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Friday 17 April 2015

THIS BLOG CALLED GHAFLA!




Addiction is the word when it comes to Ghafla! I have tried to deactivate my mind from the notion of thinking about this blog but it has become like the virulent cocaine in my system (Someday I will see this stuff coz I only see it on telly). Ghafla! It has grown from a ragtag blog that used to cherish showcasing nude women as a measure of attracting traffic to a more professional (sic) site over the years that has credibility and probably reliable. Actually I believe it has not yet got to that standard of being termed as fully professional, maybe say amateur. In fact quitting Ghafla will take more than good intentions and goodwill and being convinced it does not add value in my life. I have it as a speed dial on my phone just to check on what’s hot and trending. 

I love gossip (Who doesn't anyway, the blogs force you to like them because they rely on it). While I am yet to find an author in Ghafla who has a way of magically using words that obliterate the average Joe in penmanship into smithereens, their art in delivery is simply more than magical, scintillating and laxative- fuck I had to use this word though in a word- breathtaking. They are pestering, rabid and vociferous. Like the bible affirms, "Remind them even if they are on the know." Somewhere in 2 Peter Chapter 1. My uncle knows how to put it best in jeng. 'Par ne gi uru kata ging'eyo.'

Their slogan is perhaps what draws one more closer as it ideally matches what they promise to deliver- 'Fighting Boredom | Promoting Stardom.' Methinks they should re-brand to something like promoting ratchetness to stardom. Why? Good question if you may have asked. Ghafla promotes some of our ladies as sex objects and their stories are centered on these ladies- both connoisseurs and upcoming. They have redefined the word socialite. As long as you have a big curvaceous booty (men never get enough of these) that in a way let those final curves collide to meet a nice contoured butt, smooth, well toned and cellulite-less thighs, a triangle at top inside thigh which light and air can pass, that would be perfection very rarely seen, a penchant for publicity and photos to validate the same that have been neatly photoshopped. You are good to go.

And the number of prostitutes in the name of socialites that the blog make us believe are having a rosy lifestyle, (indeed lying to the average Jane is as easy as ABC) are skyrocketing by the day. If I was a lady, I would fake it till I make it. What with the increasing number of outlets in town offering avenues of skin lightening, fake doctors injecting the booty with silicon (read cement) and of course make up that you can find cheaply before making it or crossing the river to the other side of prosperity (read weaves of Sh. 5million and shoes of sh. 2million). And probably spend more time in the gym to have a body to die for because men are visual creatures.

I sometimes usually listen to the reaction of some of the socialites on blog who are interviewed and their videos uploaded on their YouTube Handle having gone to Ghafla offices. The girls fit the role society has bestowed on them. I usually feel like they are giving me strong and high octane emetic owing to the fact that they are  overrated and proving more ratchet and obtuse.

However, they give men what they want. I am sure that dude of Ghafla Guy And Girl has his phone in constant activity especially on a Friday when men want to unwind with a beautiful damsel by their side. Oh and he could be a better PIMP if he whets his acumen and discovers he is holding onto a gem that can rake in millions. In the US, that momentarily gives you a clout and good avenue to break even and start swimming in the world of profusion.

Work ethic however can’t allow that. It would be suicidal. Especially if reported, but who cares. You can always chameleon your way out of trouble. However this requires a Dexter who does not fumble. I doubt the chap has the acuity of pulling the scheme and smiling all the way to the bank.

The surge and growth of Ghafla as a force to reckon with has been geometric and colossal. When you think it is kicking the bucket, like the ubiquitous cat with nine lives, it resurfaces. Niaje died and went under and was interred. It resurrected but things have never been the same again. Not Ghafla. It has endured the pitfalls of the blogging world to be among the very best if not the best in the country, razzmatazz is the word. While they rival magazines like Pulse and Buzz, they still need to come up with new ways that will lead the two struggling magazines to actually go six feet under. They may lead them to their deathbed because what is found in the magazines is simplified by this blog among many other blogs that scramble for hits using gen that others have used resources to collect and acquire.

The emergence of many blogs that flout the laws on copyright infringement which are not being reined on by CA is one issue that should actually be addressed. While I tend to think that most of the information that Ghafla relays to its readers is authentic, the fact that other blogs are offering nothing other than tarnishing the reputation of famous people in the name of making money online should be in fact be chastised as it amounts to career wreckage to the individual. Their copy paste approach usually gets into my nerves literally. No creativity whatsoever, just stealing. In academic lingo, plagiarism is one set back that is killing the blogosphere in Kenya.

I love the fact that Ghafla has cut a niche in the way it has been able to stick to the Kenyan entertainment scene. This has been the major folly among many blogs that never know what they really want to dwell on. It is sometimes tempting to deviate but trust Ghafla to remain on course. Specialization is never easy, it requires being steadfast. You may want to engage in it but finding motivated individuals who are passionate about what you are doing is usually a hard task that most find it hard to implement and stand by the stratagems.

Influencing people in a positive manner is one thing that I am sure the site has failed to dwell on. It carries out stories that are so mundane and although they are almost the same, there is nothing much one can expect. ‘Hazinijengi’ is what I can attest to how I feel about the stories that Ghafla carries out. You sometimes want to read a story that is inspiring, out of the world, of things that are accurate especially that relate to how you can get to the next level in terms of fulfillment but you only find empty words. There is nothing for the average Joe that will give him a new dawn or wow them into beliving that indeed super-humans do exist.

Sometimes back, reading the blog was very interesting because they relayed the information in a terse manner and you would not spend all your time reading a story. They had mastered the art of hitting the nail on the head, brevity and going straight to the point when delivering. The idea of many pages for a single story was never part of the plot or the script. Ideally, when you want to make someone read or see what you are doing, never let him go through many hurdles. It’s not like one is sitting for an exam to read all that content. And since most people rely on Safcom bundles, you need to be considerate because opening so many pages is not only annoying but also poverising.

I love the fact that Ghafla ventured in stories that the conservative media failed in addressing, porn, prostitution, and well glorifying sex which is untoward morally in the conservative African setting. However, Standard Digital Entertainment wing of Standard Digital still offers this blog a run for their money (damn those stories are a must read). They deliver stories that people want. Funding has also made them better off. But again, Ghafla compensates on this by giving many stories and being their five days a week.

Awhile back, I used to read this blog because they summarized all the hot pepper gossip from all the major media houses, just to ensure that they had something on their blog. That the blog has grown is not a lie. They have the requisite muscles and influence and they have made many people famous (). Their advertising wing has really done a tremendous job. I can’t lie that I have at times been influenced to some extent by them. All in all, I pass by the weblog because I consider the site a place to unwind. It is serious.

The Ghafla girls, these girls are hot, like hotter than fire and their beauty is bewildering. They have the looks, Fundamentals and rangi ya thao. You ogle at them and you wish. But if wishes were horses, beggars would ride on them. I once saw a chic I knew from Campus who made it to be a Ghafla girl and thought she had stooped so low. Then, I thought that it was an avenue of profiling yourself as a prostitute because ideally, most of the chics who had been profiled were reeking of being hoes. Unbeknownst to me, the chic was actually a model- those who do clothes. While I cannot surmise that models are also ladies of the night. One thing that is true, everyone wants money, how it comes or how you make it does not matter. As long as you pay your bills, never give a damn about what the world things. Money is power.

This reminds me of a certain lady who said that in the event she got an avenue of getting free money through being a high class prostitute, she would take the opportunity like yesterday with open arms. In her opinion, as long as you are sleeping with a man and he pays, there is no crime. Willing buyer, willing seller. (The chic liked shopping, feeling cool and all that, those who consider themselves as expensive). In this world, make hay while the sun shine.

I bet the Ghafla girls usually give some ladies headaches because the hotels they hang out in, the well toned bodies and their small tummies that excite the average male not forgetting the fact that those ladies have the requisite attire to accentuate their curves.

Sometimes I wonder why the site come up with list like; top ten celebrities who have won in a fart festival by farting loudly and that which clings to your olfactory senses long after you left the scene you need a gas mask, Top ten female celebrities who are still virgins but going out with elderly men because the have the shekels, List of men who have had a dry spell in the last five weeks and the list of titles is endless.

But I bet Ghafla it may be fair TMZ in Kenya. Trending Newsroom and Mpasho just come second to this site. A plus for Ghafla is that they have enabled mobile view in the site. However, the annoying advertisements sometimes put me off. If only Ghafla could minimize on too much advertisement. Another drawback is that they only work during the weekdays like some white collar executives.

Trust Ghafla to have mustered their audience. They brandish names such as Corazon, Huddah, Vera, not forgetting Risper. These names have built the site to what it has become.

Trust Ghafla to glorify what they are not supposed to. They have influenced even the born again self confessed Christians to backslide. How can a socialite who still plies the trade acknowledge that she is saved? Sometimes I tend to think that religion is something personal and even though we have gospel artistes who drink booze, that is their personal life. Which we are VERY interested in. Mulika Mwizi however. Professing faith and not being a stickler to it yet you get paid through it is actually being a con.

The regular contributors of Ghafla should adopt a strategy that does not stick to what is obvious. They should have a paradigm shift and try other new things because they have become too predictable. You never get the urge to open the pages to read the stories they are trying to let the reader peruse. A quick bird’s eye on the home page gives one the idea of what the writers are trying to let you know. That is make you open the link to read the story.


I can’t single out one writer who I can attribute to being my favorite. I read their stories because they are writers and reading is my favourite pastime
Sadly, the site has been having technical hitches in the way making it go down sometimes, failing to respond in phones when you want to see pictures and maybe too much pressure from having high traffic. 

SITUONANE.

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