maybe she's russian

wow. it has been a while.

and now, after weeks of silence... a random story:

today i was walking downtown and wasn't particularly in the mood to be sociable. now. any musungu (particularly female) will tell you that not interacting with others in a crowded african city is not super realistic, considering the fact that you tend to draw a lot of attention simply by being there.

so i thought to myself, "i should just start responding to people in (what teensy bit i know of) russian, just to throw them off." i kind of laughed to myself at the thought and then promptly forgot the issue as my mind wandered to other super important topics like chitange patterns, downton abbey, agatha christie, easter plays, and spanish vacations (yep. cause i'm taking one)

about 5 minutes later i passed a group of zambians who started calling after me. completely forgetting my plan, i nodded and kept walking. 

they called after me again, "how are you?!"

"fine." kept walking.

they seemed slightly confused and pretty soon i heard one say, "maybe she's russian!"

haha! and i didn't even have to say a word.