day346

so i get really bored in this country sometimes.
really bored.
but nothing compares to the first 4 months.
you would probably say that there's no way i could get bored.
Bryan, you're in another country.
you're in kenya!

i started a match collection.

a friken match collection.
as in like....
i took some burnt matches and kept them.
in a box.
pathetically bored.

i dont do that anymore.
no way.
i stopped counting at 439 matches.
so next time you think, "man i'm so bored."
think about this.
you're probably a lot more creative than me.
and can think of something better to occupy your time than collecting matches .

i found out things about kenya while i stayed here.
ever heard of Shrubbing?
i doubt it.
but it's hilarious.
it like THE THING here.
Shrubbing is when you think something but you say something else.
the shrub i hear the most often would be "crass" instead of "class".
in America, if you shrub, no one makes a big deal of it.
i shrub all the time.
whether or not anyone else notices.
just today i said, "are you chidding me?"
i meant "are you kidding me?"
but what you mean doesn't always come out.

kenya also has like a mirror reflection to every sport.
Soccer-football
Softball-rounders
American Football-rugby
Basketball-netball
Baseball-cricket

and their phones are expensive.
like a phone that you could get in America for $100 you get there for $200 and sometimes $250.
a total rip-off.
however, a decent phone with MP3 capability, camera and texting you could get for $140

if you take swahili at a Grade 9 level, you WILL fail.
guaranteed.
trust me.
i know.
from experience.
and even if you know it
don't pretend you can speak it.
because it's kinda obvious you're not a local.
my accent gave it all away
not matter how much i learned.

and food.
the cheapest food [ and cheapest tasting food] you can find
is at school.
depending on what you buy.
like a soda is 27cents
a pizza 55cents
and lunch [like rice and chicken] would be like $2 sometimes less.

oh and there's this place called Nakumatt
which is the same thing as Walmart
only the don't sell clothes at Nakumatt.

so these are most of the different things you might find out if you come to kenya.
and stay for as long as i have.
346 days.

later.