**Personal hygiene is very important. This includes keeping your fingernails clean and trimmed. If you don’t have access to any trimmers, it is perfectly acceptable to ask a friend to help you out.
**Waiting in line for the bathroom is a waste of time. It is much easier to pull your pants down and squat right where you are standing.
**Dishwashers are hard to find. A rusty wheelbarrow, dirty water, and a couple 4 -year-olds will do just fine.
**If your baby is crying, it is hungry. The best solution is to pull your boob out on the bus and feed it. No discretion necessary.
**The best way to raise money during a church service is to find members guilty of not attending church in a while and charge them a fine. You may also find people guilty of getting a bad haircut or not having enough chairs out for the service.
**Some Swazi kids are scared of white people. If they start to cry when you see them, the best option is pretending to be more upset than they are.
**Child labor laws do not apply when there are unused tools and eager little bodies.
**Drinking water from a cup is always the best option, but when resources are limited lapping up water from a frisbee is close alternative.
**A machete is a tool of necessity. It is good for slicing open fruit, scraping paint off a floor and cutting the grass.
**Kids grow out of shoes to fast. You can get more wear out of them if you cut holes in the front to allow for expansion.
**Wire, a few old yo-yos and a piece of bamboo are all you need to build an awesome toy car.
**A stove with an electric start is a luxury, thus, matches are essential for every kitchen. When a match can not be found a touch will have to do.
**When you have been on the field, living out of a backpack for 5 months… the little things start to get very exciting. For example, realizing that the 100 boxes of rice being delivered originated from near Maggie’s hometown.
**Cows always have the right away. They have the freedom to cross the road in large packs whenever they want. If you honk… they will make you wait even longer.
**You’re never too young to sneak away with your girlfriend behind the shed. Five-year-old boys can not be trusted!
**The United States is spending to much money on national security. According to swaziland, all you need for a military road block is a few small rocks stretched across the road.
