought about going home, but the idea of shopping freaks me out. So far, I haven't been to any mall. I hate shopping... anything associated with shopping makes me nauseated... I found shopping to be very boring and overwhelming . For me, I only go to the mall when I really need to buy something and the entire shopping process takes me only half an hour and so.
So, today I promise myself not to postpone, to be patient and to get over it. Therefore, I shall shop until I drop.

Nothing like home sweet home

Finally, going back to Ethiopia has arrived.

Since this is my third time flying back to Ethiopia, I came up with several ideas to survive a boring long distance flight

Ten essential things to have for my trip are:

1. My laptop

2. Books ... to help me cope the long flight and to make me happily antisocial passanger.. I am planning to read A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry and The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Ethiopian author Dinaw Mengestu.

3. Medication .... anything from anti acid to anti diarrhea..yes, it is all about the medication.

4. Get up and walk from time to time to avoid cramps or blood clots.

5. Take a sweater to avoid the cold temperature inside the plane.

6.Don't drink coffee or wine.. Oh.. I had a bad experience..

7. Wear flip flop shoe. I found it to be very easy to take it off and put it back.

8.Don't eat too much.

9. Have a bright eye catching luggage for quicker identification.

10. Camera

Melkam Fasika

Easter is around the corner and I am reminding people to cut some of the eating habits we do during Fasika. Let's add some variety of veggies and fruits to our meal. See previous post to read more about the food pyramid.

Amharic-English diabetic Handout

Yesterday, while I was surfing the net, I run into this site and found bilingual version of the food pyramid and diabetic hand out. Although, I myself in the process of developing Amharic version for signs and symptoms of diabete and hypertension and managements of the disease, I found this one to be well put together by Georgia state University, department of Anthropology.
Kudos to them. Help yourself .http://monarch.gsu.edu/multiculturalhealth/handouts/Amharic.