21 January 2008

How to Burn Your Hair and Ruin Lunch

Allie has been pretty high on EXKI. No, EXKI is not a Belgian drug. EXKI is a fast, natural, organic, fresh food-to-go place that she mentions in a previous post. Meeting her there one afternoon quickly becaome a minor catastrophe. Later that day we were finally moving out of Sleep Well and into our apartments or homestays. As exciting as that was, I was of course my typical sloth-like self. After a French placement test and interviews with two international companies located in Brussels, I just wanted to rest my head. Without realizing that the tea candle on Allie's table had other plans, that is just what I did.

Allie freaked out and started swatting my head. I didn't realize it was so rude to rest your head in a RESTaurant. When the melted wad of hair fell into Allie's palm, I realized that this wasn't something cultural. The two Belgian ladies nearby exchanged a knowing glance at each other, and perhaps a quick chuckle behind my back. I wonder who had the last laugh when I left immediately and the smell of burning hair remained.

1 comment:

Allie said...

I don't know why you told me these aren't funny. I was LOLing all over the place.