Not much new to talk about. We are settling back in after our Safari. I’m going to begin working again with Ken in Kibera this week. I just wanted to quickly relay something interesting that happened to me yesterday.
I had just finished meeting with Adam and walking with him back to his house to pick up a spare power adapter he was lending me. As I was walking through the Prestige parking lot a Kenyan man flagged me down. Normally if random people try to talking to me, I tend to ignore them as they normally ask for something because I stand out. He was very persistent though and walked up to me.
He started pointing to the back of my shirt and said that I had something there. Dirt or something, maybe paint. He then stepped closer and started saying more emphatically that I had something on my shirt. At this point I started to get worried and I grabbed my phone and wallet through my pants pocket to make sure no one was trying to steal them. The man then took out a rag and started trying to rub whatever I had off my back. Suddenly, another Kenyan man walked over and agreed with the first man that I had a lot of paint on my back somehow. The both continued to try and wipe it off the back of my shirt. I tried looking to see what they were gesturing at, but for the life of me I could not figure out what they were talking about. I was still nervous about them, but I tried brushing the back of my shirt to see if I could figure out what the hell they were talking about. I started getting kind of stressed as they become continually exasperated about the fact that my shirt was filthy.
The first man then tapped me on my shoulder and smiled. He gave me a thumbs up with his other hand and said “Look! You’ve been Pranked!!!”I turned around, and out from behind a car was a video crew with a big camera all smiling at me. Then everyone standing in the parking lot around me began to laugh. The first guy thanked me, patted me on my back, and sent me on my way.
Yeah, that’s Kenya for you. Take a look; I will probably end up on Kenyan television.
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