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I say total hogwash!!!! posted on January 21, 2010 - 11:27am

It was a Sunday evening at about 10:30PM as we drove up to the Entebbe International Airport with our precious package we were voluntarily but hesitatingly allowing to leave us yet again. As if the pain of saying goodbye was not enough everything at that airport just rubbed salt into it all!!NOTE: THERE MAY BE STRONG LANGUAGE USED IN THIS PIECE OWING TO THE EMOTIONS GENERATED IN THE PRODUCTION HEREOF. THOUGH IT IS FOR GENERAL READING, PARENTAL GUIDANCE IS ADVISED.......When did I become persona non grata in my own country!!! When did I subscribe to the norm of being guilty before I am found innocent? And why can't I sit with loved one or atleast watch them leave without feeling like I am standing on the wrong side of the wall with Israel?I am totally irked by the treatment at the airport!!!! And I say its total hogwash!!!!

In Honor of You posted on November 26, 2009 - 4:41pm
Never the anticipation of what the year would bring;Would I conjure up in my entire being!The hours dragged-and yet they run….Days prolonged themselves by more than halves…and yet halved at each turn!Emotions- a potent mixture so strong-so demanding!A weary burden to be carried alone but would one gladly give away…And yet therein, I learned of you…..And suddenly I could not let go...I would not let go!I learned of your care, your selflessness and your kindness….I learned once more of my worth and being from your finesse…And though the year still taunt me and struggles to slow my stead to reliefI know that though I be weary, I am the better thiefFor I have you for me and that is my gripFor to have you is the greatest giftThat my God did giveIn perfect timing-In perfect form!©Kigandaskunk
It wasn't me!!! posted on September 24, 2009 - 2:17pm
"If it rolls, its in your hands!" my husband said. And with that he jumped out of the car and strode off to attend to the matters of his day.We had just parked in a slot on the slope besides the post office knowing fully well that our handbrake was not working and we were using the gear to hold the car in one place. I lingered besides the car wondering whether I should shift it to more levelled ground. Then it hit me: I could get a stone and wedge it in behind the back tyre!!! Next issue: where do I find a stone in the middle of town and how will I carry it without seeming out of place? I decided to first find the stone and then decide how to carry it! I searched the vicinity around me and spotted a few stones that would suffice. Issue? they were in the gardens sorrounded by barbed wire right at the exit of the post office.
Testament to my trials posted on September 2, 2009 - 10:18am
"Oh for the paradise lost and the realities lotWould I beseech myself to hide!!!The extremes thus experienced have claimed their lotFor alone once again I am called!In pain and anger I wish to set a plan-A map that'll lead me to a final rest."Skunkie
In honor of our Season of friendship posted on January 22, 2009 - 12:34pm
I once told someone very dear to me, "Your season in my life has ended!" and on that note, we parted ways. Suddenly, about three months ago, this person, once dear to me, returned to my life full of energy and carried me away with the excitement of reunion! This time our frienship soared to heights unkown....far beyond any I would have expected with an exile from my land of friendship. I considered the issue of bestowing the honor of nationality this time round until it all started again.... the misunderstandings over matters that are simply not understandable.....made me wonder once again whether there are some people ordained never to be in your life for long spells! That they are truly a joy but the two of you are just not meant for each other or your friendship is so severe you need time apart from each other to keep it going.
No good deed goes unpunished! posted on January 14, 2009 - 1:57pm
The day: 30th December 2008Place: Central Police Station, KampalaTime: between 2:00 and 7:00pm I could not believe I was being arrested on the second last day of the year! Do you know how traumatizing that is? My only consolation: its a weekday and not a weekend! The complainant sat across from me and said, "Look, all I want to know is where I can find this guy!" and as simple as it sounded, I did not know where to find the guy or what his cell number was.....I could feel the fear slowly creep into by middle parts and a small steady pounding at the temples on both sides of my head......my head said, "You know they don't have a case!" but my heart said, "banange I am going to spend a night in a cell if I don't do something about it!".
Three...two.....one.......BUNGEEE! posted on November 20, 2008 - 9:51am
Male skunkee decided to give me an anniversary present that would add value to my life......and trust me it did! The drive down to Jinja was surreal! I kept giggling at the upsurdity of what I was about to do. It was incredulous that someone in their rightful mind was a willing passenger in a car being driven by a conspirer on a suicide mission! But there we were, trying to drive carefully so as not to have an accident or get caught by the cops.........as if trying to avoid any obstacles to achieving our objective! We get to Jinja and suddenly I realize this is real! My heart is suddenly filled with fear.....dread-and my head says, look, if you get there and you dont feel like doing it, then dont do it! I tell Male skunkee and he says, " I have not driven this far for nothing.....you will jump today!" He makes the call to the guy in-charge of the jump and the guy says he will be ready for us at 5:30PM.
Thank God the cockroaches are back posted on November 17, 2008 - 3:42pm
Its now two whole years since the day before the day I said "I do" to the most handsome man in the world........yes Tandra, I finally admit it! I sit here at my desktop and cannot help but think through each month of the last two years.......my having to keep my job at all costs during the first few months of the marriage due the dire state of affairs, even the cockroaches having packed their migugu and filed out in long queues, leaving none of their kind behind for fear of extinction! I recall our having to constantly reassure our parents that we knew what we were doing even when we both could not confidently look each other in the eye to reassure ourselves..........I recall the day we were robbed, about a month after the wedding and I having collapsed the next day due to the stress of it all coupled with an undetected bout of malaria........ "paludisime" to those Frenchies ............
Selfish or selfless- siamese twins posted on October 24, 2008 - 3:25pm
It happened on Sunday evening when a very dear friend of mine sat at the side of a pool in deep reflection on the path of their life....enjoying a moment by themselves to be themselves and stare at life square in the face. Infact so intense was their reflection that they did not hear the footsteps that hurried to commit this evil deed! Suddenly! A sharp pain caused by a heavy blow to thier head and they were out for about, was it 5 or was it 10 min?
Worry-some nothings posted on September 25, 2008 - 3:30pm
After a very long period of silence, I returned to a place I had once thoroughly enjoyed putting down my thoughts at. The reason I let it be was because someone asked me what the theme of my blog was- was I going to put down personal stuff? was I going to be a tattle-tale on my blog? was I going to be consellor? When I realized I didnt know what I was going to put down, I got writers' block...that was the end of my posting for what appears to be ages.....Thing is I was not told I needed to do that kind of thinking before I became a blogger- I was simply introduced to it....which is quite like alot of things in life...... Primary school: you see everyone with a schoolbag and being dropped off for a whole day- no one ever tells you what you have to do to stand on your own or how your handwriting will get you beaten or that if you get 98% instead of 100% you will get two strokes of the cane.....that it matters what you wear or pack for lunch or the gang you hang with.....