These few days I had the opportunity to spend a lot of time with a widow. It was very trying for me. I seemed not to have enough patience stored up for all the words she had to say not to mention the lamentations of all she was going through. I was not expecting anything so different but I was still ill-prepared for many things that came my way. We talked a lot and I knew I had to calm […]

I sat behind in my primary six days. I had classmates around me who didn’t think being serious in class was a priority in life and sitting near them influenced my emotions. I longed to be moved to the front rows but somehow it never happened. I couldn’t see the blackboard clearly from my back seat and I believed the distance was the cause. I made up my mind that when I get to secondary school I would not sit […]

I cannot say why I haven’t smashed this blackberry phone against the wall. For the umpteenth time it has gone off in the middle of a chat. I try to tether it with my laptop and connect to the internet and without warning it blanks out. I have never really fancied a blackberry from the start, I saw it as an article of ostentation and a tool for promoting flamboyance. Half the people that use it hardly know the full […]

I walked through the gate into the silent compound. It looked peaceful. I called the number again to be sure I was in the right place. He picked and asked me to come in. The moment I entered the house I saw pictures in frames, on the wall. He had children, daughters. They were young. They were youths indeed. I sat in his sitting room. He had a simple setup and the house looked like a home. A nice home. […]

It was a grand idea. I had been using internet banking for some years and it has helped my business beyond my expectations. I was a proud advocate of the technology and I encouraged anyone that could afford it to try it. I enjoyed the ease of paying with my mobile phone or using my computer at any time of the day. It was not rosy all through, I had made transfers that hung till the last day of the […]

It sounded like a joke but he was serious. He took a one week break, left those he loved and committed himself to learning a computer based technology. I didn’t want to grant the request but I am glad that I did after all. We had a nice time sharing knowledge. He left better than he came. He left me prouder than he met me. We have been friends from way back in school. We had a stint with computer […]