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Floods 2024

We are in the long rainy season. And it’s raining in many countries across the globe. And these rains are heavy, causing havoc in many parts. Lots of lives are being lost, lots of properties destroyed, and displacement of people. I’ve seen videos from Dubai floods, Brazil, and even US cyclones and it’s a bit frightening. I can only imagine the shock on the people in…

Electric Buses

I’ve always wanted to get on an electric bus. I’ve been seeing them move around so swiftly since last year when they were being introduced into the country. They are uniquely shaped and always silent. Now with the improved batteries, their charges go for a long period. almost a whole day, and then they charge overnight.  Electric cars have been increasing too. With lots of subsidies on import taxes for electric vehicles…

Do Affirmations Work?

I came to learn about affirmations a few years ago during my growth journey. To cut a long story short, Life was all good and had been good for a long time, with everything on a positive and upward trajectory. Suddenly everything was just not okay. I lost a loved one after a long period…

A Good Weekend

I had one of the best weekends this year. But generally, most of my weekends are always good, cheerful, etc. And a true sign of my fast-moving age. One of my friends got married this weekend. It was a fantastic event. All things under one roof occasion. The service was in the same garden with…

200 Posts

Hey, guess what? I just got a notification from WordPress that I’ve reached 200 posts on this blog! How awesome is that? I can’t believe I’ve been blogging for so long and sharing my thoughts with you all. It’s been quite a journey, hasn’t it? I know I don’t post as often as I used…

Open Your Mind to Receive By Catherine Ponder

The book starts by saying there’s nothing good about living a limited and narrow way of life in a world full of abundance. It actually shows the foolishness and ignorance of the person living like that. That person is said not to be expressing their true nature of abundance. A few stories are given to…

Silence

Some days are meant to be silent. Today is one of those days for me. It’s a day that reminds me of a big loss in my life, and the start of many more losses that followed. It happened on January 15th, 2018. It was the darkest day of my life. Since then, a lot…

Merry Christmas

Christmas is here and I’m feeling so grateful for this amazing year. 2023 has been full of blessings, with more highs than lows. I’ve grown so much as a person and achieved things I never thought I would within the year. This growth started in 2022 but really took off in 2023 and I’m not…

10th Anniversary

It’s been 10 years since I discovered WordPress and joined. How time flies. This is my second blog since, and I like it so far. It has helped me express my thoughts and ideas especially when I needed it the most in 2018-2019 when I was fighting depression and anxiety. A dark time that I…

Competency-Based Curriculum

As you may already know, this year will be the last we have KCPE exams for class eight students and KCSE for form four pupils in Kenya. The education system was on this for an 8-4-4 system which was fairly good. But now, we have moved into a new system called the CBC model. This…

Mashujaa Day

Happy Mashujaa Day, everyone! Today is a special day for all Kenyans, as we celebrate the heroes who fought for our freedom and independence. Mashujaa means ‘heroes’ in Swahili, and that’s what this day is all about. You may remember that this day used to be called Kenyatta Day, after our first Prime Minister and…

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Plant Wave

The hidden music of nature Have you ever heard of plant waves? It’s a device that can translate the electrical signals of plants into sounds. I discovered it less than a year ago and it was amazing. I used to imagine the same thing for a very long time. I would look at beautiful nature…

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Huduma Day

Huduma Day is here. A public holiday. Do you know why we celebrate this day? Well, let me tell you. Huduma holiday was introduced by President Uhuru Kenyatta to replace Moi Day, which used to honor former President Daniel Arap Moi. But guess what? It was actually Moi himself who suggested the change before he…

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