Monthly Archives: October 2006

home sweet home (in Embu)

1 EUR ==> ~ 90 Kshs.

1 new bed (made from cheaper materials, Embu price): 1650 /= Kshs.
1 new high density mattress 6,7 x 4 ft.: 3550 /= Kshs.
1 high density foam 20″ x 22″ (to fit in the remaining …

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twin luck??!

“TWIN LUCK” insecticide chalk…..this stuff actually WORKS!
I was cleaning the bathroom when a really huge cockroach climbed my leg in panic. I think it didn’t like the DETTOL I poured on its homebase. Well, bad luck, Mr Cockroach.
After the …

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we kamu

Some Dudu-safe-Mshairi-pics from the tourist market @ Westlands:

Kui, Mental, KM, Ciru…and all others – thengiu muno for the wonderful evening!

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The Collector of Worlds

Anyone remembers Binyavanga’s comment on “Nairobi people living in two different worlds?”. It is so true. Again and again.

There was this public reading (organized by the German Cultural Centre (Goethe-Institut) & the German Department @ University of Nairobi) …

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RIONBAI?

I came home at 10.30 pm, listened to the daily dose of wisdom by my dear friend Njuguna from Ruaka and switched on his tv to see Martha K. answer nasty questions on corruption issues. Martha sure is someone …

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