Kungcono okanye kubi, amaMelika athanda ukuba neenkolelo eziqinileyo.Iipelisi Ndikhulele eFrance ngeminyaka yama-90, nto leyo ethetha ukuba ndandichaphazeleka kakhulu kwinkcubeko yaseMelika. Ngapha koko, bendicinga ukuba ndiyazi kakuhle xa ndifudukela apha — bendicinga ukuba ndiyazi yonke into ngabantu baseMelika.
Hayi.
Kunyaka omnye emva kokubeka iibhegi zam ezantsi eCalifornia, Nazi izinto ezimbalwa endizifundileyo malunga nabantu balapha. Yonke into elandelayo, ewe, iyazithoba ngokupheleleyo:
1. Abantu baseMelika bahlala behleli kholwa kwinto ethile
Kwaye wena? Buyintoni ubumoya bakho? Ukholelwa entwenini?
Andikwazi ukubala inani lamaxesha endibuzwe ngalo mbuzo. Kwaye andinako ukuveza ubungakanani bokushiya kwam ndineentloni kunye nokuthintitha (ngakumbi xa umbuzo uvela kwisidlo kwaye wonke umntu uyeka ukuthetha, elinde impendulo yam).
Ekuqaleni ndandingaqondi kakuhle. Ndacinga ukuba bayandibuza ukuba ndingumntu okholwayo na, ndatsho ke ukuba yeyona nkcazo yokungakholelwa kuThixo. Iintetho ezithandabuzekayo ezibangele ukuba ndiqonde ukuba impendulo yam ayonelisi.
Inyani yile, kubonakala ngathi bonke abantu baseMelika kholelwa kwi into ethile. Kwabaninzi, nguThixo, kodwa ukuba akunjalo, yidola elinamandla onke (jonga inqaku # 5), ubomi obudlulileyo, ukuphindukuzalwa, amandla amatye onyango… okanye enye into.
Ingxaki kukuba, andikholelwa nyani kwenye into ngaphandle kokulunga kweglasi yewayini ebomvu emva komsebenzi onzima wosuku. Kwaye inkolo yam ekuphela kwayo iqinisekisa ukupheka ispaghetti al dente.
Kungcono okanye kubi, amaMelika athanda ukuba neenkolelo eziqinileyo.
2. Uluntu lixabiso elingcwele
NgesiFrentshi, igama elithi uluntu lusetyenziswa ikakhulu ukubonisa abantu abanemvelaphi efanayo okanye inkqubo yenkolelo. Sithi, umzekelo, uluntu lwamaSilamsi eFrance okanye uluntu lwaseFrance eLos Angeles.
Ukufika kwam e-U.S, ndothuka ukuva ukuba abantu bayisebenzisa kaninzi kangakanani intetho yam (okanye nje, abantu bam). Oku kwakungaqhelekanga kum, kwaye kwandithatha ixesha elithile ukuba ndive ngokuthe ngqo ukuba eli gama lithetha ntoni kubantu baseMelika-ngokucacileyo yayingaphaya kwabahlobo bam, abantu endisebenza nabo, okanye abamelwane.
Ngokuhamba kwexesha, ndaye ndayiqonda into yokuba ichaza uhlobo losapho olukhethiweyo, enabelana ngalo namaxabiso kwaye ekuxhasayo ngamaxesha anzima. Ndinethiyori malunga nokuba kutheni le iqhelekile apha, kwaye ndinokuba ndiphosakele kodwa apha iya:
Abantu baseMelika, kuba abanalo ilizwe elibakhusela ngendlela efanayo nathi, benza amaqela aqinileyo, amancinci ukuze baphile kwaye baphumelele. Baxhomekeke kula maqela. Bayazibophelela kwaye bayabathanda. Kwaye oko, kumntu ozimeleyo onjengam, isifundo esihle. Yinto endize kuyo zombini ukuyithanda nokuyixabisa.
3. Kubo iYurophu ililizwe elinye elikhulu
Oku kuphantse kungaze kusilele: Xa ndixelela umntu waseMelika ukuba ndivela eFrance, baqala ukubalisa uhambo lwabo oluya eYurophu.
Owu, ungowaseParis? Ndiyayithanda i-Itali!
Oko kuyahlekisa-kwiminyaka elishumi eyadlulayo, ndaya ePrague kangangeveki.
Upholile, ungumFrentshi? Oko kuhle kakhulu. Ndiyithandile iLondon kunyaka ophelileyo-uBig Ben wayeyifakisi yam.
Kuba ndichubekile kwaye ndingaze ndifune ukukhubekisa abantu, ndizenza ngathi ndifumana iiakhawunti zabo zinomdla. Ndiyayithanda ne-Itali; Andizange ndiye ePrague; Ndiyazi kakuhle iLondon. Kodwa khawundixelele-luphi unxibelelwano phakathi kwam nokuba ndivela eFrance?
Kufana nomntu othi, ndivela eMontana, kwaye omnye umntu uphendula, Oo, bendivele ndaya eMaine kwiveki ephelileyo-ii-lobster rolls ezinkulu!
4. Abantu baseMelika abahlala emanxwemeni abakufihli ukwedelela kwabo bahlala kwiindawo eziphapha phezulu
Xa ndixelela abantu baseCalifornia okanye abantu baseNew York bendiye e-Oklahoma (ndisebenzela, hayi iholide), ndihlala ndinqwenela ukuba ndingafota indlela abasabela ngayo. Omnye ude waphendula, enesiqingatha, Kodwa ngoba? Ngaba ubesohlwaywa?
Ukuba kuyinyani ukuba kwilizwe ngalinye abo bahlala kwizixeko ezikhulu babajongela phantsi oogxa babo basemaphandleni kwaye bacinge ukuba abanankqubela-phambili, le nto ikwincopho yayo eUnited States.
Nokuba ndilungelelaniswe kakhulu namaxabiso asuka eCarlifonia (ubukhulu becala), ndisenomdla eMelika ophakathi. Ngalo lonke ixesha abantu abavela apho behliswa, ndizifumana ndibakhusela ngokungathi umama uvela e-Oklahoma kunye notata wase-Arkansas.
5. Abantu baseMelika (ngenene) bayayithanda imali, kwaye I-US lilizwe (kakhulu) longxowankulu
E-France, ngokuthetha into enje, ndifuna ukwenza imali eninzi, ndifumana into engcolileyo, kwaye ubeka esichengeni ukucima nabani na othetha naye. Ngoku, uThixo uyazi ukuba iFrance lilizwe longxowankulu. Kodwa uthando olugqithisileyo lwemali kunye neempawu zobutyebi ziseneyantlukwano kwezopolitiko.
E-U.S, abahlobo bam abanenkululeko banqwenela ubutyebi bezemali, kwaye bavulekile malunga nayo. Oko kuye kwandidida kwaye kwandikhathaza ngokunyanisekileyo ixesha elide. Nangona kunjalo, ndiye ndayiqonda into yokuba ungalahla ngokulula yonke into kweli lizwe (umzekelo, ngengxaki enye yezempilo: funda inqaku lam elileta yothando ye-Obamacare). Oko ndakuqonda oku, ndiye ndayiqonda ngakumbi.
Kukumsebenzi wam njenge ntatheli ukuba oku kuthanda inzuzo kuyeyona ngxaki inkulu. Ngalo lonke ixesha ndifikelela kumbutho wase-US ndlebe nodliwanondlebe okanye icandelo, abantu babo bonxibelelwano bahlala bebuza uhlobo oluthile, Yintoni esinayo? Bafuna ukwazi ukuba baya kuphuma phi na, okanye yeyiphi ipesenti yesiqwengana sam esiza kunikezelwa kubo ngaphambi kokuba baphendule imibuzo yam.
Ndisebenze nabaphambukeli abaninzi kwaye khange ndikhe ndijongane nolu hlobo lwento kwenye indawo. Kwaye ngenene, iyacaphukisa.
6. Abantu baseMelika banobudlelwane obusempilweni neflegi yabo
Bekuya kuba kuhle ukuba umntu ebendilungiselele into endilindileyo xa ndiphuma emnyango nge-4 kaJulayi eMelika.
Ekuqaleni ndandimangalisiwe kukuwela umgaqo kunye nommelwane onxibe iibhulukhwe ezimfutshane zaseMelika. Ndahleka. Emva koko ndayeka ukuhleka kwaye ndaqala ukumangaliswa njengoko lonke usapho olunxibe imibala yeflegi luqala ukugcwalisa izitalato.
Ndinyanisile ndicinga ukuba ndiyacamngca xa ndibona abantu ezimotweni zabo bephethe iiwigi ezibomvu, ezimhlophe kunye neblue, beqhuba bejikeleza iiflegi zaseMelika kwiifestile zabo. Ngapha koko, ndaqala ukuthatha iifoto ngobuqili ukuze ndizithumele kubahlobo bam eFrance, kuba ndandisazi ukuba abanakuze bandikholelwe ngaphandle kobungqina bale nto.
E-France, ukubonakaliswa okucacileyo kunye nehlombe lokuthanda izwe ngekhe kwenzeke ngaphandle kwethu ekuphumeleleni iNdebe yeHlabathi (masibe yinyani malunga nokuba kwenzeka kaninzi kangakanani oko), okanye iminyhadala yonyulo luka-Mongameli-kwaye nalapho, hayi kakhulu, kuba iflegi yase-France sele ngandlela ithile yesimboli yasekunene.
E-France, ngenxa yokuba iqhayiya kwiflegi linxulunyaniswa nobuzwe, phantse kuhlala kusolisa. Ungaze — kwaye ndiyathetha ukuba awusoze-uyibone iflegi yaseFrance ibethelelwe egadini yomntu, kwaye nangaphantsi kwesikipa.
Ndamenywa kwi-4 kaJulayi ye-BBQ, kwaye abantu endandihlala nabo bandikhuthaza ukuba ndinxibe imibala yaseMelika. Ngokwenyani bubudenge ukuba sinobudlelwane obunzima kunye neflegi: imibala yethu iyafana, kungoko bendinokuyinxiba uSuku lweBastille.
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Ekugqibeleni, abantu baseMelika bafana nabazala bethu abakude. Abantu bathetha ngabo kakhulu xa usemncinci, kwaye uboniswa imifanekiso emininzi yabo. Mhlawumbi ubamonela kancinci. Emva koko, xa ekugqibeleni ubatyelela, unale ndlela yokuqhelana, kodwa kwangaxeshanye ungatsho ukuba awukhuliswanga ngendlela efanayo.
Ujonge ngokumangaliswa, rhoqo.
Ngomsindo, ngamanye amaxesha.
Ngothando, rhoqo.
UHeloise Rambert yintatheli yaseFrance eseLos Angeles.
UMelanie Curtin Ungumbhali kunye nomzabalazo onokwabelana ngesondo ozibophelele ekusebenziseni ilizwi lakhe ukufundisa, ukukhanyisa nokuphakamisa.
