The road to hell is engraved with good intentions

Oh damn it's another Monday.I am already kinda pissed at myself as I have misplaced a half done book review.I thought that I had emailed it to myself yesterday evening as I was doing it but it just turns out that I had just mailed to myself an empty message.Aaaaargh!!!Oh well there is a chic pal of mine who has told me that she is becoming a Jehovah's witness.I found that kinda disturbing even more so after I did some research on the net but I was diplomatic and I told her that as long as it makes her happy it's ok.She told me to ask her some questions and it seems that she is still a fledgling and quite ignorant.So I told her that I would give her some time to read up then I would ask her the searing questions that need to be asked.
One thing that really gets to me is spiritual ignorance.Sometimes some of the most spiritually ignorant people are to be found in church.Don't get me wrong I am not saying that I am a know it all but too many people do stupid things without basing them on firm scriptural study and analysis.I have heard too many people say "pastor says.." without knowing what the bible says.I have met all sorts over the years, I have met staunch adherents to the health and wealth gospel.The ones who believe that if you are not rich and number one in all that you do that there is something wrong with your faith, deftly ignoring the fact that many people in the bible who did God's best work had little to their name; some of them portray Jesus as the Bill Gates of them days ie really rich.A friend of mine told me of a keisha that he went to where at a point in the night the pastor said "It is time for us to love one another,"thing is I don't know if he left immediately or later.Another pal told me how she went to a church in the UK and joined the worship team.Time for practice they were told to strip when they practiced so as to present themselves to God with no impurities.When I was doing web work I used to work for the church that at one point in time was rehabilitating langas/prostitutes, anyhow I was putting up their statement of beliefs and how the church is run.First of all scripture was twisted more then a pretzel at a bakery when it came to discipline their leader was beyond reproach, he had even quoted the scripture "touch not my prophets..."What this scripture meant was that God didn't want his prophets harmed it has nothing to do with them not being disciplined!I could go on and on with examples but what I think I am trying to get at is that if you don't research and know the spiritual path that you are taking there are many who are more then willing to take you down their own roads and you may find out the truth too late ie when you are committing suicide or destitute and penniless.
ps:due to public demand post archiving has gone back to weekly as oppossed to monthly format!

Weekend

Saturday was different for me coz for a change instead of just hanging out in the digs and full time masomo there were several mpangos.The first plan was the MPA bbq for Public Admin majors and out profs. It was at the cabin that the school owns at one of the lakes here.There are several lakes out here in the county that I live in.So my jungu pal came over to pick me from my apartment in the afte and off we went.At first when we got there we talked to some of out jungu profs and had I had to do the usual fake smile and laugh to some dry jungu jokes.Oh well its part of the job.Anyway my advisor is an akataa mathee who is pretty nice so I went and talked to her a bit then went to talk to the rest of the people who did show up.Anyway a chic who I share a class with comes in with a young jamaa who I have not seen in one of my classes.So one of the akataa dudes there who is her pal asks her if that is her brother so she's like no, even though they did kind of look alike.Well the guy keeps to himself most of the time and even leaves to look at the view of the lake and stuff without the chic.So we ask the chic what the deal is.Turns out that is her jamaa and he is like 4 years younger the her.Wuuuuuiiiiii mgoja the disses began!Please note that I did not start nuthin up in there!Stuff like "does his mum know he's here?" of course the Acolyte couldn't be left out.I popped in with "Can he drive without you or is it against the law?"But this was all done in good nature and even our advisor was laughin' with us as we did so.Most of the people I met were pretty nice and easy going.I don't get to see many of my fellow grad students outside class as most of them work full time other then the ones who are grad assistants like me.Anyhow after schmoozing with the people for an hour or two we left.
My pal's parents own a very nice house at the lake with it's own liitle dock and my pal was celebrating his birthday.He dates a nice German chic and he is a good jamaa so they're pretty good company.Also some of the international contingent came over.These were the countries that were represented at the BBQ. Germany, China, Thailand, Spain, Kenya, Britain and the States. The only irritating part of the night was the fact that the beer provided was American and not European import like our good old Heiniken.Do you know how irritating it is to drink beer for 5 hours without getting tipsy?Oh well you cant have it all your way and since it was free beer it's all good!Now back to the grind!

Dear Diary

Girl’s Diary



Monday 17 October 2005

Saw John in the evening and he was acting really

strangely I went shopping in the afternoon with the girls

and I did turn up a bit late so I thought it might be that.

The bar was really crowded and loud so I suggested we

go somewhere quieter to talk. He was still very subdued and

distracted so I suggested we go somewhere nice to eat.

All through dinner he just didn't seem himself; he hardly

laughed, and didn't seem to be paying any attention to me or

to what I was saying.

I just knew that something was wrong.

He dropped me back home. I wondered if he was going to

come in; he hesitated, but followed. I asked him again if

there was something the matter but he just half shook his

head and turned the television on.

After about 10 minutes of silence, I said I was going

upstairs to bed. I put my arms around him and told him that

I loved him deeply. He just gave a sigh, and a sad sort

of smile.

He didn't follow me up, but later he did, and I was

surprised when we made love. He still seemed distant and a

bit cold, and I started to think that he was going to leave

me, and that he had found someone else.

I cried myself to sleep....




Boy’s Diary

Monday 17 November 2004


Liverpool lost to Manchester United

Had sex though.

This story to me just made my day about the difference between how men and women think.I have always found it interesting the way men and women communicate.An issue I will go into later.Gotta run have to get ready for a bbq.

Why should tribe be an issue?

I was just passing by some Kenyan forum and there was this jamaa who was talking about how when he meets some chics and they start chatting and many of them try to find out what tribe he is and when they find out that he is not kuyo they lose interest and some chic even told him that he is very sawa just that he is not kuyo.Also he was also very irritated that after salaams the first thing he is asked is what tribe he is.What was on his mind was does tribe really matter?He said that in Nai he had friends and chics from all different tribes but here tribe seems to be a big issue especially with Kuyos.I have nothing against being proud of your tribe but when it comes to the point of being arrogant,obnoxious and marginalising others that I can't stand.Because at the end of the day I dont think that friendship or love should know any boundaries.Yes it sounds idealistic but it is that kind of kuyo ethnocentricism that eventually led to situations like Rwanda.Don't think I am flaying kuyos as other tribes in Kenya are guilty but it is kuyos who are the number one culprits.Do you know how offensive it is when someone comes to you and starts speaking kuyo and it is obvious by looking that you are not kuyo?!I am like WTF!Kuyos unfortunately have become very despised coz of this and thinking that they are the best tribe under Kenya's sun.
But this isn't a kuyo flaying thread.Not all kuyos are bad but tribalism is.And kuyos are not the only tribalists other tribes out there are just as guilty.At the end of the day I guess that it boils down to the choices that we make, when I was in nai my pals were from all tribes as they were my friends first and their tribes last.I think Kenyans out here should see each other as Kenyans first and their tribes last because when the INS and other problems come for you they don't care whether you are Kiambu's or Kisumu's finest so we should all style up and look past this tribal crap.

Awwwwww!

10 day old male giant panda cub

I saw this and I had to share.Isn't he cute!!!