rise and shine

ways of waking up:

1. traffic. so many cars are trying to make their way through the streets of this neighbourhood. and so many cars find it necessary to stop in the middle of the street. result: constant symphony of horns.

2. planes. the planes fly very closely over our house, as if they are trying to land on the square one block away from here. sometimes you can even hear the purser on the intercom: "cabin crew, prepare for landing". seriously.


3. the dog from hell. somewhere in the maze of sheds and make shift houses behind our apartment block there lives a dog from hell. it barks. barks. barks. it is hoarse from barking. but it keeps on barking. night and day. if ever i meet this dog, i will put it out of OUR suffering.


4. the heat. oh, we do have a fan next to our bed. but 35°C, bright sunlight and not a breath of wind is no competition for our brave little fan. we simply sweat ourselves awake sometimes.



but by far the worst way of waking up - which alas happens all too often:




5. garlic. yes... garlic. i love garlic. but not at 7 in the morning. our downstairs neighbour thinks differently. so he/she fries garlic early in the morning. and this scent will float into our little bedroom... goodmorning!





let´s look at the positive side: we do not really need to bother with an alarm clock.