Comments on: Telling the truth http://alaninkenya.org/2010/07/28/telling-the-truth Living and working in Nairobi, Kenya Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:40:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mwanafunzi http://alaninkenya.org/2010/07/28/telling-the-truth/comment-page-1#comment-1430 mwanafunzi Sun, 08 Aug 2010 09:21:23 +0000 http://alaninkenya.org/?p=1754#comment-1430 Haha, pole! These things can catch you by surprise. I was at a horrible formal dinner in Edinburgh recently. The bloke next to me asked where I was from, I said Nairobi. HUGE mistake. He had spent 1 year in Tz 40 years ago and for the next 2 hours droned on about what was wrong with Africa, Africans, the works.......aaaarrrrgggggghhhhhh Finally I escaped to the next table, where a Kenyan colleague was sitting. I told her all about this jamaa in swahili, so no-one else at the table would understand! What does she do ?! She translates for the benefit of her neighbour! Neighbour says 'yes, that's my boss'!! Haha, pole! These things can catch you by surprise. I was at a horrible formal dinner in Edinburgh recently. The bloke next to me asked where I was from, I said Nairobi. HUGE mistake. He had spent 1 year in Tz 40 years ago and for the next 2 hours droned on about what was wrong with Africa, Africans, the works…….aaaarrrrgggggghhhhhh

Finally I escaped to the next table, where a Kenyan colleague was sitting. I told her all about this jamaa in swahili, so no-one else at the table would understand! What does she do ?! She translates for the benefit of her neighbour! Neighbour says ‘yes, that’s my boss’!!

]]> By: Roho Nono http://alaninkenya.org/2010/07/28/telling-the-truth/comment-page-1#comment-1421 Roho Nono Wed, 04 Aug 2010 03:48:44 +0000 http://alaninkenya.org/?p=1754#comment-1421 Next time hepa chap chap !! Next time hepa chap chap !!

]]> By: Mom http://alaninkenya.org/2010/07/28/telling-the-truth/comment-page-1#comment-1409 Mom Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:13:30 +0000 http://alaninkenya.org/?p=1754#comment-1409 Sometimes a little fib is OK if it makes things less complicated I guess. Sometimes a little fib is OK if it makes things less complicated I guess.

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