Most people will claim that their mother is the best role model for every woman because she is understanding, patient,and sweet.  My mother’s best traits are polar opposites of those fine qualities. She is renown for her abruptness,  temper,  impatience. She believes in being honest at all times even if it offends someone. She detests laziness and has no patience for people who make excuses for their lack of drive or determination. She is very opinionated and will tell people exactly what she thinks of them or their behavior. She hates gossips and if she hears anybody talking bad about her or our family, she will confront them. My mother can sometimes be overbearing because she will tell me what to do or what she thinks even if I do not solicit her opinions.

My mother is my role model because she is amazingly strong, determined, and resilient. She has taught me the importance of being a woman with high morals and values. She has shown me to stand on my own feet and not be dependent on anyone for the success or failure in my life. My mother is extraordinary because she is a woman of substance, faith, and loyalty. I am proud to say that I am my mother’s daughter.

If you thought the Lao Kip exchange rate was high at about 9000 kip to 1 USD it’s nothing compared to Zimbabwe. A BBC radio report claims that five hundred thousand Zimbabwe dollar bills are left lying on the ground because they’re too worthless to even bother picking up. The reporter’s restaurant bill came to about 10 billion Zimbabwe dollars.

Here are some interesting facts about Zimbabwe’s currency from wikipedia:

• Inflation in 2008 was 160,000%. CNN ran a news article in 2006 when inflation hit a mere 1000%
• Money supply in March 2008 was 25 Quadrillion dollars, apparently that’s a real number
• Current exchange rate in 1 USD to 210,000,000 Zimbabwe Dollars