Comments on: Life in a Fish Bowl

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:24:06 +0000

Hey Anita! Thanks for your comments on my blog.
Yeah, I have always wrestled with the Promised Land thing, still do even now that I’m back home after so many years. So I can definitely relate to your feelings about coming back to the States. I hope it’s a really great move for you guys, but of course it won’t be perfect. I’m so curious about what God will open up for you while Danny’s in school, and what will open up for all of you once he’s done.

By: afajita

afajita — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:16:47 +0000

True, people watching is fun no matter where you are. I just think it’s funny how here there is no qualms about staring and not trying to mask your comments and be subtle about it. There’ll be times when someone will tell me, “I went to the market today and the folks there said yesterday you came by and did this and that.” Sometimes I’ll be walking down the street and I’ll overhear people talking to each other, “Oh, do you know her? She goes running along the river every morning.” Or, people who I don’t know at all will shout out the names of our kids. Sometimes I wonder what it would be like for celebrities who are REALLY watched and followed all the time. I do not envy them at all!

By: mike park

mike park — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:41:36 +0000

I wonder if that’s just the urban environment. I’ve had countless experiences of people watching at our house here, either with random roommates or tenants, w/ other neighbors, or with P or my sister or my parents. I think if you told me I’d have so much fun watching people from my house before I moved here, I wouldn’t have believed you. The other day my brother-in-law and I were playing with his kid on the 1st floor, then noticed a guy having an argument with a policeman on the corner of the street through the living room window. We watched for like 5 minutes the guy’s gesticulations and wild hand waving–he was clearly mad. I said that i bet the dude was going to offer his hand to the policeman afterwards–my brother in law said no way, no way. Then he finally did, and they shook hands–my brother in law and i burst out laughing and hi-fived. Entertainment value was definitely better than any TV episode. Then my 11-month old nephew started yelling because we’d forgotten he was even in the room.