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		<title>Telling the truth</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2010/07/28/telling-the-truth</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a terrible feeling to get caught in a lie. Today I told a small fib, then was glad I hadn&#8217;t flat out lied when the lady ended up sort of calling my bluff. I was in San Marcos with a few hours to kill in between meeting some friends, and decided to go walk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>San Diego safari</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2010/07/14/san-diego-safari</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I cracked up this morning when I heard on the news that San Diego Zoo&#8217;s &#8220;Wild Animal Park&#8221; is going to change its name to the San Diego Zoo &#8220;Safari Park.&#8221; It&#8217;s hilarious to me because in Swahili a &#8220;safari&#8221; is a journey; sure, driving around looking at animals is technically a journey, but really [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating the East African Community</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2010/07/06/celebrating-the-east-african-community</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kenya]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Khanga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swahili]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tanzania]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw this Swahili kanga on Google the other day, a celebration of the East African Community: Umoja ni nguvu, utengano ni udhaifu The phrase is some deep Tanzanian Swahili, but I cracked the code with a little dictionary magic: &#8220;Unity is strength, separation is weakness.&#8221; I asked one of my buddies about it and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avatar is way cool</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2010/06/28/avatar-is-way-cool</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kenya]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avatar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maasai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Movie]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m watching Avatar. I know, I&#8217;m probably the only one in the world who hasn&#8217;t seen it yet. It&#8217;s a pretty sweet movie, but it&#8217;s really hard to miss the socio-political commentary. Right off the bat, the main character is extremely daft; is that how the rest of the world sees Americans? You&#8217;d have to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mzungu!</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2010/06/22/mzungu</link>
		<comments>http://alaninkenya.org/2010/06/22/mzungu#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kenya]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jackie Chan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mzungu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nairobi]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sheng]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s something I&#8217;ve been battling with since I came to Kenya in 2007. This evening I was walking through Uthiru after work and some kids saw me and shouted, &#8220;Mzungu!&#8221; You&#8217;d think I&#8217;d be used it by now but alas, even after two years of living in Tala and hearing kids shout that and more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cops get a free ride</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2010/06/14/cops-get-a-free-ride</link>
		<comments>http://alaninkenya.org/2010/06/14/cops-get-a-free-ride#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t think of any reason why a police officer in Kenya should get a free ride in a matatu. As far as I know there&#8217;s no law that says, &#8220;If you see a cop walking, give him a ride.&#8221; It happens all the time, though: some cop walking on the side of the road [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New haggling tactic</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2010/06/07/new-haggling-tactic</link>
		<comments>http://alaninkenya.org/2010/06/07/new-haggling-tactic#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bargaining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[furniture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s well established that haggling is ridiculous. There&#8217;s nothing new on that front (and it still doesn&#8217;t make sense to me), but I am proud to announce that I&#8217;ve learned a new tactic: ask them for their &#8220;last price&#8221; RIGHT AFTER you ask them how much the thing costs. &#8220;Bei ya mwisho?&#8221; has revolutionized the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fifty three dollars</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2010/05/30/fifty-three-dollars</link>
		<comments>http://alaninkenya.org/2010/05/30/fifty-three-dollars#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 20:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The monthly rent for my two-bedroom flat in Westlands is 45,000 Kenyan shillings (600 US dollars) per month. Taking into account that the three-bedroom flats cost a considerable amount more, and that everyone&#8217;s rental agreements hike their rent by 10% annually, it&#8217;s safe to say that the average rent is around 60,000 shillings per month [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toast and peanut butter is still king!</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2010/05/24/toast-and-peanut-butter-is-still-king</link>
		<comments>http://alaninkenya.org/2010/05/24/toast-and-peanut-butter-is-still-king#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 20:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s easy, it&#8217;s healthy, and it&#8217;s delicious with a cup of tea or coffee. Another bonus is that you can eat it for breakfast, lunch, or dinner (or in the dark). I dabbled a bit with roasting my own peanuts, but buying peanut butter is definitely much easier. Furthermore, one of my well-organized friends has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A crazy &#8220;thank you&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2010/05/17/a-crazy-thank-you</link>
		<comments>http://alaninkenya.org/2010/05/17/a-crazy-thank-you#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 17:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Someone once told me that it was the hot Ukambani sun that made people wander aimlessly around the streets of Tala. It&#8217;s funny, but it doesn&#8217;t quite explain why we have lots of crazy people in Nairobi (and San Francisco, though. Nairobi estates have these guys who wander around with burlap sacks picking up trash. [...]]]></description>
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