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you would like to punch these people on the back of their head
Posted: November 11, 2008, 2:42 pm by Girl In the Meadow
The slow walker who occupies most of the street Have you ever been like really in a hurry to get to wherever it is is you are going then a guy moves slowly to every side that you are trying to pass through. Ok, maybe i am exagerrating, but the point is, in the Nairobi streets, you walk in a huff like you are going somewhere because even the petty thieves mistake slow walk for being new in town. Exceptions Newly in love..there is something about love that makes you slow in everything, you talk, move, walk more slowly daydreaming about what he/she said in the morning. You are carrying a very heavy load or rather you are walking slowly because the weight on your shoulders is just too much to bear. That could include you have just been fired, your newly in love partner just walked out on you or rather those things that make life rather depressing. But all the same try to let people pass or you could find a new reason to get yourself off the floor. Ngoto 1-to wake them up The drunkard
Though i believe viceroy solves all gastro intestinal problems (how did i write that?), and Kafai agrees with me, i cannot stand the drunkard. Drunkards piss me off because sometimes they piss on themselves, hit on everyone jointly and severally, talk foul, make the toilet unihabitable with vomits and generally behave badly. Exceptions You are paid to entertain. How can you perform in Liddos and be sober? Everybody is drunk and throwing up! It's a drink and throw up party. Ngoto 5 your Ex Not all your exes should be punched just the one in this scenario You walk into the club with a guy you are a quarter feeling, then you met the Ex smashed kama kawaida. He starts calling you wifey as he proceeds to touch you and ignoring the date you have come with (looking sideways to see how many people are judging me). Add to the list is this random guy who you know and acts all sloppy in love when you meet in the club **SMH***. Ngoto 10 The Thika Road Matatu Driver Either these guys are fucking geniuses or aboslute retards. Sometimes i actually enjoying watching these guys drive, it's like the speed movie only this time there are real humans in the matatus not movie stars. The reason i think of some ingenuity in there is coz the situations those guys pull bana. All the same they still get punched for exposing us to regular heart beating. Mental note, if you are a novice on Thika Road, put aside money for dents et al. Ngoto 20 -
INTRODUCING....
Posted: November 5, 2008, 1:36 pm by Girl In the Meadow
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only in Nairobbery
Posted: October 30, 2008, 4:38 pm by Girl In the Meadow
Kirinyaga Road My pal lost his light in traffic. Another lost a windscreen. The other one lost a wheel cap..You get the drift....every other peson loses a part of their car every other day. So what do you do? You walk/drive to Kirinyaga road to look for the missing spare part. The folks of Kirinyaga road sell the part that was orignially yours only at a lower price No defence
Cries that said spare part belongs to you is met with blank stares They could ask "Do you want the spare part or not?" -
Guest Writers
Posted: October 28, 2008, 7:54 pm by Girl In the Meadow
If you would like to guest write on this blog please email me girlinthemeadow@gmail.com. Generally You have to be a girl With an interesting life (or ability to turn a mundane life to an interesting one) And fresh like the woods.
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ANOTHER MONDAY ANOTHER WEEK
Posted: October 28, 2008, 12:48 pm by Girl In the Meadow
HuH, is it just me ama this year is flying. I am trying to account for all the things i should have done and really some of them are not still done. 1. Getting A driving license I once read Tony Mochama's articles that though he owned a car, he couldn't care to drive it. I don't know how you attend two driving schools and still not get a licence. That it is me. I have this weird thing going on in my head that must have emanated from Nonini's "ushaichotwa na gari" . Anyway my goal is to get a licence within the next 3 months, so help me God and if next year this goal shows up, shoot me please.
2. Lose at least 5kgs As Gishungwa would say "I have been jogging daily since January, mentally that is" Good intentions! good intentions!. Anyway, at least sometimes i jog, just not seriously. 3. Read my books I have a goal to read a book every week. I developed a love for literature and classics but somehow i get derailed by a books with blonde names like Bombshell. How can you resist a book called Bombshell? Well it eats into the time i should have read my classic. But how do you look at the shelf see a book called Bombshell and walk away to pick The Great Gasby? 4. Make chapattis This has been in my to do lists for 3 years now, it is time it got crossed. But there are good things i have learnt to do Learning how to save Saving in a consumer world is HARD. Only after you have had a pay vacuum do you realize the need to save for a rainy day. Heck, saving is important. Putting my interests before others The real christians may not agree, but you have to love yourself to love others. I used to waste a lot of energy on other people's problems. Now, i have realized other people's problems are not my business and i do not have to solve them UNLESS i have the competency and of course if we are good friends. I tend to solve my own problems without burdening others, i should also resist being burdened. Achieving my CPS Going back to school is not easy but somehow i went to school, missed half the classes and passed the exams. THE UB40 WILL BE IN TOWN SOON. That is something to look forward to. -
Simple Pleasures
Posted: October 23, 2008, 8:18 pm by Girl In the Meadow
I decided to visit my home town this weekend to visit a few relations. Obviously, it is something that shocked everyone because such visits are things i hardly do. All the same i can confirm that life in Nairobi is too hectic and once in a while (may i say every once in a while) one should drop everything and head to a place that is quiet and life is not as fast. There is one thing you notice; in Nairobi everything is so fast. There is one way to pick out a person who has lived in Nairobi, the desire to have everything done as fast as it can be done. Another thing is Nairobian chics tend to hang on to their handbags because life really depends on it. Ask me, the last time i lost my handbag, i slept at a disgruntled neighbour's house. Who else checks on their phones 24-7, of course a Nairobian. I made a conscious decision to lose the habit of being obsessively addicted to my phone to the extent that i can stay without it for 2 days without going into a panic attack, after all there is really nothing that can't wait and on top of that there is hardly anyone who just knows me that if they were in trouble and didn't reach me, they would be done. I now switch off my phone when i sleep ok that was because certain idiots call at 2p.m and start storos ati coz Michael Joseph's calls run to Ksh. 2.50 after midnight clearly! So i really enjoyed time off the town. You walk into the town, can count the number of cars and those on mobile phones. People stop to gossip. Village life is funny though, everybody's business is everybody's business, who got married, who got drunk and peed on the road, who died, who bought a new car, whose daughter is pregnant he he he. Though i love technology, i hate the overload that comes with it. So somebody got ill and i decided to take them to the general hospital because i love free things. There was quite a line. So i went paid for the card and while i was going to get my number to queue a certain lady calls me and tells me not to form the queue they are going to sort me out. I was convinced angels are everywhere though i knew it must be she knows someone of my relations which is not so evidently hard to tell. Then i decided to take said person to have shoes polished. The shoeshiner goes like you are from the family of so and so..i am like yeah. Ooh glorious life, in Nairobi nobody recognizes me you know. Until he goes like " i always know my relatives" and then proceeded to give me our long history or relations of course it got lost somewhere in the your grandmother was....All the same my relative still charged me for said service, i thought such things should be free for relatives! NOKLA Just when you thought the Chinese guys were through, i found with my friend a certain kind of phone by name NOKLA. These guys yaani should win awards if for nothing else cheap imitation. Anyway somebody came from China and brought me a phone with the following things Tv, MPeg 4, dual sim, camera.I love China me. Confession I have had really nothing to write on my blog because for a very long time, the blog ceased to be mine. So i read this post and decided to write here every other 3 days because it is really my blog and i started it to offload my thinking until it became hard to write because of you know "political incorrectness" figuratively and literally. Now i will just write because i like to do it.
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"We could learn a lot from crayons; some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, while others bright, some have weird names, but they all have learned to live together in the same box."
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BLOG ACTION DAY
Posted: October 15, 2008, 3:21 pm by Girl In the Meadow
October 15 is Blog Action Day and this year's theme is Poverty. What to do to eliminate poverty must be the thing that taxes many people (ooh and earns them a lot of cash:) ). This is what i have always thought; 1. Education;- I cannot say enough about this. An educated populance will seek to get themselves out of poverty. Not necessarily by getting a job but by looking for ways to better their life. Education gives people ideas. What you can do today; When is the last time you donated books, library materials, contributed to the building a classroom in a local area? Think about it. 2. Health;- A person in good health cannot be a poor one. Invest in more available hospitals, medicines, research....A diseased nation is surely a poor one. Contribute to building a local dispensary or something. 3. Food;- We cannot live without food. The more persons are encouraged to plant more food, the more healthier we are hence in a way elminating poverty. Uprooting all those non performing foreign exchange earners (coffee, tea, pyrethrum) and concentrate more on consumables. Tea and coffee are fetching extremely bad prices and if you think about it, we consume the finished product. Concentrate on tourism as the foreign exchange earners and plant more food. Enough said 4. Ignorance has to go. Read point one
5. Affordable Shelter- Housing in Nairobi is a nightmare. It is expensive, expensive, expensive. For a poor people affordable housing is necessary. There is my 2 cent contribution to end of poverty. -
Questions and things to love
Posted: September 15, 2008, 8:28 pm by Girl In the Meadow
Digression 1.
What brings people to this blog;well thinks i do not expect like
Movies of women who like being choked??? WTF! I have no such fantasies
pornomovies with hairdressers. Honestly the things people search for.
Unexpected photos of girls with hairy armpits? Aaihh.
Olivia Otieno photo album
end of digression1. I am not Anna Wintour's assistant. A book, a movie (The Devil Wears Prada) about her has been made. From ordering food from that restaurant she ate last week and don't bother me with any questions (which cafe, which food, find out)to get her the new Harry Potter book for her children and let it get to her before (i forget the details here). All i am saying is that i do not have a boss from hell. Only that Anna Wintour's assistant pay can fund my entire village's education, ok don't ask me questions, find out yourself. OOH God i would love to be Anna Wintour.
2. It does snow in Kenya just that it happens in the Nyahururu forest. Maybe it was snow, hailstones only that did not happen in Nairobi. I love the weather mainly because even when it is very cold, you can still walk around without a jersey and not die. 3. Kenyans don't really read so nobody is going to be dumping me for my literary tastes :). Do people dump others for lack of literary tastes? Yes they do, in Manhattan. Some judge you instead, which for me is ok. As if dating was not hard enough without adding literary tastes...Honestly, there are ideal deal breakers like laughing out in a disturbing manner. 4. WE collectively love Obama and think he rocks but apparently he is not one of the stuff white people like. Eiishh 5. Mao, has some very disturbing resoluteness with which we should treat our enemies, i am lucky to be Christian. If lost, google Mao's quotations. 6. How hard is it to love Sarah Palin. I think too hard. Kenyans might wonder why anyone would even be remotely interested in who is the president of the US. You remember Marie Stopes, it is now dead because of Bush. Do you remember the joke when Petrol prices were cheaper than mineral water, that was so pre-Bush. As long as America keeps on fighting Iraq and real/imagined terrorists we are fucked. 7. Why does the Standard Group use the same logo as the Guardian? 8. Who is the current Miss Kenya? 9. Apparently Jelimo is currently worth Ksh. 132M, honestly my feet might better find ways of making money. All they ask from me is a pedicure, i think it's time they started providing for me. Congrats Jelimo on joining our mega millionaires. I hope you can rub the habit of making millions in no time to all of us.
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"I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best."
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PONDERING
Posted: September 2, 2008, 7:40 pm by Girl In the Meadow
Just confirming that my squatter status has not been disrupted by blogger.com. In my culture, it is believed that if someone talks about you, you either trip or bite your tongue. I wonder at the rate which everybody is talking about Obama, doesn't he spend the whole day tripping or biting his tongue. Of Mc Cain's VP choice aren't some people just mean?
Is this Kenyan weather serious? Can it decide once and for all if it wants to rain, be sunny or whatevs, it is not funny walking in town then the next thing are heavy rain drops and you have no any umbrella or a jersey for that matter. Don't we all miss the days when you knew it was going to rain in April, watch Safari Rally? Aaihhh So the KNHCR Report is out. Can all the jdefenders of the Rift Valley Mps and their involvement in the violence stand up and be counted???? Till next time. -
LINKS
Posted: August 6, 2008, 5:14 pm by Girl In the Meadow
These links are for those into developing writing skills or reading literature or just improving your English. After university, your English will never be the same again.
Sparknotes
This to me is an excellent resource. Not only does it have the full texts in a readable format, it gives analysis of literature materials.
World English
You can learn all those past and present tenses you could (might) forgotten. It also has free online books. Good resource
Poem Hunter
This is a site for people who love poetry. Has a poem each day and could email one to you if you request. Excellent resource for poetry.
enotes
Another excellent resource.
Those are so far the best sites meaning without pop ups and too much advertising for online reading. If you think i am a small dog, then feel free to give me your own.
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Trust Issues
Posted: July 30, 2008, 1:25 pm by Girl In the Meadow
I do not know much especially about trust.
There is one common trend i have realized as i do my daily professional job(s).
Kenyan men do not trust their wives with their properties the way they trust their brothers and friends. These are the common reasons given;
As soon as she realizes she will leave me.
If i bequeathe property to her then she will get married to someone else after i die.
Most: You know you cannot understand women
I seldom understand how you can share a bed with someone every day of your life (who could stab you at night, ok for y'all old enough The Burdens by John Ruganda never cease to haunt me) but not trust the same with your property. How? Life/Property???
So now i have been left wondering, why do people even get married in the first place, if they will live the rest of their lives wondering what this other person is upto. Granted some women read Akinyi of Chinedu have given us women a bad names but what are the consequences of leaving your property to your brothers/friends?
Or at even the worst of them never letting your partner not know how much property you could be having or how much you are worth?
I think it is in bad taste to leave your partner out of your life, because eventually most brothers do as they would (human as they are) disinherit your widow. Worst case scenario being your children being reduced to derelicts. Many people know of a story where the pops left the children living in the suburbs but had to pack to the slums.
Men in Kenya accumulate so much debt on the property they have and sometimes even the house his family is living in is on debt. When he certainly (didn't they say death is certain) dies his family is kicked out the following day. Not even the partner knows that the man owed a mountain of debts. This had direct effects on the family and on the society as a whole. We all know adjusting from the suburbs to the slums is not easy and could never be.
In my opinion, a lot is needed to be done on the property front as far as estate planning goes, Kenyans are doing badly.
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who is the HEro
Posted: July 18, 2008, 1:21 pm by Girl In the Meadow
Most epic tales, tragedies, comedies have a hero.
In the poem/movie, Beowulf possessed courage when he speaks to Hrothgar about fighting Grendel. In those lines Beowulf says "My lord Higlac might think less of me if I let my sword go where my feet were afraid to, if I"
In the end Beowulf kills Grendel.
Romantic Novels/Disney world
My friend was recently hurt badly by a man she loved/trusted and said that we should all sue hollywood/disney land for making girls imagine that there was a real prince hero out of there.
My hypothesis
In the olden days, people believed there were gods who would rescue man from any danger. Thus turned up when the situation was completely helplessly and solved the situation without as much as breaking a sweat.
Heroes would rather die than look weak
Thus when Kenyans appoint a president who is not afraid to look weak, they develop a loathe for him as they in their heads swore him Heroically. That's why many Kenyans begged to ask why didn't he show up at Uhuru park just like the first time. Nobody likes weaklings.
That's not the point.
When women get married, they are looking for a HEro. One who will make their problems disappear. One who will protect them always. Who will not be weak to make bold decisions. Who will speak out for her when the family is against her.
Something in me tells me some people are failing in being the HEro that's why marriages break so often. Though i wonder, would women live a much fuller life, if they expected less of men to be HEroes?
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IT'S THE FOLKS WORLD
Posted: July 14, 2008, 2:21 pm by Girl In the Meadow
4.47..Friday evening, it's a rainy city so decide to rush home before the traffic jam nightmare. That's what my parents would want me to do.
What I would do
Wait for the traffic nightmare, look for the nearest pub, drink until midnight or so and then crawl back home. Everybody knows it has been raining alright.
What did i do, I rushed home.
I am scared.
Saturday
I did not leave the house, it was very cold.
What I would do?
Convince myself that cold has never stopped anyone. You know when the pub is quite full, chances are that it will be hot. And anyway beer tastes better when it is cold.
What did i do?
Spent the whole day breaking my back with housekeeping and realized how ungrateful and unrewarding it can be. Then slept.
Obviously, my mother's efforts are paying off after some 20 odd years. My parents do like to see people in the house all the time. But obviously estrogen ed/testosterone children do not stay in the house.
Which makes me wonder (i am starting to sound like Carrie Bradshaw), do we finally become what our parents wanted us to be?
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HOTNESS
Posted: July 10, 2008, 6:05 pm by Girl In the Meadow
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African Politics and politicos.....continued. the C
Posted: July 3, 2008, 7:45 pm by Girl In the Meadow
This is one of the most interesting post i have done. Reading about these Africans can make you shudder. The story of Patasse and Bozize reminds me of what King David told his son;to do away with his general if he was to survive. Patasse was attending a conference in Niger in 2003 only to come home and find President Bozize (Ala). A further attempt to become President was thwarted with "Sir there is a problem with your birth certificate"
Let us just say the reason why Africa is so undeveloped is in their politics and quest for power.
Anyway,
Cameroon- an Anglophone country. The home to the great Etoo.
First multi party elections held in 1992. Private Radio and Television stations are not allowed. The President Biya is there because the opposition boycotted the elections in 1997. Journalists are frequently arrested. Not a media free country really...more
Cape Verde- the former Portuguese colony where the Prime Minister is the head of government. In the first Multi party elections in 1992, the opposition party won. Conducts free and fair elections. Has even won some award for that. For more details
Central Arican Republic (CAR). This is one of most poorest country in the Africa and hence the world
Surrounded by Chad, Sudan, Congo and Cameroon (some neighbours those are!).
The president was overthrown by a general in 2003 by name Francoise Bozize who went ahead to conduct a democratic election in 2005. Their saga is above
Chad- this is an Arabic country. Also one of the most poorest and corrupt countries in the world. It is marred by poor governance. The president Idriss Deby is an executive one who is most reputed for marrying severally. He has been in power since 1990 which he seized by a military coup, He has contested and won in 1996 and 2001. Little is said of the elections...more
Comoros-this is an Island country with a population of 780,000 people. That's less than the Nairobians. Despite being poor, this country has had coups and political insurrections. The president was elected democratically. . More
Cote D' Ivoire (ivory coast)_ Home to the striker Dider Drogba.
Many things have been said in Kenya precisely on 30th December that it should go the Ivory way. Exactly which way was this?
There is an ongoing civil war, coups and political insurrection. The country is split between the president Laurent Ggabo and a rebel leader Soro. It seems until the groups are disarmed, they are stuck.
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AFRICAN POLITICS ALPHABETICALLY A-C
Posted: July 2, 2008, 3:54 pm by Girl In the Meadow
All eyes are on Mugabe and everyone including PM Raila is asking the AU to intervene. Yeah right; you might want to know what the C.E.O's of Africa call democracy. I mean you cannot exercise democracy if you do not know what democracy is or ask others to exercise democracy. How now???. That's why all your AU intervention please will fall on deafest ears. In this case of Zimbabwe to quote Bossip i will say Jesus Take the Wheel.
Sources: wikipedia
Algeria
I cannot understand how their politics work for this Arabic Country (do they even consider themselves Africans?). Go here
Angola
This country has been ravaged by war for several decades.
Has an executive Presidency. The last elections were held in 1992, the president has said there may be elections in 2009. That's 17 Years folks.
For more go here
Benin
Has an Executive president by name Thomas Boni Yayi.
2 year maximum cap, elections free and fair. No 70+ president. Fair enough
Botswana
I could say one of the most opportunity countries in Africa, i am a Kenyan i know that. General elections held fair and freely every five years. Good
Burkina Faso
This is the land of the upright people.
Executive president for a five year term. Sitting president does not qualify for a re-election. Ruled by a folk called
Blaise Compaore since 1987. Thats 21 years. Fossil!!. Go here
Burundi
One of the poorest countries in the whole wide world from where my ancient folks must have almost come from. Pierre Nkurunziza is the C.E.O. A guy called Buyoya had declared himself president in a bloodless coup sometimes in 95. To know more about the guru of African Destruction go here
Ps/ C-G this week.
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MIS-NAIROBI-FICATION
Posted: July 2, 2008, 2:35 pm by Girl In the Meadow
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I could use "INSTANT"
Posted: June 30, 2008, 8:32 pm by Girl In the Meadow
Ever since instant carrot, we no longer cut our own sukumawikis (thanks to Instant), nor meat. Yes please i hope to get someone to cut the onions too.
Don't you just love this Instant era?
We communicate instantly (how is it we survived with the posta Snail mail), waiting for replies forever that is if it were ever delivered. Which reminds me of the KBW card, that was last seen in England (digression 101).
Lemme remember how we used to write the damn letter,
"dear xxxx, i hope you are fine. Thanks for your letter, i received it with many thanks (grammaerrors intended). We are all fine, infact grandmother was sick,,..aiish"
Now we write,
"hy, how r u? M gud. misya".
For the record, don't send me any of those r u's.
Now, what i need is
Instant hair (weaves not applied for) like, braids planting themselves on my head without me having to sit for 6-7 hours in a kibanda.
Instant moods-there is a certain someone i want to manufacture a smile for albeit unwillingly because i am not good at fakery. This time it's important
Instant husband- not really but i mean when i need one then said can disappear when i don't need. Ps/ I still intend to leave alone
I know there are certain instants i can get
Instant nails (ala acrylics)
Instant loving
I mean instant publishing (blogging).
Why wait when you can get the instants?
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SATC in Nairobi
Posted: June 27, 2008, 2:18 pm by Girl In the Meadow
Forget Sex and the City, guide to the Nairobi dating scene
For men over 35
Normal? Yes
Playa? Yes go to number two
Conventional wisdom; good men are nabbed before they can learn how to use their money alone.
Number One: Normal, playa
Define normal; not psychotic, has no R-Kelly sort of "in the closet" secrets
Hard to quit the playa life..go to number two
Number Two; Normal, Not Playa
Set Criteria :Income levels
High income
Set new criteria: Religious?
Not been to a church since Pope John Paul was here in '85. Can pass
Set new criteria: Interesting?
Favourite Joke: I passed out while driving my car after drinking
Huh! go to Number three
Number three: normal, not playa, teetotaller, good jokes
Rare type. if you get this one, run to the AG's
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Many other things
Posted: June 23, 2008, 4:04 pm by Girl In the Meadow
Nairobi is becoming super active for those with similar interests. Take one bar camp, Sevens, Wapi, Tusker Project FAME grand finale all on the same weekend!
There is no more techie in me that goes beyond writing this blog. Thank you blogger. But i attended albeit very late,the Bar Camp Nairobi finally meeting Hash. Even if i half understood half of what was going on, i caught on one that i finally could understand, the renewable sources. But even then it would be good to know what kind of things the folks at Blogger go through and naturally i am a curious person.
What i saw
People of young age interested in changing their lives and hence the lives of many Kenyans. Wealth creation in Kenya is a topic that deals me headaches, think of it just how much can you do with scarce resources. But even then, lets hope we are going to translate these super ideas into cash!
The thing with Blog world is that it introduces you to fantastic people who you would probably have never met who are all interested in doing things to change things around them. Most people in Kenya are stuck in the problem phase, solutions are rarely provided.
Anyway i went for Sevens a bit. The Kenyans can cheer and drink.
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NOTORIETY INDEX
Posted: June 19, 2008, 4:17 pm by Girl In the Meadow
I wish i could have conducted a poll on this one.- Matatu Drivers take the accolades- they are loud, act like they have a right of way, don't care about traffic rules and generally represent what ill manners look like. Plus their conductors
- Stock brokers are fast gaining the name rogue and wayward- this need not be explained
- Civil Servants- though no longer known as the people who hang the coats on the chair while pretending to be at work the whole day, . Civil servants have not really changed and i don't expect them to. They still blatantly ask for bribes to do work they should be doing. Lets just say 99% make the other 1% look bad.
- Industries - They join this index for making Nairobi River look like a dumping site or worse.
- The Transport Minister- I don't know what this guy does, maybe he should explain to us via the notorious Government Spokesman.
- Members of Parliament- Nothing good can be said of these people. They know how to debate on many issues concerning how to raise their money, how to use their money and how to have money after they leave parliament. Very progressive indeed.
- The Standard newspapers- I don't know if this Newspaper knows there are many things that exist in Kenya beyond their cheap political rhetoric.
- The City Planners -and who are they?
- All those people who come on Tv and say "Tunaomba Serikali itusaidie"
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IF YOU CAN'T SING....LOOK GOOD
Posted: June 17, 2008, 6:34 pm by Girl In the Meadow
People say sometimes that Beauty is only superficial. That may be so. But at least it is not so superficial as Thought is. To me, Beauty is the wonder of wonders. It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances.
Oscar Wilde
The Judges at Tusker Project Fame and Idols are in distress. This is from the decision of the public to save Hemedi Suleiman and Cynthia Kuto despite their apparent lack of strong singing talent. See no much probs with Cynthia but Hemedi (ngai fafa!). And they are not hiding it.
I almost went under cover, hearing Hemedi sing New York, New York, Frank Sinatra's precious song. It was first destroyed by Susan Mayer (Teri Hatcher) in Desperate Housewives. Gosh that song will never be the same again.
Ian could be heard saying terrible, intolerable (not), deplorable.
But all the same if i was a contestant, i would save Hemedi any day. Why? He is not competition enough. I wouldn't pull an Alvan then end up without a Benz ati "For love"whaddf**k
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SOME THINGS JUST DON'T GO AWAY
Posted: June 16, 2008, 3:35 pm by Girl In the Meadow
Don't get me wrong (disclaimer)
After the Harambee Stars match, the stars started singing "Obama, Oliech, Odinga". Point being?
The win was ecstatic with thousands of Kenyans watching the match aside from that so not welcome tribal insinuation. The stars should remember all Kenyans are with them regardless.
And that not in football alone
When ODM fronted a Kipsigis by name Nge'no, Nkaissery could no longer understand democracy, it was tribal issues again. NO way could a Kipsigis lead the Maasais. Wow!
When Esther Passaris fronted herself she said "Ni Muthoni" just to appeal to the larger Kikuyu community of Embakasi and she stated rightfully of course that her mother hails from Naromoru. That didn't work for her even if i really wanted her to win. I was negatively touched by her appeals. I think she is a brilliant strong person and she didn't have to go to that extent to appeal to the voters.
Somethings just won't magically disappear.
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New Trick Questions.
Posted: June 13, 2008, 4:32 pm by Girl In the Meadow
So if you are a young twenty something female going on interview in Kenya you expect this questions for reals
Are you single
the answer to this one is lose-lose
Yes
Interpretation
You have come to look for husband in our company
you will soon be married
meaning
you will be pregnant soon
and need 4 months off
Verdict: not hired
Are you single
NO
Next question
Are you married
Are you engaged
Lets see
Married without children
You are going to get some soon and yes need 4 months leave to pop
Married with probs one child (hey20 something)
Have you finished with the family you know (22, huh, obviously not!)
You will need 4 months leave
Verdict: Not hired.
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Muse
Posted: May 27, 2008, 6:02 pm by Girl In the Meadow
Filed under Unconventional Fiction
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Ok, so it's not anything to sweat over, right. Nobody should sweat over small stuff. So, why the sudden realization? I mean if your dreams are filled with walking somebody's, ok everyone does walk. Anyway let's just say, dreams are intimate things but when featuring certain somebody's 7 nights out of 7 nights, it gets scary. And that certain somebody is hardly aware of the said fact. It feels a bit odd; it deserves space on my space. Like post a video of the dreams on you tube and then post to said somebody and say "Don't you just gerrrrrit!". Then explain like Barney (HIMYM) that's totally going in my blog huH.
Said person has no legendary anything. I mean not strong hands that played rugby(KM 06). Ok I know other somebody with J. Or lets just say said person's legend is still undiscovered. So help ME God
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Cristiano Ronaldo and the Prisoner of Azkaban????
Posted: May 22, 2008, 4:08 pm by Girl In the Meadow
I am just assuming there are Harry Potter fans in the blogosphere. This is a super one!!!
The picture of Dorian Gray yes the so called immoral book by the Iconic Oscar Wilde is been made to a movie again. If you haven't read it go to www.oscarwildecollection.com or go to a Nakumatt near you, book costs only Ksh. 250.
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IS ANYONE SWITCHING TO CELTEL???
Posted: May 21, 2008, 8:21 pm by Girl In the Meadow
If there is an interesting oligopoly (duopoly) in Kenya is Safaricom and Celtel. While other oligopolies say Newspapers have a fixed price for their products and that's the expected business behaviour Safcom/Celtel continues to wage price wars.
The latest is one of the cheapest; 3/= sh Celtel off peak hours. But is anyone switching to Celtel. Kenyans have been waiting endless for cheap mobile calls, nothing is cheaper than 3/= but why are Safaricom subscribers so loyal. There is nothing superior about Safaricom, their customer service is the crappest, their free customer care line never goes through, their care centres always have lines akin to those of Co-operative banking hall.
Things Celtel/new entrants might have to consider;
Kenyans hold their numbers dear to their heart. At the beginning of the mobile telephony, subscribers switched their lines between Kencel and Safcom before finally settling on safaricom or Kencell. That's at the point Kencell then lost their first war.
Kencell fought the battle at Clarity; Safaricom fought the war on cheapest.
Cheapest made sense then.
So came Celtel which realized that clarity was not making sense and started introducing new cheaper tariffs on a weekly basis. Some people bought Celtel lines on the side to call when it was cheaper to do so. Again no one switched from Safaricom permanently. It soon became boring to switch between two lines.
Now Celtel is fighting on a cheaper war, Safaricom is not bothered.
Will Safaricom regret this apathy? Safaricom must have tested their customers loyalty and realized its unwavering.
Kenyans have this thing of brand loyalty. As someone joked they ask for "Blueband ya Prestige" They think margarine is blue band. Just like they think Pampers =diapers or think Kodak.
Think Mobile think Safaricom.
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The saga continues....
Posted: May 14, 2008, 3:26 pm by Girl In the Meadow
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What's this there is more HIV in Nyanza vs more HIV in Central discussion? Why should it even arise?
Why does any discussion on Raila lead to portrayal of Kikuyus as monsters. What does a discussion of Kibaki have to do with Raila and vice versa, the two are not the same person and each has their own fatal flaws (think Art of War) and merits.
I know each is aware of the disastrous election campaigns they carried out.The effects of divisions are not going to wear out just because somebody said so.
That notwithstanding I thought 4 months later and after intense bleeding I am shocked we are still having a your province is better than ours or our people are more hardworking than yours arguments. When will Kenyans ever grow up? I mean if you can't learn from your own experiences then how can you learn?
When I listened to Orengo waxing lyrical that Kikuyus who have been displaced from the Rift Valley should be resettled, elsewhere I could not believe he is first and foremost a human rights lawyer and a nationalist as he had appeared to severally be. How politicians change. There has been an excellent piece on Kenya Imagine on the issue of Ancestral land and someone has asked very correctly "since the Maasai people are nomadic pastoralists, does that mean every piece of parcel they have passed through makes it their ancestral land?". What I know is that anyone claiming others must move from their rightful or otherwise acquired land, is a terrible daydreamer. Ask those who own land in the middle of Nairobi City. Maybe Kenyatta was wrong in allocating land to his cronies/tribesmen, maybe he was not; I am not willing to pursue where is it again,..where my great great great grandfather came from maybe he was even a Maasai grazing his cows and then...., I don't know. see how drafty the story of ancestors can be.
Ababu Namwamba swallows Bitter Pill
Politics is an interesting game, a few months just when the Honorable Ababu Namwamba pulled theatrics on the swearing day of parliament he has to taste his own medicine. The man he swore to will hear nothing of opposition and publicly so. The people of Kisumu have been told that Government is where they belong and rightly so after the attempt to get into statehouse were thwarted by what some will argue (ODMers) grand theft of elections.
I have nothing but respect for Mr. Ababu the young man from Budalangi who ousted the useless Raphael Wanjala but that is as far as it goes. Your tongue the bible says is very dangerous and destructive.
Raila and Kibaki belong to the same class; the elite political class. I mean just six months after I was born, Raila pulled one on Moi, that was 26 years ago .Kibaki was then a VC for president Moi . 20 years later, he is the man that Raila declared "Tosha" and who Raila is calling your Excellency now. Gosh Ababu can't you see? Politics is a silly game! You disrespected Kibaki in full glare of the Cameras because you thought they are grand enemies. Now Raila marked you, knows you can't respect an old man (at least) and will clip you before you can develop your wings! First learn the game, before you can even act or talk.Don't get too excited. Watch this space.
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I NEVER LEARN!
Posted: May 12, 2008, 8:51 pm by Girl In the Meadow
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I AM AFRAID
Posted: May 9, 2008, 4:46 pm by Girl In the Meadow
Blah blah blah
Fish cakes
Alas a fish cake.
Yet more fish cakes
Guess what ... yeah ... fish cakes.
The end of the fish cakes
