gachunia

    A toy rabbit and a toy horse were talking. 'What is real?'asked the rabbit one day as they lyin side by side near the nursery fender just before nana came in to tidy the room.

'Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick out handle?'

'Real isn't how you are made, said the skin horse. 'It is a thing that happens to you.When a child loves you for a long long time  not just to play with but REALLY loves you, then you become real.'

'Does it hurt?'asked the rabbit "sometimes,said the skin horse for he was always truthful,When you are real you dont mind being hurt.'

Does it happen all at once,'said the rabbit, like being wound up or bit by bit.

It doesn't happen at once,'you become and it takes a long time.That is why it does not happen to people who break easily or have sharp edges or who have to be very carefull kept.Generally by the time you are real most of your hair have been loved off and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints very shabby.But these things dont matter at all,because once you are real you can't be ugly except to people who don't understand.

   

Coffe, body and soul

First drink it with your eyes.

Gives you a kick when you need one

In europe i heard you are not mature before you learn bibbing it

It is what keeps the discussion going for hours

All offices are equiped with the coffee machine

I have a friend whose fast stop is the coffee machine.

He adores b4 and after work and carries some to work.

This smart thing.Where does it come from?

Who cares!It comes from the supamarket.

It has red berries intially though it is black

It is so heavy and waterly during the harvest.

It grows on short trees.

It scratches the hands when picking,

strains the neck.

The factories are always far

Bruises adorn the backs that delivers it

miles to the millers.

Ha ha

It is sold on the world market by some cartels

They sell it on the fall of the hammer.

They seat back to enjoy their 'smart' labour

And of course a refreshing cup of cappuchino

They have smart policies.

I wish the farmers in kenya and brazil would know

How sweet coffee is?

Unfair markets will ensure

Many die without ever tasting a descent cup of coffee

or worse living a dignified life.

chuns 

If you come to Norway and not visit Bergen it's really bad. That's the sentiment of many people living in Bergen.This weekend i got a chance to travel to Bergen and see whats the big deal.A long journey from Stavanger the city where i live.You cross two ferries if you use a bus.The nature as usual is very fascinating a long the way.I watched the waves with a reflection from a very clear blue sky.The wind was blowing so softly and that graced the ocean.

I had along with me a poem by a Kenyan poet called Shaila.The title is shilling love.She precisely brings home all the memories from home and paints them freshly on my eyes.At the tip of her pen she tells it all."I watch heat steam off my skin when westeners drop i love yous into conversation like blueberries hitting soft muffin dough .i convert it to shillings and i wince"

First she transports me a world far from the present.It all sounded to me like a fairly tale.The heat and all the imagery of our continent reflected against the gorgeous sight on my window.Two worlds asander each with its beuty and pains.

I met many friends in the city. It was such a sweet reunion withs friends.Norwegian friends who has been to Kenya and some who had not been.The feeling of home suddently creeped when i heard them practice some swahili with me.They love a song usually sang in a matatu called Halo halo nataka kuongea na mariko.Am sure all swahili speakers would laugh at this song.It has no meaning but it's just a popular matatu song.There is so much peace in the familiar.I felt it this weekend.Meeting Eli,Maria Magnus(rafiki),Martha and Gunhil (Norwegian kenyans)was such a pleasure.We had the company of Brazillians Leandro,Turtein(portuguesse speaking norwegian and Ariane,Some new friends Helga and Hilda.Thanks guys for the fun talks and games(freesong and especially cards!!**) that saw us go to bed at six in the morning.Whats more fun!

I was so fascinated when we did not have water.Oh this is familiar can we use snow.Well we finally got some water and had some great meals at the cabin.Thanks to the girls for such lovely pizza! i never got to skii as much as i anticipated.Partly due to my skills but also some technical things on the type of skiis i borrowed for the weekend.There was such high thrills in the mountain.Cruising at terrific speeds down the hills is always a pleasure.

I was not dissappointed i think Bergen is a great city. Trust me theres is good coffee in Bergen.Courtesy to FrodeI really enjoyed touring and sight seeing this great city.Apart from the fish market coz the guys insisted i keep sampling shrimps

There is something with home that i do not know.I suddenly felt it when i came off the bus at Stavanger at 12am.The city that i have become so attanched to for a couple of months now!