nur so
..out of an old bottle (when there’s a power failure and only candles to illuminate the room):
1. take a used bottle & cut it into three pieces. throw away the middle part.
2. drill some holes into the lid with the knife of your choice
3. fill it up with some salt…
4. add rice to avoid moisture within the salt…
5. close the shaker by fixing the bottom piece of the bottle
6. ready! (you may want to add some adhesive tape to enhance stability)
Just around 8 p.m. on this Furahiday evening the whole of Embu experienced a power failure – and I was blessed with a wonderful new experience: a silent town.
The music @ the Night Club next door stopped playing, everything dark and I just reached out for my candoooools which I had bought the other day for exactly such situations.
Unfortunately, the electricity came back before I could fall asleep…electricity = 24h of music music music…soukous, benga, hiphop…and some Michael Bolton, Dolly Parton & other tortures. Well…if you can’t beat them, join them.
Cheers!
http://www.timesnews.co.ke/20oct06/magazine/magazine6.html
&
(Thx, Barbara!)
@KenyaTimes: Next time you are re-publishing my words, pls let me know. I know I can’t be mad with you kwani no one I know actually reads the Kenya Times….ama?
Everyone, THX for the comments! Just accessed my mails via Celtel & Safaricom dial-up. In fact, I bought a Celtel SIM card today to check out their GPRS for prepaid customers (first card I had bought was expired so I had to return it – imagine that!) but whatever I try – it just doesn’t work. Will I have to wait until I am back in Nai @ SaritCentre to eventually understand the settings needed for GPRS + my computer? Or…Mental, saidia mimi tafadhali: how did you set it up on your 6230(i)? I understand that GPRS is much better. I do have a notebook + bluetooth connection + Nokia 6230i + Nokia PC Suite 6.81. (rel 13) but just can’t get it going with GPRS. Dial-up works fine though, although @ 9.600…
So I tried this “Ndugekire maguta mengi irio-ri” thing on the mpichi that cooks @ the snack bar downstairs – I wrote it down so that he would understand it. As a result of that, the whole kitchen staff explained to me the difference between “beef smokies” and “beef sausages” (they still look the same to me, but so what) and I ended up being served with something called “Beef kebap” for 30 /=.
Delicious!
The knife is “Made in Germany” – and while pointing this out to one of the waiters (“Hey, the knife is from my country..” ), he imediately named almost all players and trainers of the German National (soccer) team. Now THAT’s Kenya :-)
On my way to work, I came across these dead Land Rovers that had been parked on a government plot.
……………
Embu doesn’t seem to be too hectic. These birds (in the middle of the picture) awaited the first flying ants that came out of a hole in the ground and caught them “in action”. It really rained buckets last night, but just about lunch time, Embu again looked like a dry city in the sun…I guess it’s the light and the Jacaranda trees that make this town so charming.
“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 water dried up, I applied this chalk and just after a few minutes, I saw a middle-sized cockroach running through the drawn chalk lines and instantly falling on its back and dying. An amazingly effective poison.
(Insects kama ants are ok for me, lakini these cockroaches come from the sewage tank and THEN walk over my food & dishes. Not nice…).
Bata – she shoes sandoools that say you know Africa have made the mistake of using them during the rainy season (I wore them in May this year and washed them about 3x with Omo “Powerfoam”). I prefer the cheaper ones anyways (red and blue type).
I’m an addict, baby!
(free wlan on the floor after the office has closed)
I caught a cold earlier this week and killed it with some Panadol Coldcap. To fight the upcoming cough, I bought “Good Morning – Lung Tonic”.
“Good Morning Lung Tonic is (a) greyish brown Syrup – dawa ya kuponyesha kukohoa, makamasi, maumivu ya kifua na kadhalika. Each 5ml contains: Tolu Solutionn BPC 0.56ml, Capsicum Tinc BPC 0.25ml, Creosote BPC59 66.65mg, Anise Oil BP 13.89mg and Liquorice BPC 25.00mg.”
Liquorice, yeah! Lakini….
Dear Parents,
please please please NEVER ever think about buying “Good Morning – Lung Tonic” for your children. Your children would otherwise instantly hate you for the rest of your life.
Verdict: -4 out of 10 points, but only since it only costs 55 bob which is ok for medicine.