The Light

Lying on his right shoulder, in a dark room, he could feel a warming snore on his back. He thought to himself , this must be his lover !

Turning over to face this being , his hands touched her .... Bang ! it hit him, this was some strange being. He prayed hard to his God for help. This "thing/being" left him . Suddenly, he felt he was floating in the Air, cold and without a blanket. He wore shorts and had no shirt on and the room was still pitch black. Through the window he could see light , like the sun shining in a distance , just beyond the shed that was created by the roof of the house. He felt a yearning to step out into the light, but there was no exit. He pushed and pushed and somehow, he slipped through the window burglar proofing. Like a poisoned rat looking for water, he ran frantically towards the light, but alas !! it kept moving further from his reach until it was dark again.

It was pitch black again outside. Strange enough, a car without lights drove into the parking lot. Out came, his parents, the dad walking briskly into the house, leaving his mother behind. As he observed from somewhere above, he saw the shadows of two bears approaching his parents. He prayed to God to confuse and divert these beasts ! They didn't harm his parents. But somehow his mother walked toward the animals, so he prayed even harder, but the beasts continued to laugh and mock him in a local language. They said he was weak and had no power against them.

snap !! he came out to realize it was only a dream. But it seemed to signify something he was experiencing in real life.. If only someone could interpret it for him .. someone with this gift !

enjoying my food

Here i was enjoying my rice and Meat. The guy across the room says.. "i hate meat" , because i have gout !!!!

i immediately chocked on my saliva. suddenly the meat started to smell stale ! i left the food.

sadly, 1 day later, for the next 2 nights, i had minced meat for supper !! Looks like i dint learn

Picture this.. i had always thought this was only for the well to do. This was a common man like me. wasn't a very good experience et al

piga makofi

must say i have been putting this off for too long. infact. there is alot that i have forgotten but better late than never. where should i start ? well. i have peaked my childhood i must admit , i am now a fully grown man. When i look at my uncles and unties who towered over me when i was only a child i realize where am headed ! its a scary thought. who knew i would have to go through similar challenges they went through in life ? i want my childhood back .. i want to sit back and be pampered. i don't want to worry about the next day. i don't want to worry about the price of fuel. a house. rent which i have to pay today !

but hey, why should i complain ? things are happening rather fast. i was supposed to be with the pple of svenska right now but things changed in the past few weeks. which made me realize the power of a rumour ! i am going to start spreading rumours about myself to create more anxiety.

i am abit disappointed that my 5 year plan hasn't been realized just yet , but in my heart i know everything happens for a reason esp for those of us who trust in the Lord.

this post is probably boring you. so i'll stop for now till i have something more insteresting to share. For now.. cherio !

spooky stuff

Last night i had a dream in which there was this happy laughy playi demon. it came once, i was at home among a group of people whom i din't recognize. D comes once and i call my sis Di to pray. she just laughs it off says a word and it disappears. 2nd time same thing. 3rd time it comes back as her .

This time i call her and she is dazed and confused. i try to get her back to her senses. we hold each leg of this ugly beast and start to pray. pooofff !! i find myself awake and scared.

i called Di and we prayed. but alas, i felt a conviction to confess my sins to GOD. which i did. i dint sleep that night .

dreams

i always had this dream that one day i would visit this country. I did know under which circumstances it would come. After traveling for a whole day, i finally set foot on this land of dreams to some. din't look as hyped as people normally portrayed it. In fact , save for the infrastructure , the food was terrible , the weather BAD ! I din't really get to understand the people. I was in a class with people who the world considers super thinkers. To my surprise, this is not necessarily true. How i wish the people where i come from would have a change of mindset and hold themselves in high regard. I love the weather in my country.

The journey to this place began with securing a "v". ( travel document ) . coz of the peak season, there were no available appointments for an interview. we (with b en ) asked a friend @the embassy to get us an appointment. This did not go down well with the "v" staff. Apparently we were trying to go around the system which was totally unacceptable. I was given a shouting interview. but alas ! i was given the "v" anyway. i went through a lot of stress. moving up and down to arrange my travel.

now that i am back. i hv lots of work to do. i have alot of work un done. i think i need to plan. life is moving sooo fast.

The day i solved a conflict

B n G wouldnt see eye to eye. This had been building over the past 6months ... suspicion.. each of them trying to win the heart of the team. This day , i said to myself... i had to make us come together and we solve the problem like men. 1st we started by giving our opinions on the situations...each was given his turn. Then came the accusations betwn B and G.

To B.. G was simply trying to compete with him. To G ... B was being too authoritarian .. someone from mars. I couldn't appear to take sides, i accused both of them and sat back. Me and SpO laughed through the whole session.

Good enough by the end of this 5 hour heated session, we all agreed on something...

A manual on how "not" to sleep for a few nights

It all started when we missed the 8pm bus. Alas ! the groom was the late one... i was only an escort waiting early at the bus stage. We waited around town , had a soda and food at ponnus. there was a small scuffle with a passenger who had apparently come from juba in this same bus..... i had taken his sit.. At 1am the red kla coach set off for nai. The last memory i have before we got to the border is of red p ofc. We had a stop in nkru for refreshments and headed 2 nai. At 1pm we got out of the bus and had lunch.The bride came around , we met her bigger sister to took us to a hotel just around the rowdy streets. due to rampant theft, security was tight , we were advised not to leave a single valuable in the room when we left. Late that evening after a little rest, we set out to look for coastal dishes. We went around town to arrive at a place that was just in the backyard of our hotel... It was a period of fasting for the mo's so we were unable to find our much desired delicacy. We settled for gizzards and chicken. Enter the night. i lay on my bed to sleep. But i just couldn't sleep coz of the boom boom boom. till 6:00am when the matatus also begin competing to make the loudest noise. Off we went to kiseria about 60km away. We were told it wouldn't take long as all issues had been discussed prior to our arrival. We had lunch and entered a room for negotiation. truth be told, i understand virtually nothing of what was being discussed as they spoke in swa and kuk ... i was an alien per say.

shida ya majji :D

I would only laugh when i saw others laugh and shook my head when they mentioned the english 10%. we only had 10% of the amount required for dowry. but were able to convince the elders after 4 hours of negotiation on the premise that we would pay the money over a period of time. We left around 9pm after a simple traditional marriage with a ring place holder. we squeezed into a mat... and left for town. This was nite no.2..... boom boom boom ... i hardly slept.

as we walked the streets the next day, i couldn't help but marvel at the new high rise buildings in the city. At least, i thought to myself these people do know how a city should look. i also liked the concept of serving chicken and chips on paper without a plate. i found the people to be quite enterprising.. no wonder they are leaps from where i live. we visited a family friend of the groom.

spent the whole day with the family. discussed about everything and nothing mostly politically inclined. back to the hotel to boom boom boom.

boy was i relieved to enter Dar Express the next morning to leave the noisy city ... We passed through the mara ... it was all dry grass plains........

Namanga

I love this name.. it's just too what can i say ... ummm namanga... Deo keeps mentioning this word. 30minutes later, we entered TZ in the nicest bus i had boarded for the 3 days i was on the road. the road is rough and still under construction.

Arusha

Like a Dream come true. i finally reached the city/town Jo was blowing for. So many whites like he described. We sat at the cafe he often spoke about... no exactly what i pictured ( what he described - --- trust jo 2 hype anyway ) but i know jo. we moved around the city with luggage looking like tourists. We dint get the merchandise. So we headed for Lunch out of the city ... a place called sakina pub. On the menu was roast goat and dried tasteless banana.( which jo liked btw ) I was full of fatigue , asked jo to get us a place to rest.

Goodness "jos Cousin"

Apparently whenever jo wud visit arusha, he would stay at her sisters place. This time, she begged jo to come stay with her. He went about town on his own and left me with the smiling goodness who hardly knew english but was really fun. as she drove me to her house we spoke a few short sentences, i felt like entering the ground.. How cud jo leave me with his cousin who hardly knows me and hardly speaks any english !!! but i was tired. we could to her humble shelter about 10km away from the city. i took a shower came out and watched TV as she cooked me a pure TZ meal... Pullaw... which i would only get a chance to taste 5 hours later !!!

she was kind enough though to give me a meat snack and wine. she was warm and welcoming. Atleast Joe dnt lie about tz''s being warm. Jo came back hours later and we went to bed. (i shared with him - and no i am not a fag and neither is he ! )

Headed to Dar the next morning using the most uncomfortable bus ride on the trip. never b4 had i travelled for over 750KM by road. But i was enthusiastic as i had dreamt about visiting these places.Every time i tried to doze off i almost fell of my seat. We got 2 dar in the eve and got a hotel room. Used a Tz boda to move around the city looking for a Forex B.

Octopus

did you know octopusi's / octopii / octopuses taste like fish ? yes just like fish without bones.. atleast i tested. our hotel charge us double the price coz we were 2 individuals of same sex sharing a bed ! Next day.. we were up early and headed to town. had a nyc breakfast which got me thinking of setting up a similar snack joint over here @home. walked around the city .. its an old city.. not really what i pictured. saw the ports where the ship dock. we headed for the jewelers who opened late due to fasting season. we moved around and came back to the street .. imagine a whole stretch of half a kilometre both sides of jewelery shops.. had never seen anything like it. each has a gate and a guard who signal to the attendants inside whether to allow 2 or one person inside. we were refused entry to 2 of them because they couldn't allow 2 men at the same time. However, we were accepted into one. I saw so much reach 18-22 carat stuff fairly priced. Unfot i couldn't buy for ma coz i dint hav nuf dym. we chose a ring paid and asked em to reduce the size to fit the brides finger. we walked around abit and returned to get the ring.

We rushed to the hotel, picked our luggage and headed for the bus park. We headed back to arusha. it was cold. This lady dint want to close the window.. i was not so amused coz i knew it wud trigger my allergy. when we got out about half way the journey for a rest, guess what ..... she was tiny and short.... my my my i had no other words.

Arusha2

We got back had supper and slept. woke up early the next morning but failed to get transport back hme. we decided to stay the day. Goodness was very happy.. at last she had jo's undivided attention for a FUll day. Had about riots ... b..a.nya..la.. Later that evening we walked to a pub. My allergy was in full gear by this time. i took warm water.

Boogaloo

first of all.. this has nothing todo with booging or for that matter in a LOO... its a name of a hung out joint. This time we were joined by Mr. B..a...r..a.k-a- the man of the house, a mgr in a ta-n=za=ni=te mine and a witty fellow. we had goat and tasteless banana. and headed for

Players

a hungout in an estate. we had a few drinks and laughed a little and went back home .... for "lala" (analala kweli :D ) .. spent the next day talking and had the traditional meal of posho and sukuma then headed for the bus.

RETURN OF THE grum.

our bus delayed by 4 hours.. imagine.. we had no cash and were hungry.. all we had was a few coins that were spent on purchasing space to pee and maize. our uncomfortable bus arrived without shame more over and dragged on bck to namanga.. nai.. then home. it was nyc to be bck home. i rememba sharing a plate of rice with jo in nai on the return journey coz its all we could afford. The bus was soooooooooooooooo cold .. the door couldn't close properly , half of my body practically froze, i couldn't sleep. some chap was using me as a shield to gain warmth !!!! argggghhh .there is nothing i could do about it.. we travelled through the nite.. all i rememba was the sound of the roaring engine as the gears went high and low.

No mans land

did i tell you.. when we got to namanga i felt like squeezing the lemons... it was dark and i thot 2myself... no arrest takes place on NML... i took a leak behind a truck :) who of you my fans has ever committed a felony on NML ?