Monday, January 08, 2007

Keep it Busy

Hi guys!

Just put in a new visitor's counter - got the idea from the same dude that's been tempting us into this new world of bloggin. Yeah, that's him alright - wolfman.

It's really cool. Just click on it n it shuld giv u a pop-up to the website. But take care ur browser aint blocking them.

Keep that counter busy, ay?

Cheers to u all.

I

An Adieu to a Friend

The name by which he goes is KD. Young man, Asian (really hates it when i tell him that as i shake my head from side to side like they do in the movies), and a very jolly fellow. I 'd bet u 100 to 1 that u cudn't manage a grumpy mood for 10 minutes while with him.

Yesterday he boarded a plane, and left the country ... for what one could say for good.


I met KD sometime mid last year. There is this place near our campus (its a center) where young men and young professionals go for spiritual direction and engagement in various activities such as sports, watchin movies, etc, etc.

KD, being the jolly fellow he is, got me out of a certain phase in which I would be quite grumpy. Back then, it wasn't much fun to be around me. So, with nothing to lose, we decided to take on an attitude to cheerfulness - something that you get to catch on pretty quick at the center. In the succeeding weeks, comments such as "Have you been smoking weed?" started popping up. From thence henceforth, that became our joke, with the consequent eruption of the phrase "Weed works!" (Take not, I dont take weed.)

'Weedy jokes' ensued, such as "I got a stronger variety of weed", "My weed supply has been low recently", and the best of all when the joking got quite far "You've been smokin too much weed".

I must say I enjoy being around myself much more.

Couldn't find a better way to say goodbye, but as the French have coined adieu - I commend you)to God.

I wish u all the best, KD,

... n dont quit on the weed.

Thursday, January 04, 2007

Destination Linux

In the inspiration of Rombe (commonly heard of as Lazlo), we should also set forth on journey to discover the unknown worlds that exist outside that of Microsoft, I speak of the land of Linux. Crew: students of Strathmore with a fettish for adventure.
Do they know yet: not quite
Will the know: in the fullness of time, they will.

This journey seemingly has more hitches than that set forth for the exploration of .NET, a happening that i find rather surprising.

All in all, any tips n tales - versions, stuff like VMWare, bring em on would be gratefully accepted as would warnings and well wishes. Hopefully at the end of this, we can join a linux group or something of that likening.

N forth we go ... as soon as we get the remaining nitty gritties sorted.

Destination .NET

So there's this really crazy idea that i have been nurturing for a while now - coarsing Strathmore University students to move towards the current technology of .NET.

I must say that either Lady Luck has a serious crash on me, or my guardian angel is really working overtime. I'v been getting all the support i'v dared to ask for - external trainers (though still just about to clear up some finalities), computer labs, the necessary softwares (though i hear the one the university has may have a certain hitch).

There's still one major ... crucial component that i must sort out - the students. I'll release the story to the club members (the club is call SUITSA - Strathmore University IT Students Association) this Monday. If all goes well, the lessons should start the following Monday.

Nyway, cross your fingers, n this year may end up being more surpring that we may expect.

Cheeers you all!!!

Blog Upgrade

Hey guyz! Just finished working on my profile. Still gotta get a few pictures up though. Keep reading thru, n tell me vhat u think of it!\

Cheers!!

Post of Christmases Past

This post gives an overview of how Christmases have been.

December 2000: All the cousins from my ma's side invaded (literally) our grandma's (mum's ma) house. We totalled 20 ((kids only) without counting the parents present) in a small house normally resided by 2 - grandma (cucu -pronounced show-show) n grandpa (guka pronounced as is with a guttural g). There are those who slept on the floor, under the bed, etc, etc. We ate, n ate, and played, n ate. That Sunday, as we went to Church - we could hear comments such as "It must be Church time - everyones headed there now going to Church". Our number was convincing of the actions of a village.

December 2004:
The 25th: This Christmas I am particularly fond of. We had our Christmas mbuzi (goat) with a family in our neighbourhood - to paint a picture of how close the family is to ours, my mother n the mother of that house where classmates 40 years ago, and have remaind friends, best maids, etc, since. The 26th: We decide to return the favour and invite them over for a cup of tea (if you've ever been in a true african setting, you know a cup of tea is more than just a cup of tea, n the tea itself may not be there). Another family quite close to ours drops in coz we'd wondered what had gone wrong with them. The previous night there'd been a theft-scare. In the course of the day, 3 more familys (and be families i mean no less than 4 people) drop in also. In the evening, the last one arrives ... to spend the night. Keep track how many we'd originally invited. That night we watched The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Due to gastrointestinal technical problems, we got to host them for two nights - twas a blast.

December 2005:
This time we ganged up as three families (ours n two cousines from my father's side) and invaded our granny's (dad's ma) home for two mbuzis. Man! Goat don come that good everyday of the year. Plus the games in a teeeeeeeeny weeeeeeeny 'water rapid' near her home. Twas quite a day. We then bunked at our house (14 pple in total) for another two nights. We trans-nighted on The Lord of the Rings (again) The Fellowship of the Ring, but didn't make it through any of the others.

Post of Christmas Present

So this Christmas built of the foundation set by some of the previous Christmases (I've listed some in the Post of Christmases Past) - we get to be host, to one family, and we get a bonus of two other families before the ending of the year.

December 2006:
A small version of the others, we hosted 1 family for two nights - our cousines - another family from dad's side.
On the 30th, two more came - none spent.

I'v fallen in love with the up-country Christmas.