My Indian life and Rotary experience in Kenya
Since I stay at one Indian lady’s house, I have the upper hand to experience Indian life. I always feel like I stay in India and Kenya at the same moment. The laday’s name is Shobana, whom I always call "mama." She is a lady with kindness and decency.
Every time when I take matatu back home, I always meet some Indians. When I arrive home, I have Indian food ( the housekeeper worked in one Indian restaurant for 16 years) and watch Bollywood movies. Mama always shows me what’s going on of the Indian movies and series. Sometimes we go to diamond plaza, one Indian market, to have ice creams and visit Indian shops. To my surprise, I see a lot of Buddha statue on the Indian shops. I don’t know it’s so popular in India.
I just met one of her old Indian friend, Sumant. He took me to the golf club on Wednesday afternoon. I met a lot of great men there. There are around 10 golf courses in Nairobi. After the game, I had 3 red wines and bites with his Indian friends. They are all businessmen and Rotarians. Here, I can experience the "luxury and poor life" and "Kenyan and Indian life."
About the Rotary, for these few days I joined two Rotary meetings one in Holiday Inn and another in Nairobi Social club center. Henry (the director of Community care development org.) brought me there. I introduced myself and met some important persons there to see if there’s any chance to involve in the project in Rotary. Because of Henry, Rotary started the sanitation and other programs in several slums.
People might ask me why I want to join Rotary’s activities? I would like to visit different organizations and see how they work. So, Rotary should be one of my lists. Besides, it’s nice to meet different levels of people in the same society. In this way, I can know the real Kenya (not just the poverty in Kenay). But don’t worry, I will stick to my traineeship plan and I won’t lose focus on what I want to do in these three months.
Since I stay at one Indian lady’s house, I have the upper hand to experience Indian life. I always feel like I stay in India and Kenya at the same moment. The laday’s name is Shobana, whom I always call "mama." She is a lady with kindness and decency.
Every time when I take matatu back home, I always meet some Indians. When I arrive home, I have Indian food ( the housekeeper worked in one Indian restaurant for 16 years) and watch Bollywood movies. Mama always shows me what’s going on of the Indian movies and series. Sometimes we go to diamond plaza, one Indian market, to have ice creams and visit Indian shops. To my surprise, I see a lot of Buddha statue on the Indian shops. I don’t know it’s so popular in India.
I just met one of her old Indian friend, Sumant. He took me to the golf club on Wednesday afternoon. I met a lot of great men there. There are around 10 golf courses in Nairobi. After the game, I had 3 red wines and bites with his Indian friends. They are all businessmen and Rotarians. Here, I can experience the "luxury and poor life" and "Kenyan and Indian life."
About the Rotary, for these few days I joined two Rotary meetings one in Holiday Inn and another in Nairobi Social club center. Henry (the director of Community care development org.) brought me there. I introduced myself and met some important persons there to see if there’s any chance to involve in the project in Rotary. Because of Henry, Rotary started the sanitation and other programs in several slums.
People might ask me why I want to join Rotary’s activities? I would like to visit different organizations and see how they work. So, Rotary should be one of my lists. Besides, it’s nice to meet different levels of people in the same society. In this way, I can know the real Kenya (not just the poverty in Kenay). But don’t worry, I will stick to my traineeship plan and I won’t lose focus on what I want to do in these three months.
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