Adventures in Africa
Indian food and blackouts
Published Wednesday, November 02, 2005 by orange you glad | E-mail this post
The power has been out at work for the past few days. Once 11am hits, the power goes out and we are unable to do work for the rest of the day because we don't have a backup generator. So I've been very productive (and leaving work extra early). I got my Ugandan visa and my alien card yesterday. Today I helped out a friend by picking up some Indian desserts & candy for her Diwali dinner party tonight (where I also got to let off fireworks). Oh the food. Let me tell you - if I could only eat one type of food for the rest of my life - it would be Indian food. I would be fat and happy, oh yes.
Speaking of parties I have to say that these past few months I think my social life has probably been better than it has been my whole life. I have this group of friends through the Mountain Club and their surrounding group of friends. I'm not used to this. Usually it is just me and few close friends and if they are busy then I stay home. Now, if I wanted to, I would be at a party every night. Yesterday a new Canadian intern came with me to the Mountain Club meeting and he reminded me of something else that I am used to that I don't think about any more and that is the air kisses. EVERY time you see people (or are leaving people) you do the double air kiss (or triple if they are Dutch for some reason). This is not something I am used to. Initially I found it a bit pretentious but am starting to not think about it anymore. Yes, I think the reverse culture shock will be much more of an adjustment than it was for me to get used to this place.
Tomorrow night I leave for UGANDA!!! Expect lots of photos on Monday!
Speaking of parties I have to say that these past few months I think my social life has probably been better than it has been my whole life. I have this group of friends through the Mountain Club and their surrounding group of friends. I'm not used to this. Usually it is just me and few close friends and if they are busy then I stay home. Now, if I wanted to, I would be at a party every night. Yesterday a new Canadian intern came with me to the Mountain Club meeting and he reminded me of something else that I am used to that I don't think about any more and that is the air kisses. EVERY time you see people (or are leaving people) you do the double air kiss (or triple if they are Dutch for some reason). This is not something I am used to. Initially I found it a bit pretentious but am starting to not think about it anymore. Yes, I think the reverse culture shock will be much more of an adjustment than it was for me to get used to this place.
Tomorrow night I leave for UGANDA!!! Expect lots of photos on Monday!
For some reason, Kenyan Indian food is amazing. Not as good as what we get here in T.O.
Enjoying reading your blog. Makes me home sick.
Hi Rob, here's an other home sick fellow! Can you imagine Kat "fat and happy", wearing one of those indian saris?! True, indian food is one of the best stuff you get out there. Possibly that's why most old indian housewifes have adiposity? Oh, I miss those samosas you get at the roadside. And sometimes the good kikuyu githeri during lunchtime in these dukas arround westlands.
Well, Kat, in case of "f&h" I'd prefer you wearing that cool borrowed coat ;-). Enjoy your stay in Uganda. Safari njema!
Phew, finally I got the comment to work, - seems that I can't directly include images (took me quite long to figure out why my comment was lost after posing it).
Mzeecedric..... now you've really done it.... got me thinking of those samosas. The nyama choma is awesome as well, washed domn with a cold Tusker.
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