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The Diary of a Kenyan Campus Girl

• Dear New Subscribers

  Posted: April 8, 2011, 5:31 pm by savvy08

  I wish to thank all new subscribers to this blog, keep that fire burning! (Don’t ask which fire). I also wish to tell you that you missed the memo!!!!! I am no longer a campus girl and as such I quit writing on this blog. I moved to savvykenya.com. Find me there and subscribe too!!! [...]

• 2010 in review

  Posted: January 3, 2011, 5:51 pm by savvy08

  I started blogging here: Savvy Kenya. Just thought I’d review how 2010 was. The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers About 3 million people visit the Taj Mahal every year. This [...]

• The End of An Era

  Posted: December 31, 2010, 6:10 pm by savvy08

  For three years, I’ve been your faithful blogger, sharing my campus adventures. Well, it’s time to move on. I’m now blogging at Savvykenya.com

• This is Not Goodbye

  Posted: December 16, 2010, 12:20 pm by savvy08

  It’s hard to say goodbye, so am not going to say it. I shall not do a going-away post or anything of the sort. Today is my last day in campus; am happy am leaving, am sad am leaving. It’s a bittersweet moment. Fours years in this place…anyway, I’ll be reminiscing later. Perhaps at another [...]

• The Trip To Coast

  Posted: December 6, 2010, 5:43 pm by savvy08

  I know I’ve been updating this blog like once in a lifetime, which is really sad because this is the last month I’ll be writing here, but blame it on my busy academic schedule. And a little laziness. So this year, for our ‘academic’ class trip, we chose coast again. The journey always begins with [...]

• I had another weird day

  Posted: December 2, 2010, 8:17 pm by savvy08

  So you are forced into this awkward unexpected hug when all you did was stretch out your hand. Then to make matters worse, the person wants to hug you on the other side too. And when you pull yourself away as quickly as possible, you find the said person is still holding onto you, and [...]

• The Highs and Lows of My Life in Campus

  Posted: November 22, 2010, 8:10 pm by savvy08

  The highs: First day in campus- definitely a life changing moment. I was so excited to be joining campus, though the queues to register and what not were the longest I’d ever seen. Campus meant new relationships, another chance to shine academically, the pursuit of computer studies, fashion etc. campus was everything. Numerous crushes. I [...]

• DEACONS REACHES OUT TO HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS WITH A TOUCH OF BREAST HEALTH AWARENESS

  Posted: November 11, 2010, 2:58 pm by savvy08

  Nairobi, 10 November 2010: Lifestyle brands retailer, Deacons Kenya Limited, has partnered with high schools in a breast health awareness initiative that is poised to change the lives of young girls in Kenya. The campaign, since July last year, has enabled the company reach out to over 2,500 girls in an enlightening breast-health initiative that [...]

• The Princess Project ~ Flight or Fight

  Posted: November 8, 2010, 8:35 am by savvy08

  The last few weeks have been the kind when I know I am alive because there’s so much going on but I can barely feel my own skin. It happens, to everyone, at some point. If you are like me, you’ll get a chance to stop for a moment and pinch your own cheek, just [...]

• Where is that campus-to-do list again?

  Posted: November 4, 2010, 8:52 am by savvy08

  It’s time I updated you on my progress. I still have around one and half months more of campus, so if there is anything left, there may still be time. Let’s see what I’ve done of recent. I got a tattoo I tore down papers from the notice board and climbed the water tank at [...]

• The Storymoja Hay Festival Kenya

  Posted: November 3, 2010, 3:24 pm by savvy08

  The post that came one month late!!!! The Storymoja Hay Festival Kenya took place between 1st and 3rd October, 2010 at the Railway Club in Nairobi. I attended the festival for the three days, and I didn’t even manage to catch all the events! There were over 90 events lined up, and the who’s who [...]

• The Nokia C3: My Review

  Posted: November 3, 2010, 10:55 am by savvy08

  My heart is breaking because I lost the Nokia C3 I had had for barely a week. How it got lost is a story for another day. Have you ever been in love with a phone? I thought I loved my Nokia 2700 Classic when I bought it with my own savings in December last [...]

• Remember that time I had a weird Monday?

  Posted: November 2, 2010, 3:29 pm by savvy08

  I’m sure I’ve now disappointed a number of people. One of them being the patron of the SDA group. See, I had a supper invitation to his house on the day Ugandan cranes were playing the Harambee Stars and tickets were already bought. I attended church for the first time this year that Saturday 9th [...]

• The Nairobi Toastmasters Club

  Posted: October 29, 2010, 3:32 pm by savvy08

  The toastmasters club is basically a place to improve your spoken language. You learn to give speeches, and there are levels of speeches you will give throughout your membership. You will be evaluated and promoted to the next level after every speech you give so you have to prepare well. Of course I did not [...]

• The evolution of the campus dating game

  Posted: October 27, 2010, 3:09 pm by savvy08

  The innocent age This is mostly in the first year of campus. The girls are at their most naïve, of course, in spite of themselves thinking very wise. They have all kinds of set values and high standards. He must be smart, well dressed, kind, polite, a Christian (and preferably of the same denomination), hard [...]

• Why Kenyan Women Went to KICC

  Posted: October 21, 2010, 5:30 pm by savvy08

  Crashing the High Metal Fence of A Fungible Reality by Eric Ng’eno on Wednesday, 08 September 2010 at 11:17 One of the best people I have had the good fortune of counting as a friend is a woman. A woman in full. And she has been my friend since fresher year, back in the day. [...]

• I almost got arrested

  Posted: October 16, 2010, 8:27 pm by savvy08

  I almost got arrested. Maybe it wasn’t as dramatic as am making it sound, but considering I’ve been arrested once (here is the story, but you won’t find an official record, that’s for sure) and as the cop explained to me, there are procedures to be followed at such times. See, I’d been caught handling [...]

• Harambee Stars Vs Ugandan Cranes

  Posted: October 11, 2010, 9:27 pm by savvy08

  Do you remember this post? I had no choice but to be in church on Saturday morning. I prepared and was in church by 10 a.m., which was a little late because the lecture theater where the services where being held was full. You know how lecture theaters are? Entrance is at the front and [...]

• Creekside Princess Webisode 10 – Decisions

  Posted: October 11, 2010, 12:00 pm by savvy08

  A strong sense of identity gives a person the idea she can do no wrong; too little accomplishes the same. A few months ago, Gabrielle Akinyi Wanjohi came to Nairobi. And then she realised that the above was true. In the strong sense of being Gaby, Tomboy, Creekside Princess, CB’s ex… she soon was lost, [...]

• Weird Monday

  Posted: October 5, 2010, 11:38 am by savvy08

  I have had a weird day. I haven’t been in control of it, everything I had planned to do, I haven’t. it all started on Friday, really. I got this weird call: “Hi Savvy. Are in campus?” It was a lecture-ish voice so I switched to my official voice and wondered aloud that we had [...]

• The Storymoja Hay Festival Kenya

  Posted: September 28, 2010, 4:29 pm by savvy08

  Rumour has it I may be an usher at this week’s Storymoja Hay Festival; you know I get to wear the Tshirt and act all important showing people around and directing lost souls. It’s a dream job. Venue: The Railways Club Date: 1st-3rd October Time: 11am to 6pm So what is it about? It’s about [...]

• Safaricom Classical Fusion Concert

  Posted: September 28, 2010, 1:19 pm by savvy08

  Having won a complimentary ticket for the Safaricom Classical Fusion Concert at Impala Grounds on Sunday the 26th of September, I arrived there one and a half hours late. Blame the traffic on Thika Road and Ngong Roads. I’d love to write about it, but am pressed for time so I’ll just post a few [...]

• The Princess Project ~ Indecent Proposals

  Posted: September 28, 2010, 12:20 pm by savvy08

  Indecent Proposals Indecent Proposals; offers that you would rather not get from certain people. Ideas that make you uncomfortable, challenge your morals and make you question human nature. Bold proposals that make you blush and then let that second question come to your mind: Where is the harm? The answer(s) to that question is what [...]

• Savvy (me) and Cars

  Posted: September 28, 2010, 12:02 pm by savvy08

  I’m girl, just in case you are wondering. So I don’t know much about cars, but I do know what I like and what I don’t like. I don’t like The Vitz ….. ….. … …. … But I dislike the Gumboot Even More. I’d rather be in a Vitz than in a Gumboot …. [...]

• Wamathai Spoken Word ~ October Edition

  Posted: September 28, 2010, 11:16 am by savvy08

  Wamathai.com presents Wamathai Spoken Word – October Edition on the 7th of October 2010 from 7PM – 10 PM at Secrets Lounge (Ground Floor, View Park Towers. Utalii lane, Nairobi). An entrance fee of Kshs. 150 will be charged at the door. The event will be hosted by Afro fusion Singer & songwriter Dela and [...]

• Top Searches

  Posted: September 22, 2010, 1:55 pm by savvy08

  So it turns out the top searches that lead to this blog are: kenyan porn, kenya porn, porn made in kenya, porn kenya, kikuyu girls having sex video I figure I might as well give them a clue: …. … That photo was courtesy of my twitter persona http://www.twitpic.com/photos/savvykenya View more photos there.

• The Internet Is Weird II

  Posted: September 22, 2010, 1:18 pm by savvy08

  The first post on internet weird-ism can be found here. Read it people, you’ll miss a lot because these two posts are connected. Or not. You decide after reading. … … … … …. …. …. So am sure you have received lots of mail from all kinds of Asian, South American guys/girls proposing to [...]

• The Princess Project ~ The Big City

  Posted: September 22, 2010, 1:09 pm by savvy08

  Ghosts can be friendly and frightful. The friendly visitors from the graves or our past usually come with good omens and bags of blessings. Then there are the horrid albeit wicked ghosts that never come with good tidings. In my experience, those are the persistent ones. They never seem to know when to leave reality [...]

• Back To WordPress

  Posted: September 22, 2010, 1:03 pm by savvy08

  Yeah, I know you feel like shooting me. I change URLs like men change socks. Every two days. Or maybe once a week. There are many reasons that had me URL whoring like these: they were mostly for money reasons. We all love money, don’t we? Don’t look at me like I compromised my principles [...]

• Now Blogging at Sikika

  Posted: June 19, 2010, 6:43 pm by savvy08

  Here is a link to my new blog You can get the feeds from the blog on the left.

• A Happy Easter

  Posted: April 3, 2010, 7:42 pm by savvy08

  This post was first published at Butterfly My brother was catching me up on his life in campus. It’s a phase we all go through. The thrifty spending the first few weeks ago from home. He told us of introduction to cadavers and subsequent dissection, and how, by the time one is in their second [...]

• Tales From Naivasha

  Posted: March 31, 2010, 10:30 am by savvy08

  This post was first published at Butterfly Someday I’m gonna find it Wish I knew what I was looking for Inside the disarray (inside the disarray) I woke up this morning Don’t know where I’m going But it’s alright I wouldn’t have it any other way (Lifehouse~Disarray) These lyrics could very well described my state [...]

• Post Coital Depression

  Posted: March 25, 2010, 2:42 pm by savvy08

  This post was first published here P what again? Yeah, I googled it. There is something like Post Coital Depression. Sounds like one of those wazungu diseases: ADD, DFD etc. Don’t ask what I was doing when I stumbled on it. I would have thought the aftermath should be the best time but read this: [...]

• The Kottet Idea

  Posted: March 22, 2010, 4:40 pm by savvy08

  I met 5 of my former school mates, five years later, on the same day. But not at the same time. Was this a coincidence or what? I met the first one as I walked aimlessly in town, having passed by the same place twice. It’s a long story…the walking-but-not-seeing-where am headed. She was with [...]

• Random Post

  Posted: March 19, 2010, 2:59 pm by savvy08

  Did something go wrong? No. did something change..definitely. I have lost something, but I have gained too. I have spent days trying to write this post. I have started at least 7 drafts, all of which I have discarded. So I have finally decided that that story will write itself when the time comes. Meanwhile, [...]

• Highway Romance

  Posted: March 17, 2010, 4:52 pm by savvy08

  Highway Romance

• Wacky Wednesday

  Posted: March 12, 2010, 11:23 am by savvy08

  This post was first published at Butterfly The day started great. Even a bad day starts well. I got to work in time, and met Moneyman at the stairs, waiting and watching as I walked across the expansive lobby that is the reception. He said when I reached the stairs: “I like the way you [...]

• Sauna

  Posted: March 10, 2010, 11:21 am by savvy08

  This post was first published at Butterfly I am not the world’s fittest person. I used to jog once in a while, back when I was in school…anyway, where I work, it has complete sports facilities. Name them, we got them. From monopoly, chess, to table tennis, squash, to gym and aerobics, to swimming pool, [...]

• To all aspiring Managers…!

  Posted: March 5, 2010, 12:14 pm by savvy08

  This was first published at Butterfly Here is something I got from a friend on Facebook.. Lesson 1: A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing up her shower, when the doorbell rings. The wife quickly wraps herself in a towel and runs downstairs. When she opens the door, there [...]

• Unlikely Conversations

  Posted: March 3, 2010, 11:02 am by savvy08

  This post was first published at Butterfly.co.ke I went to pick my payment from Moneyman. He was serving someone, so I waited. When he was through, he turned to me: “Savvy, you could have picked it yesterday….” “Yes, but I found a long queue here yesterday…” “Or maybe you have a rich boyfriend?” “No.” “You [...]

• People Still Wear This In Public?

  Posted: February 27, 2010, 3:07 pm by savvy08

• Drama At Work

  Posted: February 24, 2010, 11:40 am by savvy08

  This post was first published at Butterfly Where do I start? Oh yes..let’s start with interns. I heard someone gave some interns in an un-named department a telling off. More like a yelling off. “All you do is Facebook, and entertainment sites all day!” “And entertain men.” This is to an intern who was very friendly to [...]

• Internship So Far

  Posted: February 19, 2010, 11:04 am by savvy08

  This post was first published at Butterfly Recently, I got a FB message, from a classmate. He suggested we meet and catch up. I was all for the idea…I was going to reply when it occurred to me my credit was over. Safaricom reminded me of this a few minutes later: “Your balance is low again [...]

• Mind Your Garbage

  Posted: February 16, 2010, 10:42 am by savvy08

  One day I was in a matatu ….ok, this is not the way to begin this story. Am always in a matatu..it’s my daily means of transport. So on one of my daily journeys by matatu, I decided to sit in front, left. I think this is the most comfortable seat, and the one in [...]

• The Walk of Shame

  Posted: February 10, 2010, 12:53 pm by savvy08

  This post was first published at Butterfly I am sure everyone has had one. A walk of shame that is. The walk of shame happens the morning after. Be it down the stairs with nosy neighbours peeping through the window as you walk to your car, or the stretch between the house and the stage, and [...]

• Mariga’s Gal

  Posted: February 8, 2010, 10:51 am by savvy08

  This post was first published at Butterfly Anyone still doubting my paparazzi skills?

• The diary of an intern

  Posted: February 3, 2010, 10:09 am by savvy08

  This post was first published at Butterfly I apologize if I have had no internship stories to tell….the stories are there, but I realize they are not mine to tell. I could get sued, you know, now that am famous. A day cannot start until I have snoozed the alarm at least three times, jumped out [...]

• To Chase or Not To Chase

  Posted: February 1, 2010, 10:37 am by savvy08

  So Mediamadnessk was having a drink at a bar (hey..I have to create a background story) when this lady approached him and chatted him up. Wait a minute, is she hitting on him? So he decided to tweet his thoughts, he’s a hunter…not the hunted. Mediamadnessk This is getting weird! Am being hit on by a [...]

• The Kenyan Anorexic

  Posted: January 27, 2010, 1:25 pm by savvy08

  This post was first published at Butterfly I am tired..tired of listening to your whines. Picture this…we decide we are having fruits for lunch. It’s a girl pack thing. You find a group of friends together at lunch time and they’ll order the same thing. So someone suggests fruits and we all go like, “why not, Yeah..am [...]

• Why Am Not A Fan of FB

  Posted: January 27, 2010, 10:17 am by savvy08

  This post was first published at Butterfly Ok..just sample this conversation on FB. Regardless I may have started it, but I think it’s time to hit the ‘unfriend’ button. Princess Fifi: (Status Update) THE HANGOVER!!!SO HILARIOUS!!!CAN WATCH IT SEVERAL TYMZ A DAY!!!THAT WAS CRAZY SHIT HAPPENING ALL THRU THE MOVIE!!!HAHHAHHA MY RIBS R ACHIN!!AUCH!TWAS A REAL [...]

• Sunrise at Savvy’s Place

  Posted: January 25, 2010, 4:05 pm by savvy08

  This post was first published at Butterfly I got inspired today….I feel like I should have done photography..or something. Sunrise From The Balcony

• Savvy The Famous: A Review in Zuqka

  Posted: January 22, 2010, 10:11 am by savvy08

  This post was first published at Butterfly

• When I Get Drunk

  Posted: January 21, 2010, 5:40 pm by savvy08

  This post was first published at Butterfly When I get drunk my tongue loosens And I say what’s on my mind When I get drunk I lose my inhibitions And I’m up for anything When I get drunk I sometimes pass out And my friends play silly pranks on me When I get drunk I dance like there is no tomorrow After I get [...]

• New Movie

  Posted: January 19, 2010, 2:14 pm by savvy08

  I planned to write a long post today..but I have been so busy I did not get time so just watch out. I was going to write it this morning, but then the matatu I was in was impounded (damn!), then I had to wait in dust for a long time for another one….which could not [...]

• Internship: Week One

  Posted: January 15, 2010, 10:40 am by savvy08

  This post was first published at Butterfly Work… Well, it has been one week. I am keeping my cool at the work place, observing everyone and everything. Eventually, you get to learn who to fear, who wants to be treated with the utmost respect and formality (I respect everyone), who wants to be greeted when you meet [...]

• Harambee Stars Vs Indomitable Lions

  Posted: January 12, 2010, 10:36 am by savvy08

  This post was first published at Butterfly “Make sure it’s the 100 bob ones..” I tell Nymou. We need not waste another 100 shillings on a better ticket when it’s just a friendly match. For those not in the know, Cameroon had sent camp in Kenya at Kasarani Stadium enroute to the Africa Cup of Nations that [...]

• Tattoo To Get

  Posted: January 8, 2010, 3:09 pm by savvy08

• Blog Changes

  Posted: June 25, 2009, 12:06 pm by savvy08

  I have moved here

• Moving..moving..moved

  Posted: June 25, 2009, 12:04 pm by savvy08

  This blog has now officially moved here

• Kenya Vs Mozambique, a 2-1 Victory.

  Posted: June 23, 2009, 4:52 pm by savvy08

  Finally, a victory. Three matches left: against Nigeria at home in September, against the Carthage Lions (I think) in Tunisia, and against Mozambique in their country. We stand no chance of qualifying for the world cup next year, but we have our sights on the Africa cup of nations to be played early next [...]

• The Gothic Top

  Posted: June 19, 2009, 3:20 pm by savvy08

  This is for intelligensia and other curious minds.. And as a bonus, perhaps you have seen this:

• Friday Night

  Posted: June 16, 2009, 5:06 pm by savvy08

  We check in late. Coming early to a bash, unless you are a close friend of the host, could mean that you are just there for the free alcohol, which is not our intention. We call to ask the venue. Hostess, who is sounding a little tipsy, tells us to find her at the gate. [...]

• The Nightmare of Withdrawing Over the Counter

  Posted: June 9, 2009, 11:50 pm by savvy08

  I need cash, and instead of a five minute dash to the ATM machine, having no ATM card, I find myself having to make a trip to the main banking hall. Here I am, wearing my pencil jeans, my gothic top and almost-three inch heels. Smile at boda boda guy and hook my leg over [...]

• Of Cute Cops and Replacing Lost Cards

  Posted: June 5, 2009, 4:34 pm by savvy08

  Any student in a Kenyan (public) university will tell you to always stay at least 100 yards away from a policeman. The rules are: one: never be within 100 yards of a cop (am not sure how long is 100 yards but what I mean here is a reasonable distance away..), two: never approach a [...]

• Just Maybe III

  Posted: June 1, 2009, 11:36 pm by savvy08

  It’s Wednesday. I’ve blogged about it, thought about it, read people’s advice about it, and decided to see where things go. Heck, am getting impatient with this waiting around. I pick up the phone, I want closure, is what I tell myself. I have to see if it’s time to delete the number or revive last week’s [...]

• First Encounter

  Posted: May 29, 2009, 4:37 pm by savvy08

  This post inspired me to write about my first experience. It has nothing to do with..eh..matters below the waist. I’ve always shuddered to think how my first robbery would be…hijacking and all..of course I have lost a few items here and there, some cash but nothing major. Till sometime yesterday, when am having a free day so [...]

• Just Maybe II

  Posted: May 26, 2009, 3:54 pm by savvy08

  It’s been a week and a half. Sometimes I wonder if there is something wrong with me. One minute you feel like you can’t live without someone, the next they have slipped out your mind. Perhaps I should start at the beginning. The said day previously being a Tuesday, we hang out and talked a while. [...]

• Just Maybe

  Posted: May 24, 2009, 10:40 pm by savvy08

  It was a Friday night. We did not talk much. The semester has barely begun and am already liking someone (I think.) How else can I explain this moment, when am waiting for that knock? Am lying on my bed trying to read the Wilbur Smith (Elephant Song) but it is barely registering. I turn to [...]

• Blogversary

  Posted: May 21, 2009, 1:25 pm by savvy08

  It’s been roughly a year since I wrote my first post on wordpress. Three years ago, I began writing on the internet. But that is not the first time I was writing. My earliest memory is writing a letter to my father, who was away at the time, to buy us books and pencils. I [...]

• The Week Past

  Posted: May 17, 2009, 8:39 pm by savvy08

  I love the first week in campus. Of course there is no learning, but focused people like yours truly have already checked out the library and borrowed the relevant books, registered for units and copied the timetable. Meanwhile, I’ve been watching movies and series, jogging in the field in the evenings, surfing in the afternoon [...]

• Porn In Kenyan Matatus?

  Posted: May 15, 2009, 12:18 pm by savvy08

  Is it just me, or has the third season of Heroes gone overboard with the violent scenes? The series is giving me nightmares, I must confess. I do not give myself migraines trying to decipher the plot. The writers are just as confused as I am, I think. Characters long dead come back to life, [...]

• School Opens Yet Again

  Posted: May 11, 2009, 1:04 pm by savvy08

  She turns up for school on the first day. Not a day after, not a day before. This time she leaves home reluctantly, usually she looks forward to a new semester. She might actually be homesick for the first time since class six when she first landed in boarding school and cried the entire first [...]

• Honest Scrap Award

  Posted: May 4, 2009, 5:09 pm by savvy08

  The Rules * You must brag about the award * You must include the name of the blogger who bestowed the award on you and link back to the blogger * You must choose a minimum of seven (7) blogs [...]

• THE CHINES NOKIA N95

  Posted: April 22, 2009, 6:56 pm by savvy08

  Before you read this post, I want to apologize for making myself 24 hours older. My birthday is actually tomorrow, on the 23rd. I had completely messed up my dates and was living one day ahead. I woke up this morning thinking it’s my birthday until my mum told me to look at the calendar [...]

• My Chinese Phone and Birthday Wishes

  Posted: April 21, 2009, 4:48 pm by savvy08

  I was going to do a complete review of my Chinese Nokia N95 when the power went off and I lost the entire post, which I had meticulously typed. I have to do this another day, I guess..am so frustrated I could cry. In case you are wondering, I am at a cyber cafe with [...]

• A Visit to the Library

  Posted: April 9, 2009, 4:59 pm by savvy08

  Now that am spending my holiday in Naivasha, having unsuccessifully looked for a job, I have to occupy myself with some activity. Of course I have been to the lake and all. I read newspapers back to back, watched all movies available, watched TV and read all the novels in the house. My brother gets [...]

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