Terri Schiavo

Surely pple! I was so sure that a few opinions and views would be dropped in the VI basket bout the saga of this chile and whether she should be denied the opportunity to recover miraculously.

Ok, so i was lazy...(did i say that!!!) sorry too busy.... to give it serious thought and blog bout it... but hey... am sure somebody's thought about the morality issues involved.

Interestingly, a few days after first hearing bout the brain-dead chiles shidas, i read an article in the papers where some Kenyan family was telling us how they have had to pull the plug on their relatives because of the escalating hospital bills and little sign of recovery... and clearly, no one is about to stop them or take issue with the taking of life there.

Another case comes to mind, Mrs. Kihoro (wife to the former Nyeri MP) who was injured in the Busia Aircraft Accident and who ingiad a coma and has not come out of it since then, think 2yrs have gone since. I truly hope that she gets better soon, but in the unlikely and sad event that she stays in the coma a bit longer, a situation similar to the american crisis might arise... how will kenya handle it?

RE: hubba bubba

sup y'all. got nothing much to say. wow got some coast whether goin on, hot and humid.Deno, global warming is here!Run for your lives!!!
since kenyans are so bright and we dont see the need of foresight, the rains are here again and causin mayhem as usual. 2guys dead in nyanza from flood related drownin. now, if uv experienced this thing from the time u were a tot, why on earth would u still build ur house within the flood banks?.....RIP to those peeps
Cowi, do i have to come with a bag, or i can jus crush somewhere in the corner? assumin u got that nice sofa from hutchings biemer....i've booked it! thhe last time i saw my bag was when we returned from that solai ranch trip, i think it was. so u can imagine its condition.....

soulsystah, i feel u on that shoot-2-kill vibe bu look at it this way....the people were protecting with the constitution don't advocate to it, so this is the only language they understand......
ps: if u dint get it from the title, this was just a ramble

the idiotic logic of our guvah

k! im just completing my 4 year degree in Political Science and Sociology, and even if i hadnt spent these last 4 winters studying governance, human rights and democracy...even i would have figured out that theres something wrong with Michuki!
Speaking out about people with illegal firearms, Michuki released an order to the cops that they should 'shoot to kill' anyone found in possession of an illegal firearm.
This is sorta thing im envisioning:
Scenario 1.
Cop spots civilian with gun [because apparently people just display their guns like that]
Because all 'illegal' firearms have huge visible signs on them, the cop shoots, not to injure, not to startle, nope....shoots to kill.

Scenario 2.
Cop spots civilian with gun, suspects that it may be illegal, [because you can identify illegal fireamrs from the 'type' of people carrying it]
Cop, because s/he is careful, decides to investigate further, ask a few questions...'sir/madam, is that weapon licensed? can i see the license? is that an illegal fire arm?'
to which the civilian replies 'no officer it isnt licensed.' ' Oh...umm I left my license at home.' 'Yes sir/madam...its the illegal AK47 i bought frm Eastleigh.'
The Cop,...following orders from Bwana Michuki, pulls out his 'legal' firearm, aims and 'shoots to kill'

Luckily, somebody is thinking, and the Law Society of Kenya, along with doctors and Human rights groups condemned the order, declaring it unconstitutional. But the most concerning thing is the mentality our own Minister for National Security displayed.
a vote of non-confidence? or another tame and pointless 're-shuffle'? I dont really care....something needs to be done!

and therein ends my first political vent of the month! back to the paper!
hope everyone is well and blessed!

Is it just me????

So I'm not only a consumer when it comes to toothpaste, I am also a regular consumer when it comes to south B matatu's. I try them out and elimidate so to sppeak .So like you will catch me dead boading an extreme makeover mat coz they once tried to con me of ten bob yes I'm that petty and a certain KAS mathree whose colouring I know but I can't defame it here. Anyway my favourite is one peach one with catskill written on its back. the music is great. (now you know I'm starved for a social life)


Anyway I've been dying to try out orlando Majic, and I finally got my cahnce on Saturday. Gladly ,I was its last occupant since I was in a hurry I couldn't have been more grateful.

To my dismay I ended sitting in the back row...(like duh i shoulda expected it) But I tell you five minutes into that ride and I was seriosly considering plastic surgery. I mean I had to battle the southward trend my bust was being forced into by the horrendous intensity of the bumps in this ride. I was in agony as only another woman would understand. So I assumed the position that would best protect my assets. i.e fold my arms across my chest tighter than a person under pressure and put on a front. The music was not disappointing nice dance stuff I chilled out to, needless to say however far my consumerist nature takes me I am never sitting in the back row of a matatu ever again.

IN conclusion I have to say... WOMEN SHOULD BE GIVEN PRIORITY SITTING IN MATATU'S.



p.s. Sleep over officially on the 22nd.

Bring your own sleeping bags please and do confirm soon places are running out.

pissed..

after losing my incredibly LONG 'comeback' post.. Lost all inspiration to retype it..

meanwhile i found the uber cool Content utility software(industry speak for "visual thesaurus) that will leave the linguist and vocabulary enthusiasts among in sheer giddyness. For everyone else, it is sheer eye candy and a great way to learn new words. check out THnkMaps's visual thesaurus. (trial version)

* i have a ball game today and weve lost our last two. Somethings gotta give..only that this team is made up of BLACK dudes - a statistical feat at McGill , and never a good sign, coz i know most of the dudes on the team..I'm the only miro on our team so the pressure is somehow higher for me to perform hehe..

* Speaking of over acheiving negroes...My buddy Leon is the first Kenyan in the history of McGill to be elected Vice president of the student society of McGill University - quite the feat. The position is a full time job and the highest level of student politics. I see a bright future for this young man...(in the background you should know that i have a lot of vested interests in his success since i was the campaign right hand man distributing unga and delivering the engineering vote hehe) so in reality this is the psychofants plea before he runs for president and forgets us lower mortals.

* Nathan I'm fianlly feeling you on the global warming vibe. It has now been sub-zero temperature wise for an astonishing 3 for days now. Last year mid march we were burried in snow and devising ways to keep the biting -40 degrees as bay. It was like it never ended. This is one sissy winter for real..

* Is anyone else as worried for Kenya as I am right now????? more later...

beautiful

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Originally uploaded by angeltouch.

k ..i know ive done the whole 'HE IS SOO HOT' thing...but now he has taken it to another level!!!

JOHN LEGEND! is in concert next week, opening for ALICIA...alas i shall not be attending as it is the same week that i have some stupid assignments and presentations and apparently i am a student before i am a groupie! so in honour of this beautiful man! lets discuss the video to 'ordinary people'!
AS IF THE SONG ITSELF WASNT ENUFF!! this man had to go ahead and organize a phenomenal-izzle video...Deno..if you havent watched it yet! you need too....lakini i dont get the fly at the end.

any who apart frm that , everything is sawa! just trying to find a job and figure out wassup for after graduation...i call it 'PROJECT NEXT'! who knows...maybe i will find myself back in kenya sooner than i thought!
k...well the mdosi has just brought some work in, so lemme get to it.
mad blessings and love for a safe weekend!

RE: pressure

Am now in the comp lab in uni. It must be about 29degrees in this joint, but the aircon has buggered up. the lab is like an oven. Funny thing is the watchies here are refusin guys to open the windows and the doors. And pple wonder why i got beef with em......
There's a mad rush for classes. We'r registerin online for our classes, and most are getting full. When the capacity is attained the slot gets blocked. U shud see guys running wild here, cookin lies about lecturers so as to change the others' minds with the hope that they'll get the few spaces. It's worse than the NARC/KANU campaigns of 1997!!! except that we'r broke uni students with no money to throw around.
Wow Cowi, that sleep over idea is a plan!! We should def do it, we can do the kawa things like scrabble, monopoly to drunken marco polo or something like dat. Lets all get creative.....
question though, do kina Kibet and I have to come with ours halves.........not that am out for some mischief.........

SLEEP OVER YIPEE

Ok now Nathan and all you peeps in Kenya who've been skiving our frequent meetings here is the mother of them all. WE ARE HAVING A SLEEP OVER. AT MINE since there is loads of room due to the scarcity of furniture and the huge space etc. Also the only place I know with no parents to speak of.

So when next month is good for you guys either the second or last weekend i.e either 9th and 10th or 23rd 24th. I'd prefer we do the Friday and you can all go home on Saturday. Please bring Naomi and Vicki Kibet and Nathan and anyone else with a girl/boyfriend.

I will do the food and could everyone please bring in a drink of some sort, and loads of ideas of what to do with the night.

And for all not in Kenya you can send in your GIFTS (hahah) and ideas coz we still got mad mad love for you.

please confirm what dates are good for you and lets....
SEE YOU THERE!!!!!!!!!

to attend or not to attend

i was shocked, to say the least (and to say it politely) when i learnt that guys graduating from the University of Nairobi have to pay KShs. 2000.00 for the graduation gown/robe. The chums might sound kidogo- esp if you start converting it into your various currencies, but at least i would imagine that you are issued with clean robes that have come out of some decent storage facility. Further consternation! After paying that 2,000.00 bob, you are shown to some room, where you find gowns and caps strewn all over the floor and from the beautiful aroma of 1yr of poor storage, you can tell that these nguos have not been washed!!! Just amazing, isnt it?
Is it just me who wants to be treated in a royal manner, or is it common courtesy that if i am giving money for a service or product, u actually offer it in a presentable manner and not like am in Gikomba looking for waste products shipped in from Canada and the US!!???

Anyway, i very cautiously mentioned to my folks how i do not see myself attending my graduation in like (at least) 5 months from now (i'm trying to get them accustomed to the idea early enough- to reduce any possibility of life endangering trauma) and i explained to them the cost of the ugly and dirty robe, and the many hours under the sun coupled with the one second announcement of my name- but NO! They don't see how we (Kibet, nuclear family & extended family& family friends) are not celebrating the joyous day at the graduation square.

Anyway, am glad i introduced the idea quite early... now i have time to push for my worthy cause. Its really just in defiance- though the uni won't really notice my absence.

Yeah, the rest of yo'all who are bout to graduate- whats the arrangement like? Do you actually feel like the uni is proud of your achievement or anxious to send u out?

lol! I was listening to BBC when i heard a program featuring the stresses of university students in China. With the number of 3million pple graduating from campus annually, the students cannot afford to be casual about school anymore! They can't skive classes when they feel like, like i often do!

MJ Blog Meme

Refer to Nick Gichu's Blog dated Thursday, March 03, 2005...

1.Best RnB song? One more chance [in love] (i think that's what the song is called)

2.Best pop song? Rock with you, Don't stop till you get enough, Blame it on the boogie-with Jackson 5

3.Best Rock song? none

4.Best Album? Thriller

5.Best Dance Video? You rock my world and thriller

6.Underrated album? -

7.Underrated collabo? MJ with 3T

8.Overrated collabo? -

9.Best sound? -

10.What about MJ u'll never forget? Kicking the air with the right leg or is it left... whatever, then spinning around, then grabbing the crotch, then whoooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!

11.Do u think he is guilty or innocent? Mmmmm...Is anyone innocent these days?

12.Did u like him better black? Definately in ebony.

13.His song that u cant stand? Beat it

14.If he was to come perform in a stadium near you-would you
a) lie that u would not attend?
b) attend?
c) only attend cause u were forced to
None of the above. I wouldn't pay a cent to watch him perform live. Don't get me wrong he is one of the best music performers to have moonwalked this earth, but I am just a plain ol' cheapskate i.e. miser(I wouldn't even part with 10 bob)

15. Do u think MJ is a freak or misunderstood? I love him, but I think his freakkkyyyy...

16.Are those kids fruits of his occassionally grabbed loins? I can't nyita this question

shock on u

shock on u if u thought I had anything meaningful to say. JUs salaams to the great big world, or what will be left of it after Bush and Rice are thru with it? Am I the only bugged by the way USA goes meddling in other people's interests? The whole Syria saga is meant to break the middle east into small pieces, so that the dont have the strengh they once commanded in their unifiedn 1970s era. Something aint right, with the way they're always proIsrael, but i guess its got to do with the nuclear weapons stash they have, that sent Mordecai to jail for 20+ yrs.
Deno, Lamu was lost from us a long time ago. For some reason it's like we exported it. The who's who of the world claim stake to it, and it's no surprise that it's the drug runner's paradise of the world, after it was discovered that a lot of the property in that region has links to the Mafia....(tererereererrerer)
Did you know that the KANU govt stashed over 500 million pounds in the UK during the tenure ? That's about 90billion Ksh to you and me, and we want those guys back?Much respect to Uhuru for trying to change things, but am not entirely convinced. I dont agree with everything Man Emilio is doing, but lets give him a chance.
last note, Deno pliz tell me the name of that nice martial arts flick that had ur fine honey? couldn't view the blog.I watched one called "Hero", twas a let down, too much philosophy, not enough butt kickin!

Losing our country to the almighty dollar

Incase you havent heard, our precious and only World heritage site ( alongside the pyramids and hanging gardens of babylon ) is up for bidding, now that it has become known that this quaint preserved area called Lamu
is sheer paradise. I kid you not.. Lamu's up for bidding.

Now while the law of globo-economics dictates that we have nothing to argue about here, i think the problem is more sultry than it appears. What has made lamu so beautiful really is the preservation of its culture and its people.

The millions that will come in, I'm afraid, will displace these two things. What is soveriegnty when all real estate owners of an area are NOT from that area? What does this say to the natives of the area? Shouldnt they get preference 'native' equity in the land of thier birth? What does belonging mean if all that really matters is the dollar?

Suddenly the protectionism exhibited by states in the UAE begins to seem less uber conservative and more plain culture preserving.(foreigners are not allowed to won more than 49 % of any property or business there if I am not mistaken).

Dont confuse me for an ahmish, anti-capitalist tree hugger. Just a little concerned that the bill gates, Naoimi campbells and nameless italians will buy out our picturesque little town.

Religious variety?

Wsup VI. I know i know, been a long time! But u know time can be extremely elusive. But i must admit its great to know that good ol' denno and angie and vicks and shiku and nattizo are still alive and kickin!

I'm going through an interesting process which requires me to visit a number of churches in nairobi with a view to registering musicians for an Interdenominational Music Concert that will be held in September 05 and i've had many amusing moments in the various houses of worship that i have visited.

You can hardly imagine the variety that you will find in the different assemblies of God. Variety in the sense of kind of worship that goes on and the general ministry presentation of the different churches.

Among the five churches from which i was assigned to recruit members included one church called Green Pastures which, you will not believe, is situated right above Choices...the Choices. (Dennis you can tell them the exact physical address! lol! jus kidding!) Yeah, so i visited the church and the one thing that struck me was the duration of the praise and worship. I got there at 9.30 and the Pastor started preaching at 12pm!!!! So u know as the praise progressed, i kept on taking a break thinking that surely it must be time for the preacher to start preaching! but no! it went on and on. But NOTE am not complaining- its an excellent thing to have.

My other church was, Jesus Is Alive Ministries- the Bishop Margaret Wanjiru Church 'THE GLORY IS HERE!'Now in that church, you feel like you are in a TBN service. u know the 'love gift' concept? She's perfected it. I was astonished at how lucrative she makes giving to the Lord seem- i almost emptied my wallet as i was confident/ certain beyond doubt- that the giving would come back 100 fold- pressed down, shaken and flowing over! Man! it was astonishing. Once again, i ain't saying that giving is bad or good- but in my mind i was really hoping that the pple she ministers to understand that it is God there are seeking after and not God's gifts only!

Yo'al must jua Rev./ Bishop/Pastor Pius Muiru (the servant of God with a hoarse voice)? Yeah, i visited his church actually moments ago, for an evening service, which i couldnt sit in for because i simply have no respect for the venue- Odeon Cinema! Anyway, so i check and i find the Praise going on. And as the pace picks up, the guy leading alas turns out to be an Aerobics trainer! well, if i didnt know where i was, that's what i would think! The guy was making the congrgation pull some moves- leg up, hands up, gyrate the hands back and forth, jump bend, jeez! Now in my suit, God forgive me, but i was just unable to keep up! And in the midst of the aerobics, the music was so loud and noisy that i couldnt really catch the motivation for the physical exercise, it at all there was any. I not being a person who agrees to do anything without grasping the incentive/rationale, i slowly picked myself up... and trotted along to the cyber- eager to share my experience with u VI children of God!

Whenever i attend a church... and for some reason i was sent to very charismatic assemblies, i always remember how my NPC service would have been. With the time being monitered religiously, the uptown and straight congregation not being able to wave their hands to vigorously, the meticulously dressed Pastors in serious 2/3 piece suits (no flowing African regalia!), etc. It makes me wonder, do i really need to get more charismatic and pentecostal or is it all good just to lift my arm to the polite 45 degree angle and softly swing to the tune. All in all, i think i love the Lord and i trust that he hears my prayers.

what do u think?

expanse

if this isnt justification of a higher prescence , albeit a priori, I dont know what is. I'm sure the
the powers of ten will mean something different to you, which is why t is such a great film.

enjoy.(ur gonna need the quicktime plugin), and its worht the wait if ur on dialup.

better late than never

i have always thought our freedom fighters and the people who had to endure colonialism deserved an apology but now that our government has demanded one here, im not too sure where i stand anymore. i think it comes a little too late and the fact that we have to demand for one kinda devalues the apology. enyewe thats jus me, but i'd really like to know what you guys think about it.

Going places...in style...but do I say??!!!!

k...progressive isnt even the word! as in...talk about being ahead of the game...even in Canada, people dont do this...and our lakeside brethren naturally had to be the first!!
D and your fellow entrepreneur peeps...sii u guys look into this....Kenyan schools

VI in silence

Very unusual to see VI being so quiet. Just want to salimia all. cheers.

back from beyond

Wow! Guess u miss a little, u miss a lot. I must apologize for being away so long. Got caught up in a few things eg. exams. SO i see there's been a flurry of activity, no doubt Deno is keepin things hot.
Wats thiss about Cowi being in a prang? Are you ok girl? When did it happen? Gosh u should have hollad, but now u also don't correspond....guess u took a tip from Wangu on "How to live under the radar".
Global warming is here! In case u doubted this controversial phenomenon, the weather patterns over the last few weeks have left meteorologists perplexed. Nbi has been averaging 32 during the day, California has had the worst floods since 1874, and freak snow storms have been reported along the East Coast of US. But the question is, do you think the Kyoto protocol on gas emissions will have any impact in our continually worsening planet? I've a couple of electric powered RAV4s around, maybe we should all follow suit. From wat I here, they cost just about the same. Deno, maybe u and I can put our entrepeneurship to test and research on setting up maintenance centres for these hybrids. I mean, with toyota bringing in the Prius am sure they'd appreciate the help and expertise we might bring to the endeavour.