High School: Initial Shock
I had no idea how bad our English was until I traveled two hundred kilometers to my ‘home’ of the next six years – a high school deep…
How Do You Compete?
A student from this environment in OlKalou was now put in the same classroom with a student from a prestigious well equipped primary school, where their only focus…
Visiting Days and Half Terms
I drew comparisons for you earlier on how my urban classmates were visited by their sophisticated parents at high school and how my mother from OlKalou would compare.…
The Longest Ride Home
From his business travels, my father sometimes happened to pass close to some of our schools on his way home to OlKalou. If it was closing day, he…
I am a Bridesmaid: Say What?
About a year before I reported to high school, while still a student at Munyeki, my older sister decided to get married. She was having a real church…
Gikuyu Relatives: A Happy Bunch
But we were so glad to have our Gikuyu relatives for those two weeks, one week prior to the wedding and another week after. They were in no…
Beautiful Wedding: My Thoughts
My cousins from Gikuyu were in the bridesmaid line up too, so it was no longer intimidating for me. I actually started enjoying myself. Some of them did…
My Sister’s House – Culture Shock
My sister was many years older than I, with a battalion of boys between us. I was therefore the only girl she could reach down to whenever necessary.…
Bathtub: Where Do I Bathe?
The Help showed me the bathroom and told me she will bring me hot water for bathing, “you must be tired from the long journey” she said. I…
Wrinkled Clothes and Closet
After bathing, I put on the same clothes I had on before and the Help quickly pointed that out. “You do not put back on dirty clothes after…