Looking back

Almost at the end of my internship..so happy am I…I think my body has just given up…ama its age (yes 3TOC feel free to speculate). I think I’m going to really appreciate my bed when this is over..Not to mention the relief my wowowo will feel not having to endure that horrible road most weekends.

I never thought I’d enjoy my time here..but I have and will kinda miss it. Will miss the cozy conversations with mother every evening…Yesterday
the topic of conversation was on guys who earn less than their wives..like there is a guy who suspects that his wife is having an affair with her boss. Ati because she works long hours (and so do most guys in her department). Once the guy came close to beating up his wife’s boss just coz he had seen them laughing together while leaving the office..I mean, I don’t get it…he should appreciate that his wife has a job..and so they have some money to survive on..instead of making her life miserable..I mean, its not like its his wife’s fault that he lost his job..

Anyhu, as I was saying…I did enjoy myself here…and it didn’t hurt that I worked with one of the finest men I have ever seen (the lawyer who made me smile)…I actually wouldn’t want to be his wife..coz I know for sure I wasn’t the only one appreciating his fine self..and as a wife I don’t think I could have stood it..like the day he wore a pink shirt…God help me!! (and my friend) we went for a team meeting and heard close to nothing! And he had specs…Glory!! there is something about a man in specs that does it for me..why I don’t know. His voice, that mellow Ethiopian accent…damn!! I could go on forever……..

The IT guy who had all the ladies drooling..that man really made my day..I mean some people acted like he was the only IT guy in the whole building..they would even call and ask for him specifically..And when he changed his status on Facebook to say “Engaged” I’m sure some hearts were broken in the process…infact going by the wall posts and calls he got after that, I know for sure some girls’ dreams were dashed.

Office drama aside, I will miss some of my colleagues…our photos were like ads for United Colours of Benneton. Its a pity that I didn’t get to know some a bit better..like AM our chocolate dealer…LS our president (she was amazing), RM (the other intern on my team)….she had inspired an angry post from me in the past…but I quite like her now that we got over that period……SK our resident drunk..I didn’t know Korean women drank like that…now I know!

And despite my complaints..I’m trully thankful for my supervisors..at least I didn’t have to work directly with lecherous ones..Coz I dunno what I would have done..the stories I have heard…some of this men hit on girls the age of their daughters…bila shame!! Its quite unpleasant! Like some interns who met the wife and kids of this supervisor..and then when the family left the guy turns around and starts hitting on the girls..how gross is that???

Val is turning a year older soon..All I know is that this won’t be the same as last year (which I couldn’t remember thanks to the dedicated ministrations of my friends..lol)…I shall probably sleep.

List of things to do/ get this holiday:
* A big black bag is on my list of things to get this year..I want one so big I can fit half my earthly possessions in. I should have started throwing hints earlier on huh??
* Get some henna artwork done on my arms and legs…
* Eat mabuyu. I saw those red thingies today in the stall next to our home and got a craving for them.
* Get over my fear of driving on Kenyan roads and go renew the licence. (and try not to drive into the coffee bush like last time)

Playing:
* Pata pata- Miriam Makeba
* Brown sugar- D’angelo
* Ritwa Riaku- Eric Wanaina
* Back and forth- Aaliyah
* What can I say- Van Hunt

Yesterday

So after church, I was on my way back home. Then we pita this thatched place that I remember as a church. Only for my sis to point it out and say that its a church by day…and a club by night!! I mean surely..what is the world coming to?? During the service leo one of the church elders was talking about how churches are diversifying their sources of income but I kinda thought that was a bit too much. But then again it makes sense. Coz the guys you see when you go clubbing are the same people you see singing hymns the next day. So this makes it easier for them..no need to go far after the night is done…but surely, don’t the members of the congregation find it weird to come to church and find booze smelling everywhere, as well as the usual debris a club is left with the day after?

 

Rant:  Got a call from an ex…which was kinda strange coz we hadn’t talked on the phone for ages..just the random texts and Facebook messages…So I wondered why all of a sudden he would take to calling…only for the man to tell me about his new girlfriend..Plus he had to describe all her physical attributes….I mean honestly..what is that???? This is something I’ve noticed since we broke up..every time he got with someone new..be it a fling or whatever, he would never fail to call and let me know…I mean, did I even ask for that information???? This really put me in a bad mood….and almost made me miss my usual Tyra-ness on ANTM. I mean, there should be books out there giving the rules to follow when talking to an ex. Its after this kind of conversations that I weka Aretha and listen to Mr. Big Stuff..and shout along “Just who do you think you are????” Ashindwe kabisa…he really has no shame..!!!!!

 

Back to usual posting: So after some shopping we decide to have some lunch at Sherlock’s Den. So we climb up the stairs..and head to a corner (its kinda dark in there so you can’t see things from a mile off) and we practically fall over this teenage looking couple making out on one of the couches..And I was ever so jazzed…I have always wondered…do said couple have nowhere else to go??? And so when I was talking to my my sister’s friend about it a few minutes after the couple left..she said that she wasn’t surprised..apparently the table the couple were sitting at is quite popular. And this particular table isn’t even in a corner..its sandwiched between other tables…so I don’t quite get the attraction..

 

 

So in Namanga, while standing in the queue for the Tanzanian immigration, started talking to this guy. No drama there..just the usual chit-chat. But it got me thinking that its times like these I feel happy to be female.(It kinda makes up for the raging hormones)..I mean, I know people meet in strange places and become friends..and what not..but I always wonder (and this is for the men).how do you convince the lady in question that you’re not a crook, pimp, serial rapist..or other bogey man?? How do you convince her that you’re a perfectly normal guy..and just struck up a conversation because you though she was interesting? (Yes I know in this day and age some women ask men out..or are the first to approach guys who they find interesting. However, that is not me…Like I would never just start up a conversation with a guy..it just wouldn’t happen.)

 

Watched Cobra Squad leo..I’m so totally jazzed!!!! And can’t wait for season 2 which is starting on the 17th August. Talk about hilarity!!!! But have to admit I did let out a scream when the lady police officer (was she the chief inspector) entered her car and turned to see that felon Pingu…I mean surely…she is a whole cop…you’re trying to tell me that she would just enter her car like that bila checking if there was anything amiss??? Added to that, the guy Pingu wasn’t even crouched on the floor of the car…he was just sitting there smiling at her! Too deadly….off to look for Season 1 on DVD..or VCD ..whatever…it must exist!

 

Last thoughts: I’ve always wondered about people who start rumours. I mean what goes on in your mind for you to come up with a story about someone else..and peddle it as the gospel truth??? This is inspired by one of the guys I work with…So far guys have claimed that instead of the 20 something year old he is..ati in reality he’s actually kedo 35 with 2 kids and a wife hidden somewhere in his homeland..Some people have some fertile imaginations huh???

 

 

What’s playing:

●         Mama Rhoda- Chameleon

●         Candy rain-Soul for Real

●         Moment in life- Musiq/ Kindred the Family Soul/ Ceelo

●         It don’t have to change- John Legend

●         Go-Common ft John Mayer

●         Poa sana- Sema

●         No sitting by the phone- Vivian Green