12.15.2006

IST

IST: Incredibly Senseless Timewaster.

It's Friday, so we are finished with out training. Nairobi has been COLD all week, but otherwise nice. Great to see (party hard with) the other PCVs. Been missing out on some good fun!

With all us out at site, and with the regional borders that keep most of us from seeing the others, it's been like a class reunion. All the Westerners know and love each other, have all the scoopage on our lives, etc. Same for all the Eastern/Centrals. But we're 2 different groups now, that have continued to divide ourselves a bit, unconsciously. I think IST has helped bring it all back.

The cultural adventures in Nairobi have made this one a worthwhile visit for me. Like, Ethiopian food on Tuesday. (C&M: yea, it was a lot like Blue Nile, but better, with the cutest little Ethiopian hostess and the more authentic ambiance) Then there was gelato (Nutella and black forest for me, thanks!). Last night a bunch of us went out for Sushi. Damn!

5 of us sat at the low tables, barefoot, while the rest of the crowd was out in another room at tables. I ate a bunch, and it was SO good! Tuna sashimi, Dynamite and then Rainbow rolls, soup, tea, mmm... All that for less than 1,000/=, which isn't bad, in my book. Add in the cutie-pie waiter, and it was awesome. I will absolutely be back to that place, and to sushi places in the US.

So I was gonna write another article for you all, was even outlining in my nog last weekend, right? Yea. Lost it! It took all bloody week to get the last one written, and it was enough time to lose the other file. Damn brain! Although, to be fair, there was a bit of a massacre this week, so we're working in crisis mode. Whatever. It might return.

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