20/11: Third social (again)

Went to work this morning and everything was pretty much like yesterday: they did work for some two-three hours, played, had their snack and went home. After work I went to the cyber café to answer some of the emails I got back from yesterday and send some new ones. Then it was social time. This time it was pool at Gilani’s. I have never really tried pool before, so I wasn’t planning to play but they got me in the end. The only reason I won was because she put the black one in the wrong hole. There wasn’t so many people because many have gone to Mombasa for the week, including Charlene, and it seems many of their good friends who are still here didn’t want to come without them. But we did have a really nice time. I finally met Tom. I have heard so much about him from Camilla and the others, but hadn’t met him before. He is here volunteering all on his own, with no organization like Project Abroad to have his back. I had to go a little after he came but not before I saw his excellent pool skills. It was kind of funny because when I shook his hand he said something like: “the mysterious Maria, I have heard a lot about you,” nobody has ever said something like that to me before. At the matatu stand going home it was utter chaos, there was no matatus going in my direction and tons of people waiting like vultures for the next one. We finally got into one though and on we went. I am sure you can’t guess I relaxed the rest of the evening!