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Photo./Courtesy By now most Kenyans who sat KCSE last year already if they are proceeding to the University, Tertiary college or seeking alternatives in other areas depending on grades. For those joining colleges and universities, there's a whole new life ahead. There's the registration, getting used to big buildings, especially if one is from rural areas, and making new friends. The harder part is settling down and balancing between school work and the “free” social life. Presented with this freedom, it can be very overwhelming; especially if you lack self-discipline. Had someone come to me at the beginning of my first year and imparted to me this knowledge, he or she could have saved me a lot of time, headache and guilt over how I spent my days in campus. And so this is what I learnt over the years. 1. Make priorities If you have a class in the morning, prioritize on that.  Get some good rest and also ensure you have your books and notes ready so ...

“We don’t remember days, we remember moments”….Cesare Pavese said this in his time while reflecting on eventualities of life. In the past few days since the Garissa attack I have been silent from posting any information or opinion on the issue for one reason, to read what the world has to say on the issue. Nothing is as stressful for a young, ambitious person as the process of enrolling for a university programme, having in mind that most students have to re-locate from their homes to new places. This was the case for about 85% of students at the now closed Garissa University. 152 of the students are no more, the biggest tragedy Kenya has experienced from a terror attack. Security has been and is the major challenge that we as Kenyans face yet little or no effort has been put to change this sad fact. After the Westgate attack on September 21, 2013 Kenyans were shaken but quickly rose to their feet and life went back to the ‘usual’. Families lost their loved ones, chi...

President Uhuru Kenyatta greets National Youth Service recruits after a parade at the NYS college in Gilgil on September 10, 2014.Photo, courtesy After watching 'Boy Meets World', a television series that chronicles the life of friends from middle school days to their marriage life, one thing kept ringing in my mind is how most men make mistakes in the gap between completion of high school and the "start of life" as most people call the transition. In the current set up, once a young man aged 17 or 18 completes high school, there is always gap of about one year before they can join college or college or university. With so much time on your hands, some try the few things they were always warned against. There others who form groups with their peers and spend days roaming in the neighbourhood and, eventually, try a few things like drugs and alcohol. Others take opportunity to try relationships with the opposite sex as this was banned while in school. But...

Siblings and their mother.Photo/Credit One day I will write about what has inspired me to post this but for today, please read and keep this in your mind, sibling rivalry is a death bed.I have sourced this article from Wikipedia. Sibling rivalry is a type of competition or animosity among siblings, whether blood related or not. According to observational studies by Judy Dunn , children are sensitive from the age of one year to differences in parental treatment. From 18 months on siblings can understand family rules and know how to comfort and be kind to each other. By 3 years old, children have a sophisticated grasp of social rules, can evaluate themselves in relation to their siblings, and know how to adapt to circumstances within the family Sibling rivalry often continues throughout childhood and can be very frustrating and stressful to parents. Adolescents fight for the same reasons younger children fight, but they are better equipped physically and intellectual...

I feel that I have to use this phrase, 'while I was away'.I have not posted a piece of my so called 'wide' mind in over a month.This was not I have not tried Faiba, but because I thought I had too much on my hands to write. Anyway in that period I have learnt a very important thing, there is never enough time to accomplish and achieve what one sets to, all you need is squeeze your issues in the 24 hours we all have. During the one month, I did a lot of 'straightening' of my lifestyle, starting with quiting liqour.I hope my lovely Mercy will now believe this now that I have included it.One message on a quiet weekend has helped me realize all the wrong things liqour was bringing into my life, though I already knew most of them. I also decided that soon, and its very soon,  am going for a one man- holiday to a place am yet to settle on.This whole year I have dedicated my days to work work work, and even on the weekends I am not working I have been run...

courtesy   My people say you go but In heart you remain Things look and feel different now The hugs and chats are no more But I smile because of our clean secret It was an honour knowing you neighbour Neighbours who never met Friends who shared and will share even the dirtiest But I smile because of our clean secret Make it happen in the other end I will join you, or be your neighbour Because happiness and smiling were my emotions But I smile because of our clean secret

Stressed man.Photo/Courtesy I cried because it was all I could They new I was capableBut enjoyed see me go to waste Little id I know He was watching But I will rise Life was miserable by any definition Nice on the outside but inwards bleeding Tears filled in a large heart Nobody knew I was going to waste But I will rise Looks can really be deceiving That I learnt after I saw a young soul dry Passion and will melt to the soil Even sand was now absorbent But I will rise He wrote about that place Experiences only beasts would take Kept fighting for a firm standing But the push was always too strong But I will rise