My husband curiously opens with: 'How old are you?'
Masai: 'Thirty. How old are you?'
Husband: 'Guess!'
Masai: 'Don't know, twenties?'
My husband (seriously flattered): 'No, I'm forty!'
Masai shrugs disinterestedly. 'Oh. So how many wives do you have?'
Husband: 'One, you?'
Masai: 'Two.'
Husband: 'And how many children?'
Masai: 'Well four with wife number 1, and three with wife number 2. You?'
Husband: 'Three.'
Masai (probably thinking, 'poor devil' says) : 'Oh.'
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Last night I put on the movie: 'The boy in the Striped Pyjamas'.
'This is seriously cheery Sunday night viewing!' My husband said as I sobbed uncontrollably on the sofa, tears rolling down my cheeks.
Later I said, 'I feel like our poor nightwatchman is a bit like a concentration camp inmate - patrolling round the house in all weathers, thin, cold and hungry - and we are like the Gestapo.'
I went out and gave the nightwatchman bread, jam and milk. He said his bicycle was broken and it would cost 1,000 shillings to fix and by the way, he was sorry he had not made any loan repayments for a while. I said, 'bring the bike to us this week and I'LL get it fixed.' Then I felt better.
We also went to see 'Salt' at the movies on Friday. A noticably emaciated Angelina Jolie certainly looked like she had done a stint on concentration camp rations. It's official - she's lost her sparkle. She looks like Michael Jackson with massive, sinuous hands and a tiny body, clothes hanging off her. Plus, the film was so packed with action sequences and obvious twists that it was too implausible from start to finish to suspend anybody's disbelief. Even the news that a 'real life' Russian spy ring has recently been uncovered in the States, could not rescue the film from the doldrums. After an hour and a half, I was almost expecting the black American actor in the helicopter to announce that he was (yet another) Russian spy?
Might try watching Leonardo Dicaprio's film 'Inception' next. I heard that the box office appeal is that the complex plot means that, challenged and now curious, you keep having to go back and watch it again and again.
ok first pink???? why???
ReplyDeleteSecond, you have to watch Inception. its one of the best movies I have seen in a long time. You have to bring your brain to the movies for this one though but trust me, totally worth it.
Inception- Great Movie!
ReplyDeleteThe new background is interesting, very colourful. Have you considered putting the blog subheading text in white? I mean the bit saying 'Living in Kenya as an expat can be weird at times, the truth being stranger than fiction. This is a diary of a housewife who does no housework.'
ReplyDelete"After an hour and a half, I was almost expecting the black American actor in the helicopter..."
ReplyDeleteHe's actually British. His name's Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Will play about with the blog heading - thought pink and black stood out best - it's hard to see the words over the beautiful Stepford ladies isn't it?
ReplyDeleteLove the new look! I had to check twice to make sure I was at the right place...
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice surprise! Thinking it looks great, but have to agree, both the blog title and subheading need a little fiddling around with as they are a little overwhelmed by the ladies. Having said that, you can't see the ladies very well either....
ReplyDeleteI hear Ange went off to Pakistan today...don't what to make of her - husband stealer,strange goings on with drinking blood, multi-cultural mother, UN ambassador?!
Laughed at the conversation with the Masi man.
ReplyDeleteWill never forget when we were flooded out in Masi Territory. Walked for hours. Was trying to figure out how to explain to my wife that we might need to ask those wonderful people to put us up for the night.
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