January 28, 2007
Hi,
I just came across your article about the “spotlight on kenyan music 2” and your sentence: “So, the bottom line for me is that I shall check out more Kisii tunes in future.”
My wife is Kisii and we will be travelling there next week for the 2nd time. Can you give me any direction/names who [...]
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January 27, 2007
“Is there anything I can bring for you from Europe?”, this visitor asked me the other day. “Anything you miss?”.
I had a hard time thinking about what I could possibly miss, and only now I slowly realize what would have been great: a broadband internet connection.
Yaaaaaani, given the speed the telecommunications sector has developed over [...]
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January 25, 2007
A good way to finish a hectic day is to enjoy a few drinks with one of your colleagues who tells you about the old times – especially if that jamaa has been working all over Kenya during the last 25 years, and has lots of stories to tell.
And then you head home, meeting this [...]
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Now what’s this? My dad isn’t even buried yet, and another man I really valued died earlier this week: polish author Ryszard Kapuscinski, famous for his travel stories from the 1960s Africa among many other interesting books. He was one of those authors where you just wish the book never ends. My most favourite book [...]
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January 22, 2007
Last night my Safaricom air time finished and I still needed to do some things online. So I went over to the bar / night club next door here at Mugo Shopping Complex and….had the laugh of my life:
Grown up men, all drunken beyond this particular state when you would want them to meet their [...]
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January 21, 2007
See this environmental-friendly (still not eco-effective, but anyways) torch? The LED bulb is powered by a dynamo inside, a magnet that moves within a coil and induces an electric current which is then stored in two small rechargeable battery cells.
A visiting friend of mine recently bought this nice torch on a christmas market for something [...]
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“The most beautiful women on earth, the beauty that no amount of money can buy, the most powerful hair in Africa, the most wanted hair styles now in Africa, our business is to make ladies look beautiful. If you want to look beautiful, come to us now. The magic in weaving styles for beautiful [...]
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