That is what one of the Zulu members, Zola, says all of the time. Its basically a fun way to shout 'smart'. In Kenya, people say you look smart instead of saying you look nice. Its so fun to say and whenever I see Zola from afar we both hell it out to each other and then crack up laughing afterwards haha. It is a phrase I will definitely miss when I am home, along with Jeffrey's "Knock yourself out" or Mama Rose's "its just for today" which she says when she is eating too much.
On Monday, I visited the Tabitha clinic in Kibera, and there was a 9 month old baby there that only weighed 5.3 kgs, so around 12 pounds. She was being treated for sever malnutrition, but wasn't even responding to the plumpy nut food they were giving her. It was heartbreaking to see her in that condition, and even more sad to hear the doctor say that they see cases like this every day, all day.
On Wednesday night, Daisy, Molly and I invited our whole family, Jeffrey, and Molly's host family over our house for a dinner that we cooked for them to show them our appreciation for housing us and taking care of us. It was a huge success! Kenya food can be kind of bland (yet still somehow delicious…), so they enjoyed our many flavors from all over the world. Molly made a Mexican appetizer: mango salsa, guacamole, and guacamole with mango, all with tortilla chips. Daisy made a Korean main dish: pah juhn pancakes, barbecued beef, plain and fried rice, and spinach to wrap the beef and rice in. I did dessert: a fudge brownie cooked on the stovetop along with watermelon. Everyone loved it, and they were actually pretty surprised. They had never had beef with such flavor, and were shocked that you could use fruit as part of the main meal (there was pineapple in the rice). They liked the dessert, although it was too sweet for a lot of them, so the mzungus ate most of it lol. Overall it was a great success, and we took a lot of fun family photos afterwards.
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| Buying meat for our dinner at a butchers in Kibera... |
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| Don't worry, we didn't eat this... |
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| Our feast! |
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| Our family photo. |
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| Our family with Molly's family. |
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| Molly, Jeffrey, Daisy, and I fooling around haha. |
On Thursday morning, Daisy and I visited the hotel (which means restaurant) in Kibera that we usually eat lunch at. The day before they had invited us to learn how to cook chapatti with them, so we went and learned how to make the dough. It was a lot of fun, and I am basically a pro now, so Danielle and Colleen you better be ready for some good chapo :)
Today (Friday), we are doing another burn with Zulu, cooking lunch with them on our own briquettes, and then Molly and I are leading the soccer practice for the women's team we usually play with. Then, we are going over to Jeffreys for dinner and probably out dancing afterwards. I am also very excited for the Olympics to start! I bought a Netherlands football jersey yesterday for really cheap so I am ready for it!
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| If anyone wants one for around $12 from all different countries let me know :) |
Saturday morning, Molly and I are headed for the Masai Mara, Kenya's most famous national park, to go on a SAFARI!! We are camping in tents, and will get to go on quite a few game drives! I can't wait to see lions and the annual wildebeest migration! Expect pictures when I get back!
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| Missing summer campfires and smokes... |
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| Cutting the GIANT ugali we made with zulu. |
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| Some of the Zulu family! |
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