justleah on life

Angry Leah to Stable Leah:

 I hate Ghana.

Everyone is friendly but only on the surface.

Nobody really wants you to succeed. They have a hidden agenda.

Everybody talks too much. Men possibly gossip more than women do…

Almost every station has a program where for more than an hour they talk politics.

Everyone is greedy. They think of their pocket first before they think of the bigger picture.

Nobody is honest and open, everyone is bound by cultural and social norms that do not even make sense…'women should not drink, should not party too much, men should be married by thirty…blah blah blah'.

Everything is expensive...at least more expensive than back home.

Everyone accepts mediocre stuff and everyone puts out mediocre stuff - like a national newspaper that runs and is not legible.

 

Stable Leah to angry Leah:

 Maybe it's the other way round.

Ghana hates me. . .

I expect people to be open and honest when I am judging them from the minute they open their mouths. PLUS, not everybody has to like me.

Who said nobody really wants me to succeed. That is just my assumption! I do not trust and thus think that everybody is out to get me. I should really stop taking whatever cheap stuff I am taking.

Everybody talks too much when they are in places they are comfortable and when they are talking of things that matter to them. You are no exception.

I act like we do not have any cultural norms in Kenya. And who says that all cultural norms are not good. Kenya could actually do with some of those given our amoral trends.

I compare everything to what I have back home. When maybe what's back home is not even that much better. Different countries – different living standards. You should have thought of that before you left Kenya.

Everyone accepts mediocre stuff 80% of the time – EVERYWHERE and everyone puts out mediocre stuff 80% of the time EVERYWHERE.

MAKE A DIFFERENCE OR SHUT UP!

MAKE A DIFFERENCE OR SHUT UP!

MAKE A DIFFERENCE OR SHUT UP!

Sunday evening, just had my first meal after a long night out.

 Jollof rice and chicken at Barcelos in the Accra mall.. As I was eating. I couldn't help but notice the club right ahead of me. Rhapsody's...sounds familiar. Is that where Isaac said has good cocktails? Mmhhh

After this meal, I will need a drink to wash it down. Perhaps at Rhapsody's???

Ok am here. Well, let's see.

The décor is lovely. Good blend of colour - red on the light panels, orange on the counter walls. Dimly lit, giv...

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8.00 am: I arrive at the airport on time. The drama begins... Excess luggage. Broken padlock. Cannot get window seat. Flight has had a three hour delay. Kenya airways will never dissapoint you on delays. They should change their slogan to 'better late than never' or something.

9.00 am: I go for breakfast and an arab guy joins me at my table. He initiates conversation and I find out he's from Egypt. He asks me how old I am and then he asks me if I am married. You  should have seen the expres...

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My past three months at my new job have been quite interesting and loads of fun.

By the nature of being a woman, I guess men will be attrcated one way or the other. I cannot quite explain what it is that draws men to me but I guess every woman has a thing to them.

So anyway, my boss figures that a couple of guys are drawn to me. Only each of them are drawn for different reasons.

There is this one who likes coming to my desk and asks me if I am doing ok. Let us call him K.
K is very sweet natured ...
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This month has been great. This has been my first official job after I left University and the way I see it, I have a lot to offer.
Since the last week of April, I seem to be bringing in business like its stuck to my ass. No seriously...I am.
Ofcourse this is after long sales cycles dating as far back as March.

When I came into this Job I had the challenge to create a lucrative product for a client so that they can buy in for a high price.
I did my best and not to blow my own horn, I think I did...
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Monday morning rides on the office van are usually quiet. People are usually reflecting on weekend activities I guess. Either regretting or grinning with satisfaction. That morning was just a blurr for me...I cant remember whether I was regretting but I sure as hell was not grinning.

I was seated next to my colleague. Lets call her W. She is usually opinionated and has something to say at any one time. As soon as I said 'hello' , 'how was your morning?',  I had set her off.

She immeadiately tol...
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So the other day I was going to town, the first time they had just increased the fares on our route. Fifty shillings tao ndani (Into town). From paying a mere thirty shillings at peak time and a twenty shillings off peak, this was a big change. Anyway, I took it into stride. Changes were to be accepted if progress was to be made. The next days were spent on a budget of a hundred Kenya shillings to go to town and back. Since Michuki (former transport minister) had enforced some good traf...
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When growing up, everyone has that one family member that they look up-to and draw their energy from. That one person who gives you encouragement regardless of what it is you're doing or decide to do. This person has values that match yours and you work hard to emulate them. You want to grow up and be just like them. You wish you had half the brain and brilliance they have. I had such a person. He was smart, extremely smart. He had a blissful character and was overwhelmingly optimistic. He...
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