Ouch
went for a run this morning. woke up at 5.15 and watched the sky get light, then my alarm rang at 6.30. It was cool and I was rested so I got up and put on some lon shorts (the ones I wore as a Dwarf On Stilts at Hop The Castle, for those who remember) and out I went.
Dozens of small colourfully uniformed childres were arriving to the infants school near my home. They said “Fine, fine” in anticipation of my greeting them with “How are you?”.
Ran for half an hour. Cold shower and then breakfast (porridge and fruit, as has been usual since I arrived) and out again on foot into Tala to try and open a Bank account.
I limped.
I thinkI pulled a muscle in my foot running, maybe its rock-step withdrawal symptoms.
I almost opened a bank accoun too: I have to have 2 passport photos, so the clerk took me to the studio next door to get them taken. They will be ready tomorrow when I can try again at the Bank.
Then I went to the supermarket next door to the photo studio. I bought a sieve, some sugar, a tea-towel (to use as oven gloves as none of my pots have handles) and a wooden spoon (well, a stick!), some stock cubes and pegs. The whole thing came to KES 218. C.f. 280 for 4 colour passport photos. C.f. KES 300 for a Ken-Cell top-up card!
Bitterjug is hosted by my good friend, and total Phreak, Murias in SF. I have an account on his computer. I connected today and measured the average round-trip delal for network packets from his server to the machine I’m using here and back to his server in California. Remember there is a satelite in the way in both directions. The results are below:
Min round trip: 1.5s
Average round trip: 4.25s
fede Says:
Mark!
are you doing any work at all!? :hehe: well obviously i am not today..
weather: slightly cloudy and cold on the thames
February 19th, 2004 at 6:36 amfood: vegetables and rice (called jumbalaya, in their dreams!)
Katie O. Says:
Mark,
Enclosed is one (1) small peg leg to rebalance the aforementioned limp, and one (1) small knit tube which, though versatile, is intended to serve as a stick cozy.
Can’t cook with a cold stick, I always say.
February 19th, 2004 at 10:45 amMark Says:
No, Im not working much yet. Observing, offering occasional advice to the other (hardworking) staff. Will be discussing which classes I will teach either today (when I get back from the bank) or next week.
This morning, 7.45, was my second assembly. The girls line up under a tree in the garden where the flag is raised and a song sung. Then Sister says a few words. After this morning’s Sister told me she didn’t expect me to be coming to assembly yet until I have adjusted to Kenyan time. (shrug)
Still giggling at the stick cosy. Katie, your a nutter!
smooch!
Mark
February 19th, 2004 at 9:45 pmfede Says:
Didnt get the cold stick thing.
Weather is colder today! Pretty awful. Dreaming of tropical air.
February 20th, 2004 at 1:52 amfex
Debbie Says:
Hi there!!
Rumour has it that you dance the Lindy Hop!!! Not sure what it is but sounds fun!! Or so your friend Barry tells me!
Combing through your website looking for your contact details but to no avail…!! So thought I would drop you a line instead.
Hope you are enjoying your VSO work in Kenya.
Barry’s Aer Lingus Irish/French buddy!
February 21st, 2004 at 12:01 pm