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I found those
mundanely used words (librettos) while Facebooking (sic,
yet another one to purge) on Business Insider. However, like a true
scribe, there is no caveat on my side as to whether or not to use the words. While
there are words which rarely feature on my vocabulary among the fifteen;
amazing, literally and irregardless. There is no denial some of them are
addictive, when you try hard to eliminate them, it is the moment they keep
recurring in your discourse. Like a child, what you are deterred from doing is
what you end up effectuating, huwa inawasha au sivyo. Another word
that should have been added is, ‘like’.
Like I have been trying hard to eschew the use of ‘that’ in this first paragraph and frankly, I have achieved it.
While playing
scrabble against the CPU on my phone, I came across words I would desire to use
on my blog. Words like ‘eaux’ or ‘valvo’ or ‘psi’ or ‘qin’. These
words had that red underline after typing, which most likely means they are not
certified as English. They are words I probably may never use in my lingo in
the near future because they signify no relevance in my diction apart from
scoring points on scrabble. I must confess that I love Scrabble, a game I
sometime take some long hiatus to play but when I find time, it is insanely addictive.
There is only one opponent on CPU who I am kind of overwrought to play with
since the bugger has been programmed to execute those seven letter moves and given
that my ken is kind of obtund when it comes to making words out of letters, I
have resigned. Mark you when you have either only vowels or consonants. They
traumatize when the only word you can create is worth only two points.
If you listen to Maina in the morning, you are accustomed to his usual emphasis of the word 'Really'. As obnoxious as it may sound, his penchant for using it is somehow fiendish as it makes more and more listeners use it since in their opine, because Maina uses it, then it is cool to use it.
The word ‘went’ also caught my attention. Every
other time you are asked to give details of where you walked to, skated to, drove to or flew to; chances are you will intimate to where went to, for example ‘I went to Ushago’. Yet it leaves so much
room for speculation. At times divulging such details may make you sound
arrogant among those who are of low social standing.
‘I flew to Mombasa
via KQ Business class and upon arrival, found my chauffeur who drove me to my
hotel room in a Rolls Royce. Since I was feeling jet lagged having just landed
from Ipswich the other day, I had to take a nap before horse riding to Ali
Barbour’ Cave Restaurant for some Drunken prawns and Fresh Calamari downed with
an equally dissipated aperitif.’
Of course it’s not
me, being this jobless bugger having resigned from work to concentrate on my
studies for a while because the employer did not find my going to school
palatable. As such am left to imagine how such places would look like because
as a student with no source of comprehensive income, you only have books and Dr. Google to
take you to places you only yearn for because of the money factor, which we earnestly
searched for. Being the reticent type, it has been quite stodgy finding a somewhat fulfilling venture because of this nation’s notion that you need a
pusher to be employed in places of reputable status.
Since wallowing
doing nothing is a no no for me, getting to design pictures for free when time
allows because it also involves a lot of creativity and time keeps me going.
Again, there are pending projects that need to be hastily accomplished in due
course. Graphic design is enthralling, there is pleasure in seeing people
appreciate that which you have taken your time to motif. I am not perfect
in the skill still, yet I plan not to push it further. My quest is to pursue my
career aspiration and live off it like others have done. These other skills are
survival lifeskills for my blog. In the event there is an abrogation as to the career
prospects not being tenable, then resorting to either being a graphic designer
or writer or a full-time blogger will not be out of the question.
The world has progressed from being parochial into more liberalized globe, the only set back is information and thus resources are confined to the few who
use it to mint Benjamins they adversely use in reigning supreme on us using subtle
machinations as we remain obsequious. Albeit we are livid, we kowtow because they
are puppeteers who have strings they pull to effect dominance.
Which reminds me the
story of Eva Kasaya and her search of employment from the maid employment
bureaus. Maybe as a job seeker I should go to one of the many employment
bureaus to search for work. There I can parade myself for the next available
employer to come and check me out and determine if am worthy of the job or not by looking at me and questioning my competencies a little bit.
Sometimes you have to get employed, move out of employment for a while then get
employed before you find the real footing in life. Exploring is also
the next possible option. Everyday bequeaths you something to be proud about even when the going is not as smooth.
There are days when
you become distraught and have a potent feeling while there are those days when
you get excited and the feelings though pro tem, make life a marvel. Again
they say that holding on for too long when things are not working out essentially
means that you are a slave unto yourself having no escape plan which should ideally be very discreet.
Do employment agencies
honour their pledge, or are they conduits of exploiting the suffrage of those unemployed
and those frustrated in jobs but hold on hoping lady luck will smile on them sooner. I realized being a hardworking,
top performing, positive-minded employee isn't enough, and you
may be giving out you best while in reality, the person on the other end thinks
you are a lousy fellow whose value is not worth it. They just keep you in the
meantime since they cannot find a competent employee to replace you since
finding new employees is frustrating even for the employers themselves.
As time goes by,
there is honing of skills to be very adept at that which you want to be. While
other employers usually want a well baked employee to offer peanuts so that
they can gain, they fail to provide competitive salaries so that there is no
difference whether you continue staying or not. Our country has become a paper
economy, we value certificates and money than ever before. Certificates though,
cannot marshal you enough money as I saw some tweet in response to what you
have but never use. For Floyd Mayweather, it was a backyard full of cars, as for
a certain bugger, it was a Degree certificate. Mine helps in the pursuit of a professional
education as much as it adds to my status because when I go to the countryside,
people sometimes take my word as the gospel truth even though what am
insinuating could be facile.
It saddens that as
Africans, we still have no elaborate mechanism of providing viable avenues for
those who are in search. Something is for sure though, like the Swahili proverb
goes, ‘Anayetaka hachoki hata akichoka (huwa) keshapata’. As for yours truly, it's never about getting to work anymore, it’s about the conditions provided that
matter.
Sometimes you work
all day without being able to achieve something for yourself. When you go back
home, there is nothing worthwhile you can do other than sleep. Because you are
tired. And you work hoping that your dues will be ameliorated, instead they get
attenuated as time goes by. However, time and tide does waits for no man. When
you work to just make ends meet, there is a problem if the status quo is maintained, there should be an aspect of enjoyment and progress. When
you cannot achieve that, then you need to hustle extra hard or air your
tribulations so that you get to the place you desire.
As time goes by, you
become wiser, and more worthy. You have a better perspective about this world.
Those who cannot make it are those who quit or remain unassertive. Looking at
the bigger picture, as a person, I am back on the drawing board. I have decided to dance the tune of life in the meantime. When my time of abundance will
come, I will look back having gone through periods of pittance with the
attitude of a victorious Ethiopian soldier from the battle of Adowa.
PS: I find people who upload nice pictures of themselves with red eyes, or it white eyes on social media too hideous. What is the purpose of that application used to remove red eyes on phone. Maybe having known how to remove it on Photoshop has made me hate some unnormal things people oversee.
Hasta La Vista,
Baby.
[Photo Source: My
Own]
