Category: Random
Rare Clouds Over Nairobi and Cairo
On the 8th day of January, 2014 the year of our lord, the Gods of Nairobi and Cairo bequeathed the two cities with a similar and rare morning skyline. NAIROBI Sun Rise #Nairobi Morning World http://t.co/Fc0rtJHmmf — Aly-Khan Satchu (@alykhansatchu) January 8, 2014 View this post on Instagram A post shared by G Money ...
A Brief History of British Accents
You may not be aware of the fact that accents come in a huge variety in the British Isles. Now, I don’t know what is the proper name of the accents (perhaps a British friend of mine can tell me), other than I’ve experienced that both in person and on TV (or, in films, and, ...
Go Ye and Write
I never thought I’d make a writer not to mention the least a blogger. Despite devouring two books a week, it never seemed viable I’ll be on the other side of the publishing business. The point of inflection occurred a few years into my university studies, one of the nocturnal activities within the campus involved ...
Losing My Virginity
Back when I was in university it was customary to attend WAPI, a monthly artistic event hosted by the British Council at their offices in Upper Hill, Nairobi. My usual ‘partner in crime’ was @malel and we had a selective routine procedure, first sample the graffiti, check out the clothing designs and end at the ...
Who Taught you English
While watching Sir Charles Njonjo’s (former Kenya Attorney General) interview it struck me just how much the Brits culture had taken root in him. Jeff Koinange, the program host popped a question and asked him “what’s your take on the recent political realignment”, to my astonishment he didn’t answer the question but fired one back ...
Why Prayers Never Work
Have you ever been accosted by a total stranger purported to know you very well? May be you met in an alternate universe where a lot happened but the memory keeps failing you. Then they drop it, we are all brothers in Christ. A moment to digest that, okay read on. A particular sect is ...
The Struggle to Remain Relevant
Johann Sebastian Bach’s ‘Erbarme Dich’ from the score Matthaus Passion is playing in my music system. On the neighbor’s jukebox, Lil Wayne is teaching women how to lick his over-tattooed body. As I savor the melodious voice of Delphine Galou I get constant interruptions ‘lick me, lick me like a lollipop’. Holy crap! Who even ...
Saving the Worst for First: Newspaper Chronicles
I don’t know if you read newspapers but the latest headlines just got me irked if not disgusted. All the gossip, political gruel and damsels gyrating what their mama gave them occupy the front page of the newspapers. Thought provoking and incisive articles are relegated to tiny columns on the side pages engulfed in a miasma of ...
I am no Celebrity
Society loves super heroes, people who set themselves apart from the masses by shear use of brains, muscles or just luck. However, the race to the top is normally murky, you either screw someone or you are screwed, good boys always finish last. Its end justifies the means conundrum where diligent work doesn’t pay it ...
I Doubt Reality
In the 14th century, South America inhabitants observed a correspondence between that the lunar cycle and the farming seasons. The full moon coincided with the harvesting period and they christened it God of harvest, then a problem occurred. As the moon changed its phase from full moon through gibbous to crescent the locals thought a ...
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