The house girl of my host family was prisoned few days before because she stole the wire from the neighbor. There are always a lot of people in front of the police station because there are too many criminals prisoned everyday. Due to the poverty, people steal the money or beg. I really feel so sorry for beggars and thieves because they have no idea about their future and they don’t have the right attitude about their life. Nobody tells them to go back to school or go to work; consequently, they just fool around on the street.
The new semester just started and I came back to school and taught, and I was shocked by the sharply decreasing number of students, dropping from 31 to 6. The teachers told me because parents didn’t pay tuition or they don’t care about whether their children go to school or not. So many school children are idling around with their friends on the streets. I felt so bad to see this. The parents in the slum don’t think that secondary education is necessary. Teachers told me that some of the students dropped out to learn dancing. I think it’s ok to learn dancing but secondary school level is still basic education and it will help them to mind their own business when they grow up. I think parents in the slum need to be educated first.
Terrible traffic in Nairobi
Nairobi is notorious for its terrible traffic. I saw one man died of car accident on the main road few days before. I felt so bad about it and I still panic when I cross the road. There’s no right for the passers-by on the street here in Nairobi. And if I travel at rush hour, it would be very terrible as well because the transportation time and fare will double at the same time, which is very annoying, isn’t it.
Having been here for almost two months, I get tougher and braver to deal with Kenyans. For example, if I find that I am over-charged by the sellers, I will get angry and tell him or her that ‘I am really tired of this and don’t piss me off again. Don’t ever think about giving me mzugu(the white) price.’ Today, when I was in matatu, I paid 10 sh for transportation but the matatu tout asked for another 10 sh. Then, I told him that I’ve been here for more than one and half month and I know the price. My words shouted his mouth up.
Let me tell you the price level here. Agricultural products are cheap here. Each corn and tomato is 2.5 NT dollars. But imported goods are very expensive like electricity. Most of the electricity in Kenya is imported from Uganda. Here in Kenya, water is always more expensive than the juice. At clubs, people have to pay more for water than beer. (Water is essential to our life, according to the bartender.) People here like to have fatty food. Almost everything is fried and meat. They can have half chicken or a quarter of it for one meal. I wonder how many chickens people consume every day in Nairobi. It must be more than 2000. Even though the food is not good but the life is good here!!! I always experience difference things here every day.
The new semester just started and I came back to school and taught, and I was shocked by the sharply decreasing number of students, dropping from 31 to 6. The teachers told me because parents didn’t pay tuition or they don’t care about whether their children go to school or not. So many school children are idling around with their friends on the streets. I felt so bad to see this. The parents in the slum don’t think that secondary education is necessary. Teachers told me that some of the students dropped out to learn dancing. I think it’s ok to learn dancing but secondary school level is still basic education and it will help them to mind their own business when they grow up. I think parents in the slum need to be educated first.
Terrible traffic in Nairobi
Nairobi is notorious for its terrible traffic. I saw one man died of car accident on the main road few days before. I felt so bad about it and I still panic when I cross the road. There’s no right for the passers-by on the street here in Nairobi. And if I travel at rush hour, it would be very terrible as well because the transportation time and fare will double at the same time, which is very annoying, isn’t it.
Having been here for almost two months, I get tougher and braver to deal with Kenyans. For example, if I find that I am over-charged by the sellers, I will get angry and tell him or her that ‘I am really tired of this and don’t piss me off again. Don’t ever think about giving me mzugu(the white) price.’ Today, when I was in matatu, I paid 10 sh for transportation but the matatu tout asked for another 10 sh. Then, I told him that I’ve been here for more than one and half month and I know the price. My words shouted his mouth up.
Let me tell you the price level here. Agricultural products are cheap here. Each corn and tomato is 2.5 NT dollars. But imported goods are very expensive like electricity. Most of the electricity in Kenya is imported from Uganda. Here in Kenya, water is always more expensive than the juice. At clubs, people have to pay more for water than beer. (Water is essential to our life, according to the bartender.) People here like to have fatty food. Almost everything is fried and meat. They can have half chicken or a quarter of it for one meal. I wonder how many chickens people consume every day in Nairobi. It must be more than 2000. Even though the food is not good but the life is good here!!! I always experience difference things here every day.
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