One of the cons of living in the West is that darkness sets in too early (for almost half the year).
Kama saa izi kuna giza, baridi na kunanyesha. You would think it’s good for productivity lakini wapi. My Kenyan brain processes darkness as “masaa ya kulala”.
Ngumu sana kufanya kazi after 3PM. Kenyan weather in particular is the best I’ve seen. Everything is predictable. Enjoy it!
The thing na majuu ni ati everything is on you. Hakuna msee ati utaomba $100 ya lunch ama ati sijui ukope pesa ya hosi bana. You are your own savior. Cheza uone ukienda homeless. Kenya unaweza funga virago uende ushago kwa shosho yako as you get on your feet. Majuu hauwezi. That’s why diaspora folk get pissed when you ask for money ovyo ovyo when you haven’t been curious to find out about their well-being. Ukijua nobody is there for you in a cold foreign country alafu mtu wenu kila saa anaitisha pesa bila kukujulia hali unaskianga kupiga mtu ngumi ya kichwa akufe. Very cruel beggars haha. Nilisoma older articles za wasee hapa tu kijiji and I now understand them vizuri.
Make sure you’re taking at least 5,000U of Vitamin D3 plus K3. Melanated people were not adapted to live in high latitude areas so to survive you must make sure you’re taking these supplements or your health will suffer a lot. Black people living in Canada, long-term, are 3X more likely to get multiple sclerosis (an autoimmune disease), more prone to cancer and psychiatric problems due to Vitamin D deficiency.
Thank you for painting it quite well. I have a friend that came early this year (she is in Toronto) and she keeps saying it’s like a moving belt. Always on the move. Kwanza ukiwa na two jobs it’s hectic
Difference is that if takes you 5 years ro make x amount, majuu itakuwa 2 years or less. So in short it’s buying time. So that maybe you get to live a little to no stress life in Kenya. Unlike @DukeOfKabeteshire and @applebee100 , personal plan ni retirement kwa shamba mahali Rift Valley
Applebee amua kama unaangusha zile flats zako hapa kanairo ama unasettle huko. Wewe Sleki tu uki enjoy weather. Matter of time effects za Yues elections ziwafikie.( And like you say ‘na ti kirumii’).