Post 50.

Lists are your favourite type of article so for the fiftieth post, here are two:

Why I will never really be an Israeli:

1. I didn’t grow up here.
2. I will never lose my accent.
3. I (hopefully) will never lose the French touch in my style.
4. I didn’t go to the army.
5. I didn’t go to the mandatory post-army trip to India or South America.
6. I am not talking about leaving this country all the time.
7. I don’t shout at people (most of the time at least).
8. On my ID, it says my origin is the airport.
9. I cannot eat a crude onion or bite a piece of garlic.
10. I was not raised by an Israeli mother (and that makes a HUGE difference).

Why I will never really be not-Israeli anymore:

1. I can’t imagine wearing heels on a daily basis.
2. I can’t stand French tourists.
3. I learnt to tell someone that I was first in the line and proceed like they don’t exist.
4. I negotiate all the time and became pretty good at this.
5. I never leave the house before the time of the meeting anymore.
6. I would probably die of sun deficiency if I had more than a month per year without it.
7. I kind of consider flip-flop as actual shoes.
8. I am PTSDed from war.
9. More than half-an-hour far is too far.
10. I love it here and would miss it anywhere else.