Today Tuesday, Nov 3 2009

Today the goal apart from be less cranky and not use four letter words is to do all things that I need to do in half the time – including ‘wasting time on the internet’

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TGIF Friday, Oct 30 2009

I look forward to fridays for many things:

1. End of the week
2. Light workload
3. I get to wear jeans
4. Eating out etc etc

So today I wake up with a nice blue pair of jeans in mind only to be notified of very important meeting in a few hours. I think I have ranted about scheduling of meetings abruptly so I will spare you a rant. Anyway I was upset at the scheduling and had to look for a suit to wear, call my boss for briefing etc etc. Unhinged my morning a bit.

Meeting went successful and I got great news from a dear girlfriend. Women handling their business. Nothing better. I am so very proud of her!

Dropped the ball on some admin stuff but whatever.

Time to go – TGIF –  ni kujiachilia tu (loosely translated “letting go”)

Bon weekend a tous!

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Dating and me Monday, Oct 26 2009

* Drafted this on 19th – Been debating for a week whether to post it. TMI?

This is one of my ‘weakest’ points if I consider my history.

I do not commit easily.

When I do I get bored easily.

I get out rather quickly.

I am yet to have a relationship that lasted more than 4 months.

(and 2 of the 4 months were spent debating whether to stay or leave )

and I have had 2 such ‘relationships’ ever. Only 2.

AND I am in my mid-thirties.

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Un-hinged (part 2) Monday, Oct 26 2009

It is just the feeling I have today.

I have a new friendship that has no clear boundary definations and it is kind of making me feel quite un-hinged.

Two options;

1. Define it and put boundaries up – my ‘choleric’ self wants this.  - safer and uncomplicated
2. Leave it undefined and let it have a life of its own – my ’sanguine’ self wants this  -  but there might not be any friendship to salvage after things run their own course.

What to do? What to do?

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Blog block = Good stuff going on Friday, Oct 16 2009

If you come by here and there are no updates for a long while just know too many good things are going on. I go quiet when good stuff is going on and I just enjoy it.

I blog to sort out the ‘confused’ days – so when I do not blog just know I am cruising on a great wave and great things are happening.

But today being TGIF and such a grateful day I will so list all the good stuff.

1. Got in for my Masters programme!……Yay!
2. Celebrated my sibling’s graduation!…Yay for her! – It was an awesome celebration of a lot of hardwork and yes a great grade to show for it. So again…Yay!
3. Got my papers organized for travel…Yay! When you hold a non-western passport the process is always draining! Regulations are getting tougher (not to mention a few denials in the past is not an added advantage ) ………so Yay! for a hurdle crossed.
4. Got a new friend to hang out with (and hopefully a few new adventures)….Yay!
5. Got tenant out….Yay! It was getting to be too many mentally draining phonecalls. Getting someone to manage the house for me.
6. Mortgage on track…Yay! I have been overpaying on this so my monthly repayments have gone down. I am also being able to fit paying the mortgage and financing a Masters…..Yay for ‘organized me’
7. Got new interesting horizons at work and the year is looking to end with a bang….so Yay!

Thank you God for all the good stuff and for all the chips falling in my favour.

Thank you Ms Kellie, Ms Kaasa and Ms Mrembo for all the good wishes and encouragement. Be very blessed

Disclaimer

* Yay! as used in this context is an expression of joy not any other usage

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Blog update Tuesday, Oct 13 2009

Too much has been going on and I do not even have the time to organise my thoughts to blog about it but all is well and moving on, moving on. I will update my resolutions – might be the fastest way to do an update

Something funny happened. I needed some information and with an ASAP (yes I am that kind of last minute annoying colleague). As usual I wanted to ask for it tomorrow morning and get it by afternoon. Heh heh heh  ( I need to yank this ‘last-minute’ disease out of me .)

Anyway as I brace to send a late night e-mail asking for the information I realise I already asked for the information and got it two weeks ago! Now when I can’t remember things that I do on time and almost end up re-doing them then it means I have a deeply entrenched habit that I need to kick (and fast)

Have an ‘on-time’ / ‘before time’ week!

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‘Old is gold’ Tuesday, Sep 29 2009

oldie to enjoy

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A little rant Monday, Sep 28 2009

I really do not like being woken up at 4.00am by the call to prayer at the local mosque. It just messes up the rest my 2 hour sleep. Thankfully it is only monday morning that I seem to hear it. The rest of the days I guess I am too tired and I just sleep right through it.

The interruption reminded me of a church near where I lived in 2007 that had loudspeakers attached to the external wall just for making noise to the outsiders. We used to have to wake up before 8am because trying to sleep through bad drumming and worse singing used to just give you a pounding headache. I remember mentioning to my flatmate that if I was to buy a flat there I would have taken that church to court.

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Great Weekend Sunday, Sep 27 2009

I met up with someone I know on friday and coffee became dinner and dinner became after dinner drinks. It was great company and I was pleasantly surprised.

So today I am wondering whether to push it or let Friday be just a good memory. I think that is what I will do. We are worlds apart.

Today I chatted via sms for hours with a good friend of mine. It was fun.

And end of next week I am home again. Second time in 3 weeks.

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New source of lessons Friday, Sep 25 2009

I try not to blame the ‘devil’ or ‘evil one’ whoever he/she may be for my troubles.

I try to see what I should have done differently and to be honest there is always something I could have done better. There is a lot I could have done earlier, more efficiently etc to ensure that the results reflect not my shortcomings but a fair outcome.

On a tangent, but how much does your early childhood impact your behaviour now?? Like punctuality, keeping your word, when/how you do your work?

I remember my friend and her cousin who grew up in our neighbourhood used to get up on saturday and by 7am clothes are hanging on the lines. Seriously they grew up that way. (and huge mountains of clothes were washed daily ) By 9am house is squeaky clean then they would sit for breakfast. After high school they would even cook stew for supper by 11am and just wait to do the rice/ugali in the evening.

On the other hand, I woke up at 8-9am on saturday and had breakfast first and then cleaning the house started and after clothes. By the time I got to clothes it would be midday or afternoon or sunday . After high school (during that ’silly’ break btwn high school/college and university) I did all my housework between 4-5pm just in time for my mum to get home to a straightened out clean house.

Now later when I do some of my work and things ‘just in time’ I realize I cultivated some of these bad habits quite early.

Question:  how do you reverse a lifetime of bad habits?? especially in time to raise kids and ensure they do not get caught up in the same habits.

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