OH HOW I WISH FLYING WOULD BE EASY
TO SOAR IN THE CLOUDS AND BE UNREACHABLE
DETACHED , ALOOF FROM THE QUAKES AND FLOODS OF LIFE
AND SEE EVERYTHING FROM ABOVE WHERE TIME
AND DISTANCE WOULD NEVER MATTER.
- 14 -01-2009-
That's the date i was in one of my Alfred Tennyson's moods .
Alfred Tennyson one of my favourite poets was one misunderstood person.
He was labelled a hypochondriac, insecure and a whiner.
I tend to think he was a compulsive perfectionist, again greatly misunderstood.
Every ambitious human being has these feelings once in a while.
sometimes i feel like Alfred Tennyson
With his well documented melancholic bouts
Edward Fitzgerald aptly described Tennyson's disposition in Feb 1840 as thus:
''.... I have also made him very out of sorts by desiring a trace from complaints and complainings- poor fellow: he is quite magnanimous and noble hearted, with no meaness or vanity or affectation of any kind whatever - but very perverse ,according to the nature of his illness - so much for poets ,who one must allow are many of them a somewhat tetchy race.
There is that great metaphysical, Doric ,moral,religious ,psychological, poet of age who doesnt like to be contradicted at all: nor neglected in any way." A collection of poems by Alfred Tennyson
The day that i wrote the above poem is the day i really felt inadequate, in life , i was really low and my my mind was full of questions on where my life was headed.There comes ja time in our lives where we wonder about our worth in this life . Are we adding more to life than we are taking ?
Friday, May 27, 2011
Sunday, May 8, 2011
THE BIG PERVERTED BROTHER - FINAL PART
I’ve taken a lot of flak since I wrote my article lampooning the big brother show. I had under estimated how popular this ‘thing ‘among my friends and acquaintances.
As a result I’ve been called a Killjoy, someone told me ‘’ haujachanuka ’’ among other invectives that were flung my way . Let me say here that I'd rather be ‘’unchanukad’’ than participate in that voyeurism.
If I really wanted to watch people going about mundane activities like eating, sleeping and showering , I might as well drill a hole through the neighbour’s wall and peep.
My beef with this show is that it would have been better if the organizers gave the contestants tasks that were not only fun-filled but also inspirational. Positive tasks that are in line with the challenges that face this continent.
The Western world is so many years ahead in terms of development that they can afford have luxury of wasting time and money. Lets not imagine that everything that comes from them is useful or relevant to us. Im not against anyone having fun but lets keep the fun sensible and one that leaves us with our dignity intact.What if this ‘’big brother ‘’ was like Donald Trump’s Apprentice . The competitors manage to have fun while at the same time learning and engaging their skills constructively.
Well im done with this Big brother bashing .. so friends don’t kill my cat for deriding your favourite TV show. These are Just my thoughts.
Now still on fun that is wayward there is this thing that has caused a major furor especially among the Netizens in this country.
You see on the 24th of April when most of you were all about the easter bunny there was something of the grotesque nature happening at the Carnivore. Some unsavory Jamaicans by the names of Ding dong and RDX were teaching the Kenyan youths how to have sex in public with their clothes on.
The two thugs have put the event organizers Fisborne Entertainment in trouble with lawsuits just a song away from their doorsteps. During the concert named Swaggarific, the clowns dared ladies to go on stage for lewd dances.
Please watch the videos here http://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=jbVjOyscHJA and make sure you have the heart for this here it gets nastier http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkF-tB0YfsU&feature=related
Now Kenyans is that fun ? really ? Assuming that most of the people attending the show were teenagers what did they learn? That it’s ok to dry hump in public . That women are like ragdolls to be tossed around in the name of having fun ? I’ve always suspected that at one point Jamaicans gave up on living like human beings. This confirms it.
As a result I’ve been called a Killjoy, someone told me ‘’ haujachanuka ’’ among other invectives that were flung my way . Let me say here that I'd rather be ‘’unchanukad’’ than participate in that voyeurism.
If I really wanted to watch people going about mundane activities like eating, sleeping and showering , I might as well drill a hole through the neighbour’s wall and peep.
My beef with this show is that it would have been better if the organizers gave the contestants tasks that were not only fun-filled but also inspirational. Positive tasks that are in line with the challenges that face this continent.
The Western world is so many years ahead in terms of development that they can afford have luxury of wasting time and money. Lets not imagine that everything that comes from them is useful or relevant to us. Im not against anyone having fun but lets keep the fun sensible and one that leaves us with our dignity intact.What if this ‘’big brother ‘’ was like Donald Trump’s Apprentice . The competitors manage to have fun while at the same time learning and engaging their skills constructively.
Well im done with this Big brother bashing .. so friends don’t kill my cat for deriding your favourite TV show. These are Just my thoughts.
Now still on fun that is wayward there is this thing that has caused a major furor especially among the Netizens in this country.
You see on the 24th of April when most of you were all about the easter bunny there was something of the grotesque nature happening at the Carnivore. Some unsavory Jamaicans by the names of Ding dong and RDX were teaching the Kenyan youths how to have sex in public with their clothes on.
The two thugs have put the event organizers Fisborne Entertainment in trouble with lawsuits just a song away from their doorsteps. During the concert named Swaggarific, the clowns dared ladies to go on stage for lewd dances.
Please watch the videos here http://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=jbVjOyscHJA and make sure you have the heart for this here it gets nastier http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkF-tB0YfsU&feature=related
Now Kenyans is that fun ? really ? Assuming that most of the people attending the show were teenagers what did they learn? That it’s ok to dry hump in public . That women are like ragdolls to be tossed around in the name of having fun ? I’ve always suspected that at one point Jamaicans gave up on living like human beings. This confirms it.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
THE BIG PERVERTED BROTHER
The Big Brother season is here with us again.
The season when Africans are treated to televised practices of moral decadence.
This time round there are 27 africans in that famous Sodom and Gomorrah called ‘’the house’’
The big brother is one thing that has ever added any value to this continent if you ask me. The fact that the take home prize for the last idiot standing has been raised to US dollars 200,0000 does not even justify the objective behind this big brother thing. It beats me where is the fun is in locking up random strangers in a house then waiting for them to fall sick, fight, have sex or shower ?
I think some bored white guy was hanging out with his friends when he suddenly had a moment of inspiration and said to his pals ‘‘ ….hey guys what if we started a reality show where we lock up guys, put them under camera surveillance get them drunk occasionally and watch them having sex…?..’’ Then the friends stared at him in awe and exclaimed …’’ you are a genius !!!!” in their lives they had never such an intelligent man . That’s how it spread to the Motherland.
Enough with trying to figure out the genesis of this madness -The Big Brother .
So back to the house I hear the Kenyan Participant Millicent was a pioneer of sorts . She is said to have been the first to kiss someone on the show – on the second day !!
This is reminiscent of a former female participant who left an indelible mark in the house for her bi-sexual shenanigans I wonder if she was left with a tongue after the departure from the house. Woman used to lick and kiss anything. Her name escapes me but it wouldn’t add value to my life if I remembered.
She came back and like minded fans feted her like she had come back with a Marathon gold medal .One radio presenter yapped on and on about how this woman had made kenya proud- I cringed in pain.
Sadly for the weeks running Africans will keep their eyes glued to their screens with abated breath grabbing their nethers in anticipation, waiting just waiting for someone to get naked. The specimens in the house will be treated to alcohol ,discretion and inhibition will be frowned upon. They’ll be given childish tasks like singing nursery rhymes and playing hide and seek. They will make bubbles out of soapy water .
I’m sure there will be a task where they will cross dress. It’s the big brother and 200,000 US Dollars for grabs. The first lady to flash a boob will be lavished with praise and the first man to lay a woman in the house will go down in continental history .
Nonsense utter nonsense and waste of time !
The season when Africans are treated to televised practices of moral decadence.
This time round there are 27 africans in that famous Sodom and Gomorrah called ‘’the house’’
The big brother is one thing that has ever added any value to this continent if you ask me. The fact that the take home prize for the last idiot standing has been raised to US dollars 200,0000 does not even justify the objective behind this big brother thing. It beats me where is the fun is in locking up random strangers in a house then waiting for them to fall sick, fight, have sex or shower ?
I think some bored white guy was hanging out with his friends when he suddenly had a moment of inspiration and said to his pals ‘‘ ….hey guys what if we started a reality show where we lock up guys, put them under camera surveillance get them drunk occasionally and watch them having sex…?..’’ Then the friends stared at him in awe and exclaimed …’’ you are a genius !!!!” in their lives they had never such an intelligent man . That’s how it spread to the Motherland.
Enough with trying to figure out the genesis of this madness -The Big Brother .
So back to the house I hear the Kenyan Participant Millicent was a pioneer of sorts . She is said to have been the first to kiss someone on the show – on the second day !!
This is reminiscent of a former female participant who left an indelible mark in the house for her bi-sexual shenanigans I wonder if she was left with a tongue after the departure from the house. Woman used to lick and kiss anything. Her name escapes me but it wouldn’t add value to my life if I remembered.
She came back and like minded fans feted her like she had come back with a Marathon gold medal .One radio presenter yapped on and on about how this woman had made kenya proud- I cringed in pain.
Sadly for the weeks running Africans will keep their eyes glued to their screens with abated breath grabbing their nethers in anticipation, waiting just waiting for someone to get naked. The specimens in the house will be treated to alcohol ,discretion and inhibition will be frowned upon. They’ll be given childish tasks like singing nursery rhymes and playing hide and seek. They will make bubbles out of soapy water .
I’m sure there will be a task where they will cross dress. It’s the big brother and 200,000 US Dollars for grabs. The first lady to flash a boob will be lavished with praise and the first man to lay a woman in the house will go down in continental history .
Nonsense utter nonsense and waste of time !
WHY DON’T YOU GET ANGRY ?
Anger the emotion as we know has long been viewed in negative terms.
I’m not going to be trite and start defining anger according to some dictionary: this is because every one of us has been angry more than one time in our lives and thus we know what anger is.
As a matter of fact there is someone reading this who is angry right now since I chose not to define -anger according to some Webster or Oxford dictionary. The whole point is Anger is probably the most prevalent of our emotions in our world today. I bet I get angry more than I laugh on any one given day.
How do you handle you anger? That’s the critical question. When you get angry are you said to have hit the roof , irked, pissed off or enraged? The degree of anger and how you channel it is important when it comes to handling anger. Whichever way you look at it anger is good - well at least sometimes.
Most of you would agree with me that some of the life changing decisions in our lives we make in a fit of anger or rage. Take for example a lenient employer who for a long time has been putting up with ineptitude from his employees….it only takes a fit of rage for him to scream ,’’You are fired !!!’’ and the problem is hence solved forever.
Let’s flip the coin now and look at the Employee. Yes the employee who is always mistreated and underrated by his/her boss . Low pay, long working hours verbal assault etc. This is one person who needs to get angry and when he/she gets angry the message will be communicated to the insensitive employer. Are you that lenient employer or are you that meek downtrodden employee?
Are you in dysfunctional relationship or marriage ? what more would it take to make you angry and say ‘’Im fed up ! ‘’Is your partner taking you for granted? Are you assaulted and abused more than you are cuddled ? its time to bring on the RAGE ! It is time to say enough is enough .No one has the key to your happiness apart from yourself.
Anger has been motivating factor to the regime changes in North Africa. The people got to that point of no return .Back home in Kenya we are very slow to anger . No wonder the politicians are always taking advantage of us . They dare us ‘’ mtado ? ‘’ . We are like what Fela Kuti sang ’’…suffering and smiling ….‘’
Anger sometimes is good. Get angry but don’t kill, maim or destroy
I’m not going to be trite and start defining anger according to some dictionary: this is because every one of us has been angry more than one time in our lives and thus we know what anger is.
As a matter of fact there is someone reading this who is angry right now since I chose not to define -anger according to some Webster or Oxford dictionary. The whole point is Anger is probably the most prevalent of our emotions in our world today. I bet I get angry more than I laugh on any one given day.
How do you handle you anger? That’s the critical question. When you get angry are you said to have hit the roof , irked, pissed off or enraged? The degree of anger and how you channel it is important when it comes to handling anger. Whichever way you look at it anger is good - well at least sometimes.
Most of you would agree with me that some of the life changing decisions in our lives we make in a fit of anger or rage. Take for example a lenient employer who for a long time has been putting up with ineptitude from his employees….it only takes a fit of rage for him to scream ,’’You are fired !!!’’ and the problem is hence solved forever.
Let’s flip the coin now and look at the Employee. Yes the employee who is always mistreated and underrated by his/her boss . Low pay, long working hours verbal assault etc. This is one person who needs to get angry and when he/she gets angry the message will be communicated to the insensitive employer. Are you that lenient employer or are you that meek downtrodden employee?
Are you in dysfunctional relationship or marriage ? what more would it take to make you angry and say ‘’Im fed up ! ‘’Is your partner taking you for granted? Are you assaulted and abused more than you are cuddled ? its time to bring on the RAGE ! It is time to say enough is enough .No one has the key to your happiness apart from yourself.
Anger has been motivating factor to the regime changes in North Africa. The people got to that point of no return .Back home in Kenya we are very slow to anger . No wonder the politicians are always taking advantage of us . They dare us ‘’ mtado ? ‘’ . We are like what Fela Kuti sang ’’…suffering and smiling ….‘’
Anger sometimes is good. Get angry but don’t kill, maim or destroy
Monday, August 23, 2010
Taking care of our MPs
I have lately taken some keen interest in the MPs pay hike demand and I must admit I was least moved by their audacity.
One thing We Kenyans fail to comprehend is that our MPS are quintessentially Kenyan and are a reflection of our society.
Our MPS are a wasteful myopic ,selfish skirt chasing bunch.
For the past 10 years the August house has seen new entrants into the political world who were cast into Parliament thanks to the Narc and ODM waves.
Some of them previously worked in humble careers suddenly found themselves earning a six figure salary which was a bit too overwhelming.
It’s an open secret that most of the members of the house had not tasted the lavish lifestyle that being an Mp introduced them too.
They have gone on overdrive and Womanizing is the order of the day .They pay house rent for their several mistresses spread across the country. It’s like a competition among them to see who is the biggest stud of them all.
There is even a new craze among them for chasing after the TV news presenters and the winners of Miss Ugali, Miss River Road, Miss Anything and other various beauty pageants.
Some are known to mesmerize college girls to the Coast with impromptu holidays .
As a result of this most of the honorable members are always broke.
Every man knows that there isn’t a more expensive venture in the world than skirt chasing.
Its been said that ‘’ You can lose a lot of money chasing women, but you'll never lose women chasing money. "
Please fellow Kenyans lets be considerate and support our Mps in their favourite past time.
Lets make sure the Janettes, the Ritas,,Achiengs ,Njeris, Biancas and Aminas are well taken care of by our Mps.Lets not castigate them for being- Real Kenyans.
One thing We Kenyans fail to comprehend is that our MPS are quintessentially Kenyan and are a reflection of our society.
Our MPS are a wasteful myopic ,selfish skirt chasing bunch.
For the past 10 years the August house has seen new entrants into the political world who were cast into Parliament thanks to the Narc and ODM waves.
Some of them previously worked in humble careers suddenly found themselves earning a six figure salary which was a bit too overwhelming.
It’s an open secret that most of the members of the house had not tasted the lavish lifestyle that being an Mp introduced them too.
They have gone on overdrive and Womanizing is the order of the day .They pay house rent for their several mistresses spread across the country. It’s like a competition among them to see who is the biggest stud of them all.
There is even a new craze among them for chasing after the TV news presenters and the winners of Miss Ugali, Miss River Road, Miss Anything and other various beauty pageants.
Some are known to mesmerize college girls to the Coast with impromptu holidays .
As a result of this most of the honorable members are always broke.
Every man knows that there isn’t a more expensive venture in the world than skirt chasing.
Its been said that ‘’ You can lose a lot of money chasing women, but you'll never lose women chasing money. "
Please fellow Kenyans lets be considerate and support our Mps in their favourite past time.
Lets make sure the Janettes, the Ritas,,Achiengs ,Njeris, Biancas and Aminas are well taken care of by our Mps.Lets not castigate them for being- Real Kenyans.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Blogs- The literal karaoke
Thanks to blogs everyone can be a writer in the hope that some internet voyeur will get to read his/her ruminations ,lamentations thoughts or desperate rants.
Blogs are the like the literal karaoke dont discriminate .
Everyone has an opportunity to shine.
A place where no one cares if you are retarded,genius or plain demented.
Blogs are comforting- reassuring in the end you know that someone will read your thoughts and that really helps when you want them to know what you think secretly hoping that they will post a comment that will be both relevant and helpful.
A place where there are no critics to put you down and no publishers to throw your mediocre work into the trash can.
Your poor grammar ,your evil thoughts, your long boring rants will be published by well...yourself.
Poetasters have joined the fray and thanks to blogs they can pass themselves for poets.
The innocence and beauty has as a result been defiled and blemished .
But yet again this is the blogosphere where anything goes.
Blogs are the like the literal karaoke dont discriminate .
Everyone has an opportunity to shine.
A place where no one cares if you are retarded,genius or plain demented.
Blogs are comforting- reassuring in the end you know that someone will read your thoughts and that really helps when you want them to know what you think secretly hoping that they will post a comment that will be both relevant and helpful.
A place where there are no critics to put you down and no publishers to throw your mediocre work into the trash can.
Your poor grammar ,your evil thoughts, your long boring rants will be published by well...yourself.
Poetasters have joined the fray and thanks to blogs they can pass themselves for poets.
The innocence and beauty has as a result been defiled and blemished .
But yet again this is the blogosphere where anything goes.
we are the world- saving Haiti
Just watched the video for the remake of the classic '' We are the world " in dedicated to the rebuilding of Haiti after the devastating earthquake.
My opinion ? Well .. first i would like to aknowledge that this effort was made for a worthy cause which is commendable...but again some songs cannot be remade ,remixed or otherwise since they are perfect and this is one of those. The remake is poorly arranged and disgusting ! i got a headache right after watching it.
Lil Wayne ...OMG ! that was a bad idea ...him and other rappers ruined the whole song...i mean how can you rap on such a song ? Its like adding salt to honey ; certainly the wrong seasoning.
Conclusion : Just let the classics be...dont deface the historic musical edifices !
My opinion ? Well .. first i would like to aknowledge that this effort was made for a worthy cause which is commendable...but again some songs cannot be remade ,remixed or otherwise since they are perfect and this is one of those. The remake is poorly arranged and disgusting ! i got a headache right after watching it.
Lil Wayne ...OMG ! that was a bad idea ...him and other rappers ruined the whole song...i mean how can you rap on such a song ? Its like adding salt to honey ; certainly the wrong seasoning.
Conclusion : Just let the classics be...dont deface the historic musical edifices !
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