So, today is the drop off day. You don't know what a drop off is? Well... it's exactly what it sounds like. You got dropped off in the middle of nowhere with nothing. Okay, so most people carry their cell phone and camera with them but I decided to carry nothing but a piece of paper (with the questions I need to ask) and a pen.
I got dropped off in Lakeview drive area, it is a very beautiful and quiet residential area in Naivasha. I have to ask three questions: Who is Kenya's new chief of justice, who is Naivasha's Area MP, and what is the meaning of the word kigeugeu. After I got dropped off, I wandered for a little bit and soaked the beauty of this beautiful, gorgeous town until I remember, "hey! I am supposed to be making friends!" So I walked a little bit and rang someone's doorbell. While I was waiting for someone to answer the door for me (well, the fence.. whatever), the next door neighbour walked out. I tried to ask them the question but they said that they are late for work. Then the housekeeper from the house I originally tried came out and well, she doesn't speak english. However, the daughter came out of the house and tried to help me a little bit, tried being the key word here. So I wander a little bit more until I saw a guy and a little girl playing on a fence which makes me think "okay, so they are obviously conversing in english. It won't hurt to ask them, right? At least they can point me to someone who knows." I started talking to them and that just had to be the best decision I ever made!
I asked the son about my questions and he said, "I'm not sure. Let's ask Dad" which confuses me because he said that but wasn't moving anywhere. Suddenly, this really beautiful truck comes out of the driveway (which I thought was a road because it was just..ok, I can't see their house. that long) with two people in it. Dad was obviously busy and on the phone and grunt, "talk to mom." The mother is vey nice, she answered my question and when I asked her about the meeting place she told me that her boys will take me there. In addition, she insisted that I come inside and have some tea and snacks. The house is VERY nice, they are definitely a very well off family. Inside, I met the older brother, Shen, who told me that he has two older brothers and asked if I like the song that was playing on the tv. It was Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa's newest single so of course I said yea. He smiled and disappeared inside so I just played with Karo (the daughter) and Francis (the son I met outside). I played chess with Francis while rapping along to the songs that was playing and he taught me some popular Kenyan rap. He also taught me Kikuyu and all of this happened while Karo (tried) to corn row my (stubborn) hair. She is very animated and she wanted me to draw with her. Karo is a great hip hop dancer at the age of 9 and she was teaching me the "right" way to dance. Yea, me and my asian butt CANNOT shake like that.
My favorite part of the day was the conversation I had with Francis while we were playing chess. His understanding of American lifestyle is from Rap videos and Hollywood movies, where people carry around guns and big stack of money. Our houses are (supposedly) big and opportunity is abundant. He thought anyone who lives in United States can arrange it for other people to get in (not true!). We played with the animals on the backyard. I fed the chicken ad the geese, rode the cow, chased the turkey, and later we hiked a little bit and see the whole Naivasha. Shen came back and drove me to where I was supposed to meet the group. I've had the best day ever :)
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