Monday, December 31, 2007
Back for Round Two
For anyone who hasn't been reading the news about Kenya, the current election and it's proclaimed results have caused riots in Nairobi and the rest of the country. I have heard from Ely, she and the group are safe, her blogging should start soon.
Monday, December 10, 2007
Only in Africa
Here is my short list of funny and nice things that I only experience here. Only in Africa:
1. Is it more likely that the humming outside my window is a bug rather than a vehicle.
2. Have I ever seen a glow worm. It looked like a lightning bug on the ground, but when we passed it several times and it was in the same spot I wanted to look closer. There was a grub that looked like it had swallowed a lightning bug, but it didn't blink.
3. Is there a childhood rumor that if you put a chameleon on something red, it will explode. I'm on a cheap myth-busters mission, I just have to know.
4. Have I ever been offered a gift of a plot of beach front property.
5. Is it normal to push the car and pop the clutch to start it, as opposed to fixing the starter or whatever else is broken.
6. Is it so important that the girls don't push the car, that we have to get in before they will start pushing. I think that is the most awkward situation I get put into here. It really makes me feel like crap.
7. Have I ever had so many discussions and conversations over the equivalent of ten cents, but I knew it would be wrong for me to just say I didn't care. It would have made a really big mess of things, especially with people we encounter on a regular basis.
8. Has making PB&J ever been the highlight of my day. That's not to say that my days are boring, but with the right people and the right environment, simple things in life can be enjoyable.
9. Do I get people telling me good morning as the sun sets.
10. (my favorite) Have I ever had to duck when shaking someone's hand for fear of being knocked out with sugar cane. While visiting the last house of the day in Nyambogo, an old woman carrying sugar cane on her head wanted to shake my hand. I tried to approach from the side, but she kept wanting to turn her head toward me. The worst part was that the sugar cane was bowed, so I couldn't just duck a bit, I would have had to kneel.
1. Is it more likely that the humming outside my window is a bug rather than a vehicle.
2. Have I ever seen a glow worm. It looked like a lightning bug on the ground, but when we passed it several times and it was in the same spot I wanted to look closer. There was a grub that looked like it had swallowed a lightning bug, but it didn't blink.
3. Is there a childhood rumor that if you put a chameleon on something red, it will explode. I'm on a cheap myth-busters mission, I just have to know.
4. Have I ever been offered a gift of a plot of beach front property.
5. Is it normal to push the car and pop the clutch to start it, as opposed to fixing the starter or whatever else is broken.
6. Is it so important that the girls don't push the car, that we have to get in before they will start pushing. I think that is the most awkward situation I get put into here. It really makes me feel like crap.
7. Have I ever had so many discussions and conversations over the equivalent of ten cents, but I knew it would be wrong for me to just say I didn't care. It would have made a really big mess of things, especially with people we encounter on a regular basis.
8. Has making PB&J ever been the highlight of my day. That's not to say that my days are boring, but with the right people and the right environment, simple things in life can be enjoyable.
9. Do I get people telling me good morning as the sun sets.
10. (my favorite) Have I ever had to duck when shaking someone's hand for fear of being knocked out with sugar cane. While visiting the last house of the day in Nyambogo, an old woman carrying sugar cane on her head wanted to shake my hand. I tried to approach from the side, but she kept wanting to turn her head toward me. The worst part was that the sugar cane was bowed, so I couldn't just duck a bit, I would have had to kneel.
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