I recently took stock of the previous one year as I seldom try to do on my birthday every year. Sometimes I ask myself, as MNE why are we not yet able to host the big concerts like say what PRC did with the amazing Plot concert, or have nice authentic good vibes […]

Sometimes when I drive down the Southern Nairobi By-Pass, windows down, loud music blaring from my car speakers, I quickly glance at the view of the slum of Kibera on my right and then also glance at the tall trees that mark the periphery of the Karen suburbs on my left; and I momentarily think […]

So what is perfectionism? According to Urban Dictionary which as you know is the dictionary of choice for my shallow intellectual self (sic), a perfectionist is defined as, “Someone who finds it hard to be happy with their work unless it is of a very high standard. For example, if a perfectionist gets a B […]

My life has become a pleasant quagmire. I find it difficult to maintain concentration on the engagement at hand with my daughter’s delightful voice permeating through our home. Having read several baby sitter horror stories I took to mostly working from home when my daughter was born and now at 19 months of age, her […]

Many of us are inherently givers, but in a country like ours, this trait is more often criticized than it is applauded. I must have heard every argument attempting to justify scroogelike penny-pinching. “It’s his job to guard your car”. “Only tip when the service is exceptional”. Strangely, this is only directed toward the smaller […]

Recently, I revisited one of my favorite mixtapes, The Warm Up by J.Cole. My good friend Nyamu, introduced me to Jermaine in 2009 and I have remained a loyal fan ever since. On the intro track to the critically acclaimed joint, J.Cole takes us through some spoken word over a piano instrumental and his message […]