Hujambo!
Living and working in Nairobi, Kenya
  • Home
  • About
    • Me
    • The site
  • Contact Me
Browse: Home / Shoes

Shoes

I hate shoes

By Alan on September 20, 2010

It was only recently that I realized I hate shoes. It’s probably something I’ve realized before, but I definitely just realized it again. Ever since I got back to Kenya I can count the number of times I’ve worn shoes: one. I have been wearing sandals every single day since I got back from my [...]

  • Share this:

Posted in Kenya | Tagged beach, ILRI, Kenya, Nairobi, rain, San Diego, sandals, Shoes, work | Leave a response

Hair Cutting Time Again

By Alan on October 26, 2009

Getting a haircut in Kenya is a big deal. I figure in the two years I’ve been here I’ve gotten eight or so haircuts (the best of those being Sara’s). I can specifically remember three that were terrible, but I’m gonna go ahead and round that up to four because I’m sure that’s a more [...]

  • Share this:

Posted in Kenya | Tagged Hair, Haircut, Kenya, Nairobi, Shoes, Westlands | 4 Responses

Running Club Day 1: Sijakufa bado!

By Alan on September 4, 2009

I haven’t died yet! Today was the first day of the running club at work. I feel great, but the run was really hard. I had figured I’d show up where everyone assembles before the run and then pick the weakest ones… but my colleagues swang by and picked me up just before lunch, took [...]

  • Share this:

Posted in Kenya | Tagged Apache, CentOS, exercise, ILRI, Linux, Marathon, Nairobi, Perl, running, Shoes | 1 Response

The Running Club

By Alan on September 3, 2009

Tomorrow is my first day in the running club at my new job. I joined the coffee club last month, but this month I stepped it up a notch and joined the running club. There’s no formal membership (other than an inter-ILRI mailing list), but I did buy some shoes in the back of a [...]

  • Share this:

Posted in Kenya | Tagged exercise, Gym, ILRI, Kenya, Nairobi, running, Shoes, Westlands | 4 Responses

Next »

Alan Orth

Lover of Linux, death metal and Indian food, blogs about living and working in Nairobi, Kenya.

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. No spam, I promise!

Tag cloud

Animals California Cassandra Ethiopia Food funny ILRI Kenya Kiswahili Language Linux matatu Music Mzungu Nairobi Pictures rain Rant Rants safari sheng Swahili Tala Tanzania Teaching technology Travel Uthiru Westlands work

Friends

  • Cassandra's blog
  • Underemployed Randi

Kenya

  • Black Supremacy Sounds
  • Get Mziki
  • Lone ranger sez…
  • Mjanja Tech
  • Moshe Njema

Archives

  • January 2012 (3)
  • December 2011 (2)
  • November 2011 (2)
  • October 2011 (2)
  • September 2011 (2)
  • August 2011 (4)
  • July 2011 (4)
  • June 2011 (2)
  • May 2011 (3)
  • April 2011 (3)

RSS Recently listened to…

  • Kyle Gabler – Burning Man
  • Kyle Gabler – Screamer
  • Kyle Gabler – Tumbler
  • Kyle Gabler – Jelly
  • Kyle Gabler – Rain Rain Windy Windy
  • Kyle Gabler – Threadcutter
  • Kyle Gabler – Regurgitation Pumping Station
  • Kyle Gabler – Another Mysterious Pipe Appeared
  • Kyle Gabler – Brave Adventurers
  • Kyle Gabler – World of Goo Beginning

Some rights reserved.

Powered by WordPress, Hybrid, and Hybrid Kangaroo.