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• The Chinese are Turning Red

  Posted: May 3, 2012, 2:20 pm by carolkmail

  There is something lovable about the Chinese. Maybe it’s their crying-like accent. Or could be the fact that they can invade a city and in no time exact own nearly every business in town. But mostly I think it’s their tiny bodies. It is near adorable! Seriously, do you think if a chinese person ate [...]

• Accessing Mother’s Payslip

  Posted: April 26, 2012, 3:54 pm by carolkmail

  This morning I get a call from mother and the first thing she asks me is ‘do you have internet?’ No ‘Hi. How are you doing? How is Junior? Has he gained weight?’ Completely out of character for her. I pull the phone from my ear and look at the name on the screen. You [...]

• Clap-Clap, Procter & Gamble and Things

  Posted: April 23, 2012, 2:25 am by carolkmail

  I’m telling you. If weeks used to come like the last one, I’d be too overwhelmed with good feelings and ‘clap-clap’ moments to get any work done. And I can clap. Ask around. Why I’m I clapping? They Consider Me Creative Earlier this week, I discovered that I had been nominated among the lot I [...]

• Lessons Courtesy of Balcony Farm

  Posted: April 15, 2012, 11:11 am by carolkmail

  Once in a while, ok, more often than I’d openly admit, I’m always looking for lessons in what I do. Partly because I do too many things at the same time. In other part, because if I don’t look for lessons in what I do, most likely I won’t do much. Remember the balcony garden [...]

• The Story of Hope and Future

  Posted: April 1, 2012, 2:16 pm by carolkmail

  This was an event like no other. Again, thanks to my social media (actually twitter) connection, I got to learn about Vision Africa and the event that they were going to have, to mark their 10th Anniversary dubbed #KumiKommunity. Theirs is a cause that addresses issues that we all talk about, but are never sure [...]

• Let Events Begin! 1: The Nissan Challenge Premiere

  Posted: March 22, 2012, 8:33 am by carolkmail

  The Declaration Told you lot I’m on an event attending spree. O I didn’t mention it on here? Ok, here’s the 411. A friend was so bold as to mention that I have become a wall flower. Promised if I didn’t change my weepingly boring ways he’d ensure that my next birthday gift would be [...]

• Insecurities Of A Proud Mum

  Posted: March 18, 2012, 9:12 am by carolkmail

  I will now openly and officially admit. I am not super anything. I get tired. Actually knackered. Between running around with junior, doing homework, housework, money work (that’s earning a living in case you are wondering) and showering (I really think this should be optional) at the end of each day, or the beginning of [...]

• Make Tea. It’s 3am.

  Posted: March 5, 2012, 3:16 am by carolkmail

  I really, really REALLY need to review my work schedule. Yes. It is the ungodly hour and I just decided to catch a break from one of my maaaany projects. Cup of hot ginger tea. I can hear the lot who like making fun of me and my ginger tea giggling. It’s not that I’m [...]

• First Michael Jackson, Now Whitney Houston

  Posted: February 12, 2012, 11:23 am by carolkmail

  Yep! My childhood in music is going up in flames. Today was one of those lazy Sunday morning. You know, the one you wake up at 10:00a.m. and even then wonder where the night went. In my defense, I had a late night. Working. Hehe. I caught that twinkle in your eyes. You were imagining [...]

• Social Networks and Keeping Up

  Posted: February 3, 2012, 8:51 am by carolkmail

  While I mildly dislike change, I tend to enjoy riding the world of fads, especially if they are promising to be sorta cool. My worst is the Social Networks. See the problem is all the friends I know are deep in the Social Networks networks (not a repeat error). Naturally, when they are trying these [...]

• Going Green. Thumb.

  Posted: January 12, 2012, 9:51 am by carolkmail

  Go ahead! Laugh! But I will not let the landlord or nay sayers prevent me from painting my thumb green! On the balcony. Sometime last year, I informed you lot that I wanted to acquire a certain plot of land (the landlord’s flower bed really) but I had some legal issues as the title deed [...]

• A Tribute as We Go Guns Blazing

  Posted: January 3, 2012, 8:41 pm by carolkmail

  Hello you lot. Welcome back. I’m glad we made the cross-over safely. There is however one little angel who didn’t make it. And his, is the Tribute that I am taking a moment to pay on here. The year did not end so well for the me, Adams’ Mummy, his friends and the Wanadamu family [...]

• As The Year Comes To A Close

  Posted: December 28, 2011, 10:12 pm by carolkmail

  I sit here with nothing profound to say to you. Yeah I know…, you’d think after having a whole year of introspection I would have this huuuuge thing to say to help change your life. Ok, maybe I do (now thinking excessively and unnaturally hard). I have had the most spectacular year by the way [...]

• We Dropped A Tooth

  Posted: December 18, 2011, 1:15 pm by carolkmail

  Technically, Junior did. You know how when a woman gets pregnant and the husband goes fist bumping all his pals, yelling ‘We Are Pregnant!!!’ while singing circumcision songs and dropping drinks? Yes, well, that’s how the WE in ‘We Dropped a Tooth’ is used here. Insider Information: When you bear offspring, you are always worried [...]

• Tis Not The Gifting Season

  Posted: December 12, 2011, 9:35 am by carolkmail

  Not for me anyway. No. I’m not trying to be grinchy. Much. You see, gifting for me is very important. When I get you a gift, I probably spent months agonizing, shop-hoping, profiling you, asking you indirect questions and (not proud of this by the way) probably rummaging through your garbage. And the question on [...]

• The Walkabout

  Posted: November 26, 2011, 3:19 pm by carolkmail

  A walkabout, I read somewhere, is best defined as a short period of wandering bush life engaged in by an Australian aborigine as an occasional interruption of regular work. I’m not an Australian aborigine (looks can be deceiving) and looking around, the shrubbery near me would not qualify as bush to be wandered in. Still, [...]

• What Defines You?

  Posted: October 31, 2011, 11:40 am by carolkmail

  I tend to have very interesting conversations. Eye opening even. Yes, I do that regularly. The other day I got into a debate (no, really this time it wasn’t an argument it was a real debate) about determining who you are and what your purpose is or what makes you tick. What makes you wake [...]

• I Smile, Thanks To Wanadamu

  Posted: October 19, 2011, 10:44 am by carolkmail

  Adams and his Mummy The smile I never get used to. The boy that continues to touch my heart. The boy that I met thanks to Wanadamu. The initiative that has helped save lives and deliver such smiles to our hearts. I told you about Wanadamu a few months back. I already knew it was [...]

• The Boy and His Shaved Eyebrows

  Posted: October 16, 2011, 4:00 pm by carolkmail

  I know what you are thinking. And you could not be more wrong. This was not one of my experiments. Neither did I confuse him with one of my dollhouse collections. Honest! This is entirely his fault. Just so you know, he turned five recently. Lately, he has developed a heightened sense of adventure. The [...]

• If Mother Was on Twitter

  Posted: October 9, 2011, 3:23 pm by carolkmail

  I know what you are thinking…. ‘she’s always looking for ways to invite trouble in’. You are right! What would life be without the excitement of expectation or even acting out scenarios? Two nights ago, as I was taking a break from work, I decided to go through my twitter timeline. Mostly for amusement’s sake [...]

• Who Stole The Simple Days?

  Posted: September 25, 2011, 8:49 pm by carolkmail

  Today has been one of those days. You know, inspiration = negative 25%. Writing-wise that is. On such days, I levitate (ok I use the ladder) my not-inspired self onto some high place, perch myself comfortably and just stare. Mostly into space. Blade of grass in mouth helps. I therefore make sure I have a [...]

• Sucker Punching The Movie

  Posted: September 18, 2011, 2:30 pm by carolkmail

  At first glance, it is a girlie movie with a badass twist. Very easy to ignore. And I almost ignored it. Patience in most cases never becomes me so if you do not have my attention in the first 5 minutes, I already moved on. But not this movie. For some reason, it got me [...]

• What Do You Do For A Living?

  Posted: September 11, 2011, 12:36 pm by carolkmail

  Well go on. Tell me! What do you do for a living? See, I’ve lived a little many years and this is one of the questions that I find most of us have the hardest time answering. Unless of course you are the Managing Director of a huge corporation that does not exploit workers and [...]

• The Banking Idiot

  Posted: August 31, 2011, 5:32 pm by carolkmail

  I am naturally a very level headed chick. Babe. Girl. Ok, fine! Woman! Semantics! One thing that has however eluded me is times and dates. Don’t get me wrong, I will keep time and date as long as you communicate the two well in advance. I am a planner. I don’t do very well with [...]

• Superhero and Sheep

  Posted: August 15, 2011, 1:25 pm by carolkmail

  Schools have closed. This means I am, and have been for the past two weeks, my kid’s new playmate. I love playing with him. I don’t get much play time when he is in school, so you can call this my holiday as well. It is as good as it gets most of the time [...]

• #My5Links

  Posted: August 5, 2011, 12:21 pm by carolkmail

  There is this Wiseguy I know. He never has an unkind word to say about my writing. So full of praise he is that he tends to get me into trouble. You know, the heart attack inducing kind. For example, he tagged me and made sure he, in no subtle words hounded me to get [...]

• A House Party and Rickety Bones

  Posted: July 31, 2011, 6:52 pm by carolkmail

  I am young at heart. So young in fact, I think my heart is still toddling. While this is all fine and happy, my bones tell another story. It’s not that they are falling apart. Not all the time anyway. It’s just that they are not as young as they used to be. You know, [...]

• Of Charities And Blood

  Posted: July 21, 2011, 10:37 am by carolkmail

  Fact: I am not as brave as I have led you to believe. What, you knew that already? Ok. Here’s something you don’t know. I have been known to shed a tear or two once in a while. Smoke and dirt particles in the eye mostly but on occasion, the collective power and kindness of [...]

• The Pool And The Bucket List

  Posted: July 6, 2011, 11:00 am by carolkmail

  I’ll admit. I have a weired bucket list. Don’t believe me? Get this. My list includes kissing the president of the day. Go ahead. Pull the eeeeeeew…. shriek. I don’t blame you. I half gag every time I refer to that item. I’m hopeful though. Hopeful that by the time I get to cross that [...]

• Junior’s Nearly All Grown Up!

  Posted: June 26, 2011, 11:47 am by carolkmail

  Almost. See for the past few months, he has been insisting that he is not 4 years old any more. And he would get all touchy about being 4, saying that I told him he was 4 when he was in Sparrow B Class of Teacher Meg (this tale has no end in sight. Trust [...]

• My Spanking New Work Spot

  Posted: June 14, 2011, 11:35 am by carolkmail

  If you don’t know by now, I’m a freelance consultant. Woah! Let’s take a moment here. *sigh* I’ve always wanted to use ‘freelance consultant’ in a sentence. It sounds vague yet completely mysterious! *wipes tear* Moving on. It follows then, that I do most of my important work (nothing like heart surgery but close) from [...]

• Me, The Headphone Eating Monster

  Posted: June 7, 2011, 3:29 pm by carolkmail

  5 Pairs of headphones. In a span of hmmmm….lets see….. well….. *whispers* about 8 months. Yes. That is the number of headphones I have ran through. I mentioned that to someone and he, in a priceless expression yelled, ‘are your ears acidic???’ This is the point at which I would probably have punch the living [...]

• The Day We Almost Stood Raptured

  Posted: May 22, 2011, 11:21 am by carolkmail

  I heard about it sometime last year. I read about it properly a few months ago. Either way, it did make me uncomfortable. O come on! Don’t tell me you did not pause for a moment, contemplating the rapture! Every cynic I know had an opinion about it. Yes, I know, you are wondering, so [...]

• Happy Mother’s Day Mummy

  Posted: May 8, 2011, 12:25 pm by carolkmail

  She is one of those women who always has a smile on her face. Seriously! I think the only time I saw my mum sport a no-nonsense look is when she opened a collective can of whoop-ass on us. Yes. I said collective. See, I was raised with a bunch of boys, so when it [...]

• Write!

  Posted: May 4, 2011, 11:41 am by carolkmail

  Yep! Someone had the guts to yell that to me. Exactly what was he yelling that for? Cluing you in. The conversation in short went like this: Him: I read your blog Me: *shocked look* Him: Really, I do! And I love it! I notice you write weekly. Me: Are you kidding me?! You actually [...]

• Dancing Up A Storm

  Posted: April 25, 2011, 11:51 am by carolkmail

  I love dancing. O come on, quit with the shocked expression and close your mouth, will you? I’m not saying it is graceful or that my bones don’t rattle with every turn, hence scaring everyone away. No. That doesn’t stop me all the same. This weekend was a dancing weekend. Ok, obviously not the whole [...]

• Locally Manufactured Reads

  Posted: April 15, 2011, 8:07 am by carolkmail

  Another week gone. Can you believe that? If I wasn’t so productive and feeling proud of myself, I’d be on a whining spree. But it’s been good. I haven’t broken anything (or anyone), so it’s happiness all round. Today I’m early. 4:00am early. I enjoy mornings to myself. Without the sun. The silent house. Sometimes [...]

• You Will Get A Song

  Posted: April 8, 2011, 9:29 pm by carolkmail

  Music runs my life. Well, that and doodling or typing, depending on time of day. As such, it should come as no surprise that everyone who crosses my otherwise half interesting life gets allocated a song. Don’t jubilate yet, it’s not always or necessarily a good thing. Crossing can also be negative and even those [...]

• Brain’s Got April Jokes!

  Posted: April 1, 2011, 12:00 pm by carolkmail

  Blank mind. Not a sentence to write. For over a week now. Maybe two. And a half. See we have a working arrangement with my brain. It comes up with semi-interesting material to put up here, and my body, mostly my fingers, do the rest. Which is basically typing it out. May not seem like [...]

• Keeping Up with The Almost Williams

  Posted: March 21, 2011, 3:55 pm by carolkmail

  First of all, I am a hopeless romantic. Well, nearly. It should therefore come as no surprise that I have been following the almost wedding of the century. Neither should it come as a surprise that I am hoping to get invited to the said event. Yep! I dream too. And as I always say, [...]

• I Dub Thee The 5 Minute Japanese

  Posted: March 14, 2011, 10:49 am by carolkmail

  No! Of course not! I did not become queen overnight. But let’s pretend for a minute that I am queen. I think I am actually allowed to be queen on this space, so work with me. So again, I dub thee the 5 minute Japanese. I will even grant you time travel powers. Backwards of [...]

• Dress Me Gorgeous

  Posted: March 5, 2011, 6:13 pm by carolkmail

  Base looks at me and says ‘you are my dinner date this Friday’. I almost fall off my seat. No really, how do you drop the D word on me like that? There is supposed to be ceremony! I mean, considering I refer to my major meal of the day as supper, it’s only fair! [...]

• Wild Things

  Posted: February 24, 2011, 9:33 am by carolkmail

  Little known fact. I’ve always had an unhealthy fascination for Bikes. I should say upfront that I suck at Photoshop. Now, I’m not going back to school to learn Photoshop so that I can juxtapose my pretty self onto this baby so you lot can see how she and I would look together. I am [...]

• Green Thumb and Things

  Posted: February 16, 2011, 10:12 am by carolkmail

  I’m a country girl at heart. What was that? Noooo! There’s a difference between being a villager and being a country girl. Not that there’s anything wrong with being a villager… Sigh. This is quickly degenerating to a both-feet-in-her-mouth moment, isn’t it? Moving on swiftly. I have been told that I have the opposite of [...]

• A Disease & Germs Lesson in Not Planning

  Posted: February 6, 2011, 1:34 pm by carolkmail

  I generally love kids. More specifically, I love my kid more than anything else in this world. But. And I say this with a lot of love. Kids are germ carriers. Disease magnets. Vermin breeders. In fact, I’d go ahead and confidently say, if you were to place them under a giant microscope, you’d probably [...]

• Of Toasters and Skin Jobs – Battlestar Galactica

  Posted: January 26, 2011, 12:28 pm by carolkmail

  “Now she’s reviewing series?” You ask. “No” I reply. Well, not really, but this one just got a first class nomination to the blog. I like Sci Fi’s. I can never get enough of them, especially if they are well written, well played out and I can squeeze some lessons from them. Battlestar Galactica qualified [...]

• Your Blog, Your Project

  Posted: January 15, 2011, 2:57 pm by carolkmail

  I recently had an argument with a friend. No, this time it was a sensible argument (whatever that means). He’s wanted to start a blog for the longest time but never had the time to do it. Suddenly, he was so fired up, he wanted to start 3 (Yes, 3), and of course, he came [...]

• Now They Slap Me With New Rules!

  Posted: January 10, 2011, 11:07 am by carolkmail

  Seriously! Nobody ever listens when I speak. Its like I’m gnashing my teeth! I talk, they stare at me, hang on to their hats, and continue with conversation. Like wind just passed through the room! The worst are the teachers in my kid’s school. That lot has absolutely no respect for my tantrums. I need [...]

• Introspecting Spectacularly

  Posted: January 2, 2011, 11:43 am by carolkmail

  I have been told severally that my feeble attempt at humor is my way of hiding what I feel or what I want to say. Not really. If you really listened, and I mean REALLY listened, you would actually know exactly what I’m saying. But we are humans. Listening is not one of our strong [...]

• Local Tourism -The Nakuru Experience Part 1

  Posted: December 20, 2010, 4:36 pm by carolkmail

  This holiday Season, I have decided to take up Local Tourism. My Boss (ie the thinking part of my brain) and I had a long talk about how I have clocked many hours, days, nights, holidays and weekends and we agreed that I’ve earned myself some break. I figured that the best way to utilize [...]

• Why I’m Smiling – A Shopping Lesson

  Posted: December 13, 2010, 6:52 pm by carolkmail

  Today happens to be one of those days I’m wearing a huge grin and slowly sipping a stiff drink. I’m happy with myself. Reason? I got to teach a couple of guys a lesson, and the beauty of it is I did not need to go all conniving about it. Once in a while I [...]

• A Play Called Cinders

  Posted: December 1, 2010, 4:12 pm by carolkmail

  It is that time of the term again. Another first for me. As you can guess, I was not going to miss it. This time, we were being treated to a play called Cinders. A small boy comes to the mike and announces; ‘This play is about mummies and daddies. Once there was a mummy [...]

• Deal With It!

  Posted: November 27, 2010, 6:11 pm by carolkmail

  The way to stop being disappointed with people is not to expect anything in the first place. Other people are other people. They make their own choices and most of the times without me or you in mind. And thats ok. That’s the motto I have tended to live by. I am slowly realising that [...]

• The Day I lost My Mojo

  Posted: November 21, 2010, 4:06 pm by carolkmail

  The mojo in question is the writing mojo. For the likes of I who adore bombarding the likes of you with reading material, relevant or otherwise, the feeling of hopelessness is overwhelming. I went on a harping spree of how hopeless I was feeling, and my very kind friends on twitter @magaribina, @Wyndago @Wamathai @Shiko_Msa, [...]

• The Urban Expression of Elani

  Posted: November 6, 2010, 8:40 pm by carolkmail

  We have previously established that I dislike many things. Thunder, snails, mosquitoes, and yes, the night life. Thunder is too sudden. Too loud. I dislike noise generally. Its too unnerving. Snails, I can’t understand why anything chooses carry it’s dwellings on it’s back for eternity. Mosquitoes, well the darn things cannot let you catch a [...]

• Cutting Through The Wind. Stanchart Marathon Style!

  Posted: October 31, 2010, 4:04 pm by carolkmail

  You know one of those days when you wake up in the morning and think…. ‘My heart feels like it is stalling on me!’ On such days, not even intravenously administered espresso can help. Short of an adrenaline shot through the heart (I’ve been trying to stay away from drugs), going for a run was [...]

• The Wind Beneath Your Wings

  Posted: October 23, 2010, 2:32 pm by carolkmail

  Yes, I know, sappy alert. But indulge me. It’s not often I get to be the boring sappy woman next door. Besides, this is my blog, is it not? A few days ago, it was Shujaa day. Shujaa day is really Heros day, translated to Kenya’s national language, Kiswahili. It’s become quite an important day, [...]

• My Budding Love Affair with the Amazon Kindle

  Posted: October 12, 2010, 9:24 pm by carolkmail

  I’m a bushman. Really, I am. I have not been known to take to technology too well. Some people have even ventured to say that I’m afraid of having my brains fried by technology. They are not far off on this. I still, very fondly, retain my old Nokia 1100, which I have threatened individuals [...]

• Telecommuting Is For Grown-ups

  Posted: October 1, 2010, 12:43 pm by carolkmail

  I hate taking orders barked at me. Some people have even said that I am not a team player. But if team playing means kissing some behind somewhere, accounting for every staple pin I use and submitting my empty bic pen to get a replacement, yes, then you can say I’m not a team player. [...]

• He Can Do Everything, All On his Own

  Posted: September 24, 2010, 11:26 am by carolkmail

  Yes, I cannot tell you how many times I have rolled my eyes over the above statement. He turned four the other day. Since then, he’s been feeling quite grown up and has adopted this statement from his favorite cartoon character. It goes ‘I can do everything all on my own’. This is the boy [...]

• Life – One Big Project, Made Up of Semi-Projects

  Posted: September 19, 2010, 7:25 pm by carolkmail

  The other day, Base and I were having a discussion (read argument) about projects, what motivates them and what keeps them going. In case you have forgotten, Base happens to be the one person who has taken it upon himself to whip my behind every now and then should I seem to be getting out [...]

• Don’t Be a Stickler. Rules are Suggestions!

  Posted: September 14, 2010, 3:36 pm by carolkmail

  I come from a very flashy city. One of those cities where rules are really suggestions. Yes, I know you’ve heard that cliché before but we must have been the inventors of the cliché. I kid you not! For example: One rule has been, do not tint your car windows. It is for your own [...]

• Letting Go of the Need to Control – Not

  Posted: September 9, 2010, 4:04 pm by carolkmail

  Once in a while (actually more often than we imagine), something happens to us, to turn our lives right over our heads. In someone else’s eyes, this may look very immaterial. Petty even. But to you, it shakes you to the core. Breaks you down, tears you apart. As if to tell you, it’s time [...]

• To a Perfectly New Dawn

  Posted: August 27, 2010, 1:11 pm by carolkmail

  Daima mimi Mkenya, mwananchi mzalendo… Promulgation, Promulgation, Promulgation. It took me all of one week to this day, to spell that word correctly and three more to say it without the tongue slip. But can you really blame me? It’s not an everyday use word. Yes, we don’t always get to witness history being made, [...]

• When I Feel Lost

  Posted: August 24, 2010, 2:28 pm by carolkmail

  Never fear letting your vulnerability show, because then you’ll never get yourself unlost. I follow a blog by a very awesome woman called Penelope Trunk. One of the most fascinating things about her is that she is not shy to tell you who she is, where she’s come from, what she is going through and [...]

• Here’s To Another Year

  Posted: August 22, 2010, 7:40 pm by carolkmail

  ‘Nothing’s more satisfying than taking stock of a year gone by, appreciating successes, embracing mistakes and acknowledging you’ve grown even just a lil’ bit.’ Already? Seriously? O come on… I don’t even look that old *checking mirror*. Fine! I begrudgingly accept. I am one year older. I think I am wiser too (debatable). I have [...]

• Words of My Favorite Song

  Posted: August 19, 2010, 10:43 pm by carolkmail

  I know what you are thinking…. Which century was this one born? Well, rest easy. It’s actually this century…. I think…. Moving on! Once there were these hot radios and TV shows that used to entertain us to no end, and as I keep saying, those days were good days. Not much of choice, so [...]

• Green Eggs and Ham – Of Website Traffic

  Posted: August 15, 2010, 4:25 pm by carolkmail

  A story narrated to me by one of my favorite story teller goes: There was this server guy, who was having a very hard time trying to get anyone to sort out their mail, and delete unnecessary/junk mail from their inbox. Threats did not work, and he sure as hell was not going to pick [...]

• Killer Entertainment Gone Dead

  Posted: August 8, 2010, 6:30 pm by carolkmail

  Having grown up among boys, I was introduced to rough games and entertainment that would make any young girl squirm. It did not help matters that I was taller than quite a number of boys my age, so they did not really consider me a girl. Well, up until physical features started sprouting in odd [...]

• Field Trip? What Field Trip?

  Posted: July 25, 2010, 8:41 pm by carolkmail

  “You are not getting me out of this bus! I don’t care if you had informed me earlier about this trip. Did I agree to it? What do you mean I signed the consent form? Did I understand what the form was all about? What do you mean it’s a short trip?!” The above? Me [...]

• All Stars All What?

  Posted: July 18, 2010, 10:36 pm by carolkmail

  Yikes! Big Brother! The last 3 have been complete disappointments, so much so that I almost canceled my subscription, just to punish DSTV (how now? You ask). I have been known to do stranger self punishing things, to punish others. … Continue reading →

• Letter To My 13 Year Old Self

  Posted: July 10, 2010, 4:09 pm by carolkmail

  Bobby thinks I should write a ‘Letter To My 13 Year Old Self’ and since I really, really, REALLY like him , I shall oblige. She is a difficult one, this one, but here goes… Dear Carol, Young, lady, where … Continue reading →

• Love vs. In Love – This Idiot’s Translation

  Posted: July 7, 2010, 8:35 pm by carolkmail

  ‘Love is like the sun coming out of the clouds and warming your soul’ I promise you, my brain is not turning into goo. And no I am not going all mushy on you with this one. You can get … Continue reading →

• You Can Say Nothing in 500 Words?

  Posted: June 30, 2010, 1:31 pm by carolkmail

  We have already determined that I am the queen of say nothing in many words. But 500 words of say nothing is quite a fete, even for the ever so talented say nothing me. Hard as it might seem for … Continue reading →

• How to Kill a Rat

  Posted: June 22, 2010, 9:34 am by carolkmail

  Don’t you love the fact that I sometimes smoke very doubtful substances that make me come up with the most ridiculous titles? This one unfortunately, someone suggested to me. A dare, that this was one topic I couldn’t come up … Continue reading →

• For the Love of Car

  Posted: May 27, 2010, 8:19 pm by carolkmail

  I love cars. Really, I do. That doesn’t mean I am the fanatic who goes around (no offense) screaming how many horses a car carries under the hood – come to think of it, horses? I’d think cows or better … Continue reading →

• Why I am Enrolling in Kindergarten

  Posted: May 17, 2010, 2:24 pm by carolkmail

  When I was growing up, life was, well, not exactly easy but rather straight forward. Go to school, cram everything the teachers tell you, memorise your abc’s, sing your numbers, play with lots of mud, sit for an exam, touch … Continue reading →

• The Nairobi Arboretum – Angels Must Reside Here

  Posted: May 14, 2010, 5:33 pm by carolkmail

  Being the designer of my destiny and my journeys, I have recently declared myself a local tourist. From what I hear, no self-respecting local tourist can claim to be one, if they have never visited this small piece of heaven. … Continue reading →

• I haven’t yet hit writer’s block. I ...

  Posted: May 6, 2010, 2:20 pm by carolkmail

  I haven’t yet hit writer’s block. I being averagely brilliant though, knows that there comes a time… (complete the sentence, Saitoti style countrymen) and it’s bound to catch up with me at a very nasty time. So in my ever … Continue reading →

• Friends are Friends For Ever

  Posted: April 30, 2010, 4:10 pm by carolkmail

  Dear readers, please indulge me today, as I get out of my comfort zone and do my analysis of what seems to be an almost impossible item to acquire, well at least according to me. I have discovered, the hard … Continue reading →

• A Tour About Nairobi

  Posted: April 14, 2010, 7:43 pm by carolkmail

  Did you know that there is a tourist attraction round about KICC? Wipe the clueless look off your face. It’s there. Right atop the KICC. You pay to go up there, and you are given a tour guide. What possessed … Continue reading →

• The School Term Ends

  Posted: April 2, 2010, 5:48 pm by carolkmail

  Two days ago, I was the proud recipient of a young man’s school projects. While I have never seen much of what they do in school, I was greeted with a folder full of paintings and diagrams! That, accompanied with … Continue reading →

• Is Riding a Viral Video Sustainable for Your Blog?

  Posted: March 28, 2010, 6:57 pm by carolkmail

  I have to warn you, you may want to catch that axe right about now, before you start reading. I am not here to burst your bubble, but really to give you my thoughts and experience. I love Kenya. Mainly, … Continue reading →

• Panic Stations, Panic Stations!

  Posted: March 22, 2010, 6:52 pm by carolkmail

  I’m panicked. Don’t even ask why, well, until I stop hyperventilating anyway. Pass me the paperbag please…. You see, the reason why I am hyperventilating is I have these friends who just won’t let me be. Under normal circumstances, I … Continue reading →

• I’m Not Scatter Brained. I Promise.

  Posted: March 8, 2010, 10:41 am by carolkmail

  You may think you know, but you have no idea. What this statement has to do with the post? Absolutely nothing. I’ve always wanted to use it in a public sentence.  Anywho, the other day I had a very interesting … Continue reading →

• What’s In A Blog?

  Posted: February 15, 2010, 7:45 pm by carolkmail

  Quite a lot apparently. I know what you are thinking…. now she tells me! If it is any consolation, that was my exact reaction; `now they mention it’. According to experts, blogs have become a way for us to communicate … Continue reading →

• OMG I Cross To The Techie Side Of Life!

  Posted: February 8, 2010, 9:59 am by carolkmail

  And so it came to pass. The #140Conf was a huge success. Quite pleasantly choreographed, especially for an event that was being held for the first time in Kenya.  Discussions were very informative. Many like me who mostly use Twitter as a chat room got to realize that it is an even better marketing tool [...]

• After-School Fun

  Posted: January 25, 2010, 4:40 pm by carolkmail

  The reason I am on this particular post, is not so much as I have something extraordinarily brilliant to write about (I can be brilliant at times).  I am just tired, heavy day, and the first thing that comes to mind is my good old after-school primary school days. Most of you already know that [...]

• My Boots Were Made for Walking

  Posted: January 22, 2010, 4:57 pm by carolkmail

  My boots and I were made for each other. They have been faithful to me for the spell we have been together. Often, my friends laugh at me when they see what am wearing. They don’t understand that my boots and I keep each other company On days when we are both so weary, we [...]

• Changes

  Posted: January 15, 2010, 3:28 pm by carolkmail

  What is considered growth by one person is not nearly always what the next person would consider much. We should thus plan to grow on our own terms. This means that any pat on the back that we expect should be by ourselves only. If it comes from someone else, then let it be an [...]

• The Year That Was

  Posted: January 1, 2010, 11:06 am by carolkmail

  And the year came to a spectacular end. It was a hell of a year. Roller coaster ride kind of year really. We laughed, we cried. We loved, we lived, we lost. In the beginning, it was a very unsure year. Not knowing what to expect. Whether the year would be a fast one or not. [...]

• File Update

  Posted: November 15, 2009, 6:37 pm by carolkmail

  He got a call from Wendy last week. They, well, they have a history and it’s been a while since they last spoke. Jamie met Wendy back in his hacker days when he had no care in the world and spent quite a considerable amount of time penetrating systems. Even reputably secure ones. She’d been [...]

• And The Rain Came

  Posted: November 6, 2009, 11:45 am by carolkmail

  By Base I was outside when it started drizzling my first thought was to get back to the house, but my feet were dragging and then I wondered. “Why is it that we are programmed to head for the nearest shelter the moment rain even threatens?”  So I just stood there feeling the drops get heavier. [...]

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