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Dusting off the cobwebs posted on May 18, 2009 - 11:13am

I have really been trying to blog here for a loooong time now. I've given up. Blogger hates me. So I've moved to the competition. I know, I know, I said I wouldn't. But Blogger won't let me be faithful. He asked me to cheat! So I'm here now.More Carlo.I hope I'll be sunnier and happier on the other side and stop complaining too much.

My new ride posted on April 22, 2009 - 4:44pm

This is what I really, really wanted to get:This is what the Lord saw fit to bless me with:I am totally grateful to the Lord for His blessings.P.S. I hope the owner of that awesome car does not see this and think I'm a stalker. I'm not. Owner of awesome car, I'm not a stalker. I swear. I don't even have 6 more pictures of it in different angles. All from one window. Honest!

How to deal with the arm of the law posted on April 21, 2009 - 12:45pm

Here are a few pointers on how to be a good Ugandan citizen. Which also means how to deal with traffic police without necessarily paying a bribe.1. Lock your doors whenever you're driving around, keeping in mind that you're a little scared lady in this big scary city of Kampala.2. When you're stopped by a traffic cop, roll down your passenger window and wait for him to ask for your driving permit.3. Quickly realise that he's actually trying to open the door and not talk to you so unlock the doors.4. Let him sit in your car and order you to drive around.5. Don't apologise too much and have him wonder to you 'what kind of Ugandan are you?'6. Keep asking for directions to Central Police Station since he mentioned that's where you were headed anyway.7. Ask him not to stare at you too much cuz it's making you uncomfortable.8. Pretend you don't notice him staring at your legs when your skirt has ridden up because you're driving and can't exactly adjust it.9.

New Vision Rant posted on April 20, 2009 - 10:50am

Sunday Magazine pays you UGx 40,000 for a 6 page article? Seriously! That really sucks. It's pointless to write for them anymore. How cheap is that? And then what was that thing of 6 pages on Obama's body man about? How is that affecting me as a person living in Uganda? So, he carries Obama's mints and pens, do I care? I know this rant isn't exactly for New Vision but for Sunday Magazine but it's the same thing. Ok, I'm done.

Replacement posted on April 16, 2009 - 1:12pm

You know how everyone I know (which means you don't really know but follow me still) doesn't approve of the radio stations we have? How they complain that it could be more, that radio is in fact lacking in a lot of ways. I had this rant about radio too and couldn't fail to complain about something everyday. Then I realised that my complaining was just draining my spirit and it wouldn't really change anything. And something miraculous happened, I found my mother's collection of preaching tapes from our old church days in the 90s! Since my little car has a tape deck and no CD player or any such fancy things (is someone willing to pimp out my music system in my car and add in an ipod thingie too please?), it was a really great idea to play them instead of listening to crab salad recipes. You don't know about crab salad? Let me explain.Sanyu FM is the only station I listen to in my car because well, I like the music and I have learnt to stand the inanity of it all.

Subtelties posted on April 8, 2009 - 12:59pm

There is this light coloured dress I like to wear and about two days ago my boyfriend says to me, 'Oh my word, did you know your dress is see through?' No I didn't. And it isn't really, just that when there's light behind me or something, you can see right through my legs. Then I remembered another time I was wearing it and I took my little cousins to Fidodido for some ice cream. I was standing at the well-lit counter picking out their flavours for them and this waitress walks up to me and starts talking to me. She steered me gently away from the counter and went on and on about how much she loves my dress and where I bought it. I kept trying to brush her off and told her I'd gotten it in India but she continued to ask how much it would be in Uganda if it was ever here and blah blah blah. I thought it was pretty weird but humoured her and continued the conversation until everyone got their ice cream and we left.

Thursday Shamefulness posted on March 26, 2009 - 5:11pm

So, it's Thursday afternoon and I'm ashamed of myself. I'm hanging my head in shame. I missed a day in my diary! Ah well, on to happier things. :-)Yesterday, when I walked into the office everyone's jaw dropped. I wore a dress mind you that was just an inch or two above the knees. That's not exactly kimansulo now is it? I don't get people in Uganda, you have to dress decent all the time? Just because my skirts and dresses are longer than the knees doesn't mean I can't be adventurous enough to try a sorta mini? Ok fine, fine, so it was riding up with every step I took and it was kinda form-fitting (tight to be exact) but still, it wasn't indecent. Am I protesting far too much? Sigh. I give up. I mansula'd yesterday and then I got so busy that I couldn't even open a blog to read. Imagine I didn't get to get up and walk around the office to show off like I'd planned. To make matters worse, I'd come in late and walked in on a staff meeting talking about, you guessed it, late-coming.

Tuesday Nothings posted on March 24, 2009 - 12:27pm

Today, I wore a cute outfit. A short black skirt with a cute white polka dot jacket I got from my sister. I feel all professional, which reminds me of the day I went to see my aunt after work and she says to me, 'you're so smart, you look like you work in a proper office like NSSF or something.' Oh wow Auntie, I don't work in a proper office now? So yeah, today I look like I work in a proper office.There are a lot of things running through my head right now. For those of you that called me or came to see me at home worried about my dad, don't believe anything the Rag of Toilet Paper writes. And thank you for the concern. I have major decisions to make with my life and I'm not sure I want to grow up yet. Does it ever get to a point where it's too much? Where you just want to lie in a corner and never wake up? Where you think the homeless person has less worries than you? Well, I actually don't have that many worries but I have life-altering decisions to make.

Monday afternoon posted on March 23, 2009 - 3:18pm

Seeing as I'm not a blogger anymore, I've decided to style up and rejoin the ranks. You know, blog again. So this is a test for me for the next 7 days. Basically, an update on my life daily for the next week. Don't read it if by Wednesday I'm boring you, which I probably will be doing.Firstly, I finally caught up on blogville. B2B, remember when you kept asking me if I'd read your post on this and that at BHH and I had no idea what you were going on about? Yeah, I read them all finally. And I had no idea how much is going on. Chanel was pimping girls to a rich man and I missed the opportunity? Darn! Erique decided to get models for Warid and no one bothered to inform me? Man, and my dream was to be a model. Now my dreams have been crushed. So now that I've caught up, I'ma be on your cases like a problem.I'm wearing a pretty yellow dress today because I'm in a happy mood and yellow just makes me happier. I'm in one of those moods where you can insult me and I'll smile back at you.

Hm, people have time on their hands! posted on March 12, 2009 - 5:08pm

I read this article in The Independent today and all I could think of was, who had the time to do this research! The article's called 'Family rule in Uganda' and is written by the Independent team. It goes on and on about all the positions close to the president that are filled by his relatives. So they quoted lots of academic people and did comparisons with Liberia and Zaire (which, to be honest, read like a textbook) and they probably have valid points (at the time when I wasn't dozing off) but still, who did all the research? Did a group of people forming the Independent team walk into State House and ask for a list of all the jobs in the State House and then went ahead to ask each of them if they are somehow related to the president? What for? To show that we have a dictator? I'm sure there are other obvious indicators.