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Sunday, 17 October 2010

Will Come out Soon.

I have extreme busy schedule here at Chicago, IL, Scarse time to sleep, too many nyama choma and roast, too much desert receptions. Enormous sweet cookies, raw fish!!!, ma-salad, kama kambuzi ati..., kahawa ya barafu huku mmewasha heater ndani!!! Nyie watu wa huku mnapenda sana kumimina chakula ndani ya tumbo..... ''' He! halafu mnadai kunywa diet Coke, wakati cookies zina sukari kama asali!!... hii ni ..... n'bangue, kwa wale wanaojua hapo mmenipata!

I am optimistic, once I settle, I will be able to have fun with my posts. Let me enjoy Chicago first.

Being retina physian.... interesting.
Hey! Gotta many interested parties, scholarship available..., assisted programmes and funds on hand... any one interested pse!! Just have masters in ophthalmology first, then contact me, I mean for Rwanda and Tanzania. ASAP, expiring date just at the tip of my fingers. Hope it will not fall on damn deaf ears and blind eyes!!

Friday, 15 October 2010

Bado nipo nipo!

Huu ndio usafiri wangu wa kila siku wakati nikielekea mitaani na sehemu nilizopangiwa kufanya kazi za abunuwasi.
Nilikuwa nikihisi wenzetu wanatoa huduma za hali ya juu, na hakuna kuchapia uongo kwa wagonjwa wao... lakini wapi bwana, wakichemsha wanapiga fiksi hizo...., halafu mgonjwa akitoka, wanakuambia, hapo kazi ilitushinda... alas!
Nilichogundua wana tumajungu, na kusagiana!
Wagonjwa wa macho, nilikuwa naona nyumbani wanapiga foleni ya mwaka, lakini na huku, watu wasubiri masaa 2-3 kumaliza, wagonjwa wakiombwa msamaha, wanadai hakuna shida, wenyeji wakitoka, utaona mtu anakuambia ati hao madokta ni bull-shit nk, duh.. kuwa mgeni mahali, unakuwa rafiki wa kila mtu




Nilipata wasaa wa kufika Staten Island, na pia kufika kwenye statue of Liberty, japo giza lilikuwa limeanza kuingia..... well, well, it was a greaqt experience to visit these sites  across Hudson  river
Picha hiyo hapo juu sio Shanghai au mji wowote wa China, bali mji huu upo New York, na unaitwa "China Town", Karibu 90% ya wafanyabiashara hapa ni wachina, bei za vitu zipo kwa yuan, na kuna kila kitu kinachopatikana China kuanzia vyakula, mavazi, hata na watu hapo karibu wote ni wachina, na kuna wengine hata kiingereza hawajui, lakini wapo na wanafanya biashara.......!!




Duka kubwa la apple ambalo liko chini ya ardhi, watu hapo....... kila mtu ananunua i-phone, i-pod, i-pad nk. Kununua unajipanga foleni kama nusu saa, mind you, that there sales people like 20 and they are very fast...


Kama kawaida, unapofanyia kazi au kupitisha muda wako mwingi, hukosi marafiki, wengine utadhani mlikuwa mnafahamiana siku nyingi....., hapa ni katika hospitali moja ya macho maarufu kwa tiba ya wagonjwa wenye shida ya retina katikati ya jiji la New York. Well, these were my colleagues, they are residents, on the left is from Montana state- US, Middle - from Portugal. We went along very well.....

Monday, 11 October 2010

New York Slices


Time square at night

Museum near the Park - NY

Jumba la Makumbusho - NY

12 - 13th Century Chinese products

Below: Grand station for subway trains in NY

Wednesday, 6 October 2010

At times....Out of Network. Kumradhi Wakuu

I am on the cruise to nearly extreme north and then to the extreme west. Accessing inernet and other communications is frequently interrupted or prohibited. But, whenever I get time...

Nipo kwenye harakati za safari, kwa muda nitakuwa kwenye mazingira ya kuzima simu, ati jamaa wanadai wakati wanaendesha vyombo vyao au ungo wa kizungu, hawataki abiria wawe wanawasiliana kwa simu.
Wanadai kelele za simu zinaingilia mitambo yao.

Nikiweka kituo mahali popote, nikaweza kuwasiliana nanyi marafiki zangu, nitakuwa nikikohoa.
Kwa sasa nasikiliza hotuba ya Odinga!!

Tuesday, 5 October 2010

Ziara Fupi ya Arusha - Nairobi - Kigali kwa siku Moja


Last week I visited Arusha town, after more than 3 years without stepping my feet to this beautiful city.
It was dusty, and after walking about, I noted my shoes were powdered by vumbi!
I visited one of the shoe shiners ( Jamani hii kazi imekodiwa na wachagga), while waiting for my shoes to be ready, alas! I was given makata mbuga to wait while protecting my socks from dust.
Makata Mbuga, are local sandals, famously know as "Arusha to Moshi" by people living in this area. They are made from rejected or old car tyres. Maasai version of makata mbuga are more interesting!
The city  is beatiful and clean, at least to the areas I visited
Lakini.. when you go to Ngaramtoni, yaani ongeza sponji kwenye kiti, na chunga sana kichwa chako, kwani barabara ipo kwenye mashimo, na sio mashimo yapo kwenye baarabara.
Habari mpya nilikutana nayo njiani wakati Naelekea Namanga wakati wa asubuhi baada ya chai, kwani kuna baba mmoja wa kimasai, tulimkuta ana kijana mdogo wa kiume kama miaka 7 hivi kavalia sare za shule siku hiyo ya jumapili!!
Tulisimama, akasema, ero sopai!, nami nikajibu sopai orubaiyan, akaomba....saidia napeleka mutoto panado, yeye anasuka kuni boma ya ... ole parkw..., na mutoto yeye najua kabsaa, .. eeeh , tukamalizia kwa ashee, ashee nale. Naye akawahi kurudi kwa sangiki yake.
Kusema ukweli, huyo baba anajua umuhimu wa elimu, wikendi mtoto anarudi nyumbani, jumapili anawahi tena asubuhi, kwani shule ipo kama km 12 kutoka kwenye boma ya huyo baba, na aliposhukia ni porini..., kama kilomita 2-3 kufika shuleni kwao (Longido mjini).

Mchana, nilikuwa Nairobi, baada ya lunch, nilichukua taksi, kwa jinsi dereva alivyokuwa anaongea, na mate yanaruka kupitia geti la chini(Mwanya wa kutengeneza kwa kung'oa meno ya chini), hakika ni mluo, akadai pale nilipomkuta haparuhusiwi madereva wa kabila jingine, na hasa wakamba, ati wakienda kupaki pale ni nuksi, na kuna mkuu wa polisi fulani anawakingia kifua kwa ukorofi huo. Kwa kuwa alikuwa peke yake, akawa na wasiwasi watakuja kupaki, hivyo alinikimbiza airport kama mbio za langalanga, I had to ask him if he has helmet!!!, kwani mkanda niliona hautoshi, nikihofia kupata head injury kama atakutana na hump, kwani naweza kurushwa kwenye roof, anyway niliwahi airport, kwani nilikuwa karibu kuchelewa!!!

Usiku, nilifika Kigali, dereva wa taksi aliingia mitini, ati alisikia baridi pale airport na ndege yetu ilichelewa kwa dk 45!!, bahati nilipata usafiri wa mabasi yanayopaki karibu kabisa na airport ambayo yalikuwa hayana watu wengi, kwani nilikuwa na kimkoba kidogo tu, na kulikuwa hakuna taksi. Nikamaliza safari yangu kwa kupanda mabasi mawili hadi kufika kiotani kwangu, na yote yakiwa na makonda wanawake/wasichana, wakihangaika kupiga debe kila kituo! Ila wenyeji walikuwa wanayakwepa kwa kuwa yana ongezeko na pesa zaidi kidogo kuliko yale ya kawaida.

Sheeee

Sunday, 3 October 2010

Super Husband Danger Akuku Passed Away

Mzee Ancentus Akuku Ogwela, famously known as Danger Akuku who surfaced in the media for a record of being married to around 130 wives had passed away today at the age of 94 years after suffering from hypertensive crisis and collapsed at his home.  
  
He was uncertain of number of children he had, but is said, that he left more than 160 children. 
  
Danger Akuku will be remebered not only for him being most famous polygamist, but also for building a school for his own children at Kisumu, Kenya.  
  
May his soul rest in eternal peace, Amen  

Tanzanian Festival - Kigali, Rwanda

Siku ya jumamosi, tarehe 2 oktoba 2010, umoja wa wanawake wa kitanzania waishio Rwanda, waliandaa vyakula vya asili ya Kitanzania ili kutunisha mfuko wao wa maendeleo. Shughuli hii ilifanyika kwenye hoteli mpya inaoendeshwa na Mtanzania kwa ubia iitwayo FOEYES PREMIER eneo la Bibare, jijini Kigali.
Kulisheheni vyakula mbalimbali ikiwepo supu ya makongoro, mtori, pilau la kibongo, vitumbua, samaki wa mpako, maandazi, chapati, aina zote za nyama choma isipokuwa kitimoto!, mihogo ya kuchemsha, kisamvu nk nk nk




Kwa wale wapenzi wa kinywaji, walifurahia bia za Tanzania, ambazo zimeanza kupatikana Kigali baada ya ufunguzi wa hoteli hii, na hakuna sehemu nyingine yoyote hapa Kigali unaweza kuzipata.
Mimi nilifunga kwa siku moja mahsusi ili niweze kufaidi Tanzanians Festival, lakini.... nafikiri walitayarisha double share, maana ... kilibaki ndugu.


Baada ya watu kushiba, ilikuwa ni saa ya kufukuza gout, kwa wale walioshindilia mbuzi huku wakiwa na matatizo ya gout!!!
Watu waliburudika na mduara na taarabu.

Kitu cha kufurahisha hapa, kila kitu kilikuwa kwenye utamaduni wa kitanzania, wafanyakazi karibu wote ni wanyarwanda, lakini walikuwa wanazungumza kiswahili vizuri, ikiwa ni pamoja na walinzi wa kampuni rasmi, wote waliokuwepo,   yaani unajisikia kama upo nyumbani.

Home sweet hooooooome!

Friday, 1 October 2010

Stating Your Problems on T-Shirt is not an Excuse....

This man (James Johnson) is accused of slamming into the house steps while driving under the influence of alcohol.

This will be his fourth charge due to similar offence.

Interesting part, this man had worn a T shirt stating his problem....

Read more here