Hopefully this is a year of looking up…

Iโ€™m not going to be nauseatingly positive and tell you what measures you should take in life to make it better and what not. I think we have many Oprah and Deepak Chopra wannabes around us who love to tell us how life should be led and they are in fact amongst the most dysfunctional people otherwise. Iโ€™m happy with my own brand of dysfunction … Continue reading Hopefully this is a year of looking up…

Why should I apologise for being alive?

Five weeks ago life changed, circumstances changed, perceptions shifted and I became a person who started thinking of โ€˜what ifsโ€™, something I donโ€™t usually indulge in. I know Iโ€™m not the only one who has been affected after the incidence at Westgate but I also know each one of us has a unique journey that we embarked from that day onwards. It wasnโ€™t just about … Continue reading Why should I apologise for being alive?

The Month of August and us Kenyans

You know exactly where Iโ€™m going with this because it seems like every other Kenyan I speak to these days is living in fear of this month and that we are totally jinxed because everything seems to go wrong for us in this month. Iโ€™m not a superstitious person so Iโ€™m totally against this train of thought. There are eleven other months in the year … Continue reading The Month of August and us Kenyans