Day 43 in the Big Brother House
Sometimes it feels a little like Big Brother, mainly for that fact that you don’t really get an insight into what is going on in the “outside world”, so to speak. I haven’t had the opportunity to watch much television along my stay and definitely haven’t had the chance to catch any of the international news. There must be a lot of flooding and disasters happening back home and I have only managed to find out about this from emails from my family.
So I started off my Friday morning at the office while Matthew did a few jobs at the guesthouse trying to make it a little more pleasant and tidier for the guests in the future. He was pinning back the television aerial wire against the wall using some materials he had purchased from town and hopefully we will have a TV soon for a little more evening entertainment. After he had finished, he arrived with Dennis where we then took a trip into town to purchase some more materials. Ten minutes into returning back at the office the power cut off, stopping us from continuing with our work.
As it was approaching lunch time we made our way back to the guesthouse where we could sit at the dining table with a pen and paper and plan out some more areas of our programme. We sat and also ate lunch with the rest of the guests and then sat talking for a while hoping for the power to return. It didn’t and as we had discussed a lot we were beginning to get tired and sleepy. With a Prayer and Fasting session to come in the evening I decided I wouldn’t mind having a nap just to regain my energy for what may be a long evening ahead of us.
After a two and a half hour sweaty sleep, I woke up and remembered I had left my bike at the office and would only be returning for the Prayer and Fasting session in the evening for the chance to pick it up, and by then it would be dark. I decided to be responsible and make my way back to the office alone, not wanting to wake Matthew as he seemed very tired earlier and if he hadn’t woken by now, he must be exhausted. Getting to the office I noticed that Matthew was already there along with my bike, so we stuck around for a couple of minutes to type up a few documents then came home for dinner.
After dinner at around 7pm in the pouring rain, we made our way to the office hall for the Friday night Prayer and Fasting session. Arriving safely but muddy, we found ourselves the usual spot towards the back of the hall on the light blue benching provided. This session finished at 11pm and afterwards Matthew was asked if he could send an email to the UK before we went home. We made our way over to the Cyber Centre as Matthew had the key for the main door and we were hoping that Robert, the IT Technician, had left the key in the discussed spot. He hadn’t left it anywhere to be found so we couldn’t continue through to our offices where our laptops were, so we stayed on the main centre computer, scanned the documents and as quickly as possible and sent the email to the UK. We then made out way home, using out mobiles at torches then made our way to our rooms.
I decided to relax this Saturday morning as I had some pretty poor nights sleep, always tossing and turning and falling in and out of sleep. After breakfast I decided I would prepare all my clothes together that needed some attention and collect them into my bucket for washing. I also gave my hair a cut then had a nice warm shower to get me going for the day.
I washed a few T Shirts and trousers and half heartedly attempted to wash some white socks that were very heavily caked in mud. The majority of the white material appeared red. It had worn deep into the material and I really didn’t have the motivation to scrub the socks in an aggressive manner to give them the glowing white effect they should have. Leaving them to soak and letting Edgar give them a little attention, they had a reasonable wash but when they were hanging on the line, they didn’t look very nice placed next to my spotless white T Shirts and black linen trousers.
Leaving the clothes to dry, I hung around with Matthew for a while in the Saturday afternoon sun. Felling very lazy and avoiding the opportunity of watching a DVD, we both decided to have another afternoon sleep which would be for the second day running. We had a few hours kip whilst the other visitors met with different people both in and out of the guesthouse compound.
Both waking up around 4.30pm were decided we would take a walk into town, get some credit and maybe grab a snack before heading to the office for the final evening session. On our way back from town we were caught up in the rain. It was heavy rain and we had to take shelter underneath some iron roofing hanging over the front of a small shop. We stood around waiting for a dry spell so that we could make a dash for office, but we had to wait at least 25 minutes before there was an chance of avoiding sitting through what could be a long session completely drenched with water.
Arriving at the session slightly late due to being trapped in the rainfall, we were once again seated on our usual positions surrounded by people singing, clapping and moving very energetically around the room. This evening’s session didn’t last as long as I had expected as from past experiences it had lasted until around 10/11pm at night, but tonight it finished around 8.30pm. We made our way home amongst some of the family and others who lived in the same direction, avoiding holes in the road and muddy patches. On return I sat around with Roel and Marianne back in the guesthouse lounge and had a cup of Chi discussing their plans for the next day. I then went to visit Matthew, Dennis and Chris in the Simba where I found them watching Enemy of the State. I borrowed a DVD of Matthews and left for my room to watch “That Peter Kay Thing” before going to sleep.
Suiting myself up in my shirt, tie, smart trousers and shoes, I made my way to church walking along side Dennis and Matthew. I think I'm the only person who goes to church in a tie, generally others just wear a shirt, but I like to get kitted up and to be honest it’s nice to throw a shirt on and look smarter once in a while. Solomon was giving one of his very powerful and memorable talks during the service this morning and Dennis had decided to come along for support. After the service we walked back in the afternoon sun which seemed slightly hotter on my head today and I don’t know if having trimmed my hair the day previous had anything to do with it.
Back at the compound I added a few more things to the washing line then Matthew and I decided we would go for a bike ride as we didn’t have any other plans for the afternoon. Weeks previously we had found a new route so we decided to take the same route from outside an all girl school situated right of the guesthouse compound and all the way around leading us out left of the compound, very near the offices. On our way through some of the snicket back routes of Kimilili, Matthew was riding up front leading the way. As he wasn’t fully aware of where exactly we were going and couldn’t fully remember the turns we took on our previous visit, he missed the exit we should have taken to lead us out by the offices. Fortunately after travelling down various steep slops and path ways we found ourselves on a very scenic and enjoyable route that took us to areas we didn’t initially know how to get to and gave us a very pleasant journey. Stopping for a Soda in town we finished our little expedition by taking a few back roads home, allowing Matthew to ride through and slightly fall into some muddy puddles.
Back at the compound I watched as Matthew cleaned the mud from his trainers. We were then visited by Roel and Marianne as they made their way past us to the house that they are having built. They invited us for a guided tour of the land and the buildings so far, so we took a walk on before evening dinner to see the progress being made. It was interesting to see how much this place had developed since I last visited only 3 weeks ago. We saw both their house and the guesthouse that is being built. Their view is incredible and the whole housing area is situated amongst maze.
Back at home after dinner I sat down and watched the film Bridge on the River Kwai.
So I started off my Friday morning at the office while Matthew did a few jobs at the guesthouse trying to make it a little more pleasant and tidier for the guests in the future. He was pinning back the television aerial wire against the wall using some materials he had purchased from town and hopefully we will have a TV soon for a little more evening entertainment. After he had finished, he arrived with Dennis where we then took a trip into town to purchase some more materials. Ten minutes into returning back at the office the power cut off, stopping us from continuing with our work.
As it was approaching lunch time we made our way back to the guesthouse where we could sit at the dining table with a pen and paper and plan out some more areas of our programme. We sat and also ate lunch with the rest of the guests and then sat talking for a while hoping for the power to return. It didn’t and as we had discussed a lot we were beginning to get tired and sleepy. With a Prayer and Fasting session to come in the evening I decided I wouldn’t mind having a nap just to regain my energy for what may be a long evening ahead of us.
After a two and a half hour sweaty sleep, I woke up and remembered I had left my bike at the office and would only be returning for the Prayer and Fasting session in the evening for the chance to pick it up, and by then it would be dark. I decided to be responsible and make my way back to the office alone, not wanting to wake Matthew as he seemed very tired earlier and if he hadn’t woken by now, he must be exhausted. Getting to the office I noticed that Matthew was already there along with my bike, so we stuck around for a couple of minutes to type up a few documents then came home for dinner.
After dinner at around 7pm in the pouring rain, we made our way to the office hall for the Friday night Prayer and Fasting session. Arriving safely but muddy, we found ourselves the usual spot towards the back of the hall on the light blue benching provided. This session finished at 11pm and afterwards Matthew was asked if he could send an email to the UK before we went home. We made our way over to the Cyber Centre as Matthew had the key for the main door and we were hoping that Robert, the IT Technician, had left the key in the discussed spot. He hadn’t left it anywhere to be found so we couldn’t continue through to our offices where our laptops were, so we stayed on the main centre computer, scanned the documents and as quickly as possible and sent the email to the UK. We then made out way home, using out mobiles at torches then made our way to our rooms.
I decided to relax this Saturday morning as I had some pretty poor nights sleep, always tossing and turning and falling in and out of sleep. After breakfast I decided I would prepare all my clothes together that needed some attention and collect them into my bucket for washing. I also gave my hair a cut then had a nice warm shower to get me going for the day.
I washed a few T Shirts and trousers and half heartedly attempted to wash some white socks that were very heavily caked in mud. The majority of the white material appeared red. It had worn deep into the material and I really didn’t have the motivation to scrub the socks in an aggressive manner to give them the glowing white effect they should have. Leaving them to soak and letting Edgar give them a little attention, they had a reasonable wash but when they were hanging on the line, they didn’t look very nice placed next to my spotless white T Shirts and black linen trousers.
Leaving the clothes to dry, I hung around with Matthew for a while in the Saturday afternoon sun. Felling very lazy and avoiding the opportunity of watching a DVD, we both decided to have another afternoon sleep which would be for the second day running. We had a few hours kip whilst the other visitors met with different people both in and out of the guesthouse compound.
Both waking up around 4.30pm were decided we would take a walk into town, get some credit and maybe grab a snack before heading to the office for the final evening session. On our way back from town we were caught up in the rain. It was heavy rain and we had to take shelter underneath some iron roofing hanging over the front of a small shop. We stood around waiting for a dry spell so that we could make a dash for office, but we had to wait at least 25 minutes before there was an chance of avoiding sitting through what could be a long session completely drenched with water.
Arriving at the session slightly late due to being trapped in the rainfall, we were once again seated on our usual positions surrounded by people singing, clapping and moving very energetically around the room. This evening’s session didn’t last as long as I had expected as from past experiences it had lasted until around 10/11pm at night, but tonight it finished around 8.30pm. We made our way home amongst some of the family and others who lived in the same direction, avoiding holes in the road and muddy patches. On return I sat around with Roel and Marianne back in the guesthouse lounge and had a cup of Chi discussing their plans for the next day. I then went to visit Matthew, Dennis and Chris in the Simba where I found them watching Enemy of the State. I borrowed a DVD of Matthews and left for my room to watch “That Peter Kay Thing” before going to sleep.
Suiting myself up in my shirt, tie, smart trousers and shoes, I made my way to church walking along side Dennis and Matthew. I think I'm the only person who goes to church in a tie, generally others just wear a shirt, but I like to get kitted up and to be honest it’s nice to throw a shirt on and look smarter once in a while. Solomon was giving one of his very powerful and memorable talks during the service this morning and Dennis had decided to come along for support. After the service we walked back in the afternoon sun which seemed slightly hotter on my head today and I don’t know if having trimmed my hair the day previous had anything to do with it.
Back at the compound I added a few more things to the washing line then Matthew and I decided we would go for a bike ride as we didn’t have any other plans for the afternoon. Weeks previously we had found a new route so we decided to take the same route from outside an all girl school situated right of the guesthouse compound and all the way around leading us out left of the compound, very near the offices. On our way through some of the snicket back routes of Kimilili, Matthew was riding up front leading the way. As he wasn’t fully aware of where exactly we were going and couldn’t fully remember the turns we took on our previous visit, he missed the exit we should have taken to lead us out by the offices. Fortunately after travelling down various steep slops and path ways we found ourselves on a very scenic and enjoyable route that took us to areas we didn’t initially know how to get to and gave us a very pleasant journey. Stopping for a Soda in town we finished our little expedition by taking a few back roads home, allowing Matthew to ride through and slightly fall into some muddy puddles.
Back at the compound I watched as Matthew cleaned the mud from his trainers. We were then visited by Roel and Marianne as they made their way past us to the house that they are having built. They invited us for a guided tour of the land and the buildings so far, so we took a walk on before evening dinner to see the progress being made. It was interesting to see how much this place had developed since I last visited only 3 weeks ago. We saw both their house and the guesthouse that is being built. Their view is incredible and the whole housing area is situated amongst maze.
Back at home after dinner I sat down and watched the film Bridge on the River Kwai.
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