'Live Tweeting' a Day in the Dush

After discussing with some friends (Joe and Eric- whose blogs are conveniently located on the right), I came up with an idea to "live tweet" a day in the life in Dushanbe. Accordingly I went through my day and recorded a few things that happen (and that happen regularly). For those of my readers who aren't familiar with twitter (grandma, I'm talking about you) I recommend reading up on the basics.

Anyways, the live tweeting includes time stamps and all tweets are within the 140 character limit. Those of you that follow me on twitter as well may recognize a few of these tweets. Enjoy! :)

Oh yeah also you should know what Candy Crush is.

6:50am

Nothing like waking up to the sound's of your family's pet prehistoric-bird. Seriously; pterodactyl + chicken = this thing 

7:00am

Bathroom time in the US: >5 minutes

Bathroom time in Tajikistan: <5 minutes

#OneOfThoseDays #JKEveryday

7:05am

WATER PRESSURE WOULD BE GREAT. #ItsLikeALightDrizzle

7:34am

Rapid succession police sirens down Rudaki Ave. No worries, just the taxi driving gang with their after-market [legal] sirens #GoodMorning

7:40am

Twenty minutes for breakfast AKA twenty minutes spent waiting for my tea to cool down #Sweatin

8:00am

All I can think while brushing my teeth is "don't swallow the water, don't swallow the water" #SickForDays

8:10am

Why does this one stretch of my daily walk ALWAYS smell like feces? #HoldinMyNose

8:11am

The crosswalk which gives me a green light to cross for 10 seconds and no one stops #DeadmanWalkin

8:23am

The daily struggle to ask for water WITHOUT gas continues 

8:30am

The hottest classroom (with air conditioning) award goes to... #Drumroll

8:30am

MY CLASSROOM. I get to sit in this stagnant room for the next four hours and SWEAT

8:35am

Already soaked. #SexyAndIKnowIt

9:20am

Break! Candy Crush time.

9:23am

I have a ten minute break and my teacher keeps talking to me <<<<<<<

#LeaveMeBe #BrainBreakRequired

9:30am

Now that the "break" has concluded... on to some story I absolutely do not understand. 

10:00am

Legitimately think that story is in a language other than Persian #TryAgainProfessor 

10:19am

Breakkkkkkkk. Going to the "Wild Dragon Shack" for a bag of chips and a snickers... All for a dollar. 

10:31am

Sorry prof, don't mind while I just sit here and chomp on my chips super loudly #NomNom

11:04am

Tajik is seriously like another language. It is NOT Iranian Farsi lol #CyrillicBeLikeHuh

11:21am

So hungry. Need food. One more hour.

11:28am

FINALLY BEAT THIS LEVEL ON CANDY CRUSH #CandyCrushinForDays

11:49am

When you're sitting in class talking about how to say all kinds of fruits in Tajik AND YOU'RE STARVING #ThatStuffIDontLike

12:20pm

Lunchhhhhhh nowwwwww.

12:21pm 

And so commences the daily debate: sketchy (and cheap) Russian cafe or the Iranian restaurant. 

12:27pm

Justice prevails! Onward to the tasty Iranian food (Paniz).

12:37pm

Waiting for the bus means telling 27 mashrutkas that you're waiting for the bus #TheHustle

12:43pm

We're on the bus with the air freshener! If only there was more than one and it wasn't 110 out... #StinkSession

12:50pm

Paniz! Paniz! Paniz! 

12:51pm

Tajik waitresses that don't speak Iranian Farsi at the Iranian restaurant #RiddleMeThat 

1:10pm

Stuffed. God I love Iranian food.

1:12pm

We always say we want to "do something" but then we walk outside and we're like... Lets go to the place with air conditioning #TajikProblems

1:15pm

REVISION: we have decided to go to the bazaar.

1:17pm 

We put our hand out on the side of the road and every single car pulled over and tried to pick us up. #MashrutkaTime

1:36pm

How many people do you think the driver is going to pick up?

1:45pm

Answer: 19. 19 people. In a van. No air conditioning. Where do I even go?

1:57pm 

Bazaar!!!! :)

2:20pm

Bazaar!

2:42pm

Bazaar...

3:03pm

Bazaar :( let's go. I'm as wet as the ocean and I'm in the middle of a desert. 

3:10pm 

Mashrutka number two of the day. Lets play #GuessHowManyPeopleCanWeFit!

3:19pm

This bridge looks like it's under construction... Traffic narrowed down to one lane each way.

3:19pm

UPDATE: Traffic limited to one lane ONE way... And guess what?? It's not the way we're going 

3:20pm

Whelp. Crossed the bridge. That was my #LifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes moment of the day... 

3:34pm

No I don't speak Russian, but thanks for assuming I do #EveryoneInThisCountry

3:35pm

Ahhhh the daily lecture from random Tajiks about the greatness of the Russian language, how useful,  important it is, etc.

3:37pm

No, I still don't speak Russian. 

3:45pm

Safely out of the car! I would kiss the ground right now if it wasn't full of trash #TajikProblems

3:57pm

Bahahah @JoeCalder fell in the joo!

4:03pm

Two words: air conditioning.

4:44pm

The need to go to the squatty potty can sneak up on one very fast #TajikProblems

4:46pm

Good thing someone left their homework here; I forgot my toilet paper.

5:30pm

Home! Predinner nap!

6:30pm

Anyone awake? I need some help on #CandyCrush

7:00pm

Doing Persian homework after doing Persian class and Persian speaking all day is frustrating. #BrokenBrain

7:40pm

Tajik TV, tho.

7:45pm

Bibijon just asked me why I wasn't married (again). Oh Bibijon... #IfOnlyYouKnew

8:00pm

That time of day when the city is breaking fast. In other words, DEAD SILENT all across the city. #NomNom

8:20pm

The silence only broken by my host brother and father arguing. Daily occurrence, nothing to worry about here folks.

8:40pm

Dinner wrapping up...

8:42pm

...false alarm more food has just arrived!

9:04pm

Host family is really concerned that I don't eat enough. They are easily the only people that think that. #FatKid

9:10pm

My daily argument with my host mom. She refuses to let me even take my dishes into the kitchen. It's no big deal- I have hands! 

9:23pm

Teaching my host brother and the neighbor how to play Rummy!

9:25pm

This isn't going well.

9:30pm

Okay... Rummy unsuccessful. Guess we'll play that Russian card game that they love so much. 

9:31pm

It's called like Kaldrogo or something. Never really sure what's happening in it. #IDontSpeakRussian

9:40pm

I won?! I think the kids I'm playing with are just as surprised as me! 

9:50pm

Fruit plate! Wahoooooooo

10:30pm

Goodnight Twitter, I'm going to bed! 

10:50pm

Cantttttt sleeeeeppppp

11:04pm

So hot. 

11:30pm

Haha this is amazing [RandomLinkHere]

11:45pm

Seriously I need to go to sleep.

11:46pm

Looks like it's supposed to cool down tomorrow- only 105! 

12:00am

I love that there's a hot water heater right next to the toilet! #SaidNoOneEver

12:06am

Immodium: my best friend in Tajikistan #TajikLife

12:15am

Either I'm hallucinating or there's a small earthquake occurring. 

12:35am

Why am I still awake?