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<$A> You can join them and do the cooking
<$B> Sammy has <-_switch><+_switched> off your radio
<$C> Yeah you can sit
<$D> Oh You're not supposed to have music with that
<$A> Now you guys can continue
<$C> What is it
<$?> What are we supposed to talk about by the way
<$?> <ea/>Si my <ea/>ugali 
<$?> Tell us anything 
<$?> You know Sue you are so conscious It is so hard to just talk 
<$C> We want to talk about my <ea/>ugali and why men cook
<$A> Is it allowed 
<$C> Why should men cook
<$?> <ea/>Sasa we Jwan <ea/>si you ask us questions I think that time he was asking <ea/>akina Judy questions <ea/>si <ea/>ndio 
<$?> Yeah 
<$A> No I wasn't asking them questions
<$?> You were 'cause you
<$A> Okay those Those ones came 'cause Judy wanted to know so she was asking and I was asking her questions also
<$?> Oh my You better ask us questions
<$A> No gosh
<$?> You are people of very few words
<$A> No You <./>Y <-/>You just have to find something to discuss
<$?> Now discuss what The party was discussed now what can we discuss about
<$C> Sammy 
<$?><O/>
<$C> find some discussion 
<$?> Yeah let us talk 
<$C> You can talk
<$?> Uh 
<$C> I'm wondering just why men cook 
<$?> Why men cook 
<$C> Uh 
<$?> <ea/>Ati why men cook
<$?> They have to cook because they eat
<$C> Are they meant to cook really
<$?> Yeah Kwani 
<$C> Why They don't have soft fingers and such
<$?> You have come in with shoes
<$A> Uh Sorry people are not oh yeah I saw a notice on the door Oh I'm very sorry for that
<$?> Oh <ea/>pole <ea/>sana 
<$?> 
<$?> 
<$?> <-/>mhm So <ea/>si you talk 
<$A> Are you guys with Olivia in the same class
<$?> Sorry
<$?> No 
<$?> No 
<$?> She's in same class with Judy And we are in the same class
<$C> Oh which one is TMS and which one is SOC 
<$?> TMS is her SOC is me 
<$C> And GPA
<$?> Oh uh you want to know the full whatever uh acronyms yeah
<$C> <-/>mhm 
<$?> That's where the full whatever
<$C> No I know them
<$?> Uh
<$C> But I was wondering who is in GPA who is in SOC
<$?> It's only Judy
<$?> Us we are SOC major
<$C> Oh okay
<$?> Yes but different minors
<$C> Do you mind closing your window or it will interfere with you again
<$?> Why Why
<$C> It may interfere with recording
<$?> Serious
<$C> I'm not sure but if you need it there is no problem
<$?> I wish the <O/> would keep quiet They are making so much noise 
<$C> Imagine I was in your place What do you call these things
<$?> <./>Tho Those two of mites what are they <-_call><+_called>
<$C> Oh the fleas
<$?> The fleas
<$C> The fleas yeah 
<$?> You didn't seal your whatever you're sealing
<$C> Yes I did but 
<$?> We did
<$C> I did but
<$?> What type did you use This one
<$C> No 
<$?> The masking tape
<$C> Yes but not the small one
<$?> Oh okay 
<$C> It is now fair so many around
<$?> <-/>mhm
<$C> So many
<$?> But you know those things I think they depend on the whatever the whether If it's hot they are in plenty If it's cold they are scarce
<$C> What the flees or the bugs
<$?> The flees I don't know They hibernate on something
<$A> No but I think <ea/>si this time it means the birds have hatched 
<$?> No I don't know because when it was cold those things were not there You remember the days we used to go to the bathroom and find those things You come with them from your bathroom <O/> there were none They get into your hair and you are in problems
<$C> They get into your hair
<$?> Uh 
<$A> Are you serious 
<$?> But you know for guys you just wash
<$?> For us
<$?> For guys you just wash Now imagine like Flo's hair yeah if that thing just decides to go in it 
<$C> I know it can be very difficult
<$?> 'Cause I remember that time I was in 101 those things were in my room 
<$?> <-/>mhm 
<$?> Those things were in my room So I hadn't plaited my hair
<$?> <-/>mhm
<$?> So I used to whatever They used to come in I had to wash and blow dry or just blow dry without washing 
<$?> <-/>mhm 
<$?> <-/>mhm
<$A> You take to You take your hair to a blow drier
<$?> Yeah even if you have just done that one and they die
<$A> When you blow dry
<$?> Yeah
<$A> Uh 
<$?> <-/>mhm but that one is expensive 
<$A> Gosh
<$?> You just have to keep on
<$C> The way I can't put my head in that thing I would remove it before it <O/>
<$?> No don't that's a drier Blow dry is first like a comb
<$A> Uh 
<$?> A hot comb 
<$C> It is not that <./>ki machine that somebody uh 
<$?> The way that thing exploded on somebody's head 
<$?> By the way another time I saw that thing exploded on somebody's head
<$A> Exploded 
<$?> Yeah The drier I don't
<$?> Here
<$?> Yeah I don't know what happened but <onom/>phoop That is how it went
<$A> Gosh 
<$?> You see somebody in the <-_>in the<-/> whatever in the drier
<$?> It was a short circuit 
<$?> I think so or those guys don't know how to operate those things
<$C> They just know how to put on and off
<$?> Off yeah And just to regulate 
<$?> They should go for training seriously
<$?> uh here this lady had a flat face
<$C> The one wearing specs
<$?> uh that one
<$C> Oh 
<$?> And then she looks like a <O/> whatever a <O/> <O/>
<$A> She is the one who won the uh
<$?> The MUSO 
<$C> She's the one who won uh 
<$?> The MUSO
<$C> Uh the same many 
<$?> Is she the one
<$?> uh that was 
<$C> In
<$?> That was when I was in second year or third year
<$C> When
<$?> When we were in second year or third year 
<$?> Third year Was it third year or second year
<$?> Second <-/>second <-/>second year
<$?> There was no Lucy in third year 
<$?> There was no Lucy in third year
<$C> uh <ea/>si they could have refused the film
<$?> They were scared
<$C> They were scared those guys could have made some <O/>
<$A> Someone told me that she won something 
<$?> Who
<$A> Someone told me she won something
<$?> She won something like what
<$C> Some awards or what
<$A> <./>Li
<$?> Gathoni
<$?> Perhaps those women things She's always attending conferences by the way
<$?> Which one 
<$A> The <-/>ee the lipstick is it lipstick 
<$C> There was no competition
<$?> No I don't think
<$A> They were giving awards to for people who use their products
<$?> Where
<$A> And she won 
<$?> Here <./>i or in Nairobi
<$A> Here <-/>here <-/>here <-/>here <-/>here on the campus here
<$?> Those guys have never come <-_this><+_these> sides 
<$A> Somebody was just <-/>just making fun that she's one of the people who put a lot of lipsticks
<$?> uh Sammy
<$C> I'm there
<$?> The degree
<$C> uh
<$?> Here I was fat
<$?> This guy by the way What's the name of this guy We're in the same group with him
<$?> Mwaniki
<$?> Mwaniki is not a man 
<$?> Just wait you know This guy it's like we were in another GPA class so it's like we were divided into groups Then this guy when it came time for presenting he took off and he was the guy who was supposed to present
<$A> Did he
<$?> This guy uh where is he This one did you want his cheeks to shake in class
<$?> Yes his chubby cheeks 
<$C> There <-/>there is another guy in class he is a little fat We had a presentation for population economics <-/>hoho the cheeks shook 
<$?> Who is this 'Cause in your class guys are very few
<$A> Which group was this now
<$?> That's TMS class In this TMS I used to think he <O/>
<$?> This man disappointed us Wanyoike
<$A> Okay you know this guy is coming to spray my room today
<$?> They came
<$A> Yeah 
<$?> Can you stay in your room The smell is usually very bad
<$A> They sprayed in the morning
<$?> Oh Okay 
<$A> Uh but I found them throwing my things all over the place 
<$?> But you're supposed to clear your things
<$A> I don't know 
<$?> When they are spraying
<$?> You were not there
<$A> No
<$?> Wairimu was there
<$A> Yeah But they had told me to clear I didn't I didn't know exactly what they meant by clearing
<$?> The utensils
<$A> Yeah those ones were not there 
<$?> Oh yeah your bed exactly They spray the bed
<$?> They <-/>they <-/>they spray so much that it's liquid <ea/>kabisa 
<$A> Uh Uh 
<$?> Me I can't imagine having to sleep in a bed that's sprayed
<$A> They really sprayed
<$C> There was a time they sprayed my room I stayed for two days without sleeping there
<$A> The smell is too much 
<$C> The thing is too much You can't sleep
<$?> You open the window 
<$A> Just open there is no problem No problem It's no big deal okay 
<$?> Spray
<$A> But I've realised the bugs are not as many here
<$?> I find them so many 
<$A> No
<$?> Oh this place 
<$A> Yeah
<$?> Now they are quiet At six five by the way they are usually awake
<$?> In the morning
<$?> Yeah As soon as 
<$?> Even a few minutes ago they were making so much noise you feel like they might fall there yeah
<$?> Nyakima
<$C> Yeah
<$?> Just come we are here There is no noise so don't come and start making noise
<$?> <-/>Ah now why are you guys locking the door 
<$?> Uh Come in 
<$A> Oh the door was locked
<$?> Come in 
<$?> I saw him today 
<$?> You saw him today By the way he's been cleaning the corridors He's been slashing
<$?> 
<$?> <-/>mhm Seriously
<$C> <-/>mhm is it
<$?> By the way have you seen him slashing some other day over here
<$C> 
<$?> You my neighbour <ea/>sasa
<$?> Where were you going to 
<$?> <-/>Ah
<$?> 
<$A> Okay sit down and talk
<$?> No You don't have to like it 
<$?> Uh uh I hate it That's why I don't want to listen to it
<$?> But you now you are already here
<$?> So this is specimen A
<$?> See you talk
<$?> There's nothing to talk about
<$A> There <-/>There <-/>There is a problem I have with them
<$?> Yeah You see <ea/>Ajaja <ea/>kumbe You guys are just boring this way 
<$?> No but you should talk
<$?> How long are we supposed to talk
<$?> Don't mind
<$?> Maybe I'm supposed to talk 
<$?> <name/> should be talking more even 
<$?> And the way Jwan is looking at people
<$?> I'm not a man of many words
<$?> Prompting
<$?> Let me see that photo
<$?> Just TMS photo
<$?> So when are you going to going there
<$?> <-/>mhm I don't know but it's this Friday
<$?> At night
<$?> <-/>mhm
<$?> The party
<$?> The bus is taking you guys
<$?> at Sirikwa 
<$?> A dinner costing three hundred shillings
<$?> The bus is taking you guys
<$?> Yeah 
<$?> and back
<$?> <-/>mhm 
<$?> For those who will want to break a leg 
<$?> They shall not be allowed in only sixty people
<$?> No <-/>no uh uh uh You did not get my question Those who want to remain behind and dance
<$?> <-/>mhm it's a Friday 
<$?> It's a Friday I mean 
<$?> Oh I guess those ones can go and hang as long as you don't leave the party to go and hang But I can't leave a party to go and hang I first have to eat before I go and hang 
<$?> No You know people are looking for employers 'cause those are prospective employers
<$?> Yeah The guys are coming over
<$?> <-/>mhm 
<$?> But you know they should have invited enough people
<$?> Which guys 
<$?> Are they coming 
<$?> Are they responding 
<$?> MDs from several companies
<$?> Are they coming Are they <-/>they coming
<$C> Yeah ten of them have already confirmed
<$?> Like which companies
<$C> The companies like East African <-/>mhm
<$A> Who is <-_>who is<-/> paying for the dinner 
<$?> They pay for themselves 
<$C> You <-/>You <-/>You <-/>You <-/>You pay three hundred and then the university will subsidise with something small
<$?> Now us people like okay GPA 
<$?> Just leave alone that even guys of USIU who do business <./>admin all those business <./>admin it's like their course
<$C> It's just like a course 
<$?> I don't think we <-/>aha 
<$?> But I <-/>I think we do more courses than them But it's more of less that is what people know 
<$C> There <-/>There is also this course called management studies It's also done by some of the institutions
<$?> Yeah this is your
<$?> And I think <./>tha uh <./>th that's what we mostly do management studies So we are going to sell ourselves
<$?> You have to talk nicely Talk nicely 
<$A> No they are going to market themselves 
<$?> Africans will just say they are going to sell themselves
<$?> It's <-/>It's just a direct translation 
<$?> 
<$?> 
<$?> You know to market yourself is a broad lasting thing
<$A> East African industries will take a few of you definitely
<$?> <-/>mhm
<$A> They always have some jobs
<$?> But you see the problem like <-/>ah these guys who cleared last year they are going for an interview yeah for management trainees at EAI Then you are asked 'cause you know guys from Nai are close to them that's <O/> guys yeah And <-/>and the guys will tell they don't BA they don't know So these guys go and ask <ea/>si you <O/> there to be interviewed Those guys will come and asked who has done <ea/>sijui mass project <O/> project Moi guys and Eger guys are like what are those you know