Getting things done...

Am that kind of person that naturally falls into the role of connecting dots and ensuring things are organised well and ultimately get done; and on schedule

 

With time, even before I volunteer myself, there is an assumption already that I will take care of the details of the event, trip, visit etc. I was shaken out of this by a friend who calmly told me (when I was complaining about all the things I needed to do for a certain event)....and who made you Chief Organiser?? and this shook me real deep....since for sure, this is work I had assigned myself....so why complain??


So now, that part of me is gone!!

 

So for any event that is coming up - I will (not so) happily seat as things get organised (some at the very very last minute) which annoys me....BUT....this is the new me.....so long as it involves a group, I don’t have to be Organiser Extraordinaire!!

 

..mmhhh...gets getting used to....but that’s life!

Heri kuwa na maji kuliko kuwa na stima!!

These last weeks have been challenging........

All of a sudden the taps run dry, no warning, and the way I am now used to having water flowing from the tap...aiii

You see this feeling is deep within me from those days growing up in Langata and having no water for days on end...haki even saying that Langata had a perennial water problem is an understatement!! Where didnt we fetch water from!! aii...am sure at some point the water we had was mixed with sewage...I kid you not!! So when i was moving out of home to my own space, my requirements were very simple....I need a place which has water flowing from the tap!!! and so i ended up in South B area where i stayed for over 10 years

So my current water situation brings back very unpleasant memories. Memories of taking 'passport' shower in the morning and getting into town and the cleaners at KenCom are cleaning the verandah with buckets and buckets of water ...how i wish i could just enter the bank and take a good shower (assuming of course they have showers in there LOL!!)

Anyways, so now I have to ponder my next move...its the holidays, I have guests over....and I have no water...aii...Serkal Saidia!!!!

WEPESI

Back in the day the means of transport for quick access to Eldoret was via the vehicle called WEPESI  - which i later came to learn meant Western Peugoet Service

This car could move!! from Nairobi to Eldoret using Eldoret Express took you a full 7-8 hours but Wepesi cut this trip by half!! No rules on the road or they were not known, am not sure. All I know is that during those campus days, I preferred Wepesi - God knows why I was rushing to Nairobi!

In retrospect, cant imagine the risk I exposed myself to!!

Easter season

I love Easter.........

So much joy and happiness around!!!

and 4 straight days after a long wait for a public holiday!!

Flashback to my single days and Easter spelt chance to get out of the city. My sister once worked in Mombasa so this was destination once the break started; I literally went to Mombasa almost every weekend when she was there!! such fun times!!

Now Easter is either in Kisumu or in Nairobi - better when there is minimum travel since the entire Nairobi seems to shift base during Easter. This year Easter falls at a time when schools are not closed yet...so we have only 4 days to pack in as much fun as possible

Happy and Blessed Easter!!

California Cookies

There is this cookie place near Gill House - was called California Cookies

The other day I was passing near there and was saddened that it had closed down; you see every day in early 80s, when we used to pass there on our home from school at lunch time and my father would buy us cookies and the sweet smell of the cookies remained with me for a long long time........

I passed there sometime ago, and simply had to walk in buy some - what can i say, i was drawn in by the sweet smell of the cookies. The place inside looked like it had not changed since those days....waaaa.....anyways, it brought back lots of memories when I was young without a care in the world!!

so now its closed

thats life

hope the owners are baking lovely cookies in another venue!

Brussels!!

Oh my!!!

Its a nice Tuesday morning....and am hit with the news that Brussels is under attack! when will this end?? we have suffered in the hands of terrorists and they seem to get people when they least expect. When a developed nation such as Belgium is attacked, I shudder to think how exposed we are given the laxity in security that is so obvious around us....

Reminds me of that dark day in 1998 when there was a bomb blast in Nairobi. I was hustling at a place near Biashara st when we heard the loud bang and saw smoke coming from the other side of town....from the window we guessed that KenCom had caught fire....and silly me I actually walked towards that direction!!! As I approached KenCom I realised the blast came from further down so I walked on....on reaching Harambee avenue, many people were walking / running in the opposite direction and I sensed that it may not be good to go too clsoe after all and so i went on home!! I empathise with the innocent persons and families that have suffered under terrorists.....this simply has to stop!!!

But how????

Software...

So my new gig requires me to use an ERP system that I find amazing considering all the possibilities it has within one site!!

You see, last time I entered data was a looooonnnnngggg time ago and I have been a end user of information since then, extracting very specific types of reports so really no need to learn the intricacies of these systems.

Now I find myself having to wade through this system...and admiring those that effortlessly get lots of information ...back to reading all the manuals!!

Friday lesson #never too old to learn!!