The Honest Scrap Award

I have received the Honest Scrap Award from three People; First from Maya – of Maya’s Well. Then there was the one from Mystic, a good friend who is currently in Pakistan doing her thing and writing on Imps and Angels, and lastly from Dada Serina, the best Shairi (Poetry) writer any side of the Sahara, and will find her on the other side, yaani, Upande Mwingine.

There are certain obligations that come with scrap award. The first is what I have just done; acknowledge those that have awarded me the Honest Scrap Award. The second one, which I am now embarking on, is to write ten things about myself: here goes…

1. I am slow to anger. I pride myself in this because I have almost always remained objective since anger rarely clouds my judgement. I therefore come out as rational, but like everybody else, I am patient to a point.
2. I am not your knight in shining armour. I am usually oblivious to many things that gentlemen are expected to do with the ladies. But here is what I will do; I will respect you, open the door for you, protect you when it comes to it, even try to be funny, provide financially (emotionally might be a hassle) and in turn expect you to understand that I am loyal (at times to a fault) especially because I probably won’t say I love you to prove a point (I hate clichés).
3. I love Neo Soul, Classical Music, and an older version of Hip-Hop. Sade, Maxwell, Floetry, Joss Stone, Muthoni, Sauti Soul, Pentamony, Lira, Lauryn Hill, Jill Scott, Heather Headely, Vivienne Green, India Arie, Nas, Common, Talib Kweli, Wycleff Jean, Mos Def, Dead Prez, etc. are the usual suspects. And I managed to get me a compilation of the top 100 classical music. These three genres do something to me; something beautiful.
4. I love Kids. I plan to have a couple but above that, I hope to start an orphanage (God willing several) with a difference. I want an orphanage where the kids are not just surviving but where they can get access to the best education, healthcare, and all those little things that are natural to all the kids with parents (the ideal family atmosphere). Once I do this, I will be ready to die in my sleep.
5. I do my end of the deal. I hate being a baggage and thus I cover my end of the deal every time. If someone told me they would pay me to do nothing, I will decline. I have a good head on my shoulders and I love using it. I work hard; I work smart and expect to be adequately compensated.
6. I tell the truth as I see it. I do not BS. I realized a while back that it was easier to tell the truth. I had a tough time in High School especially with the admin but when I stopped lying to cover my tracks as I always got punished anyway; they still punished me even when I told the truth. I have been honest since because I realized that it is somebody’s choice to believe you or not, regardless of what the truth is.
7. I am embarrassed by emotions and reserve mine for me – nobody needs to see a teary eyed me. There are those rare moments when I am really touched; and get this, even by some classic piece of music. I have a heart but prefer using my head first before taking things to heart.
8. Sports; I am a bigger fan of rugby than football. Rugby has that extra punch to it that keeps me glued. But like all Kenyans, I have a favourite English team – Liverpool. I love chess too but I do not get to play it as much as I would like to – when you play it with people that you always be beat, your game gets worse and theirs better; so beat them, drop them and go play the better players. It in a way translates to life when discarding people who no longer add value to your life.
9. I fear ignorance. I fear not having an opinion. I hate sinking to certain levels of thought. And therefore I read, write, and read some more. I listen too – but here is the thing; people need to be very careful who they choose to listen to. That usually makes all the difference. And the biggest success of all is to have some inflection and then listen to you. In addition, I do not want to live to that age where I can no longer use my head.
10. I live and let live. As long as what you do or believe does not contravene the fundamental human rights of the next person – whatever floats your boat dude/dudette!

Finally, the scrap award requires me to award the scrap award to 7 other bloggers… (Those who nominated me should be here.)

And the winners are…

Drum Rolls…

Kaasa – the best blog for 2009

Dada Serina – I have never had this much fun reading swahili, EVER.

Ego vs. Wisdom – great heartfelt poetry

Funua – who reveals it like it is

The Way I see it – Intricate knowledge of Finance and Economics.

You should now spread the award to the rest of the Blogosphere…