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Staying Sharp: Straight Razor Shaving as Life - Share For the past few months, I’ve been doing some self-evaluation and have found myself wanting in some areas. For example, I’d like to increase my fitne...

Bangs – Take U to da Movies - Dona was going to post this track after a recent string of media coverage thrown at this new African artists, but I told him I want to steal the shine on t...

Dear Beth - I refer to the last two years I spent in high school as “my glory years.” It is an oddity. Most people seem to remember high school with a mixture of love...

Frequent Flyer Master Reviews and a Note from Armenia - Greetings from the Caucasus, where I'm wrapping up my two weeks of travel in Azerbaijan, Georgia, and now Armenia. I'll

Falling - Falling in love Is always easy, and always hard It’s soft to the touch, and yet burns and scrapes It breathes, and exhales It’s a my own little heaven a...

Word verification - I've turned on word verification for comments. I don't like it but I've had a flood of viagra merchants spamming me in the past week or so, and I'm insecur...

Where Is The Sun? - (Music!) Hello! I do hope you’re all alive and kicking. If not, I will pray for you hehehe… I am travelling today and shall be gone for a week after whic...

Are Kenyan parents to blame for homophobia? - A comment in the Daily Nation following the news that gay rights will be left out of our proposed Constitution could explain the root of the deep-seated ho...

East African Portland Cement 2009 AGM - The 2009 East African Portland Cement Company (EAPC) annual general meeting (AGM) was held at the company sports club in Athi River on November 19. Company ...

Quins Christie Champions - Hosts Kenya Harlequins turned the tables on last weekend's winners Nakuru to take the second round of the Western Union National Sevens Circuit. A lackluste...

Lessons from my love - It’s been an interesting weekend. I’ve had some highs and lots of lows, and I’ve found something I thought I’d lost. They say many people don’t know what l...

The magic rule of seven (and the banality of alphabetical order) - If you approve or create online forms or deal with consumer interactions, I hope you'll think about the following: 1. If you have more than seven items in a ...

TOXIC: I’M NOT WYCLEF’S JUMPOFF - Wycleff poses with Toxic (dressed in black) and her dancers before the MAMAs Socialite and dancer Toxic is up in arms after a report in a local daily bra...

Tagged! - So I have this nice post inside of me, but it refuses to come out until I indulge my younger bro. Spoilt brat! Apparently I’m supposed to write a letter to...

Jose Maria Lopez: out of single-seaters for three years but set for USF1 drive - Anyone who saw Lewis Hamilton win the 2006 GP2 championship may remember Jose Maria Lopez, who finished tenth in the championship that year. Despite not ha...

Official! - It is official! I sit here in an almost drunken state and I can say in a sober way that I have lost ALL FAITH IN MEN! ALL! Incase you didnt notice that was...

Like its football team, Kenya is failing to qualify - Free Ringtones A Fistfull Of Dollars Free Ringtones Alcatel Free Ringtones All Around Free Ringtones Alltel Free Ringtones Alltel Phones Free Ringtones All...

Resources on the RED Campaign - For those who were asking more resources on the RED Campaign: - Representations of African Women and AIDS in Bono’s Product Red - Two of its major brands, ...

Desperate Times -

I've Arrived - I arrived in Kisii, safe ans sound and on schedule, only to find that some kind soul had stolen the recently installed telephone cable, which has deprived ...

EVERYTHING HAPPENS IN KENYA....After the Lion/Gazelle Affair Now..... - Wonders will never cease. A cow adopted a goat kid after its mother died soon after giving birth to twins in Isiolo, recently. Although the cow had a cal...

the sound of names dropping - Do you have one of those names that is just so easy to mistake? Like Collins vs. Colin? And is the other name, the one that's not yours, the better-known o...

The drama of having kids - I rarely get giggles or motivation from forwards sent to me with a threatening “you will forward this to 25 people or else you will die” type of e-mails. T...

Welcome Back Sergeant Kerua - *Sergeant Kerua Today.* On the 18th August, at 10am, Sergeant Kerua with the rangers from Iseiya was on an Anti-Poaching patrol. As they were traversing ...

Sherry and Me on A Lesbian Blind Date from Craigslist NSA - *by akiss2desire feedback to akiss2desire@gmail.com* *copyright 2009 all rights reserved.* When I sat down in the booth with her at the meeting place she ha...

Party: U.V., Nov 21 2009 @ The Loft - Greetings ravers. As the pioneers of the Ultraviolet Parties in Kenya, 6:AM proudly presents this year’s U.V light party! The DJs are out in full force thi...

Leela James - Baby Am scared of you(A Boby Womack's rendition) Lets do it Again! - I heard this rendition of Bobby Womack's *Baby Am Scared of You * redone by Leela James today on Projectvibe and I LOVED IT especially towards the end where...

KTN’s Larry Madowo interviews Kahenya Kamunyu and Mark Kaigwa on Social Media - Last week, Larry Madowo – Business Anchor for KTN, sent out a tweet to his followers on who to bring to KTN’s Sunrise Live show the following morning to ta...

Freeware of the Week! [Stylizer Basic] - If you want to dabble in web design, there are all sorts of options available to you. You can splash out on Dreamweaver, though the price sticks in the cra...

Harmonized confusion in the harmonized draft constitution - The "harmonized" draft constitution is an interesting one... I read it very carefully... And true to what leaders are asking, what do we, the youth, think/...

Opening up on: The Draft, being moderately Gay and who is going to Bell the Cat - Sad thing about ditching my classes or rather being bored with my fourth course and ditching it is to stay home and watch series and my grandmother constan...

KDN and FamilyBank team up to offer free WiFi internet - The joint venture between Kenya Data Networks (KDN) and Family Bank Limited, will allow the bank’s customers, and the members of the public, to use the fr...

Back in the day - Am going to be away for a while. Maybe a few days, maybe a few weeks, may be a month or two...but defiantly will be back. Hope I am missed while I am away,...

This Person We're Going to Marry One Day (Via Mailbox) - This is an article written by diane franco… ladies here is the blunt truth It’s really just me yelling into the electronic darkness again because I’m not...

Harmonised Draft Constitution of Kenya - The Insyder: Tha teeniez voice. The coolest mag in the planet...definitely!

Wawero Interview on RFI - Here is an interview Radio France Internationale conducted with Penya Africa director* Robert Wawero* and producer *Marko Roca*. They talk about Penya art...

Listen.... Believe....You are Loved. - Picture credits A reflection for a day filled with possibility: http://www.soaringimpulse.com/2009/05/today.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkTyEa...

And Another One Just Like The Other One… - Staind that is what i mean. These guys are just awesome! | Right Here ^ Staind |

The Peace Teacher -

Events Fab: Mariah Carey Turns On The Christmas Lights in London - Mariah Carey was looking fab earlier today when she turned the Westfield Shopping Centre lights in London, England. More shots below: Cute! Subscribe ...

More Internal Musings - Yesterday around 6.00pm, I was on the concourse at Liverpool Street station. This might sound like a rather random or mundane bit of information for me to be...

keeping them honest, Aid Watch style - For those into famines and famine politics, here’s one for you… And more of the same And here is more news on Ethiopia’s second insurgency waged by the Oga...

Sex Workers Need Support, Not Condemnation - Malawi's aim to give sex workers an alternative to sex work is a step in the right direction and it's certainly better than the finger wagging and moralisi...

Yesterday and Today - Don’t know if I mentioned this to you guys, but I am contracted to work 3 days a week (23hrs), but sometimes due to employee leave, sickness and plain old ...

Of Tea pots and old maids - I turned 30 this year, I didn’t know whether to celebrate it or just take it as another feather in my (wisdom) cap. I didn’t throw a party, actually neve...

My hair…(otherwise known as a Simba-esque fro) - So I decided to get adventurous with my hair at some point during the week. I think its the result of watching all these vids on caring for black hair bila...

What next after the draft constitution? - True to their words the committee of experts did not include gay rights into constitution. In fact they went on to add ' Marriage to a person of the opposite...

The Joy of Children - This is dedicated to Chanel, the newest Mama on the block. My baby boy can be so good for my well being for he has a way of making my heart swell with joy ...

Lord, are you hearing me? - Have you been wondering whether the Lord has heard your prayer?

AND WE DON'T STOP... - Praise be! Mr. Ericsson is back! Allow me to explain: My cellie has been acting weird for a while now. It all started while taking footage of my boy V^6 bl...

THEY ARE HERE - Boyz II Men that is…….what did you think was here. So I guess November came and is about to go. It has been one great month. 2009 …how will we remember yo...

Social Experiment: Get #Twaffic Updates here! - Late today afternoon, I had a thought to crowd-source traffic information via Twitter, just for Nairobi. I passed on the idea to fellow Iborian tweeps(tw...

ONE OF THE GREATEST KEYS TO SUCCESS - A key piece to playing at your absolute best as a leader (and as a person) is to ensure that your daily schedule reflects your deepest values. Anything les...

Google Lagos Code Camp - En Français As part of the Google developer outreach G-Africa initiative, Google Nigeria recently hosted the first Google Lagos Code Camp. It was held at F...

Liverpool - Sorry lads, I could not resist. Liverpool’s disastrous run can perhaps be understood following the unveiling of their new kit… © M for tHiNkEr'S rOoM, 20...

Maria has chucked me - Maria left me. She did; sneaked and ran from me. You see me and Maria had history. I remember that first time we met in the shop on Ben Kiwanuka street, sh...

Gone too long...(Another Milestone!) - How are you all doing? Fine I believe. Did you miss me? Me, I missed you guys o. Thanks to those who checked up on me via email, facebook, blogger comment ...

It's raining in my car... - We were all worried. The El Nino rains had sputtered out after only ten days - we had two weeks of hot sun. The dams are not yet full. No one was ready for...

The Story of WildlifeDirect at PopTech 2009 - Last month, Paula attended the Pop!Tech conference as one of the 16 fellows from around the world who were recognized for their work in social innovation. ...

KTN Bloggers Roundtable with @larrymadowo, @moseskemibaro and @wanjiku - This is the KTN TV Bloggers Roundtable that was held this past week on Friday the 13th November 2009 and hosted by Larry Madowo featuring Rebecca Wanjiku a...

Change You Can See - *“To Arthur”,* Alex toasted and we all muttered in unison as our frothy glasses endured the ritual and made known their disapproval with a clinking soun...

Tuesday night musings… - Looking in the mirror after my evening bath, I realised something. As a little girl I always wanted long flowing hair. Hair I could toss about and push out...

Five steps backwards - .....I went five steps backwards yesterday. There is nothing as bad as love gone sour-it brings out the worst in some people. It happened with my ex-husba...

One Score and a half...... - Or to be more precise, one score and 9 years ago today, folks, unto a young beautiful woman hailing from along the ranges known as the Aberdares in the heart...

Sexy veggies - Yes, I know we have all been enjoying plenty of nyama choma parties after I revealed this innovation. But, now it turns out that all the roasted meat is no...

The Silly Things I Have Been Doing - I have been house-hunting for the past so many days, I don't have time to do anything else. For some reason people are really baffled as to why I need to m...

African Connectivity Visualized - Jon Gosier’s Appfrica Labs has put together an amazing infographic on internet connectivity in Africa. Amazing work! “The African continent is rapidly chan...

Intimacy Abundance and Label-Free Relationships - In this article I’m going to share some recent personal lessons about creating intimacy abundance. So this is more of a sharing piece than an advice piece....

Value added - [image source] I occasionally do a rent-some-kids-for-a-week. A very my-lifestyle-affirming activity ‘cause it shows me what I’m missing by not having a fa...

What About Kenya's Needs Jameni? - Last evening after watching two Kenyan men one Mr. Wathika and one Mr. Kutuny give their divergent views about the constitution and what they wanted of Ken...

TMI Tuesday #213 - Savage Edition - I rediscovered Dan Savage's YouTube channel and I thought I could finagle a video TMI out of it. Lets find out. Beware, he makes liberal us of the f-bom...

Rest, rest, little bird, until we meet again, soon. - It seems to me that November marks the month of the year when I grieve most. Today, I have gone through nearly half the stages of grief, shocked numbness, ...

El Monterey Taquitos & Gorditas - I need to learn to look carefully at the "cooking" instructions of frozen food items I buy. This is not the first time I buy something only to find out that ...

Boldly Going....... - I was going into unknown territory that day and I had to be prepared. I quickly drafted a quick itinerary of my trip and left it somewhere that family me...

Pain (Part II) - *This poem is not about love-* *or writing my verses* *all over you. * *This poem is about you-* *about that voice in you* *that is always silenced....

najivunia kuwa mkenya - Depending on what history book you’ve read, you probably believe certain tribes fought for Kenya’s independence. You get this impression depending on the a...

Ross Brawn cashes in - How could he? Ross Brawn has sold out to a bunch of marauding Goths from Baden-Württemberg. The bastards are then going to transform a proud English racing...

Graduate Student Strike at U of Illinois, UC - Information Sheet The GEO represents 2,600 TAs and GAs on campus, providing help against grievances of sexual harassment, racial discrimination, sexual ori...

Makeda Coffee in GreenWood - Makeda Coffee Cup, originally uploaded by andai. I discovered Makeda Coffee, a great little coffee shop, back this past summer during one of the Greenwood ...

Love those pirates - A couple of funny blog posts from Things Seen and Heard and South of West about western journalists' occasionally rather unfortunate penchant for quoting sup...

At a loss - Perhaps some people like me were never meant to love or be loved. I am still debating whether this is true or love is indeed just but an illusion. I have me...

On this Day… - This week’s blog is dedicated to Boniface Gachugu; writer, poet, friend and brother, who left us this Saturday 14th of November 2009. May he rest in peace,...

Kids Eat Free All Day - I was reading in this week's BusinessWeek that Americans average over 200 meals at restaurants in any given year. That is how much big business eating out ha...

LOVE: New Season - Hey peeps! Sorry for joining the underground movement, but it seems I've taken my life offline mainly due to work related reasons (read overload) and bette...

Tom Clasby: Golf Magazine Panelist of the Year - The following was published on Golf.com on October 10, 2009. Nice article, but Tom broke the cardinal rule. And people think I'm obsessive! *By Joe Passov,...

Dragon flies - Dragon flies, originally uploaded by Kirima. I found this interesting specimen of Dragonfly outside my house just posing for a photo.

She Keeps Listening To Her Lonely Friends - I’m exhausted. After months of begging, pleading, compromising, bending over backwards, and over compensating, I’m officially done. It’s become abundantly ...

Whispers of the Unheard! – Part 3. - In answering his question, I jumped in with my own theory. My take was quite simple. Looking back at the formative years of this country, it is easy to spo...

Two Years of Words Much Like Poetry - Amazingly, for me, the two year anniversary of Words Much Like Poetry is a few short weeks away. Laughably, at the time I began this blog, I knew nothing o...

The 'Other' Woman - General Kazini died in the early hours of Tuesday this week. More like, he was killed by a 28-year old woman, purported to be his mistress of 5 years. That...

Of Police and Politicians - Is it just me or is there something deeply worrying about the fact that the police were able to gun down nine people in Nairobi in one 12-hour period? The ...

'Obamarama': Barack Obama Road - After a hiatus, and in time for Friday, Obamarama is back, thanks to this image I fished out of my cell phone. I shot this in Mombasa back in April and forgo...

Wanjiru, What Are You Doing? - Hi there, Thanks for passing by. I no longer live here. I've moved to another place. Check it out. Regards, Shiko.

Usinibore – We Are Hunted! - The strangest things have been happening over the past two days. “Usinibore” is [at the time of writing] at Number 3 on We Are Hunted – “The 99 most popula...

In hearts at peace, under an English heaven - The Soldier IF I should die, think only this of me; That there’s some corner of a foreign field That is for ever England. There shall be In...

The Heart Of Life - On Life and Other John Mayerish things: I was downstairs in cardiology this morning for a bit to escape the insanely low temperatures in Nuc Med and to hel...

AS I SLIDE DEEPER INTO OBLIVION - Writing, I have learnt, is about a time and a place. I am not claiming to speak a universal truth, just what my experience has taught me. It could be a tru...

While I Was Away – Quick Hits - While I was away, on a rather ‘short-lived’ sabbatical, several things took place that I would have wish to discuss here, but couldn’t or wouldn’t. Here ar...

Transforming your business from a strategic viewpoint - Looking at your business from a strategic viewpoint and positioning for change is the centerpiece of strategic transformation. Various factors, including c...

The "too big, please don't fail" banks in Kenya - In this post, I talked about how banks can grow to a size that presents systemic risk to their domestic economies. That is, there are so large, that their ...

Sign Language - As seen on the streets of my fair city …

Invitation: Launch of Living Memories - Friends, We shall be launching my book, Living Memories, with an on-stage rendition – Living Memories on Stage, This Wednesday 11th November 2009 at the Lo...

One minute: The audition - Friends are the film crew that work with you to shoot your autobiography...make them audition, treasure those that make it and shoot the scene that is pres...

More Kenyan Peculiarities - I’m sure that several posts have been written about mannerisms and behaviours that are typically Kenyan. Safaricom GM Michael Joseph hit the nail on the he...

:( - [image: Missing You Scraps, glitters for Orkut Myspace] GoodLightscraps.com

Why Africa welcomes the Chinese - Africa must attract broad investment, not rely on handouts, if we are to sustain development There is a debate among geopolitical and economic commentators...

|Looking | The | Part | - Truth be told, we are always surprised at how cool certain people look when they are in their element. You don’t believe me do you StreetSyder? Seriously, ...

- *- WELFARE COMES TO KENYA -* A good idea is a good idea, and this one is long overdue! I don't care about the intentions or who takes credit for it with ...

Does Inefficiency + Corruption = False Accomplishment & Under achievement? - Last week, I received a rates bill from the Nairobi City Council that erroneously showed I had an amount outstanding despite the amount having been settled...

- *TREASURY BILLS FOR DUMMIES* You are tired of earning 0.5% interest on your Savings Account,uninterested in all those mutual funds/unit trusts but need a p...

Stranger - I find myself looking at you Stranger I thought I knew Harsh words came like a dart Sharp arrows pierced my heart Then I said some things out of spite A...

Moving the blog - www.wanjiku.co.ke

Speed Networking...is it like speed dating? - Am a great advocate of networking to get new business. Its the best way especially for small and medium sized businesses to meet the people they need to me...

Some Loose ends - Hello people, All thanks be to God who has helped us this far from the beginning of the year till date. Eleven months don waka we still dey carry go, even ...

GUILTY - No have been not lost have been sneaking around making few stops though not much time to comment but have been connecting in silent mode.We marked two years ...

going batty - Had no time to make baby Barak a costume for halloween but this bat costume purchased from another mom for a measly $5 was a hit!

The many potential channels for mobile services - There is a wide variety of information and communication technologies, but even more ways to use them to deliver content. Particularly in constraint enviro...

Lake Bogoria - I took this early last year intending to stitch the 11 images into one panorama but never got round to doing it. With Photoshop CS4's excellent stitching c...

Foods I prefer raw to cooked (and vice versa) - 1. Oysters: RAW. I suspect I like the cocktail sauce and the exciting risk of food poisoning better than the actual mollusks. 2. Clams: COOKED. Surprise...

Twitter new Feature: Lists - Twitter is testing a new feature called Lists, and it seems they are using the Google method of just having a few people receiving the feature. I was not ...

Deck the halls. - This carol sounds just right. Interesting ever since I could talk the carols have been with me. My mum, even before I was an idea, was filled with carols. ...

It has been a while - I have not posted much for a while, I have been in transition. I am at culinary school now. I had thought about doing this for a while and now it is happen...

Dont let the fire die - If you’ve been in a relationship for some time, you’ll know that it’s difficult to keep conflicts or personal issues from affecting your sex life. A good r...

My Experience In India - When Ursula asked me to write about my experience in India, I was reluctant because the little that I had experienced was within the four walls of a hospit...

THE HANDSHAKE - The other day Our Prime Miniser was around, and I had the opportunity to shake his hand. But I also had the possiblity to see more! I saw HIM, I saw kenyan...

Shop online using mobile money: PesaPal is Live! - PesaPal is a service that enables anyone with an MPESA or ZAP mobile money account to buy goods and services from approved merchants. Why should people wit...

My Managing Partner - The Lord is my managing partner, I need no insurance against loss, He leads me into lucrative ventures, He keeps from stress and disorder He restores me to...

Touching Rock Bottom… - I know, I know – I said in my last post that I was fine. That has been very much Not So! The truth is that I got a taste of the floor – I touched rock bot...

Kenya Harlequin FC lift the 2009 Enterprise Cup - By Maik KwamboKenya Harlequin FC are the 2009 Enterprise Cup winners courtesy of a 19-6 win over Kenya Cup champions Impala RFC at the RFUEA.FIRST HALFThe ma...

Proust Questionnaire - I enjoy reading Vanity Fair magazine. The last page usually carries the Proust Questionnaire that a celebrity gets to fill out (right now they have a featu...

God the Artist - 2 summers ago, my son and I were travelling from Edinburgh to London by air. It was the first week of August, but Scotland being Scotland, the weather was ...

All the single [independent] ladies - I think I've been hanging out with guys for too long. Which reminds me. With the good doctor going off to the bunduz, it's going to be a total guy thing. H...

Homosexuality and the Abuse of Children’s Rights - Following the astonishing marriage between two Kenyan men in London on the 17th October 2009, I felt compelled to publish a cutting commentary I posted las...

The Power To Get Wealth - Power is the ability to do or act. The capability to accomplish something. It is a great or marked ability to do or act by strength, might or force. Power ...

The Humble Beginnings of An Engineer… -

Up in Arms: Some Follow-up Thoughts on the Arms Trade Treaty - I spent a decent chunk of last week skirting around, hovering above and peering into the subject of calculated self-interest. While I was at it, and, perha...

Hand over your kidneys... And various internal organs - I interrupt regular blogramming to bring to you this highly disturbing story. Before you proceed I will acknowledge that some of you might be tempted to ...

UN in Nairobi asked to ‘kick the habit’ – again! - One of the sweetest surprises of the Blog Action Day 09 – Climate Change, was a post by Sukuma Kenya. As you already know, we have been ‘collaborating’ wit...

For The Boys - Dear Editor, This is Marge Simpson like u’ve never seen her before. She’s been married to Homer for more than 25 years and has 3 children. But all that asi...

DC: YAP October 30th Event featuring Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Reposting: Dear friend; YAP and the Global Development Matters Meetup invite you to this month’s YAP Networking Event featuring prolific and inspiring aut...

Ngwatilo at Stockholm Poetry Festival 2009!! - On November 3rd, Ngwatilo shall be in Stockholm for the 13th Stockholm Poetry Festival 2009. I’ll perform/read alongside Wambui Mwangi (Dr.) and Shailja ...

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Random Flora & Fauna - 1, originally uploaded by jmugambi. I have been continuing with my photography education so here is some natural beauty from within Kenya... More photos h...

Oh Misery - oh me woman of little little faith when did i start to falter when did i start to believe less in myself when did i stop hoping and trusting and having that ...

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The MD blog has been quiet - We've been rather quiet online. In the mean time these are some of the things we've been up to recently: Our regular Bible study on Saturday (anyone is wel...

I am still wiriting… - I discovered recently that there are a lot of people who still visit this blog and wonder what happened to me. A few of them have even asked me why I stopp...

Staying Healthy is a Way to Worship - For many people, health simply consists of seeing the doctor when sick and that’s it. They do not consider there body weight, their work habits, stress lev...

Commercial break – Zain popte Ulipo - Commercial Break Ad: Popote ulipo Client; Zain Kenya Zain Kenya, Kenya’s second mobile network has had to fend off many rumours in the past months about th...

BGEA: About Us: News - BGEA: About Us: News Shared via AddThis

A case for the delinking of local authority elections in Kenya - *Nairobi's Mayor Geoffrey Majiwa, being sworn in. Photo credit: www.butterfly.co.ke* The Kenyan parliament is set to start deliberations later this year on...

Another Excuse - Yeah, I know. Of late I have lame excuses to up posts. Looks like I am bending low by posting a forward. Let me first clarify that I normally wouldn’t post...

- Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitu...

Sovaya Broadband Internet - RE: Internet Broadband Service Offer. Let me take this opportunity to introduce you to our Organization. Sovaya was established in 2004 as a Wireless Local...

Seven Kinds Of Sex...... - The 1st kind of sex is called ... Smurf Sex. This kind of sex happens when you first meet someone and you both have sex until you are blue in the face. The...

I want a baby - Oh yes I finally do!

The Art of Matatu Driving – Part I - For all those aspiring learner drivers out there desperately wishing to gain their fortune driving a Mathree, i thought i should publish you a series of ti...

Kwaheri Kenya.... - Hello, dear readers. My apologies for a very long and unexplained absence. I've been involved in some changes consisting of moving house, moving jobs and m...

Ringera: Too much noise over small issues - The furore over Justice Aaron Ringer’a reappointment to the Kenya Anti Corruption Commission is an unfortunate piece of drama that has induced a frenzy of ...

Kenyan Tea Prices on a steady rise... - Kenyan tea prices have hit record highs at the past few week’s auctions in Mombasa on drought fears ahead of Ramadan, when trading in Islamic countries falls...

It's My Year... - Today is my 23rd birthday and I'm grateful to have made it! I recognize that we all tend to take life for granted whether it be waking up in the morning o...

que sera sera... - Oh boy... the expected happened. I am definitely destined to be miserable. No one can love this man. And its hilarious. Lessons learnt, you ask? Actually, ...

The Birthing Place, Part 2 - Whew, now that the excitement of The Birthing Place conference in Charleston, WV is over, I’m not sure where to start. Even thinking about it now brings fl...

Champions Not: Blame it on The Rain - Now that European Leagues are back in action, am going to find myself out much more than I have been since May. Actually since the finals of the champions ...

The Terror on Kenyan Roads - Yesterday, I was stuck in the jam for almost three hours. This is quite strange being a Sunday. A Sunday evening to be precise. This happened along Jogoo roa...

Why we read the blogs that we do? - Just like going through your phone-book can reveal alot about you so can your blogroll.The same way your potential girlfriend will want to know why you hav...

More to come.. - Occurred to me that I haven't blogged in a while, so I'm going to change that.. Been very busy with to mHealth projects in Arusha so my energies are focuse...

Hey! - Don't give up on a sister. You know the computer was going down but my Internet connection did too. I promise I will return soon with updates at least once a...

Friends Of Bonobos - Friends of Bonobos supports the sanctuary Lola ya Bonobo, located in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. We are the world’s only bonobo sanctuary, ho...

DONE - *I've finally moved my main blog to WP. I'm going to pass through all my followers pages to drop the link. ♥*

DIVERSIFY! - Now in light of recent activity over the past two months, I believe it’s only right to express my creativity on other mediums, not just sneakers! Actually ...

Goodbye Blogville! - Generally saying goodbye is a sad affair especially when you are not ready to go. However I feel this is my end with this blog on blogger so the sadness i...

aNaA taG - Its a long time since I did one of this and not much has changed other than I am older, maybe wise and definitely a little less placid. 3cb tagged I, so he...

Pink Ribbon. - You are on my mind, you are in my heart and you remain in my prayers. You will fight this because you are a survivor, when you wake from the anesthesia i w...

NEW DISTRICTS - Is creating new districts the only way the GoK can bring services closer to the people? What if we invested more in transport infrastructure and telecommun...

...If she's not sleeping with you - Hello'sLike they say all good things come to an end, I split up with her (not Eve) and was thrown back into the single and seriously searching league and met...

In My Own (Final) Words. - SaintGay is leaving. Pater Nostra is taking a bow an hanging up his pink gloves. )-: Hey everyone. Before I delete my blog, I wrote a speech that I'd lik...

f**ck the male species! - Somedays you just want to scream!!!!!! why would a grown man pee on a toilet seat and leave the pee??? Who does he expect to clean up? Why would you walk i...

New Use of Old Material - I’ve removed material from this site so I can parcel it out to other places (a book and some private resource sites). Also, I’m busy just trying to get on...

I am not my tribe -

Their Kenya…Our Kenya - THEIR KENYA… Kenya, independent since 1963, with seamless power transitions that have seen only three men preside over its state of affairs to date. She is...

Blogging off my iphone - My blackberry packed up about 2 weeks ago. Before it did, my text messages would delete themselves every morning at 6. My call records and some mails would...

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness - IDEAS WORTH SHARING Every once in a while, we all experience something so wonderful that it becomes really hard not to share. Well, for a while, I have bee...

The next Triton... is.... - The next Triton-like scam will involve a politically connected firm known as "Gulf Energy"... you read it here first... (I am gathering details...)

Financial Planning In Kenya: An Insight into What Works - An Insight into Personal Financial Planning Meet John and Carol, a middle income couple who were recently married and are in their early thirties. John, an...

Travelling with a Kenyan Passport - Last week while I was at work, my boss told me that it was time I took leave. I could not believe my ears. I normally have fought to take leave in previous...

Kenyan Forum at Skyscrapercity - Skyscrapercity is one of the biggest forum when it comes to Pictures of Skylines in the world.It has pictures of almost every city in the world.Kenya recen...

Windows 7 - With all the less pleasant verdicts about Vista, Windows 7 is perhaps PC user next best news. Codenamed Blackcomb, this new Microsoft operating system is s...

On my ipod on rotation............ - Love how Kenyan music is headed to big places nowadays. I have to give it up tho to the latest music videos gracing our screens. Top notch shit! I particul...

Obama on Africa - “No country is going to create wealth if its leaders exploit the economy to enrich themselves, or police can be bought off by drug traffickers. No busine...

in l355 th4n 30 m1nut3s - picture this…. i wake up in the morning get fresh n clean then shuka stairs go to car park to chomoa moti, hoooot neighbor rocks ups, she’s like can i hit...

DATA AND PROBABILITY - For a while now most mobile phone networks in the region had one kind of promotion. A promotion that was geared at making its customers use more of its pro...

A POINT IN MJ-STORY - I think it’s definitely part of human nature to want to be a part of a great occurrence in the history of mankind, many such circumstances have come and hu...

Go boy! Go Boy! (Moving!) - Tis your birth day..go go go…. and here i go! From now onwards, i will be broadcasting from here Check me, LoL-ing. Mob love for the reading that you have ...

Philadelphia - my oozing adoration of things Philadelphia

A Gift In Disguise - Have you ever got back home after a LONG day and started searching frantically for that note? What note? Well, the note that was next to your bed when you ...

Blog Changes - I have moved here

ma3 - Who has seen that matatu with DSTV? ….yeah there is a ma3 plying the Eastland’s route (read Buru) with fully installed DSTV. From having a small screen per...

Chapter 3: End of Term - It was the final day of first term and as on all final days, an aura of excitement pervaded the air, filling us all with relief, expectation and anxiety, f...

Its 3.30am ; random thoughts - Finally,after two years of blogging i made my blog private. I think at this point i need it,i want to write without the fear that someone will know its me....

quitting alcohol? - there's this pharmacist i work with who is always quitting alcohol. the first time when i met him he told me he'd quit. i asked him, "for how long?" he pau...

top 10 reasons to date an architect - 1. all night long, all night strong.2. we are damn good with our hands.3. if we can commit to chipboard, relationships should be easy.4. you should see the t...

Standing together - There's an oak tree that stands in our front yard When we moved here years ago, it stood there just as grand unmoved by the storms that blew last year unnerv...

what little blue dress? - So I chickened out. It was really really short. Ok, I knew that already. But for some reason, I couldn’t get myself to wear it. But the weight has stayed o...

Honest Scrap Award - Friends, Romans, countrymen...I would like to thank the academy, mwanamishale and Bomseh for awarding me the the Honest Scrap award.Since I can't win the ...

Cinammon French Toast - Woke up to find the boiler not working! Yes again! Frustration doesn’t begin to describe how I feel. Anyhu…moving on, spent last night watching food progra...

Go over there. *Points.* - I've just seen that I still have a couple of followers on this blog. Well, here's to let you know that I'm writing again, but at the new seamless. This one...

Dusting off the cobwebs - I have really been trying to blog here for a loooong time now. I've given up. Blogger hates me. So I've moved to the competition. I know, I know, I said I ...

Ulinzi Drawn - * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *AFC Leopards 1 Ulinzi Stars 1* At the Coca Cola Stadium, Ulinzi Stars international trialist Evans...

Here Yet Again - Tonight, I'm feeling sorry for myself for being Here Yet Again. Once again, a delectable and very straight guy is lolling around in my room, on my bed, wat...

Kenyan Promoters Killing FACEBOOk - Whats wrong with this picture? Honestly I get hit up with almost 50 new invitations, from groups, from friends, from frenemies. Its ridiculous. FACEBOO...

My night out - ~~ You know the biggest mystery to me will always be my stomach, it just baffles me! Like now, I woke up like 3 hours ago, I hadn't eaten anything then ...

Thank You Mr. Speaker - The much awaited speaker's ruling on who should be the leader of government business in parliament was delivered with the wit, skill and utmost considerati...

Searching for Africa’s Best Blog Design - Africa is online. The number of bloggers continues to grow daily, inspiring readers all over Africa and all over the world. We are looking for the best blo...

Thirsty? - Got water? This picture makes me thirsty, very thirsty. Squirrels at Craig Park in Tarpon Springs, Fla. know how to get up to the last drop of water ... ...

games technology tutorial - *Empire: Total War Review* 2404 - PC Gaming (press release) - Apr 12, 2009 This can all initially be daunting, but Creative Assembly eases the player in w...

One Month Hiatus - A full month away!! My apologies for those of you who may have looked at this site for updates only to find none. I took one month away to start a new busin...

IDONTNO - Whenever I’m on the freeway I notice them. I see them on and around University Avenue, especially near the restaurants. Many of my friends have them. Mi...

Finally! - After several false starts and some actual but less than disappointing starts, the ideal party happened. 3 guys and 4 gals in an all night orgy. I wish the...

Lord, My Woman is Talking! - Lord, my woman is talking Give me four ears to hear her… Lord my woman is talking and speaking Give me six ears to listen to her… Lord my woman is talkin...

Age aint nothing - This morning on my way to work I was riding with my mum in the Matatu. no. 48. The journey is usually 20 minutes, however due to the phenomenal Nairobi rus...

- I am a woman because of a man who fell in love with my mother and proved that yes he can have sperms that swim faster that Michael Phelps and with his help...

Its all in Your Head - One of the hardest thing about running is trying to decide what to focus on while on the run. This is especially hard when you begin. Every time I go on a ...

Countdown - T - 100 days

I Met A Gal With A Good Head on Her Shoulder - I had lost all hope in women but I finally found it in one Jane Doe. Well before I met her i had resided to the fact that pussy was an expensive commodity ...

Just Asking.... - As a dad I often wonder how my child will turn out to be. I have seen many people I grew up with turning out wrong. So am asking how well should I bring up...

Human Rights Vs Fighting Crime - In the past fou years since operations aganist illegal groups such as Mungiki and Saboat Land Defence Force (S.L.D.F) started there have been hue and cry f...

Of Writer’s Block…and Nairobi Dendai - I know…i know…before we go any further, Dendai is very recent slang for chicks. and people wonder why the third world is fucked up. now my certifiably insa...

The is Hope after all for Investment Bankers… - I have just received a confirmation letter from the CFA Institute today. This means that I will be sitting for the June level one CFA exams. I was ofcourse...

the weak-end - Man, what did I do today? A Saturday given as a gift is hard to pay back when all I’ve done with it is watch tv. Sounds like a lazy thing to do huh! Well l...

in love with a stripper! - the sem is catching on quite fine but the mojo aint over the cabin as such. since ma-bashes were abashed and abolished, i find the partying side of campo a ...

Bartenders' Guide To The Galaxy - Bartending is more then a profession it is an art. This is a complete guide on every aspect of Bartending. Bartenders also usually serve as the public imag...