Kazi ya Mkono:Hand-Made:手作り

今日、休み時間に生徒が、「先生、写真撮ったるわ！」と来た。
One of our boys came to me during break time and said, "Teacher, Let me take your picture!"

こんな感じで。
Holding his camere like this.

何が起こるや？と戸惑いながらも、「はい、ちーず」
While I was wondering what was going on, "3, 2, 1, Smile!"
思わずポーズをとっていた。
I found myself taking a pose.

何やら棒をくるくる回して写真を見せてくれた。
He showed me the picture he had just taken after turing a stick.
撮れた写真がこれ。
This is the picture he took.

横の棒をクルクル回すと色々絵が変わる。
なかなか面白いアイデアやと思う。
You can change pictures by turnig the stick aside.
I think this is a quite interesting idea!
って、誰が猿や！
Wait a sec. Who is the monkey you're talking about???

「もう一枚いきま～す。はいちーず。」
"One more! 3, 2, 1, Smile"
その写真がこれ。
This is the one.

人相悪っ！"Who the heck are these gang-star-looking guys?"
「こいつらナイロビのスリ！」
と、明らかに私のまだ癒えぬ傷をもてあそんでる生徒たち。
"These are the pick-pockets that stole from you in Nairobi"
They are obviously playing with my wounded heart.

それにしても何でも作っちゃう子ども達のアイデアと技術に感心。
Anyway, their ideas and their skills to make on their own are just great.

話は変わるが、日本を経つ前に送った荷物をようやく受け取ることができた。
Aside from this, I've finally recieved the percel that I'd sent before leaving Japan!
SAL便で6月中旬に送り、8月初旬にナイロビ郵便局に届き、色々手続きとか交渉とか面倒やから、JICAに受け取りを依頼し、10月末にようやくJICAケニア事務所に到着。
I sent it by SAL in the middle of June, it arrived at Nairobi Post Office in the begining of August.
In order to skip hassle procedures and price negotiations, I asked JICA to recieve it for me.
It finished its 4-month-long journey at the end of October finally.

中には前職の同僚がくれた梅干がっ！！！
Inside, I found UMEBOSHI (pickled plum)!
賞味期限は2ヶ月ほど切れているがハクナマタタ！！！
Best before was Sep 2010, but no problem off course!!!! Hakuna Matata!!!
1粒食べる。めちゃうまい！R○kiのみんなありがとう！！！！
I picked one. It tasted gorgeous. Thanks soooooooooo much my ex-colleagues!!!!

さっそくワムムで調理。梅肉パスタ！
I cooked them at Wamumu right away!
お吸いものの素、梅干、パスタの煮汁、以上！
Japanese soup powder, UMEBOSHI and water after boiled pasta. That's it.
美味しく頂きました！ほんまにありがとう！
It was also lush! Again thank you guys so much!