def _DictToListOfStrings(self, data_dict):
    """Converts a dictionary into a list of strings.

    Args:
      data_dict (dict[str, object]): dictionary to convert.

    Returns:
      list[str]: list of strings.
    """
    ret_list = []
    for key, value in iter(data_dict.items()):
      if key in ('body', 'datetime', 'type', 'room', 'rooms', 'id'):
        continue
      ret_list.append('{0:s} = {1!s}'.format(key, value))

    return ret_list