Being introduced to a new country has its adjustments. I often find myself sighing at the things I took for granted. A daily example is grocery shopping. After scouring the individual stalls, I realized I was getting frustrated. I'm used to 'one stop shopping'. Grocery stores carry numerous daily needs (toilet paper, cleaning supplies) and with the likes of "Walmart" you can find everything you need in one stop (even gas!). After telling Manasa I was getting frustrated we made our way to the closest thing to a grocery store and I felt relieved. Manasa left to the other side of the store to look for needed supplies for the YWAM school and I realized I had two items "on hold" because I need him to translate the label for me. An added level of confusion is that Mongolia imports many products from Russia so neither Manasa nor I can read the label. Ive attached a picture as an example. We both thought we were buying ketchup (notice the nice juicy tomatoes on the label). The first time I used it I looked up at Manasa surprised. "Did you put hot chili in the dish?". After trying each individual ingredient we realized the 'ketchup' was spicy. There really should be a law that spicy food should carry a big red hot chili (pepper) picture on it! Good thing Manasa likes "hot" food as I may not be enjoying the rest of that bottle! The good news: I'll know better next time!
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