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	<title>Hujambo! &#187; Tala</title>
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		<title>OMG brownies</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2011/07/10/omg-brownies</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 18:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cassandra&#8217;s out of town for the week so I&#8217;ve had the house all to myself. In addition to loud music and kernel hacking, I&#8217;ve been experimenting in the kitchen. Today I made brownies and OMG! Cassandra bakes a lot of delicious cakes, but I haven&#8217;t had brownies like this since at least the last time [...]]]></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>
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		<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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		<title>Reflections</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2010/01/22/reflections</link>
		<comments>http://alaninkenya.org/2010/01/22/reflections#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Theileria parva]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s hard to believe that five months ago I was living in Tala, working as a VSO volunteer. Life was good then, simple; I was living in a rural area of Kenya, hakuna matata (no problems). I didn&#8217;t particularly enjoy teaching, but I loved my colleagues and the pole pole (slow) life was easy to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kuwa Mjuaji</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2009/12/21/kuwa-mjuaji</link>
		<comments>http://alaninkenya.org/2009/12/21/kuwa-mjuaji#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kenya]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eastleigh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fish]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[samaki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sheng]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somali]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tala]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Randi has taken to the streets of Nairobi with vigor. From the moment she arrived she showed a prowess at navigating Nairobi&#8217;s busy streets, jumping out of moving matatus, and eating ugali (very thick corn flour porridge, staple food in Kenya) and vegetables with her hands. After we picked her up at the airport we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Years in Kenya</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2009/10/24/two-years-in-kenya</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It will be two years ago tomorrow that I moved to Kenya with Sara. After a few months living in Tala we were evacuated due to the post-election violence after Kenya&#8217;s 2007 Presidential election, but I came back soon after. In that period I&#8217;ve taught computer classes as a VSO volunteer, traveled all over East [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California Is Famous</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2009/10/06/california-is-famous</link>
		<comments>http://alaninkenya.org/2009/10/06/california-is-famous#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve come to the realization that California is famous. I don&#8217;t think I need to qualify that statement, but let me put it into perspective: I see people wearing San Diego Padres hats in Tala. I see them wearing UCLA hoodies in Nairobi. I&#8217;ve even seen things like City Council of Sacremento shirts. It really [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alan the tribalist</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2009/08/11/alan-the-tribalist</link>
		<comments>http://alaninkenya.org/2009/08/11/alan-the-tribalist#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tribalism is a touchy subject in Kenya; I don&#8217;t even think it&#8217;s politically correct to use the word &#8220;tribe&#8221; anymore. Besides the fact that it&#8217;s a bit condescending from an American English connotation, I think we&#8217;re supposed to use other words like &#8220;ethnic groups&#8221; or &#8220;communities&#8221; instead. In Kenya it ranges from petty nepotism to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Matatu creativity</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2009/08/02/matatu-creativity</link>
		<comments>http://alaninkenya.org/2009/08/02/matatu-creativity#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Matatus are the main mode of public transport in Kenya. They&#8217;re decorated inside and out with pictures, TVs, satellites, etc. The most creative ones are obviously in Nairobi. I always laugh when I see matatus in town because most of them have funny things written on the windshield or body. For instance, they write how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I got a new job&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2009/07/24/i-got-a-new-job</link>
		<comments>http://alaninkenya.org/2009/07/24/i-got-a-new-job#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Holy Rosary College]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My two years as a VSO volunteer are coming to an end: I&#8217;ve accepted a position as a Linux system administrator with a Kenyan-based non-governmental organization, ILRI. I&#8217;ll be working with ILRI from August &#8211; December, and then we&#8217;ll see after that. I&#8217;m done with VSO. That means I&#8217;m done with teaching. I&#8217;m done with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Giving Back</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2009/07/22/giving-back</link>
		<comments>http://alaninkenya.org/2009/07/22/giving-back#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the past year and a half I&#8217;ve been working as a teacher at Holy Rosary College in Tala, Kenya. It has been a great experience but it was a bit nerve racking at first because I wasn&#8217;t prepared to be teaching classes. Over my time as a volunteer at the college I&#8217;ve taught five [...]]]></description>
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