Thursday 26 January 2012

NAIROBI FASHION DISASTER


FASHION 101
I seriously don’t understand how Nairobi women dress at times….
We are now in a season of summer heat. By 0700hrs the sky is blue, no cloud in the sky…and temperatures are about above 25… technically this is summer weather, right? Time to rock your short skirts, shorts, 3/4s, summer dresses, light clothes right? Wear your sandals, lil baby dolls, wedges… the list is endless
But to my amazement you will find girls in BOOTS, STOCKINGS, THICK TIGHTS, DARK COLORED HEAVY MATERIALS…as in fine their fashionable but really stick to the weather channel…and amazing thing is that when it’s cold, summer clothes go on AUTOMATICALLY or even during raev…you get a gal what I say is “boil n shine” during the day is busy “freeze n shine” her ass off at night…even though you’re trying to get a dudes attention, you need to think about your health honey…sorry but I’m been honest…you gatta love yourself or else no one will ever will
Boys, if you ever see your gal dress up o down like this against the weather, give a slap to reality…
I swear if I see another gal in boots or heavy material clad again…I’m sorry if you’ll hate me but I swear I’ll bitch smack you to reality……YIKES

Thursday 5 January 2012

Wedding wonder of Life


This time round, this article will be more oriented on my thoughts.
As a wedding planner, you get to see a lot from stressful disasters to smiles and tears of joy in the couple’s eyes which is an amazing feeling because you know that the client is happy. At times you get clients who ask for the craziest things that at times are like impossible and you have to turn them down and compromise. Others have wild ideas that when you look at it, it looks like a whole circus. At the same time you may just bump into a bridezilla...but what I’ve learnt from my boss is that, even though you feel like strangling them you always have to work with a smile and approach the outstanding ideas with ease and be gentle while laying out your opinion. At the end of the day, you were hired to make the impossible possible.
Most of the time, things don’t always run smoothly. You could have the pastor not agreeing with your set up at the altar, tents coming late and worse could be in bad condition, seats less in number, mcs not coming on time or not been cooperative, cake comes late, food is not what you ordered for or isn’t enough to cater for the whole congregation make it worse is cold and tasteless, flowers aren’t what you had in mind, program runs behind schedule and having people been thugged. ( I still don’t understand why people would actually go to a wedding then steal from someone else, talking from experience; that is the most depressing thing ever especially when the bride gets to find out.)(But that didn’t happen when I was a planner so please relax...)
The most magical moment is when you get to see the amount of true love and joy that’s flowing within the day. For some reason, no matter the amount of crap you had to eat all day, it all disappears you get a tingly feeling with the effect that “I actually made all this come together.” For a planner, that is the most important aspect of the day. True love can never been hidden. It’s a feeling that when you get you want to share it with the rest of the world; no matter what religion, customs and traditions you may follow.
Life commitments are like the craziest things to do, you know? It kinda scares me at times because down the line you get to hear what you thought was the most perfect couple are now divorced then on the other hand you hear people celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary and you wish and wonder will you ever find someone like that in your life? At times I tend to think that such things don’t exist at all but hey it’s just life right?
xxx

Wednesday 4 January 2012

Love turned into terror.


Ryan, can you stop calling me please,” says Trisha. “I never wanna hear from you ever again.” She hang up and slammed her phone to the wall. Walked towards the window and stared at the stars…
Trisha and Ryan were an odd couple. They were madly in love and everyone saw them been a happy family….fairy tale like…. One can actually say that they were high school sweethearts. Met each other in the 11th grade and sparks blew off the light bulbs of the rest who were interested in them. They were the “It” couple.
Travel miles to go see her man when he was injured and make sure he was ok. Trisha’s motherly traits are what made the relationship blossom so much to an extent that they couldn’t see life without the other. Ryan, always business oriented thinking about tomorrow rather than focusing on what is happening today. Family introduction was no problem and they were both welcomed into the other’s family as part of the family. But what made this power house tumble was the mere concept of lack of trust. They had planned out their whole life; where to live, how many kids they’d have, cars…everything was so sorted to the latter including their very own working schedules. Talk about a sorted future…
Arguments were the order of the day in their lives. Misunderstanding each other and hitting the roof was what they knew how to do best. Trying to come to a mere agreement would have to take a battle field to destruction with the most explosive weapons ever created by man or yet, still in the process of been constructed.
“I needed a date to the dinner and since you weren’t willing to go with me, I asked him. What’s the problem?” she asked angrily.
The fact that you would actually ask my homie. Do you know how embarrassing and cheap you casted yourself to be,” said Ryan angrily.
So I was meant to go alone? Really? What is this argument all about?”
“You flirting with my boy”
“And where’s the evidence?”
“I don’t need to show you. You know perfectly well that Sean wouldn’t hide anything from me. And knowing you, your mere flirts would eventually turn into reality. Can’t believe you would want to sleep with my best friend.”
“Really? You actually think I can sleep around?”
“Yes!”
“You are unbearable. What the hell? I’ve had enough of your crap. I’m out.”
Trisha stormed out of the room and walked into her car and drove off not knowing where she was going. Ryan was left up in the study room going through his emails and scheduling his meetings. Forty minutes later, Trisha received a call that changed the whole dimension of her saga. In fury she turned back and headed back home.
“What the fuck? Just coz I flirted with your boy you go ahead and bang my best friend? Talk about cheating spouse. We aren’t even engaged so you have no right to shout at me for flirty. Can’t believe you went to the lowest degree and banged Melissa. I’ve had enough I’m out.”
“How did you find out?”

“The world is small you idiot. And make it worse you screw her at our hotel? Of course people would know. Why didn’t you think of picking another venue?”
Your complaining about something that isn’t real,” defended Ryan with a smirk on his face.
You think? Tell me this is your lost twin brother,” said Trisha, shoving her phone into Ryan’s face. Pictures that were taken and sent to Trisha’s phone. “Yeah. Now defend yourself.”
“Well you started it. You flirted with my friend and pushed me to the extent of sleeping with someone else,”
“That’s how you’re handling this situation? I’m out of here. I’m going back home totally don’t need your crap from both Melissa and yourself. I hope you have a happy sexual life together,” she said walking to their master bedroom to grab her things.
“If I can’t have you, no one else can,” muttered Ryan as he watched her throw her things into her louboutin bag.
“You wish. I’m not staying with you any more I’ve had enough.” She shouted back at him as she zipped her bags, “ It’s bad enough that I lost our baby just the other day due to over working myself and now this…I can’t handle it any more” she walked out throwing her princess cut diamond ring at him.
The drive till her mother’s house seemed longer than usual. Fighting tears back, she ran all the lights not caring of what would happen. Recapping on everything she had gone through over the past few months. She’d just opened a spa, signed a deal with L’Oreal and sadly lost her baby.
“Sis are you ok?” asked Tamika, Trisha’s younger sister, “heard you throwing something to the wall.” Distracted still looking through the window, Trisha whispered, “nah, I’m ok.”
“Ok what movie do you wanna watch today?”
“I just want to be alone.”
Back to her thoughts, Trisha remembered walking into her mother’s house and tears gushed out uncontrollably.
Controlling her anger during boardroom meetings caused a huge amount of tension within their company and in return, all their deals went south.
Trisha please lets work things out for the sake of the company,” pleaded Ryan.
“There’s nothing to work out Mr. Ryan. I have nothing to say to you.”
Walking towards her favorite restaurant for lunch, she noticed someone following her. Wherever she went she had a dark shadow on her tail. Threat calls from private numbers were the next thing that followed.
‘I told you, if I can’t have you, no one else ever will,’ was a note she found in her office one morning. Despite calling the cops, Ryan was just too powerful to be taken down. He was arrested and within seconds he was a free bird. Getting guards didn’t even make the amount of security any better. She had to run away…far away from the psychotic threat.
“You decided to flirt with my friend and even though I retaliated by sleeping with Melissa was due to your stupid mistakes. If I can’t be with you, no one else will,” were the last words Trisha heard from Ryan before throwing her phone to the wall.
All she had worked for her future went down the drain. Even dating was a problem for the dudes would either be scared off or their family and those around them would be in danger.
How will I get this leech off my back?”She whispered to herself…….

xxx

2012


We are always hyped about a year ending and another starting. Look back onto the things we have done throughout the ear, flaws, mistakes, success, triumph….you know then we start making new year’s resolutions. Funny thing is that most of us have New Year’s resolutions and yet we don’t like stick to most of them. Why jazz yourself you will wake up in the morning to jog to keep fit yet you don’t wanna leave the warmth and comfort of your zone? (I know I’m guilty of that), eat healthier, work harder to get a promotion, cut on the bad habits, get a partner, start a business, expansion of the job firm, try out new things,…you know the list is so endless! But I just don’t understand why we are able to lie to ourselves so much and just not face the realities of life no matter how harsh they are?
Most of us want to have life the easier way. Keep procrastinating and telling yourself tomorrow will be a better day and you will take a step to do that then before you know it the year is over and you wonder, “How the hell did that even happen?”
 As the year begins, y don’t you be real with yourself? Make goals that are realistic and will build you, rather than destroy or dismantle you at the end of it all. At the same time we need to be harsh with ourselves in order to reach where we wanna be in December 2012 when you actually sit back and counter check your accomplishments.
As for my country, Kenya, dear God please be with us as we head into elections. We all need to remember we are Kenya herself. We need each other for this nation to move forward. All this tribal crap is just a waste of time and nonsensical. Why kill or fight your brother from another mother and then tomorrow realize that you need their help?
I don’t want to see what happened in 2007-2008 happen again.
I don’t want to leave in fear of not knowing what will happen next and make the country come to a sudden halt.
I don’t want to see bloodshed over idiotism called tribalism.
I don’t want to see massacres that left the country torn. People lose their loved ones and ironically the main people fuelling this madness are all back at home, comfortable under tight security and not caring of what is going on.
Let us be the bigger people and make wise decisions during our election and keep in mind…I NEED MY BROTHER IN ORDER TO MAKE A BETTER KENYA NAD BEETER LIFE FOR ME TOMMOROW.

HAPPY 2012