The Joy Of Cooking
I have enjoyed cooking before so this should come as no surprise, but lately I have been breaking new ground in the kitchen! Yesterday, for the first time ever, I walked into a butchery in Tala market and ordered one quarter of a kilogram of beef. I wanted to cook pilau (a spiced rice dish, [...]
¡Adios, Español!
I’ve been thinking about this for a while: my Spanish is gradually being replaced by Swahili. That’s pretty sad when you consider that I studied Spanish for five years in school, not to mention living in San Diego and traveling all over Mexico every year for most of my childhood. Not that I need or [...]
Irony
I think it’s pretty funny that the last three times I’ve paid my electricity bill there’s been no power in Tala. Ironically it’s on days like that when I find the time to ride my bike into town and pay my bill. Funny, eh? We have pretty reliable power in Tala, but lately it’s been [...]
A Day in the Life
Everybody knows I’m a teacher, but there’s so much more to my every day life than teaching! Here’s what a typical day looks like: 7:00 AM: Wake up, make tea, revise notes for class (if I have one that day). 8:00 AM: Walk to school, stopping in the staff room to greet the secretary and [...]
Lover of Linux, death metal and Indian food, blogs about living and working in Nairobi, Kenya.