So you know how this blog is full of random rants? Well today I decided to put something education. I came across a certain story on YouTube about a Kenyan company called Ecocycle which focuses on recycling sewerage to water for secondary purposes. This is for all the green people out there and for those who actually give a damn about the earth that they live in. you can watch it on this link here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUA0fqYrhVw. Have fun!!
Weight watching
So yesterday I demolished a plate of fries and greasy chicken from Chicken Inn. And I felt somewhat guilty and obese. I NEVER EVER knew that even for one second I would be the one watching my weight.
You see, back in high school I was skinny as fuck. I was about 40kgs at most. I was so tiny I was told all the time that I may be blown away by the wind.
Fast forward to several years later, I’m not fat….my weight is ideal. No, it really IS ideal. I had my BMI, height, weight and all that shit checked out a month ago and this IS my ideal weight.
So anyway, back to business, after demolishing that juicy, delicious yet very greasy and unhealthy meal, I felt super guilty. I never thought for one second that I would be the one to watch my weight ever in my life. I was always the tiny one, hogging like a pig and never growing fat. But then something (probably late puberty) happened and I started adding weight. I let it get out of hand like two years ago, I got to be 65 kgs and I looked very obese, but then I regulated, or it self-regulated and now I’m okay.
So anyway, the point of this post is that I never thought that I would be the one to check what I eat. My, life is full of surprises.
Journalism
When I first joined journalism school, I was still ever so slightly unsure about it. I wondered if I’ll ever make it. What with news of just how hard it is to break through the field and make a name for yourself. So many people picked on different reasons to tell me how journalism will take me nowhere so often that I almost lost hope.
Fast forward to three years later. Yes, the field is still hard. Yes, the competition is stiff. But have you ever done something and every time you do it you are more sure that that thing is what you want to do with your life? That that is your calling? I don’t think I have ever been more sure about what it is I want to do with myself than I am sure of wanting to be a journalist.
Currently, I’m on my 7th month of internship at one of the leading media houses. Normally, internship takes 4 months but I got mine extended. I work at least 5 days a week and at least 12 hours a day. I do not get paid at all. Work gets crazy and sometimes I leave the office past 10pm. But every day I wake up in the morning and I look forward to going to work. The long hours and the poor-as-a-church-mouse life doesn’t get to me at all! Everyday I’m just thinking of how this is what I want to do, money or no money. Sure at some point I’ll have to think about paying bills, but I can’t imagine paying my bills with anything else other than journalism. 
I feel like a night runner
I honestly can’t remember the last time I got home when there was still a hint of sunset in the sky. I’ve become a vampire as I only operate in the dark. By that I mean, sometimes I leave too early and come back too late.
I recognize the road to my home, where I’m being hosted by BFF, more in the dark than during the day. This trend started this year in January when I started my internship at one of Kenya’s media houses. It was hectic, I loved it. It was tedious; I fed on that fatigue like my life depended on it. And I still do. Coz I kinda never finished my internship; I got it extended till end of August.
And now, exactly 7 months down the line, the trend has continued. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining……..i love it all the more every day. But will I ever get home during the day? At least once? Say 6ish as the sun is slowly dying in the sky?
random picture because I can.
The more things changes…..
The more things change, the more they remain the same. I’ve never quite understood this sentence. How can things change and still remain the same?
And then I came across that image…somewhere on this post, not sure if its above or on the side. But it all became clear. As much as time has passed, its 2015 and things have really changed. But Greece is collapsing and Jurassic Park is in the theatres!! Ha!!
I think, therefore, I am
I Think Therefore I Am‘ is one of the greatest quotes I have ever come across. these words were written by one René Descartes (1596–1650), who was a French philosopher and mathematician.
The first time i read that phrase, I was taken aback. It hit me like a truck would hit an unknowing deer which was just grazing and minding its own business. This 5 worded sentence simply says that you control your thoughts, which in turn control your everyday decisions, which in turn become the outcome of your life.
So please, think positive thoughts. The universe will reward you.
Inspirational Quotes: Part 3
21. Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. –Steve Jobs
22. Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is. –Vince Lombardi
23. I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. –Stephen Covey
24. Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. –Pablo Picasso
25. You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore. –Christopher Columbus
Insirational qoutes : Part 2
11. Life isn’t about getting and having, it’s about giving and being. –Kevin Kruse
12. Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. –John Lennon
13. We become what we think about. –Earl Nightingale
14.Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover. –Mark Twain
15.Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. –Charles Swindoll
16. The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. –Alice Walker
17. The mind is everything. What you think you become. –Buddha
18. The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. –Chinese Proverb
19. An unexamined life is not worth living. –Socrates
20. Eighty percent of success is showing up. –Woody Allen
Inspirational quotes: Part 1
1. Life is about making an impact, not making an income. –Kevin Kruse
2. Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. –Napoleon Hill
3. Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. –Albert Einstein
4. Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. –Robert Frost
5. I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse. –Florence Nightingale
6. You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. –Wayne Gretzky
7. I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. –Michael Jordan
8. The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. –Amelia Earhart
9. Every strike brings me closer to the next home run. –Babe Ruth
10. Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement. –W. Clement Stone
About finishing school………..
So earlier on today I submitted what was to be my very last paper for my 3 year course in Broadcast Journalism. I don’t know why earlier on I was somewhat blasé about the whole finishing school thing but right now I’m actually pretty excited. The thought of waking up tomorrow and not having to think about pending exams and projects? Just. Priceless.
And so tonight, to celebrate, I will watch a marathon of Scrubs season 9 (which has changed so much by the way, and Zach Braff, aka J.D, is only in for a few episodes!!). I cannot deal with all this sudden change! Then maybe over the weekend I’ll go out and get stupid drunk, also to celebrate :-).
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