Hard Sweet Life

Thank you Lord for all you have been to me. Having a birthday is nostalgic! Happy one minute, angry the other and scared. I experienced all that on my birthday, don't know whether any one else does. So now that am an year older, do I have anything to celebrate? I wish our dates of birth were irrelevant. Like I didn't know what year I was born. At least I wouldn't be fretting on what I have achieved or not achieved so far, I wouldn't be pondering on how many kids to have and so many other things. In fact, the future would not seem so scary! I would be busy enjoying and not worrying. I wouldn't know am growing old till the first streaks of grey hair start showing. And even then, it wouldn't matter because "hell it's just one hair and Petronilla my friend has half her head white!" I m scared of old age! Don't know anyone who isn't? That day when your kids start taking complete care of you because, you have no idea what is happening a

I saw this quote from Marilyn Monroe and thought it best to share. If as ladies such advice is given to us by our mothers when we are still young, it would go a long way. So read on so that you can give it to your daughters in the future when that time comes. “This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. As for lovers, well, they'll come and go too. And baby, I hate to say it, most of them - actually pretty much all of them are going to break your heart, but you can't give up because if you give up, you'll never find your soul mate. You'll never find t

Image source: http://makeameme.org Do we always have to be rude to touts? I know a while ago I had problems with them refusing to refund change in the piece the annoying matatu neighbor, but seriously we have to cut this guys some slack. Most of them may not be the most respectful human beings, but we can't judge all of them by the same script. Ask for change respectfully and the guy or chick will be respectful. Ask rudely and you taste the pepper. It's as though some of us have a certain perception about these guys that we no longer treat them as equals.  Traveling from Embakassi to town with me was this chick. Lets call her Susan. We get to the jam near railways and the tout announces that anyone who wants to alight the bus should do so then because the next stop will be at the stage. Several people alight and the tout closes the door. The bus moves twenty minutes forward, and Susan decides she has to alight. Note: "has to!" Conductor: "s

Do men have emotions or do they just have a great way of hiding it? Women have been known to openly show their emotions since time immemorial. They just find it hard to hide it. I for example am an open book! Can’t hide when am angry or extremely happy. But men are a different book altogether.   Sometimes you can barely tell whether they are happy or sad. It’s even hard to decipher what their feeling are sometimes. Unlike everyone else, I believe men have emotions too. They just have different ways of showing or not showing them. When a man is extremely sad, they will cry on the inside.(something to do with the ego or something like that) but a woman will wail so loudly.(The Naija women are experts in this, according to my Afrocinema days). Ever seen the look on a man’s face when he holds his newborn child? (Well, one he has accepted to be his!). The smile on his face is heavenly. They are completely moved to a point they cannot hide it at all. They will not “oh my God!”

Have you encountered an annoying ‘Matatu’ neighbor? Have you ever been the annoying one? Ever pissed off someone in the ‘matatu’? Have you been pissed off while travelling?  ‘Matatu’s’ and buses often force us to be neighbors. Friendly or not depends on so many factors. Most of the time the journey ends with no mishaps but this is not always the case. Well there is the noisy loud music and some radio station that is not in a language you understand. There is also a rude tout who definitely has your change in his back pocket but for some reason (you may never understand) holds onto your change. There is a neighbor who keeps staring at you like you are from outer space and especially if you are a lady in a miniskirt. He for some reason is either imagining you without it at all or, she is cursing you for having better legs than her. Another will not quit chewing loudly and when they talk on the phone you get baptized with most of the saliva. Another is still in the 18th century and

Should you trust your friend when they tell you your girlfriend or boyfriend is a fake? Should you consider it jealousy or do you go ahead and believe them? How do you handle the situation? James always kept an eye on his wife’s phone ever since his friend Timothy, told him he had spotted her in a compromising situation. He couldn’t divulge the details in case he was wrong but James was hell bent on finding the truth. He found nothing for the first two weeks and decided it was a bluff. He decided to surprise her and apologize for being such a dick the past two weeks. He got some beautiful flowers, got out of work some minutes before lunch and got to her workplace. He sat at a cafe just opposite their offices and called her up. Susan, his wife claimed to be so busy she couldn’t head out for lunch. A disappointed James got into his car and was about to head out of the parking lot when he spotted Susan get into a car right outside the office.  Out of curiosity, he follo

What is the one thing you would change in your life if given the opportunity? At one point in life, there is something one wishes they had done differently. Something we regret doing at some point in our past. Mine are countless. The good thing is that, our mistakes act as lessons and though we may never get the opportunity to turn back the hand of time, we swear never to repeat the same mistakes. If only I had..., I should have…., If only I could have… there is always something that comes in the way of doing something we were supposed to have done. It could have been someone you loved but you didn’t get the courage to tell them how you feel, an interview you attended and didn’t get to fully say what you are capable off, someone you hurt and didn’t get around to apologize due to pride or lack of opportunity, a business opportunity you should have grabbed but were scared shittless, a shoe you didn’t buy, an advice you ignored, a relationship you didn't work hard to ke

The real tragedy in life is not loosing your job, your fiancee or money. No,the real tragedy is not appreciating life itself. Being grateful that you are alive and kicking. That both your arms and legs are working and though you have no ability to throw the Javelin like Julius Yego, you still have the use of your hands. Though you can not run as fast as Kipchoge, you can walk to work if Kenya turned to Uganda. That you can appreciate both the rising and going down of the sun. That you not only can tell what color is green you can see it. The ability to enjoy full health except for the frequent cold bouts that come and go. The ability to have a place to sleep. The ability to swing or drag yourself out of bed every morning without any pain. And even though you have no closet full of new clothes and shoes at least you do not walk in tatters. Though you have no figure 8 like size 8, you have no deformities on any part of your body. We forget to thank God for all this blessings He has g

Big Brother Africa I think should be called Get Nude and Win Millions . That's what basically there is to it. There is so much hype about the nude scenarios especially those in the bathroom.  I understand why, but I don't root for it. Not long ago, You could watch BBA with your parents. No nudity, just great pictures and great people getting out of the academy as winners. I didn't say the current ones are not great, I just have mixed feelings on nudity. We are enjoying watching as they bath and make love on our social networks now. That's what's trending! 10-15 years from now we will be watching our kids do the same. I'm picturing a scenario where my daughter, will come up to me. Daughter:  " mum, guess what? av been shortlisted to BBA!" Me: " WTF! The NUDIST show? Not on my life!" My daughter will think am undergoing menopause or a mid life crisis. That I have no idea how hard it is to be 21 without a million shillings. That all she

Some years back, reading was the in thing. I don’t mean from the internet but reading books. My brothers, parents and I would at some point have a book they are reading. Reading was fun. The Sheldons, Grishams, Hudlam and so many educational books. A book would turn so many hands it changed color within weeks.   In the village, you knew who to visit to get a novel and who always had interesting books. Books were expensive even when second hand. Then came the internet and books are being read online. A novel can be purchased online at affordable prices with most of them being free. Book sellers have been forced to lower their prices to make sales. The library gets fewer visitors these days interested in perusing books. If a library is full, it either has free internet or there is WI-Fi available. There a best friend called Google who never lacks in information; even for the stupid questions. I don’t see this book reading culture getting revived any time soon; in fact it mi