A quick coffee break...

…just re-surfacing briefly from the rat race with that all too familiar battered feeling…

It’s a real dog fight, the rat race; you roll up your sleeves, dig in your heels, spit in your hands and get to work….but that’s the easy part I think. It’s the glaring eyes burning into your back and gleeful whispers speculating your down fall you’ve got to look out for…and its’ the fine line between keeping the powers that be happy and absolutely refusing to kiss arse that’s the real science…and please don’t forget to smile…Now that’s the real work.

Never underestimate the power of the almighty pay-check. Someone once put it so aptly; JOB=journey of the broke. Yet in all the murk, there are flashes of sunlight; beautiful moments where you’re totally caught up in what you’re doing... enjoying it…even under pressure; cussing and gesturing like crazy…it still gives you a rush…

Of peculiarities and pet peeves:

A few pet peeves:
Drivers who refuse to give way to pedestrians only to screech to a halt a few feet away;becoming the tail end of Nairobi’s infamous gridlock...you ever noticed how Kenyan pedestrians scrurry across the roads? We just can't trust those darn motorists to stay put...and why on earth do they insist on hooting at us when we've already seen you?...

Kenyan politicians…Mutahi Ngunyi sure got it right; they truly are THE cream of political crap…

Men who shove and elbow away women as they hurry to get on or off a matatu

People who have a strange aversion to baths & showers yet insist on taking public transport

Parents who comfortably occupy a seat in a matatu but make their kids stand through out the entire bone jarring journey...

Our own Adam magazine’s identity phrase “Men first”: Don’t get me wrong…I DO read the occasional issue, and I sometimes do stumble across some pretty cool pieces (special mention: the history of the pig war)….but who on earth came up with the “men first” phrase? First at what exactly? Being served at the table? First at being an arse? A great thinker or leader perhaps? See? It’s already leading down to some very bad possibilities and it sounds a touch juvenile...I sure hope the phrase doesn’t sum up the Kenyan male, ‘cause then we’re in big trouble… Now GQ’s “look sharp, live smart”? that’s pretty cool…

Peculiar: Ever noticed some Kenyan herbal ‘doctors’ have the strange habit of nailing up their advertisements & contacts to a tree? And they have curious names like Dr. Babu, Dr. Swaleh, Dr. Ali, Dr. Mamy; all promising to heal all sorts of ailments including bad luck, marital problems, and broken hearts…and I think it’s supposed to be a plus for them if they indicate in their credentials that they come from Tanzania…

Most peculiar: Okay, everyone loves a freebie….but Kenyans? We’ve taken it up to a whole new level…freebies and instant gratification are all the rage in our society. Hell; most companies and businesses are raking in the profits based on this simple but disturbing fact…

On a lighter note: Currently, the one show (with the exception of how I met your mother of course) I love being addicted to is HBO’s True Blood….it’s been a long while since I sunk my teeth into an interesting vampire story. And True blood is that & more; it refuses to meekly fit in with the rest of the vamp shows. The human characters are crazier & scarier than the vampires and in true HBO fashion, it is sexy and oh so boldly weird, I can’t help loving it….

And the opening theme song “Bad things” by Jace Everett is totally spooky…just have to get my hands on season 2…

Ok, I've got to go back…
Confirmed I’m still in one piece? Check.
No fleas? Check.
Taken a deep breath? Check.

Mob wendos,

Nyambura