This is what my life looked like in Sudan
My old apartment house. Very quiet and beautiful, but there's a tall barbed wire fence.
It was hard for white girls to get their hair done, so the ladies would come over and I'd dress them up in a shopping bag and do their hair in my kitchen.
My friend Yusra's birthday party on my back porch
I told my friend Roberta that I was going to drop off a herd of camels in her garden. She was terrified.
My friend Khalid DJing a house party
In the evening we'd have cocktails on the lawn.
The neighborhood bowling alley
Nubian wrestling tournament
All the schoolkids wear these funny day-glo camo pajama uniforms. They look like late-90's drum-and-bass enthusiasts. I heard that Sudan had originally ordered all of this fabric on the cheap from China for its army, but the bright dye job made it unacceptable, so they repurposed it into a few million school uniforms.
Teams practicing for the Africa Cup
Nile cruise
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It was hard for white girls to get their hair done, so the ladies would come over and I'd dress them up in a shopping bag and do their hair in my kitchen.
My friend Yusra's birthday party on my back porch
I told my friend Roberta that I was going to drop off a herd of camels in her garden. She was terrified.
My friend Khalid DJing a house party
In the evening we'd have cocktails on the lawn.
The neighborhood bowling alley
Nubian wrestling tournament
All the schoolkids wear these funny day-glo camo pajama uniforms. They look like late-90's drum-and-bass enthusiasts. I heard that Sudan had originally ordered all of this fabric on the cheap from China for its army, but the bright dye job made it unacceptable, so they repurposed it into a few million school uniforms.
Teams practicing for the Africa Cup
Nile cruise
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the average salary for a family of 4 to live comfortably in Silicon Valley.
I have a few friends who moved from NYC area to the Silicon Valley.
From what I know, it looks like you’ll need approximately 7,000 per month at the minimum. It is an expensive place to call home given the recent tech boom.
In order to determine your salary needs, I’d suggest consider the following:
You’ll want to figure out your anticipated monthly/annual living costs. These costs will include living expenses (rent, food, utilities), debt (loans, car payments, credit cards), insurance (health, life, car), and miscellaneous expenses (eating out, etc.)
You’ll want to figure out how much needs to be set aside for savings. This can include money for emergencies, retirement, or other long-term financial goals.
Don’t forget to factor in taxes, which will be a minimum of 20%. This should give you a fair idea of the baseline salary you’ll need to live in Silicon Valley. But, it’s always best to expect to need more. You always want there to be a decent-sized cushion between what you have and what you need. Collapse Read »
From what I know, it looks like you’ll need approximately 7,000 per month at the minimum. It is an expensive place to call home given the recent tech boom.
In order to determine your salary needs, I’d suggest consider the following:
You’ll want to figure out your anticipated monthly/annual living costs. These costs will include living expenses (rent, food, utilities), debt (loans, car payments, credit cards), insurance (health, life, car), and miscellaneous expenses (eating out, etc.)
You’ll want to figure out how much needs to be set aside for savings. This can include money for emergencies, retirement, or other long-term financial goals.
Don’t forget to factor in taxes, which will be a minimum of 20%. This should give you a fair idea of the baseline salary you’ll need to live in Silicon Valley. But, it’s always best to expect to need more. You always want there to be a decent-sized cushion between what you have and what you need. Collapse Read »
