path to the future

today - i assume the role ..

4 fight 4 ZAVIYE

just came out of hibernation.

alot has gone on ..

right now, i am being fought for by 4 managers !!!!

i'll call them CL, JK, BK, BM

BM is a recent appointee who seems to have the most appealing position for me.

BK is someone i've worked with all this time, i am kinda fed up of him

JK .. have no problem with him really, wouldn't mind being under him, but his work conflicts with my aspirations

CL - a.k.a the FOXy CobRa -- Like his name implies.. has been known to be a back stabber, have been warned by close friends to steer clear of him. Apparently he has told me he is disappointed with me. It's funny though, i really held this guy in high regard sometime back. Until i heard of his back stabbing affinity !!!
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Ofcourse - only time will tell what really transpires !

The year 2008 has been quite eventful, i think i have achieved quite much . but i still need the CIssP before the end.

News Update

my new address ( atleast for a week now ) is bweyos. had no water this past week. But have somehow managed to use the little running pressure.

i have come under alot of pressure than i would ever have imagined almost from all directions. but am still standing. This , i believe has been my highest spending spree -- i've spent about 6m of money that is not mine to buy household items.
i am settling in now.

I have realised i need to update my papers. seems i am fast becoming obsolete. i need to push , considering that nothing is free now. i have to work for everything. i deposited my Money with AA - bought a bank's shares.. feels good owning ya own stuff !!!

now, i need resolve. . in high proportions.

news update

its proving to be a rough - tight time this one. lots of things todo. so little time. bought my bedsheets for my 6*6 - going to buy duvet covers next.

haven't been able to get mukasa the landlord on phone. he might be in the UK currently. i think i will most likely move this weekend.

Dirty Linen in public

A good friend of mine whose name contains the letter c had a fight with his squeeze.
apparently , out of innocence he mentioned something to the days "dinner host" that his squeeze din't want the host to know about.. atleast not from c ..


i hear, by this morning , things were sorted out. seems the fight made them even stronger !


I am back to my swimming ways. ... this past saturday i was at Ridar hotel with B E .. trying out my not so existent swimming skills.my insipiration ofcourse is phelps "the american swimmer" currently breaking records.

in a months time, i think i might be in Johannesburg.... my fans over there, please prepare for my coming... or should i say "going"

did i say i was moving ?

ning, Saturday morning ! and am still having doubts about the location

looking at the general outlook of things.. finances and all.. i don't know if this week shall workout.

called the carpenter who designed my nice 6*6 bed ( i need a 6*7) by the way. but his phone has been off since morning.

so i'll need to somehow guess the size of the screws that i need to use to put my bed back into one piece.

BE. feels like helping me make this move, because i look like i need support. Just finished writing my App for a position at EADB.


Given the kind of people i am up against in the 3 east african countries U,K and T as narrated to me by my insider batman , this is likely to be a good fight ! the kind of fight i feel i would have worthy opponents.

i will win ofcourse. i see myself there already... i mean what don't i possess ? what can't i do ?

okay, enough of the bragging !

i like the song "All good things come to an end" by Nelly Furtado .. you should listen to it.

BtW , i should also tell you this. within the next 2 months or so my employer is likely to put up 3 adverts for 3 vacant positions.

Life is funny, just last year i was crying for a promotion.. for an advancement in my career of interest (security) now , the position might just be up for grabs and guess what !!

i think i am the best fitted candidate.

watch this space.

leaving home

my fans - i shall be moving soon to live on my own.

i think 25 years on mawanda road is just enough ... i have enjoyed my stay but it's high time i looked at different locations.

i foresee a challenging situation ..but who says challenges cannot be overcome ?

where were you at 4am on august 5th ?

i ate something called "chapati salad" from shoprite. little did i know, that within the sweetness of this salad lay a clan of happy clappy salmonella friends.

by 4am the next morning, the clan had gathered an army great enough to cause an interruption to my sleep. i found myself in excruciating pain fighting against these sons of bitches ... i had to endure 45minutes of battle.

i was only relieved an hour later after i enlisted the services of Cipro and Pain killer.

i managed to get through the day with a few attempted incursions by the fleeing members of the sal family. Today , i think i have killed 90% of these imbeciles

once again.... life GOES ON. ....

aCTION mAn

exactly a month from now, i shall make 26. i have spent 2 and 1/2 years at my current employer.

Looking back, considering my earnings over this period of time, i cannot put a finger on any concrete investiment i have made. Last nite, i was given a wake up call by my folks. I have been challenged to look at the future.

I do have many ideas in my mind, unimplemented. I have realized, the one thing i lack is "Action "

i need self drive,, i need initiative. i need to start the engine... i need to stop talking ..and start doing and the time is now ! from today, i shall be known as Action Man.

i need to live up to my rank "general"
i need to show i am worthy of the name.

work is interesting

I see great things ahead. found myself in the heat of things. something called "SATI" backwards. i am also involved in some fun project for fulusi... i wonder what lies ahead. i can only hope i can chew on all this without chocking.

A dissappointment

MY MOTHER always told me not to talk to strangers... Why din't i listen... I acccepted my friends 'connection'. the connection shall be known as just 'z'

now ,- i spoke with z over phone for over a week.. without actually knowing the identity... What was i thinking..? i don't know...

After a hard weeks work, i decided to meet up with z... i HAPPENED TO BE SITTED WITH a FRIEND .....to whom i narrated my soon to be ordeal.. :D ( yeah it was an ordeal )

now z arrived about 30-45 minutes later at the meeting location.... we exchanged pleasantries and my dear friend decided to leave.... here i was wondering wt-- heaven i was doing..

why din't i just stay at work ? maybe i would have achieved a milestone in my project..

in short -- i was soooooo bored... so disappointed.. i couldn't believe so called friend of mine..could crack such a joke !! z was nothing that i had even remotely imagined..

being a gentleman... i played my cool,,, played the game ,, till the time came to say goodbye...

you don't know ,how relieved i was ... Ofcourse i din't make any follow-up phone calls...

z kept calling,, until i had to drop the bombshell... this just wouldn't work...

there,, you have it... NEVER NEVER trust your friend to recommend a blind date...

trust me..

butterflies butterflies

The date was 7th June i think... i met this person... who i shall call 'b e' ( bee e )

Now b e struck me as someone playful and intelligent with a nice demeanor.

Took b e to a fun place.....

it has been a butterfly 2weeks for me... since then..

I am now back to my routine morning workouts at 6am everyday... i feel energized , smooth and everything nice... somehow i still feel it's all because of this be e...


i wonder what lies ahead ... .

next time reader...

a bizi streak

hello my biggest fans out there.

been busy lately working on some projects that haven't made me a cent richer.


Got myself fired from a design project, because i dint treat the project owner the way she expected. She expected some favors that i refused to offer.

well, it has mostly been work , work , work. Akon was here 2 weeks ago to perform after he had cancelled a show a week earlier.

I have picked interest in money markets, as such i plan to start investing. Work is all boring, i am seriously considering joining another Unit at my work place.

guess what - a friend of mine jokingly set me up with a blind date.

will tell you the story next time.

Ngamba Island

yesterday i had the honor and privilege to visit the Ngamba Island Sanctuary.


being the first time for to take a canoe ride - i was anxious about the trip. We got up early - 6:30am and set off to the dock. I went for the trip with spo, geb and batman. As we got onto the canoe, we were introduced to our Captain mr. mmm - who apparently had 15 years experience in boat trips :D
we were joined in the canoe by one vanessa - a vet - who never spoke alot. and by another group of apes who seemed to be from the same family tree. we set off toward the island on a not so bumpy ride and were amazed by scenary of the islands around us as we row row rowed our boat gently down the lake - merily merily ... it wasn't and isnt just a dream :D

Ok - we arrived after 1:30 at our destination. The island is beautiful with trees and birds.

we were introduced to a small bird that kept scaring us away from the egg she had just laid on the ground. Unfortunately, some foolist indian family had their kids step on the egg :(

poor thing ate part of the remaining shell and york.we were given special treatment by the guides , as we were there as website designers for the sanctuary. we had first hand experience of the chimps being fed with fruits at 2:30pm. Man, chimps seem to be violent animals - they make loud scary noises - they are too h... y . but i was amused by one of the chimps that kept putting up its hand like a student in class - while the fruits were being thrown towards them.

Apparently there are 42 chimps on the island which is about 100acres yet this island would be only habitable by 2 chimps in the wild. suddenly the thought to myself - what would it be like to own an island ? ........
apparently the owners of this island are actively looking for a new island for chimps - but the cost would goto 1million dollars which they seem not to have.

on our tour - we were told stories of how the caretakers have to develop friendships with the animals . this is normally leveraged when taking blood samples , treatment and the like.
I have always been afraid of chimps - because of the tales of maiming of human beings - as one of the precautions, we were told that - in the event of a sudden escape of the chimps we were all to run towards the lake as chimps are afraid of water.

We took as many pictures as we could take and finally it was time for us to head back to civilization to live among the civilized apes. Now - this time around the water was not as calm. there were waves atleast 2metres high hitting at our boat.

being at the front of the canoe - this was a fast heart beating experience for me. I faced backwards to calm my fear :D
( did i ever mention i was a coward )

As we approached the middle of the lake- the waves became more and more fierce leading to some 2 kids vomiting.

Some ladies in the boat vowed never to return for such a trip again. Though it was a scary first experience for me, i was relying on my excellent swimming skills ( i wish :D ) and 2 life jackets.

our journey took 2 hours and we were back at shore.

oh ! what a trip !

still nature

finally the phrase still nature actually makes sense to me - a phrase i last heard of in senior one way back in high school.(nabi ice cool in this case)

today as i took a matatu on my usual route to work - i made sure i looked out the window all the way. I noticed no human being ever looked back at me. everyone minded there own business looking ahead of them as they drove prolly wondering "i have to get to work early" or "i need a new job"
i wonder what it would be like to actually read peoples thoughts as they went on their daily business. anyway i finally realised i am the only unselfish human being :D yeesss this is true.

I mean why din't they look back ? mm ? why din't they smile ?

but then again i wondered why does everyone goto work ? I mean isn't there a way all people can just stay home have fun or go out and have fun. there is the element of 'making a living' true - but why doesn't everyone make a living while having fun ? do we all have to do the same boring routine of going to a JOB ?


Then there are these trees - there is this place where i usually get out to walk to office. I always find the trees in the same place ! Trees are living things - dont' they get bored staying in the same place until they are cut down ?

what if trees were able to walk around ? would we have any issues with global warming ? Lets say they noticed a certain area was full of carbon - they would all decided which group would move into the place and suck out all the carbon from the air.

Also, there would be no need to cut down trees as they would take turns in supporting - a building as a ceiling. when one gets tired , they would switch positions while the other tree takes a rest :D

that's still nature for you ..... laters ...

being INteresting

there is nothing as good as being interesting. When you know so much about a subject, u just can't stop talking. The human being always admires the one who talks while at the same time showing a passion for what he/she is talking about - ofcourse this is as a result of having intimate knowledge of a subject.

Easter sunday yesterday - some reverand ( Francis ) really amazed me with his intimate knowledge of the subject of Jesus's trials - as he spoke softly and clearly i was only left with admiration for this guy.

i learnt a new word

watched the movie "No country for old men" .......... man is it cool or what !!

i learnt a new english word "laconic"


interviewed last week... realised i have no idea about the things i put in my CV :D ... seems i still have alot to learn.

i am good

i feel an unusual happiness, confidence.

Lots of projects have come my way, projects that i might not exactly be able to do on my own. suddenly i realize that i should train a young team of professionals.

my supervisor is not too happy with me....

emptyness

last week was fun. Attented a kwanjula of a friends cousin at their home in Fort Portal. We stayed at the home of our friends uncle - who is a judge - By many standards atleast locally he has a beautiful house with a swimming pool with trees in the compound. All we breathed was fresh oxygen ..
4 of us slept in the servants quarters. On reaching the function, we were astonished to find that our friends family was blessed with beauties everywhere we looked. The function kicked off with a dance by the group "crane entertainers". Man, the way the women wiggled their waists left me agape ! Then there was this guy who danced with fake long white hair on his head like the red indians.

Too bad we (atleast i ) left without getting to know any of the beauties... But the function was fun generally as we sang to Mr.Mogaka's harmonic rythms. On our way back, we made a stop over at a restaurant on the highway to have lunch. We later found out that behind the restaurant lay a beautiful leisure park with a house built on a rock foundation.

... I came to work on monday still feeling the fatigue from the weekend adventure. I found office to be boring. Infact i think iam feeling more empty than ever! I feel something is missing, nothing is really going right ! whether its family or work i have no idea. Iam yet to figure this out as i contemplate going for the UB40 concert this weekend.

I just think i need to make a career move very soon...


to be continued...

iam bored

iam writing this text because iam bored. i have nothing todo at work. Got to office , found the IT section having a meeting concerning IT staff welfare.

I have no plan for the day .. what should i do ?

GOD help Kenya

20 pulled off a bus and stubbed to death in full view of the police !

MP killed while entering his house !

MP No.2 killed by and irate policeman !
-- apparently the police claimed the MP was having an affair with a woman who was in his car at the time. A press release from the family spokes person however says, the said woman was his relative ! Gosh this is madness

The killer policeman was shown on TV smiling to the press .


... ok now about me.

had an interesting week, ended in an appointment on friday . Participated in a cooking competetion on saturday. Dont know if i won or lost.

Met this Lively, short bitch (BA) who was ranting over and over about being ... u know...

today

Hit the ground running at work. Had to troubleshooting a printer issue and the IP phones too. Got a call from mi apprentice mato. He narrated to me the bad state of the violence in kenya. Having a lousy day tho..

Fredie thE snitch

Apparently fred a.k.a raila finally resigned. IT's a trend everyone at work is used to now, so it comes to no ones suprise.

iam unavailable

Apparently, everyone at work seems to think iam rare, turns out i have been busy - out of office lately. Iam starting to realise my importance --

HandOver

The culture of mortgages is not appreaciated where i live. Today i attended a function where my employer signed a contract with a Housing provider.

Shook hands with MDs of the Firm and Bank. Came back to office, had a chat with a good friend - patrick, who told me how the mortgage iam getting is actually making me loose alot of money. However, i have made up my mind, and iam signing this deal, as i need to get out of my folks house.

iam moving

I sign for my mortgage today.

The boss !

came back from leave, found everything in a mess.Rumours about me resigning are rife. 4 team members recently left.

The year that was -

2007 was a turning point for me .