Kanyindo's Random Ramblings

Unless you’ve been living in a hole for the past couple of months , you will be well aware that our 376 MPs received their brand new iPads recently, in an effort to deal with the 30 billion being spent on stationery and courier services every year. They are scheduled to have training sessions soon, just to get them acquainted with their gadgets.  It’s no use having a shiny new tablet if you don’t know your head from your arse.  Or your apps from your tabs, in this case. There are lots of young, tech-savvy chaps out there who are quick to create apps (that’s short for ‘applications’, by the way) that can make your life so much easier if downloaded to your smart phone/ tablet.  So I’ve taken it upon myself to suggest a few that I think they should create for our MPs.  In the spirit of patriotism, of course.   Presenting:  Siima’s Top 6 Apps MPs Need To Download To Their iPads. 6) Instant Bill Generator- input the dumbest stuff that comes to mind and voila! This app wil

I received an invite to my ex’s wedding the other day. We broke up years ago, after his indiscretion and mind-games became too much.  Being the non-grudge-holding person that I am, I moved on and reached a place where I was able to bump into him without wanting to gouge his eyes out. He met and fell in love with his fiancé about three years after our relationship ended.  Apart from the slightest nostalgic twinge, I actually felt quite happy for him.  I ignored the persistent wedding meeting SMS, and through a mutual friend, pledged 2 bottles of champagne for the big day. Imagine my shock when I was stopped by the receptionist at work as I walked out of office on Wednesday, saying that someone had delivered an envelope with my name on it.  As soon as I saw it, I knew it was a wedding invite- it was one of those horrible, elaborate monstrosities with flowers and stars and cheap glitter that comes off all over you and sticks to you like a clingy girlfriend. I was in two

There’s nothing like spending time with family during the festive season.  Even if you do have to deal with that troublesome relative who always turns up and demands food/money/airtime/transport etc. Once such case in my Uncle Brian. Uncle Brian is an alcoholic.  As a kid I didn’t realize he was an alcoholic.  I just thought he was crazy and smelt funny. Anyway, most of the time Uncle Brian is harmless- he’s usually completely out of it so I don’t get to see him on my rare visits to the village.  That said, his crazy moments are the stuff that family folklore is made of. One particularly memorable incident involving Uncle Brian happened last year, when my cousin was getting married. All the usual preparations were put in motion, and the family got set to go claim a wife. It was a disaster from start to finish. I was tasked with transporting the teenagers, all of whom were giggly girls aged between 13 and 17.  Somehow Uncle Brian ended up in my ride.  I would have ref

It was my parents’ 39 th  wedding anniversary last Saturday. This is no small achievement in this day of 11 month-old marriages.  Having experienced my own relationships, I understand that this is no mean feat.  And I consider myself extremely lucky to have lived into my 30s with both of my parents still alive and still married to each other. I never really thought about it as a child.  Of course Mummy and Daddy were married.  I had seen the pictures, and it didn’t seem odd that neither I nor my siblings featured in those pictures.  Not something most kids today can say.  I look at my parents today and can’t help but admire them for achieving something which, despite seeming very easy at the euphoric time of breathlessly-uttered ‘I do’s’, has eluded many people.  In fact, I think that my parents’ marriage is partly to blame for my skepticism when it comes to relationships.  Apart from the fact that out of at least 8 weddings I have attended over the last 8 years, only 2 of