IN Honour of Mama Maathai

Hey,


Hope you've been good?Yeah, I know its been like ages! But there is no excuse, I could say i was busy but i wont,hehe!


Anyway...fast foward to Saturday the 8th of October 2011. Location Kibwezi Forest.
I am almost traumatized that am missing the final journey of the Late Prof. Wangari Maathai, in the name of work. The one Kenyan who has so suffered for the environment, you would think it was one of her children. But come to think of it...i think it was one of her babies! She fought for it,on its behalf, like a mother would protect a child from a hungry lion, a lion that is just interested in getting full for the moment and not care about tommorow. She was one of the few ladies that didnt care that her hair(u know how we ladies are when it comes to hair) was being pulled out of its roots. That she would get a scar that no concealer of foundation could hide when she was fighting the hired goons. Alot has been said about mama....but I think I like the simple person she was....before and after recieving the nobel prize and other acclamations she had on her shelf. with her trademark Kitenge and braids and one more ornament...the smile.


So as hundreds of Kenyans were escorting mama's body through the streets of Nairobi to Freedom Corner, I was in Kibwezi Forest with some environmentalists,trying to figure out how to conserve our forests so that generations to come will live a comfortable life. Here then, are a few photos,of the Umani springs as well as the beauty of greenery. For mama.....


The Umani Springs-sourced naturally from the forest and Chyulu Hills

Umani Springs..so clean!

Amazing how the greenery just makes the environment green that u even notice the sky and clouds :-)

Loving this relationship

The sun just managing a peek.....out of the thickness

:-) and of course me,giving the trees some love....

Timelessness and interdependence

The Sunset..even the sun is happy...let it smile

Even as we cry for Wangari Maathai, whether real or stage managed,lets remember what Mama represented and maintain that legacy. Use that water well, and plant a tree. Its not asking for much now, is it?

 Bye!am off to plant my Tree(s)!

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Not this one please.....

Evening peeps! Now I have never been one to look for such kind of articles but my oh my.....this one! Am gonna have to share it with my sisters out there, and MEN, that is if you are already a culprit. If not, then make sure you dont end up one. But hey ladies, u know the POWER OF A WOMAN?maybe,,,just maybe you can work at changing or formating your man! Happy reading :-))

If you ever start to date a guy who fits one of the descriptions below, be very very wary: these guys may not make you happy.

1. The Guy Who Hates His Job
Hating your job — where you spend the majority of your time — is a destructive mindset which can poison a relationship. It’s one thing to be mildly dissatisfied with work life while at work, but the guy who is absolutely miserable at his job will spend a good amount of his free time being absolutely miserable about it as well, and that’s not good. It’s important to like what you do, and if this guy doesn’t, why is he still doing it? Why doesn’t he change his career, or advance in it, or do his best to change his attitude?

You don’t want to date a guy who gets stuck in an unhappy situation and doesn’t do anything about it. Is this what he’s going to be like if there are relationship problems down the line?

2. The Guy Who’s Obsessed with His Mother
He loves her, defers to her, consults her about everything, and you will never live up to her. OR he hates her, constantly complains about her, and expects you to be the complete opposite of her. Either way, there isn’t enough room in a relationship for you, him, and the giant Shadow of His Mother.

3. The Guy Who Needs to Be Admired
It’s not enough for you to tell him he’s smart and funny and attractive. He needs to feel it and hear it from other people, too, and he’s willing to work for it by constantly flirting with other people, via email, at parties, in line at the grocery store, with the waitstaff of restaurants...everywhere. Even though he won’t straight out cheat, you’ll never feel enough for this guy, because, well, you aren’t.

4. The Guy Who Has Friends You Never Meet
He’s always emailing, texting, or running off to see "friends," but you’re never invited to come along. It’s not that you suspect he’s cheating on you, but a guy who compartmentalizes his life like that is clearly not ready to share it with anyone else. Or he’s ashamed of you, or he’s ashamed of them: either way, no bueno.

5. The Guy Who Wants to Rescue You
For some reason, he always seems to date people who are complete basket cases, because he likes to play the hero. He gets off on coming in and acting as a stabilizing force, rescuing women from their situations or themselves, advising, helping, tranquilizing. The more messed up a woman is, the more attracted he feels: he needs to feel needed. But the second her life starts to get in order, he loses interest: because, without her issues to take away the focus from him, he’s left with his own problems and insecurities to deal with. And that he absolutely cannot do.

6. The Guy Who Can’t Believe You Picked Him

At first, it’s flattering and endearing that this guy seems to think he’s so out of your league. He just can’t believe that you would ever be attracted to a guy like him, such a loser. In fact, he goes on and on about this, for so long, that eventually you start to believe him.

DISCLAIMER: NOT MY WORDS...LOL!



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Miss Tee

Where is the Love

"Where Is The Love?"

What's wrong with the world, mama
People livin' like they ain't got no mamas
I think the whole world addicted to the drama
Only attracted to things that'll bring you trauma
Overseas, yeah, we try to stop terrorism
But we still got terrorists here livin'
In the USA, the big CIA fightin'
The Bloods and The Crips and the KKK
But if you only have love for your own race
Then you only leave space to discriminate
And to discriminate only generates hate
And when you hate then you're bound to get irate, yeah
Madness is what you demonstrate
And that's exactly how anger works and operates
Man, you gotta have love just to set it straight
Take control of your mind and meditate
Let your soul gravitate to the love, y'all, y'all

People killin', people dyin'
Children hurt and you hear them cryin'
Can you practice what you preach
And would you turn the other cheek

Father, Father, Father help us
Send some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love (Love)

Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love
The love, the love

It just ain't the same, always unchanged
New days are strange, is the world insane
If love and peace is so strong
Why are there pieces of love that don't belong
Nations droppin' bombs
Chemical gasses fillin' lungs of little ones
With ongoin' sufferin' as the youth die young
So ask yourself is the lovin' really gone
So I could ask myself really what is goin' wrong
In this world that we livin' in people keep on givin'
in
Makin' wrong decisions, only visions of them dividends
Not respectin' each other, deny thy brother
A war is goin' on but the reason's undercover
The truth is kept secret, it's swept under the rug
If you never know truth then you never know love
Where's the love, y'all, come on (I don't know)
Where's the truth, y'all, come on (I don't know)
Where's the love, y'all

People killin', people dyin'
Children hurt and you hear them cryin'
Can you practice what you preach
And would you turn the other cheek

Father, Father, Father help us
Send some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love (Love)

Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love, the love, the love?

I feel the weight of the world on my shoulder
As I'm gettin' older, y'all, people gets colder
Most of us only care about money makin'
Selfishness got us followin' our wrong direction
Wrong information always shown by the media
Negative images is the main criteria
Infecting the young minds faster than bacteria
Kids wanna act like what they see in the cinema
Yo', whatever happened to the values of humanity
Whatever happened to the fairness in equality
Instead of spreading love we're spreading animosity
Lack of understanding, leading lives away from unity
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' under
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' down
There's no wonder why sometimes I'm feelin' under
Gotta keep my faith alive till love is found
Now ask yourself

Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?

Father, Father, Father help us
Send some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love?

Sing wit me y'all:
One world, one world (We only got)
One world, one world (That's all we got)
One world, one world
And something's wrong wit it (Yeah)
Something's wrong wit it (Yeah)
Something's wrong wit the wo-wo-world, yeah
We only got
(One world, one world)
That's all we got
(One world, one world) 

WHY?

Hey,


I know these things happen all the time everywhere....but really?not now!Not in Kenya... the Irony of it being freezing cold, but somewhere in Industrial Area, Nairobi a raging fire is consuming innocent souls, lives that had dreams of making it through the day with a SMILE. Over a hundred counted dead in the Pipeline inferno at Lunga Lunga, Nairobi Kenya. After Sachang'wan- Molo tragedy, now this? Just the other day in Zanzibar, a ferry accident, over three hundred bodies displayed at a football ground and hundreds missing, probably buried deep with the fishes,never to be seen again. 


What has gone wrong? What are we not doing right?ok, I dont know who we is supposed to refer to, but this has to end. Thats what a human, no superpowers, no nothing would say, that it has to end. Answering the Q why can be out of my interlectual ability, but I can tell you, say a prayer wherever you are, thanking whomever you worship for LIFE! 


Love now, thank now, while you can, you never know what the next minute will mean to your life, or the lack of it.


Is it so much to ask? SMILE! Get LYFTED


Miss Tee

Debut Lyfting

Hello! Coldest Day huh?


Haha! amazing how everyone has been blogging for the longest time.....n Miss Tee here is jut starting out. Nhu, I had one, a blog, then....I dont know what happened. I think I was too attached to my diary to share my thoughts anywhere else. Now, now am ready. Still gat my diary, but I think, I know, Life is teaching me so much, that doesnt really belong in that lil secret book of mine.


The last 3 months have been phenomenal...al tell u why in the coming posts. All I know is that you have to live your life according to the path laid out to you by He who holds ur breath.


 So today...a journey begins. Of laughter and joy, of crying and sharing all thats legal :-) Feel free!


Ama let u go for now but remember:


The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on, or blame. The gift is yours - it is an amazing journey - and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins.”



Awesome week peoples! SMILE! Get LYFTED


Miss Tee