Visa Drama

Last Thursday, I headed off to Nairobi with the school bus, to sort out my visa, so that I can stay in the country! The school bus was heading off to Hillcrest, for the under 9s tournament there, so I got a taxi from the school, into the centre of Nairobi. The only issue, was that I needed to be back for 1pm to get the school bus back to Gilgil, So I was in a bit of a rush! I initially thought the process of extending one's visa would take up to 30 minutes. How wrong I was. It wasn't as simple as getting a stamp in your passport and handing over the money. I went up to the desk, and asked the lady whether It would be done by midday, for her to bluntly laugh in my face. I therefore had to find a way of speeding up the process, so I sweet talked her, and put on my puppy face, which ended up working, as she put me to the front of a 40 person waiting list! However, by this stage, my taxi driver was getting a little agitated as I told him I'd be 30 mins, when I had so far been 3 hours. I then had to call out ANOTHER taxi driver, as my one had another job to get to. All very stressful, but I just managed to get to Hillcrest School in time.
One thing that extremely apparent in the Immigration Office, was the sense of corruption. There extremely inefficient process which takes up to 6/7 hours, makes people wonder if they can somehow speed up the process...if you know what I mean. I could see it happening in front of me, with various handshakes taking place. You could say I took park in bribery, but I didn't pay anyone off! I simply used my adorable face. HA.
Last weekend was the gaps weekend off, so we headed into Nakuru on Saturday to check out the Matumba and look for some cheap gifts. However, I somehow ended up spending a little TOO much of gifts for my family. I just can't help it...I'm far too generous. On the Sunday, we all did our own thing, and because there was a school bus going to Peponi School, Tilly and I decided to jump on it and spend the day in Nairobi, getting the school bus at 3pm from Kabate. However, on the night before, we were told by Terry (the receptionist) that there was to be only 1 space for the two of us on the way back. Very helpful. This meant that we had to then get the bus we came down on at 11am, meaning we only had 2 hours in Nairobi. And seeing as this was a Sunday, NO shops were open! We did find this nice craft shop though, where I brought even MORE gifts.
Very little has happened this week. I have been helping with Bugsey Malone rehearsals, and am actually featuring in it! I feature more in this play, than I ever have done in any play I've been in. My part is that I bring on these big white boards several time. HUGE responsibility, I know.

That's all for now. Only one more week to go!

Peace out.

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