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May 17, 2012
10:13
Mummy And Wasp Face-Off
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I’m not necessarily a tree hugger, but I’m a nature lover. If you have followed me long enough, you probably know that during some free time, I can be found at The Arboretum lying on my back, chewing on a blade of grass contemplating the skies. And with my current balcony farming undertaking, I am [...]
May 03, 2012
14:20
The Chinese are Turning Red
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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 [...]
April 26, 2012
15:54
Accessing Mother’s Payslip
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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 [...]
April 23, 2012
2:25
Clap-Clap, Procter & Gamble and Things
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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 [...]
April 15, 2012
11:11
Lessons Courtesy of Balcony Farm
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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 [...]
April 01, 2012
14:16
The Story of Hope and Future
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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 [...]
March 22, 2012
9:33
Let Events Begin! 1: The Nissan Challenge Premiere
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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 [...]
March 18, 2012
10:12
Insecurities Of A Proud Mum
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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 [...]
March 05, 2012
3:16
Make Tea. It’s 3am.
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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 [...]
February 12, 2012
11:23
First Michael Jackson, Now Whitney Houston
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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 [...]
February 03, 2012
8:51
Social Networks and Keeping Up
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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 [...]
January 12, 2012
8:51
Going Green. Thumb.
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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 [...]
January 03, 2012
19:41
A Tribute as We Go Guns Blazing
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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 [...]
December 28, 2011
21:12
As The Year Comes To A Close
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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 [...]
December 18, 2011
12:15
We Dropped A Tooth
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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 [...]
December 12, 2011
8:35
Tis Not The Gifting Season
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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 [...]
November 26, 2011
14:19
The Walkabout
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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, [...]
October 31, 2011
11:40
What Defines You?
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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 [...]
October 19, 2011
9:44
I Smile, Thanks To Wanadamu
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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 a noble cause then. [...]
October 16, 2011
15:00
The Boy and His Shaved Eyebrows
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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 [...]
October 09, 2011
14:23
If Mother Was on Twitter
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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 [...]
September 25, 2011
19:49
Who Stole The Simple Days?
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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 [...]
September 18, 2011
13:30
Sucker Punching The Movie
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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 [...]
September 11, 2011
11:36
What Do You Do For A Living?
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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 [...]
August 31, 2011
16:32
The Banking Idiot
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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 [...]
August 15, 2011
12:25
Superhero and Sheep
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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 [...]
August 05, 2011
11:21
#My5Links
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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 [...]
July 31, 2011
17:52
A House Party and Rickety Bones
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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, [...]
July 21, 2011
9:37
Of Charities And Blood
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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 [...]
July 06, 2011
10:00
The Pool And The Bucket List
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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 [...]
June 26, 2011
10:47
Junior’s Nearly All Grown Up!
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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 [...]
June 14, 2011
10:35
My Spanking New Work Spot
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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 [...]
June 07, 2011
14:29
Me, Headphone Eating Monster
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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 [...]
May 22, 2011
10:21
The Day We Almost Stood Raptured
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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 [...]
May 08, 2011
11:25
Happy Mother’s Day Mummy
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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 [...]
May 04, 2011
10:41
Write!
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Yep! Some ignorant dude 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?! [...]
April 25, 2011
10:51
Dancing Up A Storm
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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 creak 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 [...]
April 15, 2011
7:07
Locally Manufactured Reads
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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 [...]
April 08, 2011
20:29
You Will Get A Song
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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 [...]
April 01, 2011
11:00
Brain’s Got April Jokes!
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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 [...]
March 21, 2011
15:55
Keeping Up with The Almost Williams
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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, [...]
March 14, 2011
10:49
I Dub Thee The 5 Minute Japanese
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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 [...]
March 05, 2011
17:13
Dress Me Gorgeous
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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! [...]
February 24, 2011
8:33
Wild Things
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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 [...]
February 16, 2011
9:12
Green Thumb and Things
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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 [...]
February 06, 2011
12:34
A Disease & Germs Lesson in Not Planning
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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 [...]
January 26, 2011
11:28
Of Toasters and Skin Jobs – Battlestar Galactica
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“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 [...]
January 15, 2011
13:57
Your Blog, Your Project
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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 [...]
January 10, 2011
10:07
Now They Slap Me With New Rules!
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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 [...]
January 02, 2011
10:43
Introspecting Spectacularly
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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 [...]

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