Comments on: Life Sans Luggage

By: jke

jke — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 00:41:28 +0000

Akili ni nywele, kila mtu ana zake.

I guess it must have been some sort of hairy experience for you.. :-)
Pole.

By: Ni2

Ni2 — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 08:24:12 +0000

Well I meant to say elusive not exclusive :-) Then when I did notice my mistake the search for “Edit comment”… My options were limited to Logout.

Maybe its not called a Comb.

Its like asking for “Jelly” or “Petroleum Jelly” and you want “Vaseline”. Believe me those attendants have no clue as to what you are talking about. Might have been the same problem you were having :-)

You should have resorted to sign language… Then again…

They speak English in Botswana — language was not a problem. And even if they didn’t my hair should have clued them in very quickly indeed!

By: Ni2

Ni2 — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 06:01:36 +0000

So if you make a mistake in the post…

How do you edit??? (sheepish grin)

Edit? What’s that?

By: Ni2

Ni2 — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 06:00:17 +0000

M if you had cut your hair like I have been telling you to you wouldnt be looking for the all exclusive comb.

And kwani in Botswana people dont use combs? Ama its coz they couldnt understand what you were saying?

So did you find your luggage? What cut?

I also wondered about the combs …. No one could give me an answer as to where they get combs! As for the luggage it finally turned up a week down the line! But that is a story for later

By: Ms K

Ms K — Sun, 04 Sep 2005 18:28:24 +0000

LOL Sidaki, ati a projector!! I do agree that some of those attitudes are institutionalized.

Sometimes I don’t know whether to laugh or cry… But ngoja tu, will vent on that topic real soon!

By: Nakeel

Nakeel — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 09:13:47 +0000

Pole M
Did they had to make you go thro this really? I guess if we call it racism will be linient i guess we should call it a devilish act…

And we think we grow better with age!

By: Adrian

Adrian — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 14:23:19 +0000

whenever space allows it, i try and carry a pair of boxers, a clean t-shirt and my nécessaire in my hand luggage.

Lesson from the school of hard knocks that I have definitely learnt

By: sidaki

sidaki — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 10:37:22 +0000

You guys are acting surprised! I believe the unconscious condescending attitude they have towards us is institutionalised. This white woman came to work yesterday to introduce us to a new technology. A Projector! If I could only project my thoughts.

I’m going to vent on that very issue real soon…

By: Guess

Guess — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 09:40:25 +0000

Did you sing the National Anthem or did you whistle it? I suppose it was a Botswana conspiracy to see how you would look with your newly ‘electrocuted’ look ;)
I am with Kipepeo on the ‘bluff it’ routine when there is absolutely nothing you can do – people are too shocked/ashamed/confused/afraid to question you.. How about forks (two or three held together) – I am sure that substitution would have worked a tad bit! LOL

As for Katrina – well, was watching the news last night, and guess what? When they were reporting about people being left homeless, they showed white people, when reporting about looting, they showed the black folks… *smh* It doesnt get better whichever side of the “first world” you are in!

Money has been poured to finish me I tell you!

As for Katarina am still speechless myself at the audacity of the reporters!

By: Ms K

Ms K — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 08:12:07 +0000

So am I getting one?????

And I think you should probably change your site name to Thinkers Club House.

And can I come??

Anytime my dear, anytime!