Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the about life category. Noteworthy entries are filed topmost.
things that don’t last…
Last Friday I met Anja in Stuttgart for a short talk and cup of latte macchiato. I had asked her to bring me some snack from India and she came along with a pack of “Khatta Meetha”. She also brought one of here favored Mango-Sweets and they indeed taste really fine. I’ts great to get to know people via the blogospehere and I really enjoyed the short “real-life talk” we had. And this is how everything started. Asante Sana Anja. And well, I hope your on your next trip soon since that pack didn’t last …
Update: Here is the picture a friendly pedestrian took.
Collecting Crown Caps
I guess there are several websites presenting Crown Caps somewhere online. I just found this page and had to check what Kenyan Caps are around, here they are…
This just reminded me of the time in school when we used compete on how far the caps would pop. Since most of the sodas from the dukas arround were quite warm (except the frozen coke you buy in Lodwar ;-)) the flight paths were impressive. Until one day I shot the cap right into my own face, leaving a nice blood stained muster on my cheek. Well, quite dumb.
buy yourself a postcard from Mysore, India
Anja has launched a harambee on her blog. She’s been invited to a wedding in India by Sarath, a guy she met when first testing skype. I like such curios stories and said I would support her in case she manages to go. Find out here why you should support her as well.
impressive insight on Londons urban youth
I just stumbled over a photo essay by Simon Wheatley called “Inner-City Youth, London“. Simon is a Photojournalist working for Magnum Phots and living in London. Over time he developed inroads to the world of Grime, a music scene said to be Britains answer to Hip-Hop. Hi pictures reflect the desolate situation in that a part of Londons youth grows up.
jetzt hat’s mich, tagged
Well, I’ve been caught the 2nd time by some weird blogger hobby - I’ve been tagged, I got a “Stöckchen” as the german blogger scene calls it. Some folks seem to be in need of blog-content ;-)? Anyway I’ll forget about the long lost privacy on the web and publish some more irrevelant personal stuff about myself. Btw. who dares about any personal stuff? To 99,999…9999% this (false?) post will be completely worthless information anyway.
First, here, read tha dim rulz.
1. I am a TCK and am not quite sure what to say where my home is. I feel weird - and I love weird, crazy, crackbrained people. I am scared by the ordinary, sometimes of myself. Is a tagg-response ordinary? Hm, scary.
2. ok, first, I love this place. (The link is a Google Placemark. You need GoogleEarth and a swift web-access to open it). The place needs tusker and nyama choma.
this photo covers approx. three facts. please guess!
3. EEh. Me, I’m fongot this one.
4. I love music from “The Prayer Chain“, a band that split up I guess 1995. I am able to give very wired explanations (the whole night through) why their music gets better with every hearing. 58 bought the CD sometime 1994 by mailorder from Germany. We both didn’t like their music at first. Finally he convinced me to give him an other (crappy) CD I had bought in excange to “Shawl”. The only album that I miss today is their first, called “the neverland sessions”. I just can’t afford it. Only once in a decade some moron sells it on ebay - and all the other idiots pay more than 100 USD to get it *argh*.
Btw. have you ever wondered about 58’s domain fiftyeight.net?
5. I love piki-pikis and old cars and store a buch of them in my backyard to be repaired. The IT-stuff I do gets in conflict with that love. (I’m actually waiting for JKE to come and repair them for me ;-))
6. I love to travel, but either I have time and no money, or I have a job & money but no more time. In both cases go back to 1.
Yeah, and over all this weird stuff I feel comforted and at rest beeing a child in the hands of a loving god concearned about me. Well, I just had to add this ;-).
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JKE, you are taggedback, 58 you are doubletagged. I want to tacker fred & pilgrim. I pass a “Stöckchen” to Tom and Alex. I wonder why the mzungu on the other side hash not been tagged (maybe because he is a hard-blogging-businessman?) and I want to remind Astrid that she has been tagged by the taggedback. And what are the rules?
ati, what’s this one called?
I couldn’t remeber the name of this former neighbours of mine. But the African Wildlife Foundation has a beautiful site with a wildlife library. Ok, Kongoni was the name I lost. Get yourself a full update there, incl. wildlife sounds, screensavers and wallpapers. But before you adopt an animal, think of supporting a child.
Today Chapati
What to do on a Sunday morning without any bread for breakfast? First of all keep calm and make a cup of chai or coffee. Pancakes, yes Pancakes! After a swift check through our cupboard we realized that we were missing the eggs. So the only thing we could think about were chapatis.
All you need is
- some flour (500gr for 2/3 ppl),
- a little salt,
- oil,
- warm water,
- well and quite some time (that’s why you’ll fist need the cup of chai).
First put some salt in to the flour, then mix the warm water into the flour and form a stiff dough. Place the dough in a warm place and cover it for some 30-40 minutes. Then divide it into approx. 8 small portions. Roll out each ball on a floured surface and brush a little oil on it. Then fold the disk into half, roll it to a bar and form a spiral. Roll out the dough to a disk again. Repeat these steps about three times. Then fry the cakes in a hot iron pan with a little oil until they turn brown.
Eat most of them on the spot. If some are left they probably could be served with Dengu-Soup, Sukuma or Cabbage.
For all who want some more Kenyan recepies have a look at the “Sukuma-Wiki” and feel free to add your own favorite Kenyan recepies (since this is the purpose of a wiki).