The journey of life

Its not where you started, its where you finish. Ergo, its not how you started, its how you finish.

Why?

• Why does trading in Western markets feel like pure gambling compared to the NSE?
• Why do most black men always go for the lowest common denominator (easily available) when they date other races when wazungus go for looks when dating other races?
• Why do bunge candidates in Kenya have to belong to a particular political party?
• Why do most self-confessed neutral observers always turn right or left when it comes to politics or religion? E.g. you couldn't find a liberal calling for no war on Afganistan after 911 even though by right Saudi Arabia could easily have been a target given the majority of the terrorist were Saudis.
• Why do most black women never pine for having their hair grow or be styled au nauterrel you know without the straightness, curlers et al?
• Why does a Kenyan like me who is a minority of privileged Kenyans who either have fast or continuous internet access use it to talk negative all the time about my country?
• Why do recruiters always hound you when you don't want a job and avoid you when you do?
• Why do we acknowledge God but disassociate ourselves with Ngai wa Kirinyaga, Anu, Enkai etc?
• Why does politics attract society's oddities? The sort that think it odd for their constituents (the majority who commute to the same city as they do) to get mad at their 2nd home claims or odd to a hire a cheering crowd?

Why do we black Africans give ourselves Mzungu names?

How many wazungus do you know that are called Otieno, Mwangi, Kipkoech et al? I can understand that there was that thing in the past about trying to sound Christian, but I am fairly sure the good book says it’s not by works it’s by faith. Some diasporians say that without European sounding names they won't get jobs abroad. Don't think so because Ngugi wa Thiongo is a professor in California. And look at some of those of footballers.

So is it an inferiority complex vis a vis wazungus?

Which city or town?

My limited Jewish tells me schmuck doesn't mean gold...


What is this?

Is this the ladies or the gents?
Would you eat here?
Multi-colored buildings are a novelty for one from London.

Sausages and potatoes are favourite dish.

The wow factor in life

Your CEO may pay personal complements to you for having discovered a loophole to generate revenue. Your latest stock gamble (for share trading can be thus on may a day), may turn 10% in a day.

But for a real emotional high/wow moment of the day, you can't beat, sitting with your two sons. The older at 2 counting to ten; singing some songs and lo and behold, his younger brother is soothed to sleep.

God does it better.

London underground: what joy...

After 4 or so yrs break, I am now commuting using the London underground aka the tube and I now realise what I've been missing. Not...

The tube carries 3million+ passengers a day and you feel like most of them are on your journey to and from work. So what joys have I been missing?

Inconsiderates:

• Morning blues: If somebody is going to throw themselves under a train, is it too much ask that they don't do it at 8 in the morning just as rush hour kicks in? Or even better, do what most do when they can't stomach going to work, just call in sick and stay at home...muppet.
• Water-phobia: Some passengers are principally opposed to washing themselves or brushing teeth. Very painful for fellow passengers.
• The plodders: Those that can't work at 50mph shouldn't bother with the tube. Take the bus to work.
• Potato syndrome: Canada a much younger nation than the "Great" Britain, has double decker trains. A good well planned idea for avoiding being packed into trains like potatoes in a sack. Unlikely to happen in London but badly needed otherwise the "oshiya" are the future.
• Free-riders: Its not funny or clever to bump and grind into your fellow passengers so as to avoid paying for a train ticket. The windy-buses is a better option.

Good part:

1. Keep fit regime: You walk up 100+ stairs in one journey. I've lost 5kgs already...