mtindi, muchungwa, and sekelo mahindi

Finally had the courage to buy street food. Apparently, I only got partially ripped off, so that was exciting. Still haven't had madafu though.  Last night for dinner, had a ~medium thin crust chicken tikka pizza, bavaria (malt beverage), and 'revello' - total cost - 8k Tsh (divide by 1400 gives <$6!!)

hope this makes sense!  leo mchana nilinunua mtindi, muchungwa, na mahindi.  Many of the visitors from Calgary who were in town have now left, and come September I'll probably have even less friends as many of the students return to school. So learning swahili will be very helpful.

As nice as Tanzanians might be, they aren't very motivated to get things done. In fact, Customer Service hasn't been invented here. I'm thinking of starting a business which will teach this alien concept. People say it's because TZ was socialist before, and also that in Kenya, things get done much faster.

Stunned by the disparity here - I can't remember what Kenya was like (visited in 02 and 06), but I think the latter must be worse as it was #5 for Gini coefficient if I recall correctly.  People pay house staff miserably; which probably isn't the best idea since we already got kicked out once already! It's easy for the privileged, including many indians, to spend in a night out what some locals earn in a month.

On another note...the onion has been one of my favorite websites for many years, though I rarely visit it. This one was too good not to pass on:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/more-americans-concerned-illegal-immigrants-will-t,17705/?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

I thought I'd post it here rather than facebook since some of you aren't on facebook.  Then again, I'm sure you're not checking my blog either!