My First Encounter with Cowards (Part II)

As promised, we continue from where we left. 

We are cooking and we have both agreed that the bin has to emptied downstairs by either of us. According to our arrangements, one of us would make ugali and stew would be made by the other party. For some reason, between my friend and I, I'm trusted to make better ugali. I don't know how true that is but she tells me this all the time. So, I believe I make some good ugali . This is however limited to 1-4 people. Making huge meals can be tricky and mostly I miss out.

We are done cooking, we serve and get ready to enjoy our sumptuous meal. According to my culture, we eat ugali with our hands; no spoons or forks. Let take you through this process. We wash our hands, get the stew plate close and then pick the ugali from a common tray or whatever surface that has been used to hold this delicacy. You then pinch small balls ( according to how much your mouth can hold at a go) from the big white piece laying on or beside your stew on the same plate. Alongside the pinched substance, collect some stew with it and directly transfer what's in hand at this time to your mouth. How yummy! Sometimes, we used make the pinched ugali circular or spherical and proceed to making a hole at the centre, which later would be filled with one piece of meat, a little greens and the a little soup. I sure know your imagination has kicked off and you're drooling!

Now this is exactly how we ate. We are full. What's next? We laid on bed for sometime 'to allow digestion to take place' as we talk. Stories and gossips are many-laughing emojis.

After half an hour, we are up for movie but this time on a laptop. Not my laptop but my friend's. My laptop is in a bag at some corner.

There is a movie that I used to like then. Can I remember the name?Big YES. "Baggage Claim". Baggage Claim was the name of the movie. Do you have those friends who are all lively and all chatty until you put a movie on? Like watching a movie is a lullaby to them? This description defines and best fits my friend. Put on a movie and you will put her to sleep. A peaceful sleep like that of a baby. I'm  surprised that, that is me currently and I don't like it. Through the past few weeks though, I have really noticed huge improvements and I can confidently say I can watch a movie and like five episodes of a series in one sitting.

Sleep knocks her out and I'm the only one watching. 

"Wake up, get between the mattress and the duvet, make yourself comfortable and have a good night. Let me finish this movie, I will join you in a few."

"Good night. Enjoy your movie."

"Thank you." I said, but I'm sure she heard me reply not.

It's now 2:55 am, the movie is about to end but I'm getting sleepy as well. I switch off the laptop, leave it on the table but its charger is still connected to the extension. At the same extension, is my other phone popularly known as 'mlika mwizi'. I'm too lazy at this point to take off anything off the extension sockets.

I'm in bed now. I surf the internet up to 3.00 am and place my phone on the table which was so close to the bed. Another thought told me;

"Rose, put this phone under the pillow."

I didn't bother to think further. I picked and put it under the pillow and it was night night from me to me. 

Time check is 3.30 am. I'm woken by a strange sound. The door is half open but the house lights are off. The security light from the corridors are however finding their way into our house. This means that the house is poorly lit but it's aiding vision to a big extent.

Sema kimeumana!!!