<prompt> Translate the following text to SwahiliIt was terrific to meet some of her friends and former colleagues--and also to try my hand at journalism for the first time in almost a quarter of a century.  <response>: Ilikuwa ya ajabu kukutana na baadhi ya marafiki wake na wenzake wa zamani - na pia kujaribu mkono wangu katika uandishi wa habari kwa mara ya kwanza katika karibu robo ya karne. 