Confused Young Lad

Durban, South Africa - Day two

2011-12-24T21:20:00.015+03:00

A friend of mine had suggested that we had to check out Ushaka Marine World, which is in Durban. My Kenyan friend had been there before, and was of the opinion that we should also pay it a visit. Ushaka was a ten minute walk from our hotel. Okay, call it 'boy meets world', but I will not be embarrassed. We got to Ushaka, and the entry charges were 150Rands per adult. We got in, and started by

Durban, South Africa - Day one

2011-12-23T20:19:00.013+03:00

Durban, South Africa, is a beautiful beach town. We travelled into South Africa literally the whole day yesterday.We left Nairobi's JKIA at 3.30am, yes, a very early Thursday morning. Reason being we had booked Ethiopian Airlines, and it has direct flights into South Africa, but from Addis Ababa. The 3.30am flight was to Addis Ababa, two hours away, from where the 5hour non stop flight to

Beneath the smiles

2011-11-30T21:31:00.001+03:00

A smile can hide a lot of things: secrets, lies, deceit, hardships, failures, disappointments, and a lot more than I can list here. I am one person I believe people have taken advantage of, in all fronts. I cannot pretend to be the saint here for I also think, know, I have done the same too. But that is a story for another day. I have been accused of many things, but nothing ever came close to

While I was away

2011-10-31T17:14:00.004+03:00

Alot has happened since I last updated my blog. Can I really remember everything sequentially. I will try. Libya's Gaddafi was finally captured, but unfortunately killed in a barbaric way. He will never be brought to justice for the ills he did against his own people. I agree that he did alot of positive for Libya, but unfortunately the bad he did seem to have over-shadowed his gains. You can

My 'white' girlfriend, unmasked

2011-10-11T16:15:00.009+03:00

Yes, you read the blog title well enough. My white girlfriend unmasked. There are tonnes and tonnes of things to write about, I'm actually even confused on where to start. Here goes. Previously, I wrote something almost in the same regard to my title subject. Anyway, here goes: My white girlfriend just happens to be American. Light skin, hair so light it gets blown by the wind (and easy to run

Changes

2011-10-08T12:47:00.001+03:00

Sometime last week, I was informed at my workplace that I will be heading to a different sub-department. Not temporarily as had been the tradition, rather, permanently. I have to say and admit that I don’t really take changes as positively. For the new section where I was bound for, did something totally different to what I had been accustomed to. But, anyways, given that there was nothing we

Zanzibari memoirs

2011-09-26T18:15:00.006+03:00

Last week Monday I went to the zanzibar archipelago, courtesy of two important people. Zanzibar is a beautiful island. With a populace of about one million people, the economy is largely driven by the tourism industry. Such a waste of a beautiful isle, I’d say.Zanzibar depends on mainland Tanzania for all of its supplies. Okay, depends on about 90% of supplies from the mainland. Be it rice, maize

Zanzibar

2011-09-20T20:41:00.019+03:00

Zanzibar is a semi autonomous region of Tanzania. it is an archipelago of about 20 islands, with the main one being Unguja (Zanzibar). It comprises of about 20 small islands, with Unguja (Zanzibar) being the largest, and the main one. We flew in on Monday morning. Our flight was to depart from JKIA at 9.30am, and given that by all means it was an international flight, we had to be in the airport

Changing times

2011-09-13T16:18:00.000+03:00

This past weekend, on Saturday to be precise, I went over to an uncle of mine. He recently became the 'proud owner' of a HP Compaq laptop. It was gifted to him by an in-law of his, who sent it from a land, very far away. It is his first computer, and clearly, he is over the moon about it. The only 'basic' software in his laptop is Windows 7, and Skype. I got to his house Saturday afternoon, and

Changing Lives, all in a day's work

2011-08-30T13:12:00.000+03:00

My line of study is Information and Technology. My place of work deals solely in resettling refugees to the U.S. I am happy with where I'm working, mainly for the sole reason that I am part of a team that helps refugees emigrate from their home countries where they are persecuted for various reasons.Today, I went to speak with a certain refugee who had come to our offices. A young lady of 21

Abandoned bundles of joy

2011-08-29T16:00:00.001+03:00

The neighborhood of Githurai is known for very many things. High levels of insecurity, filthy buildings, raw sewage spilling round buildings. Most prostitutes are known to reside in this neighborhood.Despite all the negative outlook about Githurai, there is a haven of hope for destitute children. Barely a ten minute walk off Kamiti Road, is a home for destitute children, Open Hand Children's Home

At the hands of city council askaris

2011-08-26T13:58:00.000+03:00

It so happened that this morning I got arrested by the City Council of Nairobi askaris right after I had gotten into a matatu in town en route to Westlands. All the passengers in the matatu were arrested. We were made to get off, and into the council van, where we were packed like chewing gum in packets. I remember for the whole ride towards City Hall that someone sat on my knees, yes, knees, for

Shoe on the other foot

2011-08-09T16:10:00.000+03:00

I was to update my blog Sunday evening, but alot happened in between. Then I wanted to do so yesterday morning, again, I was unable to. Today, well, here I am, I have started typing down whatever it is that is coming to my head for the simple reason that I have completely left out what I initially wanted to write about, but, for this time, bits and pieces would do. I took a motor bike ride on

My 5 Links.

2011-08-05T12:03:00.000+03:00

Let me start by a disclaimer. Me copy pasting ideas from blogs doesn't necessarily mean am short of things to write about. I just find the ideas interesting in the sense they make fellow bloggers have an insight on how others are :). My most popular post: My most popular post, going by the traffic it created, was Murder Most Painful. It had so many page views, but no comment, :). Post that I’m

Tagged! 7 Things About Me

2011-07-28T12:35:00.002+03:00

I wanna try tag some things about me. Borrowed heavily from a blog :). - I had an accident last year on August 3rd, got two fractures on my jaw. Only one fracture was fixed, the other one left intact as getting even close to it would have damaged my nerves. - I love singing and dancing, I always think to myself that I can dance as good as Usher does, but hey, I'm not that good, and I'm not that

A spider caught in it's own web

2011-07-28T07:28:00.000+03:00

It is fascinating how a spider would spin it's own web, without it ever worrying that the web might, entrap him/her (I'm gender sensitive).At times, there are people who get caught in their own successes, failures, or just plain bad luck. Other people, start something which they very well know that they have no intention of finishing. Many a times, people do get caught in different kinds of webs.

Hard times

2011-07-13T07:47:00.001+03:00

This week, from Monday, running until today, there is a feature on KTN, called Maisha Tabu (Swahili for hard life). Who would actually have known that there are places in Nairobi where you pay 30shillings for a night. Not for fun, not for a substitute of a home, but to actually have a roof over your head. There are people who don't have homes, and for them, even to get the 30/= to guarantee a

Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil

2011-07-01T16:15:00.001+03:00

Nowadays, people in relationships are not as faithful as they used to be back in the day. 'Back in the day,' as people of the older generation would like to call it. 60's, through to the late 80's. I can't say much about that period; I wasn't even there in the first place. However, cheating in relationships seems to be the order of the day. Why do people actually cheat on their partners, spouses,

Coastal memoirs

2011-06-28T16:12:00.001+03:00

It so happened that I travelled to Mombasa last Thursday night for the weekend. Travelled with my girl, and we were going to meet up with some mutual friends who had already left for Mombasa the previous day. The trip down to the coast was smooth, save for a close brush when the bus driver had to brake and swerve to avoid running over a leopard. I was kinda scared though, no doubt about that. We

Rants and raves

2011-06-13T14:31:00.002+03:00

i had a wonderful weekend, not in the sense that i did something out of the ordinary, no, rather, its the people around me who made it great. on saturday evening my better half and i had been invited over by our mutual pals to go and sample Malian food for dinner. initially, i was of the idea, its a saturday night, why do we need to go that late, given that we were to go dancing later on..:). but

in the line of fire

2011-06-07T22:46:00.004+03:00

watching the prime time news tonight, two news items caught my interest. KTN's investigative feature, named 'in the line of fire', was giving us a different feel of Kenya's police force. we are used to thinking and insinuating the coppers are all corrupt, trigger happy, inhuman. but this time round, it was a different ball game. some two reporters were doing a piece on crime, and they had

nairobian dream

2011-06-07T07:31:00.003+03:00

on my way to town from home yesterday I missed my regular flight. I had to settle for second best - the 14seater matatus. I don't like taking them in the morning: they cost twenty shillings extra. i got to town much earlier than usual, some few minutes to 6am. too early to head to the office, i decide on going to my private mail box to check if we got mail. who still sends letters, well, banks

Stinginess!!

2011-05-26T10:03:00.000+03:00

Yesterday over lunch, the place where my pal from the office and I normally go to have lunch was full. full in the sense that we didn’t get any seats. It’s like our neighbourhood had been invaded by a huge group of outsiders :). While standing by the door, contemplating on where to have lunch, a colleague from our office joined us, saw it was full, and inquired from where we were to go and get

Dreams and aspirations

2011-05-20T08:00:00.000+03:00

On Wednesday this week we had a sort of an impromptu team building session. Our boss basically told us about it, five minutes to 10am, that we were to have the session. She then went around giving out pieces of papers to everyone in my section. The main purpose of the pieces of papers was for us to draw, yes, draw, our dreams, motivators, fears and mentors. Almost half of my colleagues said that

of (single) parenthood

2011-05-14T10:38:00.002+03:00

i went to meet up with a friend of mine on Thursday evening. i have known her for five months now. it had been some while since we last met, and i accepted, at her request, that we meet and catch up. we had a lot to talk about, given that the last time we met was, roughly two-three months ago. i like her alot for she is someone who will shoot straight from the hip. she believes in herself and