Monday, March 22, 2010

Only In Samoa

In Samoa you learn how to do with out all the modern conveniences available in the US that you THINK you need. Take, for instance, the whole market focused on babies. We have stores filled with baby clothes and $500 strollers and car seats and cribs and rockers. “Pshhh,” Samoans would say. There is none of that on The Rock; instead, people make due with what they have. For example, the other day I was riding along on the bus when I saw an ingenious woman. Rather than a stroller, just take the wheelbarrow from behind the shed and that’ll do. Yes, I saw a woman pushing her 3 toddlers in a wheelbarrow. Only in Samoa...

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