My typical timetable in the village

I wake up at 3 am, yoke the oxen and head to the fields. We plough under the moonlight till 8 o’clock when the sun is too cruel to continue with the task. We head home, tuck my whip ‘jaridi’ away and set the oxen free to relax.
Chai na boiled sweet potatoes, there’s no limit, kunywa vile utaweza. Potatoes ni za jana usiku, zimelala overnight na ugali kwa wenye wanajiskia nayo. You know ukiwa tao vitu kama hizi hupati hivi hivi.
I chase my legs, then set out to graze the animals in the fields, that’s kitu 10 hivi. I pick my radio and head out with little kids who are eager to accompany you to the fields with boyhood excitement and endless questions. After 2 hrs, wengine hata wameanza kulala, you lay them under a shade, keeping an eye on them while tending to the livestock. Hata itabidi ubebe wengine, they are very good company if you don’t know.
Saa tisa am back home for lunch. Hapo ni brown ugali with managu and a cup of sour milk straight from the gourd. Hapo tena ukule vile unataka. If you ever lived with your shosh you know what am talking about, especially kama umetoka town na uko hapo for a short holiday. I go back to the fields, sasa naenda mpaka na mbuzi na kondoo hadi six. Mbuzi na kondoo huwa na kiherehere sana so asubuhi ni kamba mpaka four ndio ukiwaachilia, watagraze in peace. Nikirudi hiyo six, I milk the cows, close the penn and let the calves enjoy their mothers company.
I take a bath, panga bar soap na suthru ya gunia, inasugua mpaka dhambi. Hapa hakuna cha mafuta, ningare jacket sababu ya njeve and set out nitegee wale madem wanatoka sokoni niwachapie. Unajua kijijini watu hujuana from far kwa hivo you try as much as you can to keep your randy ways as nocturnal as possible. I get wind that there’s going to be a disco matanga somewhere kwa ivo lazima ichangamkiwe. I leave my hunting mission, reach the market to hang with my age mates and reschedule my hunting to a later hour.
Supper, brown ugali na samaki kama kawa. Nikule poa nikijua am headed for a night long dance and probably a puthy, you never know. Unajua vizuri playlist ya ocha iko tofauti kabisa na ya tao, kwa hivo dance pia inataka nguvu. Navaa avunja na mbwenye yenye huvaliwa for special occasions like this only. Pick my rungu and tuck the nyahunyo in my waist(noma hutokea sometimes) you remember the saying akili mjini nguvu kijijini, here it plays out literally. Nipitie wadhii kwa simba flani ‘meeting point’ and we disappear into the night in a group of about 10 guys.
What happens at the disco matanga is a hekaya for another day but we enjoy ourselves knowing too well that by 3, we should be in the farm ploughing. That’s why during the school holidays, niko radhi niende kwa shosho solo but nienjoy kienyeji puthys na village delicacy “arega” and the cycle repeats itself.

Ploughing na moonlight…

Yea unajua kitambo hakukuwa na REA, you can imagine the darkness

Yep, a week before ploughing starts you go to the farm and slash/cut any weed and thorns that might give you difficulties while ploughing.

Yo began ploughing very early so that you be done by 9 am before the scorching sun is out. Hauwezi peleka Ngombe shambani at 12 pm to plough. Mtachoka haraka juu ya jua

Mtu akitoka hiyo ploughing na ni wewe ulikuwa unashika jembe unakula ugali debe mzima.

Maisha mzuri. I bet you don’t need gym na hii kelele inajiita cadio

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@Deorro = @Nyarwath

It reminds me the good days when I was your age son!

Life was good during school holidays.we really enjoyed them days.

How I miss those days at pale mugonje , mulaka na isukha gagameka. Oooooh sweet memories !

Saffi kabisa.

this gives me memories chukua like mtu wangu

grazing the cows and roasting maize tulikuwa tunamaliza shamba

@Deorro unajua hata kushika slasher kweli??

Nice… Made me a bit nostalgic.

Najua kushika hiyo plough ua ngombe, najua kulima plus kuweed na hoe na sio poko. Slasher is a non issue. Ama unadhani kwetu ni Nairobi? Nairobi masomo ndiyo ilituleta

:D:D:D:D:D unasema hoe na sio poko

Hawa born tao the only hoes wanajua ni poko

@Nyarwath that lexicon ya usagoo imenipa nostalgia… jaridi, avunja, mbwenya, simba : D : D … nategea hekaya I know I will relate well well