FYI...

so, some cultural insights that are good to know if you are to ever travel to the country of uganda in the near future:

• eating and walking at the same time is considered completely rude
• they value dressing up smart, and almost everyone you meet looks like a businessman.
• dinner is eaten at 9 or 10 o'clock PM every night, and then you go straight to bed, no questions asked
• guys in Uganda are SUPER forward. they will ask for your number or if you are married in the first five minutes of meeting you
• telling someone they are fat happens all the time and is somehow considered a compliment?
• soap operas are the TV shows for every person of the family. first they are made in the Philippines. then they are translated to Luganda (the native language here) and then to English. EVERYONE loves them. and they are the cheesiest thing i have ever seen.
• walking around in flip flops (like the old navy kind) is unacceptable because they are only ever used for the showers and only for that
• anytime is tea time
• there is no concept for lines in the stores, you basically just have to learn the art of cutting people off and it is not rude at all
• they play the same two commercials here. the most popular one is an Always pad commercial. hahha
• eating the same thing for every meal happens every single day with no complaints
• there is no such thing as too close for comfort.
• everything is incredibly cheap. you can buy an avocado for less than 25 cents. ride a taxi for an hour and only pay a 50 cent equivalent.. etc
• there are no changing seasons here. it is always 70-80 degrees and sunny. with a sudden expectancy of torrential downpour for an hour
• there is no word that translates into "please"