Lollipops are for Babies

Today after lunch I just happened to have a sweet tooth and had to have some candy.  The cake here doesn't quite cut it for me as it is just a semi-sweet bread and American candy is kind of hard to come by so I ended up buying the only two things available in the store.  Flavored toffee and a "Mouth Painter."  The toffee was delicious!  It comes in different colors and flavors: coconut, chocolate, cherry...it's basically a caramel type soft-candy and just melts in your mouth--soooo very good!  Now the Mouth Painter on the other hand, I guess would be like a Blow Pop in America.  It tasted okay, however when I was walking down the street back to class, openly indulging in my lolli, I was getting some pretty strange stares.  I thought it was because you're not supposed to eat anything in public so I just ignored everyone and continued to walk along in my heavenly bliss.  Before I made it back to class, I saw my mom and Tamika's mom heading home from work and so I went over to say hi.  They were talking and kind of chuckling here and there before they commented on my lollipop.  I didn't know what they were saying so I just nodded and laughed too, but then they said something else.  The only words I understood were lollipop and bebe.  Apparently they were trying to tell me that lollipops are for babies and so I just laughed with them and said that I like lollipops.  A little bit after being laughed at (or with) I soon discovered  why lollipops "are for babies."  When I was about finished eating it and finally made it to the middle, instead of gum being at the center, I was greeted by the very unwelcome taste of...milk!  If you've ever had carnation milk, I'm sure you can imagine the unpleasantness that overcame my taste buds, finding that that was at the center of my candy instead of cotton candy flavored bubble gum...I am so done with "Mouth Painters."  Yuck!

Love and Peace Corps,

Dametreea





(Written on 5/24/12 at 10:55p)