I was talking to this awesome human being this week and had the idea of writing a post about how things get shittier the more things we try to do. You see, I really want to use this blog to build my narrative skills and produce cohesive little packets of Angela thoughts. But more often … Continue reading do things really get shittier the more things you try to do?
Last Sunday, we went to the Nairobi National Museum to see the Shujaa Stories exhibit. Like everything else in Nairobi, there are three prices: citizens, residents, and non-residents. The difference between the resident and non-resident fees always seem drastic. I am still trying to learn about the system. There are a few reasons why it … Continue reading nairobi national museum
Disclaimer: there are a lot of pictures on this one so skip to the end to see some lions if that's all you're here for (they are pretty cool). Last Friday my work twin invited us to a volunteer event at the Nairobi National Park. It's just four miles from the center of Nairobi! He … Continue reading i made it to a safari lodge
I called my mom this morning and apparently her friends think I am living an exotic life here in Nairobi. So I decided to do a post on the more mundane side of things. Day to day life here is like any other. I wake up, go to work, come home, and write on my … Continue reading the mundane side of things
This morning we left the house at 6:30 in the morning to go to Ngong Hills 35km away. The hike starts at Ngong Forest Recreational site Reserve Front Office. It should show up on GoogleMaps if you search for it. There, you pay 400KSH for the adult resident rate to enter the reserve. The hike … Continue reading mzungus on a hike – ngong hills
I sometimes like to call myself a creative soul who hasn't found an outlet yet. And it's not that I haven't tried to find the outlet. Searching for Identities is actually my 12th publicly available blog. Let me introduce you to my 11 other intellectual children. 1) My eldest is called If Elephants Could Fly I created … Continue reading this is iteration 12
I just finished reading The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson and there were a few things I liked a lot (mostly the last 30 pages) and a lot of things I disliked a lot (the first 150 pages). Well, I am not going to write a book review because millions of … Continue reading the paradox of choice
About a year ago, my former manager and mentor gave me the StrengthsFinder book and I took the online quiz to identify my top 5 strengths. First on the list was the strength Futuristic. You can guess what it might mean to be a futuristic person, but reading the actual definition helped me find the words … Continue reading a futurist trying to live in the moment
verb conjugation Regular verb conjugation works like this pronoun-tense-verb pronouns: ni (I), a (she/he), u (you), i (it), tu (we) tense: me (past participle), na (present), li (past), ta (future) some verbs: choka (to tire), enda (to go), kula (to eat), lala (sleep), tembea (walk), kimbia (run), kunywa (drink), sema (say/speak), cheza (play), fanya (do), imba (sing), ona (see), pata (meet) Let's make some sentences! nimechoka - I am tired anaenda - I am going ulilala - you slept tutaimba - we will sing inakimbia - it is running tuonane juma ijayo - see … Continue reading kiswahili lesson time 2
I am learning how to take pictures. Bear with me in this process.
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