Last week I handed my class their mid semester results, the performance was mixed. As we went through the paper, I reminded the class what I mentioned at the beginning of the semester. “Mistakes exist so we can learn from them. They do not define us.” It will take time for that to resonate especially
Everyone was cheering and laughing at every stop as the van picked everyone up.Walter was making fun of Andrew again, making the slurping sounds that Andrew made as he sipped his coffee. In another corner of the bus Gilder was rapping a Tupac song as Becka beat boxed. The people around her constantly chanting “Go
Friday was a crazy day traversing the city. I started off in the Nairobi CBD and shuttled off to Ngong road and then Juja road and finally Lavington, how I made it to nearly each location on time was a miracle of God. The last two stops were fun, I honestly think the biggest incentive
Image: Courtesy: YourMiddleEast.com I was just about to sleep yesterday when my sister changed the channel to Aljazeera and I was absolutely glued. I saw a couple of Palestinian flags raised, I immediatley thought it was a story about the Israeli occupation. I was wrong. This story was about guts and glory. It moved
I teach English and journalism in a local college in the Nairobi, CBD. I do have loads of fun in class. I believe hanging around younger people keeps me young. I had become a jaded and apathetic adult. It amazes me how fast you get there. It took me just 5 years to get there.
The cold woke Ali up, he had no idea how he had got out of the box to the cold smelly pavement. His body began to shudder from the cold. He looked up at the city clock an arm’s length away; it was 5.30am the morning crowd had began to flock in to the city.