I actually learned this trick in Rome a long time ago… just
like the saying goes: “If you wanna fucking live when crossing the roads…don’t
cross them!” (AND YES THAT IS A SAYING!)
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Well if you have ever been to Rome then you know what I am
talking about. Come to find out…that is baby shit. Yep. Nothing so far in my
experience compares with road crossing in Dhaka. There are no lanes…but there
might be six vehicles deep in width across, all moving fast. Buses, cars, motor
rickshaws, bicycle rickshaws. It looks near impossible, but these people
somehow…SOMEHOW….make it across alive…frequently. I think it is all in the
attitude. Gotta just believe you will live and use that to your advantage.
Meaning….you will at least feel better….until someone runs you over. Then that
advantage will be gone….just so you know.
So what was funny, was everyone who met me could see the
issue in my face each time we came to a road. The face that said…I don’t
believe….so I am probably gonna die. And so like good parents they would help
me…..cross. :)
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This however tended to be problematic because I had a
tendency to 1) try and film them crossing the streets as I also crossed so now
they had to work double hard to keep me alive and 2) because I am a golden
retriever inside, colors and noises easily distract me. And a split second
pause not to follow immediately next to or behind your help across the road…is
another way to quickly eliminate a Jennifer from the earth. I learned if I made
that mistake…that it was best to just stay on the edge and not follow. My
friends would be exasperated (bc they now have to come all the way back and get
the five year old they left behind) but I got to live…more. :)
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