Je was op zoek naar: kuumiza (Swahili - Engels)

dunia imebeba vitu vingi sana vinavofurahisha na kuumiza pengine hata kukatisha tamaa na hupelekea mtu kufanya maamuz i yasio sahihi lakin tujifunze kupambana navyo na kushikuru mungu na
all is by the power of god

basi, malaika wa kwanza akaenda akamwaga bakuli lake juu ya nchi. mara madonda mabaya na ya kuumiza sana yakawapata wote waliokuwa na alama ya yule mnyama, na wale walioiabudu sanamu yake.
and the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.

ilikuwa inaudhi na kuumiza, na sikuanza kuandika kuhusu korea kwa namna ya maana mpaka nilipojifunza kuisogeza jamii hiyo ya wageni (marafiki na wafanyakazi wenzangu) karibu nami ili kuniwezesha kujifunza jiji hili, kwa mtazamo wa kikorea.
it was all very bitter and petty and self-defeating, and i didn’t begin to write about korea in a meaningful away until i learned to keep that expat crowd (friends and coworkers included) at arm’s-length and experience the city on quieter, more korean terms.