21 Things Every Nairobian has done at least Once
2. Pressed the Lift Buttonmore than Once when in a Hurry
3. Downloaded Pirated Music
4. Exchanged words witha ‘Ma3’ conductor
5. Spent at least 2 hours in the Jam
6. Used Traffic Jam as an excuse for being late even when it isn’t
7. Used a Cyber Café
8. Got soaked wet in the Nairobi Rain.
9. Felt the wrath of an unexpected Pothole
10. Bought an item from ‘Mtumba’
11. After buying the item from ‘Mtumba’,realized could have bought it for half the price elsewhere.
12. Caught the Nairobi Flu
13. Wished they could work in a different town
14. Saved someone in their phone as ‘Don’t pick’
15. Skipped Church on a Sunday
16. Tried to ‘Tweng’
17. Looked back when you heard, “Pssst Pssst!” on the street
18. Passed in front of Hilton Hotel
19. Encountered either ‘Kanjo’ or Traffic copsor ‘Ngeta’ guys or more than one of the above.
20. Concocted an acronym to avoid typing the full word in an SMS.
21. Went back up country and felt like everyone is ‘Shao’
Discipline : What is the pain of discipline?
The pain of discipline is the pain that you must endure to create the habits that will grant you your desires. Only through right habits can you succeed; it is right habits alone that grant you your desires.
Right habits come through pain. Fortunately the pain of developing right habits is a temporary pain, but the benefits of right habits will last a lifetime.
It takes about six to nine months to form a sustainable habit. I didn’t say three weeks, I said it takes about six to nine months, depending on what the habit is. You may be thinking “That’s hard,” yeah, well so is a lifetime of regret.
The pain of discipline is a small pain to endure, when you consider all that it promises.
As an example, the pain of creating the habit of working out and eating right over the next nine months is not nearly as grievous as the pain of living an unhealthy life. The pain of discipline is a temporary pain.
As another example, the pain of developing the habits that the most successful people in your industry possess will take time indeed, but they will serve you well for the rest of your life.
Your life will produce results based on your kinds of habits. You can’t produce a successful life, if you don’t have successful habits. Like I often say, everybody can run, but everybody doesn’t have the habit of running everyday. Everybody can work, but everyone’s not committed to having the
Judge Not!
I say 'Judge Not' Though I know this is a difficult task…. We are always find ourselves judging others, things and situations!
Just imagine meeting someone new, in a moment, you’ve already judged them; in a split second, your mind has placed a hundred judgments on them. You’ve judged where you’ve met them, you’ve judged their attire, you’ve judged who introduced you to them, you’ve judged their looks, and you’ve judged the kind of car they arrived in, etc…
Our minds are a “judgment machine!”
Let's discuss the amazing life you can live when you get free from judging every person you meet and every situation you experience. I believe if we can learn to judge less, then we can live happier, more purposeful, and more fulfilled lives. This may very well be one of most important articles you’ve ever read. So don’t judge it based on what you’ve read thus far,don't judge, don’t judge it based on me, just be open to experience what life is trying to teach you in this moment. You’re reading this for a reason, you were destined to show up to this site, at this or a later moment.
Why should you judge less?
AMANI KENYA: PEACE FOR KENYA
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All Kenya Needs on jubilee Year is Peace and more Peace.....
Lets all preach peace as we head to the general Elections.
Happy New Year 2013!!
Remote control for roaches
A cockroach, of course.
Scientists are using that knowledge to develop a remote to control and steer roaches. Researchers from North Carolina State University have already developed a technique that uses an electronic interface to remotely control, or steer, cockroaches. Can't wait to get this fixed to our iphones so i can have a feeling of this experience.
Dr. Alper Bozkurt (http://www.ece.ncsu.edu/people/aybozkur/) says, “Our aim was to determine whether we could create a wireless biological interface with cockroaches, which are robust and ableto infiltrate small spaces,”
Read more (http://web.ncsu.edu/abstract/science/wms-cockroach-steering/)
So if, years from now, you happen to come upon a roach or insect wearing some little number/something like a jacket, smile for the camera—b4 stomping!
Now this drives me to thinking of a remotely controlled human cyborgs which i gues is already in progress especially in medical field. Imagine of a patient with a heart problem. After several surgical operations,the heart fails and is replaced by an artificial one. This artificial heart is designed in such a way that it functions all like a natural one. The doctor fits in sensors all over the artificial device and connects it to the internet. Now the patient can move around without any worries as the doctor from wherever he is via the web/internet can remotely monitor the heart operations of this patient.
Now imagine 100 such patients. Imagine 100,000 of the same. Imagine the doctor from his Iphone/computer controlling such a number of patients. Arent they really cyborgs.?? The doctor can increase the pace of the patients hearts remotely. What if a virus gets into the control sytem and results in malfunction of all these hearts?? What if the doctors thinks, hhmmmmmhh, ''am in control of all these human bodies,let me see what happens if i stop their hearts.''???
Now stop imagining this happening in a world you dont exist and assume our president is such a patient, several of his aides and some other prominent personnalities and the doctor decides to bring about a revolution of some sort.
Technology is a good thing but at the sametime dangerous and thats where we are headed. In 20 years time to the future such things will be a reality!!
The Morning After - Walk of Shame Giude
................So it is Saturday morning, I have a mother of a hangover after a cocktail of KEG, Jack Daniels tots, Bluemoon, Kibao and assortments of lethal substances. What a night! Pombe nimewacha I swear. Turning to my side, I see a hump under my small duvet. It is her…I have to deal with the hangover, but she has bigger problems, she has to do the walk of shame across my hostel and endure the condescending stares from all them SDAs, CU and Bible study groups and the “holier than thou” camps.
Problem is, it does not matter if the chick is my girlfriend, or a chipo from some dingy club beyond river road, campuserians judge more than the supreme court bench combined. As always, the morning after the deed inevitably arrives and, as the sun of the new day dawns, the weight of the situation dawns on those who find themselves somewhere other than their own bed. So instead of trying to yell at every stare, “ITS OKAY, IT WAS MY BOYFRIEND” or “WE DID NOT GO PAST FIRST BASE” here are some tips to make walk of shame less shameful, take them with a pinch of salt, if some suggessions sound out of the ordinary, I blame it on the alcohol.
Wear his clothes and shoes: You might as well pretend to be a dude, tuck in your hair in his hooded jacket and walk in his timberlands with swag. Gotea a comrade or two for the plausibility effect.
Confirm your appearance: make sure you look alive like you just came to his hostel in the morning to “borrow some notes” and you are leaving. Problem is, guys’ hostels rarely have mirrors, so you will have to make do with your touch-phone screen.
Get out in the afternoon: this is a good thing as you will get free breakfast and lunch, if the guy has any sense of humanity. Plus, you’ll avoid the walk-of-shame drama in the morning.
Get a trench coat: it will hide the clothes underneath, or lack thereof.
Wear sunglasses: those big round ones, like Lady Gagas are the best – those ones that make you look like a grasshopper. The shame predators will not recognize you and the bulging hangovered eyes.
The mobile phone: this is an amazing device to use for awkward situations. Text, pretend to call as you pass the judging crowd along the hostel. You can coin things like, “yeah…the interview was great, am just from my cousin’s place at Hall 20…..he is okay, will be there in a minute…”
Big bags: I have been a hater for those huge gunias our campo ladies carry but this is the time to put them into use. If you know walk of shame will be inevitable in the morning, carry an extra blouse, scarf, dress…or even your whole wardrobe…because with the outrageous sizes of bags I have seen…am sure they could move in in one night.
Or last bad not least, do it like a boss: Cat walk in your sexy outfit, heads high in a way that ensures the potential judgers have fantasies, and wet dreams about you. Be proud and not a conformer to (double) standards. And if someone stares you too long, nod approvingly, and say…”yeah, I could gerrit.” Make it a walk of pride.
Posted by Ken Nyalwa on Oct 22, 2012 in On Campus