More writing and less reading today for me, which focused on the Maasai worldview and hierarchical power structures, wrapping up with Kimaasai words and concepts for curse. Eng’oki is where sin and curse are basically synonyms. That’s different from my worldview, where if I sin, I don’t expect some malevolent curse to strike my health and well-being, much less that of my family.
Anya finished an essay on sacrifice for her online English course. I couldn’t talk her in to do it on a Maasai sacrificial ritual to remove curses. Go figure.
At the end of the day, when there is additional bus fare (after 1700) and my mind is mush, we took off for Ikea. It is about 3 Km away, but not too far of my normal bus route. We had dinner and dessert. The menu is quite different from USA Ikea, as there is no chicken strips! We shared a chicken fillet cob-type salad and Oreo cake with sodas for about $15.
Fortunately, the rain had stopped as we walked about 1 Km to the big mall where Anya wanted to get some tapioca at the Asian grocery. Happy New Year, and welcome the year of the goat! We also picked up a few grocery items. I spent about five minutes contemplating all the options of honey, trying to figure out what everything means. I went for what I know and supported the Norwegian honey business.
Anya is being a good sport putting up with some very boring days on school holiday doing her online English course and some Netflix shows while I work. So, a trip to Ikea was a way to give her something to look forward to. Is it kind of sad when Ikea is the highlight of the day?