Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Halloween in Africa???

Hey you all, I'm sitting here on this Halloween day and simply wondering where in the world did this come from, what indeed are we celebrating and I seemingly have no answers whatsoever. All I know is that it's the second highest revenue generating holiday in the US after Christmas, WHAT??? Yup those numbers are for real... Now when I think about it, there are tons of Halloween costumes in the stores, supermarkets and malls. There are Halloween parties across the country for both grown folk & kids. The kids in school take this seriously and dress up in their super hero, witch's, vampire etc costumes and have a ball. At night they go out and knock on doors trick or treating.. WHAT??? There are pumpkins all over grown enmass specifically for just this one day.. WHAT???

Now friends & foe's, back home where I come from, this whole thing would be absolutely crazy and not even funny... First those giant pumpkins would make for a great meal for millions of families... don't sit there and pretend you've not had some tasty pumpkin meal mashed or otherwise... Then, what's with the scary masks and all, this is what we wore back in the day during special occasions and during folk lore dances in the night by the bonfire... A trip to the local witchdoctor would have been like a Halloween moment everytime you had to go... or a trip to Bomas of Kenya... or watching sisi majitu.. that was some scary %$#& right there..

What about the kids knocking on doors asking for candy as they trick or treat out in the cold... Kids back home would be doing their homework at that time or having dinner or getting ready for bed.. ati sweets, hell no, mum is not having us knocking on neighbours doors asking for sweets dressed in some scary or super hero costumes... that would have been regarded as bad manners...

A dude in Kangemi, Laini Saba, Koma Rock or Ziwani has no time for crap like ghosts and if one showed up it would simply ran away just by the blank look from this guy... "I have worked 12 hours, ridden my black mamba bike 10 Km's, brought home some flour for Ugali and some spinach for my wife and 5 kids and you are trying to scare me... Man beat it... Go try that in some upscale suburb like Muthaiga, Lavington or in Europe & America where the people can relate as for me I have to many issues to deal with and you are not helping one bit, ...." Says Mr Seth Mukabwa a security guard in Industrial area.

You can tell I still have no clue how this came about and what indeed we are celebrating, we are even having an office Halloween party, WHAT???? If you know how all this came about, c'mmon now tell a brotha coz I haven't got a clue.... just questions...

All am sure about is that Halloween in Africa as a marked calendar day in the year is non-existant & unheard of.... Hey and if you or your neighbour have one of those giant pumpkins mail it to BJ please, zip code 31904, the Uzbec..

Peace out..

Friday, October 27, 2006

Halloween in Africa!!!

That is my next post, I am thinking it through and will post it in a couple of days marking Halloween day next Tuesday...

Can you imagine, Halloween in Africa, WHAT????

Thursday, October 19, 2006

Happy Kenyatta Day...

Kenyatta Day is a day set aside to honor the first President of Kenya, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta who was not only visionary leader but a brave & intelligent man who led the locals fight through the tough British colonialists leading to the Independence of a free Kenya ruled by the Kenyans..

To all the Kenyans around the world, enjoy this special National Holiday marked on the 20th October every year.

Jivunie kuwa Mkenya (Be proud to be Kenyan)

Monday, October 16, 2006

Am Back!!!

Hello folks, am back tired & beat but all the same glad to be back home in one peace... Had a successful trip, met a few interesting people.. one of whom was this gorgeous lady who'd coz a pile up on any street if she simple walked on by, truly a work of art who made the trip all the more enjoyable..... God took his time on this one, I will tell you that.

That was the major highlight of the trip.... I seldom get moved much but this one did move the dot some and am going to have to bring my A+ game here...

Hey anyway so much for my little fall fling.. keep you posted and YES, I missed all of you.

Peace...