{"id":889,"date":"2013-04-14T07:14:18","date_gmt":"2013-04-14T04:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dknolte.com\/?p=889"},"modified":"2013-04-14T07:14:18","modified_gmt":"2013-04-14T04:14:18","slug":"the-nice-white-with-short-hair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dknolte.com\/?p=889","title":{"rendered":"The Nice White (with short hair)"},"content":{"rendered":"

T<\/strong>he other day we were eating at the Italian restaurant on the hill.\u00a0 This was after the bull incident and Hiwot wanted to know what happened to Terese\u2019s foot.\u00a0 She\u2019s wearing a big black boot to keep her foot from flexing so it will heal.\u00a0\u00a0 Also, the damn cat hates the boot, but I digress.<\/p>\n

Terese explained the incident and Hiwot told her, that the young child of a friend of hers was also a victim of the bull.\u00a0 Luckily, the little one is doing okay.<\/p>\n

But Hiwot said she heard that an Embassy guard said a Nice White with short hair had been hurt by the bull.\u00a0 At the time, Hiwot wondered if it was her Nice White with short hair, but forgot about it until we came in, and she realized it was.<\/p>\n

Terese was pleased to note that the locals refer to her as a Nice White.\u00a0 I\u2019m afraid to ask Hiwot what they call me.<\/p>\n

We were on the hill eating last night.\u00a0 Afterwards, she came to our table to remove the plates.\u00a0 She caught me off guard, so I had to quickly put my napkin on my shoulder (to maintain the sanctity of the napkin on the shoulder rule) and in the process it partly ended up on my head.\u00a0 She laughed and said, I am already here!\u00a0 But we are making progress because she let me keep my napkin.<\/p>\n

Terese got to talking to Hiwot about her schooling.\u00a0 She has yet to deliver a baby which she will have to do before graduating.\u00a0 It\u2019s humorous to watch her expressions when she talks about it, covering her eyes as if it\u2019s happening now.\u00a0 But I find it interesting and beautiful when she says that when she studies the Maternity class, she has a \u201cspecial place in my mind\u201d for her mother because she now knows what she went through for her.<\/p>\n

Not so her father.\u00a0 She doesn\u2019t see him doing any of the work.\u00a0 Evidently, he left her mother and started a family of his own many years ago.\u00a0 We politely asked how much her schooling is and she said, it\u2019s 400 birr a month (about $22) and her apartment is 700 (about $39).\u00a0 She makes 700 for her salary at the restaurant and depends on her tips to pay for her school.\u00a0 She is 21 years old and is very proud of her ability to support herself and pay for schooling also.\u00a0 You can see the satisfaction and confidence in her face.<\/p>\n

\u2026 and kids back in the States throw a hissy fit when they don\u2019t get the newest iPhone.<\/p>\n

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The other day we were eating at the Italian restaurant on the hill.\u00a0 This was after the bull incident and …<\/p>\n

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