http://beginsathome.com/2004/10/29/challenging-prejudices/ Not Just Junk... Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:25:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://beginsathome.com/2004/10/29/challenging-prejudices/comment-page-1/#comment-314 Kaki Mon, 08 Nov 2004 22:47:06 +0000 http://beginsathome.com/journal/?p=73#comment-314 Some of the best 'matumbos' are found in those ricketty places. Finger licking good nyamchom....lakini you have to have strong antibodies cauz if you have never been to a 'third world nation' and eat there once you will surely die :) To the haves and have nots...If you ever go to a kenyan high school the reality hits you smack dab in the face. That is where I learnt that there were people who were poor with a capital P and those who are soo rich they would fit right in with the Bushes or even look down on them. Then when you are all put together under the pretext that a mere uniform will equalize you, you see reality loud and clear. Some of the best ‘matumbos’ are found in those ricketty places. Finger licking good nyamchom….lakini you have to have strong antibodies cauz if you have never been to a ‘third world nation’ and eat there once you will surely die
To the haves and have nots…If you ever go to a kenyan high school the reality hits you smack dab in the face. That is where I learnt that there were people who were poor with a capital P and those who are soo rich they would fit right in with the Bushes or even look down on them.
Then when you are all put together under the pretext that a mere uniform will equalize you, you see reality loud and clear.

]]> http://beginsathome.com/2004/10/29/challenging-prejudices/comment-page-1/#comment-284 Mika Wed, 03 Nov 2004 11:43:14 +0000 http://beginsathome.com/journal/?p=73#comment-284 This is what one does for adventure. I am sure there are those in Belize who would not be caught dead in their equivalient of "boarding and lodging". They must think you are nuts. This is what one does for adventure. I am sure there are those in Belize who would not be caught dead in their equivalient of “boarding and lodging”. They must think you are nuts.

]]> http://beginsathome.com/2004/10/29/challenging-prejudices/comment-page-1/#comment-279 Kui Tue, 02 Nov 2004 14:00:02 +0000 http://beginsathome.com/journal/?p=73#comment-279 Mental..I always knew there was a shady side to you :) Mental..I always knew there was a shady side to you

]]> http://beginsathome.com/2004/10/29/challenging-prejudices/comment-page-1/#comment-277 Mental Acrobatics Tue, 02 Nov 2004 01:22:12 +0000 http://beginsathome.com/journal/?p=73#comment-277 There's a pub of River Road in Nairobi where you only get a glass and fork if you are a regular, the rest of us its fanta out the bottle and fingers for the chips. There’s a pub of River Road in Nairobi where you only get a glass and fork if you are a regular, the rest of us its fanta out the bottle and fingers for the chips.

]]> http://beginsathome.com/2004/10/29/challenging-prejudices/comment-page-1/#comment-273 Wahu Mon, 01 Nov 2004 17:10:05 +0000 http://beginsathome.com/journal/?p=73#comment-273 The last bit of the comment should have read " There is a major difference" Nafikiri nimechoka and maybe Tusker baridi is the answer. For someone who does not like beer. The last bit of the comment should have read ” There is a major difference” Nafikiri nimechoka and maybe Tusker baridi is the answer. For someone who does not like beer.

]]> http://beginsathome.com/2004/10/29/challenging-prejudices/comment-page-1/#comment-272 Wahu Mon, 01 Nov 2004 17:07:14 +0000 http://beginsathome.com/journal/?p=73#comment-272 I had forgotten such places existed you know the ka-mwangis et al. Where l live there are equivalents of those bars which as pubs when you go in at night have a very cosmopolitan and spohisticated feel. However if you happen to pass those places at day- time. There is hardly any difference. I had forgotten such places existed you know the ka-mwangis et al. Where l live there are equivalents of those bars which as pubs when you go in at night have a very cosmopolitan and spohisticated feel. However if you happen to pass those places at day- time. There is hardly any difference.

]]> http://beginsathome.com/2004/10/29/challenging-prejudices/comment-page-1/#comment-266 Mshairi Sun, 31 Oct 2004 21:37:38 +0000 http://beginsathome.com/journal/?p=73#comment-266 'Usikojoe hapa' lol. Or the one I like 'tuna maji moto'. So, can we expect to see you in 'Ka Mwangi bar and lodging' in downtown Nyeri town? ‘Usikojoe hapa’ lol. Or the one I like ‘tuna maji moto’. So, can we expect to see you in ‘Ka Mwangi bar and lodging’ in downtown Nyeri town?

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