Even those people that are familiar with computers type with only their two pointer fingers as they have never taken a typing class like you might do in the States.
A highlight of many of my weeks has to be taking some of my school students or tennis kids to go eat at an American-like restaurant where they can try this 'new food' called pizza, or eat all the chicken and french fries their hearts could desire. They also really love the milkshakes! This week I took some of them to eat ice cream cones for the first time and got a laugh out of how each of them approached eating it. I had to teach them to not bite it, but rather lick it and that you can eat the cone when you are finished. I also often find myself teaching the kids how to eat with a fork and knife as for many of them it is their first time eating with utensils when coming to the restaurant. In fact, they don't even have words in Chichewa for the different utensils because they don't really exist outside of the urban areas of the big cities. That being said, the people where I live are familiar at least with the terms, as this is the capital city of Malawi. Although, as far as capital cities go, this feels like a small one. It has only a few commercialized areas with more urban and modern development, which is then surrounded by dozens of typical villages (neighborhoods) where I, as well as the majority of the population, live. However, with a car, it makes transportation back and forth fairly simple as it only take 15-30 minutes depending on where I am going.
