Looking back at my first two posts I detect a slight note of cynicism and negativity. Perish the thought that I should come across as a Moaning Minnie, when in actual fact there are plenty of things I quite like about being here in Nairobi. Here are some of the things that make me snort with frustration together with their silver linings.
1. Every morning I get woken up by a demented rooster who thinks it’s meant to start crowing at 4am and make noise incessantly until midday. It is joined at intervals by two mosques chanting the call to prayer – I’m all for religious tolerance but it would be nice if they could at least synchronise with each other rather than doing it 20 minutes apart.
On the bright side – when I do drag myself out of bed, it is almost always sunny which makes me SO much happier than getting up in the dark.
2. We are crazy bad at doing the dishes which makes me miss my dishwasher almost as much as I miss my friends*
On the bright side – the lovely J comes twice a week to do our laundry and clean up our mess (even though she does refuse to wash my underwear – I know it’s not a great job, but from the face she made when I suggested it, you’d think I was an incontinent 3 year old).
3. Small business owners and taxi drivers in Nairobi appear to operate under a strict code of never, EVER having change - even for the smallest note. My husband greets this with a pragmatic shrug and educational musings on the political and economic reasons for lack of business skills in developing countries. I usually deal with it by shrieking out of my nose and ranting for 10 minutes.
On the bright side – Nairobi is the only place where a supermarket has ever given me three shillings change in the form of a one shilling coin and two sweets – cute hey!
*only joking – I won’t have any left if I make comments like that, and my dishwasher’s conversation skills are limited
1. Every morning I get woken up by a demented rooster who thinks it’s meant to start crowing at 4am and make noise incessantly until midday. It is joined at intervals by two mosques chanting the call to prayer – I’m all for religious tolerance but it would be nice if they could at least synchronise with each other rather than doing it 20 minutes apart.
On the bright side – when I do drag myself out of bed, it is almost always sunny which makes me SO much happier than getting up in the dark.
2. We are crazy bad at doing the dishes which makes me miss my dishwasher almost as much as I miss my friends*
On the bright side – the lovely J comes twice a week to do our laundry and clean up our mess (even though she does refuse to wash my underwear – I know it’s not a great job, but from the face she made when I suggested it, you’d think I was an incontinent 3 year old).
3. Small business owners and taxi drivers in Nairobi appear to operate under a strict code of never, EVER having change - even for the smallest note. My husband greets this with a pragmatic shrug and educational musings on the political and economic reasons for lack of business skills in developing countries. I usually deal with it by shrieking out of my nose and ranting for 10 minutes.
On the bright side – Nairobi is the only place where a supermarket has ever given me three shillings change in the form of a one shilling coin and two sweets – cute hey!
*only joking – I won’t have any left if I make comments like that, and my dishwasher’s conversation skills are limited
3 comments:
"Demented cock" ? Seriously?
Oh. Yeah, that looks bad. For me and my husband. Now I want to change it to 'rooster'!!
Is changing previous posts totally against blogging etiquette? Though having said that, mentioning 'demented cocks' goes against pretty much every kind of etiquette.
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