Comments on: Patience! http://home.wilsonglobal.org/2009/09/26/patience/ Heralding Christ Jesus' Blessings Sun, 31 Jan 2010 03:29:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Karis Seely http://home.wilsonglobal.org/2009/09/26/patience/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Karis Seely Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:03:04 +0000 http://home.wilsonglobal.org/?p=385#comment-58 Sounds oh too familiar although ironically, it wasn't this way for our driver's license -- in fact, after giving someone our info and pictures, he was able to get them for us. There's a national who works for SIL who knows people in most of the government offices so his "job" is processing paperwork for people for temporary residence cards, drivers' licenses, etc. I think we paid him $10 for his service, and it was more than worth it! So, I have a driver's license, but I hardly ever use it. It's nice that I can run to a ladies meeting or something, though! But the way the taxis and moto taxis have the run of the road here with no laws -- it makes me nervous that I will hit someone as they weave in and out from both sides of me or they will hit me -- and we all know who will instantly be at fault -- of course, me! Sigh... I get honked at when I drive when I'm not aggressive enough at the round-abouts or when I wait for two seconds instead of pulling around the taxi that stopped -- instead of pulling around into the oncoming lane and making the two lane road into a three lane road where no one slows down. Not sure if it's similar there or not. :-) Sounds oh too familiar although ironically, it wasn’t this way for our driver’s license — in fact, after giving someone our info and pictures, he was able to get them for us. There’s a national who works for SIL who knows people in most of the government offices so his “job” is processing paperwork for people for temporary residence cards, drivers’ licenses, etc. I think we paid him $10 for his service, and it was more than worth it!

So, I have a driver’s license, but I hardly ever use it. It’s nice that I can run to a ladies meeting or something, though! But the way the taxis and moto taxis have the run of the road here with no laws — it makes me nervous that I will hit someone as they weave in and out from both sides of me or they will hit me — and we all know who will instantly be at fault — of course, me! Sigh… I get honked at when I drive when I’m not aggressive enough at the round-abouts or when I wait for two seconds instead of pulling around the taxi that stopped — instead of pulling around into the oncoming lane and making the two lane road into a three lane road where no one slows down. Not sure if it’s similar there or not. :-)

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