MY TREASURE

Most people spend their entire lives looking for treasures and by treasures I mean, gold, diamonds, your loved ones; this can either be your mother, father, boyfriend/ girlfriend, sister/brother, cousin, aunt or uncle, grandparents. Maybe you have other suggestions for treasures, a treasure is meant to give you everything, be your everything but most of all give you happiness.

I was a very sad girl, quiet most of the time, I felt bad that I had bad teeth and could not smile like other people, I could not express my happiness, I was never myself. I was so withdrawn from the world. I loved playing with dolls, I would feel like I am in another planet because I hated the fact that I was alive but I had to deal with it because I was afraid of death. But I was beautiful, that is the only thing that gave me hope but it also took me time to accept my beauty. I started falling in love with myself slowly and other people fell in love with me as well.

So I started looking for happiness in various ways, I always tried to please my parents, I made friends with people that would do crazy things, prayed to God, bonded with my mum, I did my best in school to please teachers, joined the church choir, dated for a while until I got bored. I got tired of doing everything that was to please other people and decided to start pleasing myself that is when I started to experience happiness and people called me all sorts of things, starting with proud, selfish, braggart, self centered. And I felt absolutely nothing because I did not owe anyone anything.

The only person that I owe my happiness to is my mother, she was the one that gave birth to me, that I am now grateful for, she gave me the beauty that I have, paid my school fees and provided for me everything  that I have ever needed. The best gift of all is that she brought me up in the best way and I am proud to be her daughter and I hope that she is proud of me too. I took long to realize that my mother actually loves me, I realized it when she started taking me to the dentist to find a solution to my bad teeth that was around the age of nine. My teeth are a challenge to most dentists so we took long to find the best dentist to work on them and when we did, I was seventeen and the dentist decided that I was old enough to get artificial teeth, it is a painful process (that I am still going through) but it has made me and the people who care happy. My mum is my pride and joy if she ever leaves, my happiness will be gone, she has sacrificed a lot for me. 

My mother is my best friend, sister, my everything. She gave birth to me and made it her obligation to bring happiness into my life, she knew the sole reason why I was sad even though we never talked much about it. My mother is not the best person on earth but she is the best to me even though we have had our rough times but it is all part of growing up. My mother is my treasure. What is your treasure?  

DEAR LADIES

re- posted from Al Kabir Brian Nandala's articles 

DEAR LADIES,
Be a Woman, Not a Slut!

Partying, clubbing, getting wasted, sleeping with randoms, going out every weekend, etc. Is only "fun" for so long because at some point you get bored with all that because you grow up and realize all you're doing is trying to escape loneliness and emptiness. A lot of you chicks who brag about getting drunk, how you had so much fun last night, how you don't ne...ed a man blah blah blah, how you "think like a man", you are going to get tired of being just a booty call and going home alone after the club every weekend or hooking up with random dudes who don't even respect you. 

 

When you finally are ready to grow up and become wife material instead of a alcoholic, party girl, drug addict, booty call, jumpoff, etc. Ain't no real men going to be checking for you anymore, so you are going to get bac...k with your ex like most females do or settle for some low life who ain't about shit like most females do then be pissed later crying about "why can't I find a good man?" The answEr is simply because you WEREN'T ABOUT SHIT WHEN GOOD MEN GAVE YOU THE TIME OF DAY!
 

So to the females who love going to hood bars, love getting attention from thirsty dudes, love sitting on Facebook taking ratchetpics, love uggling dudes, have to sleep alone every night, have fun being a booty call, have fun being labeled everything but a WOMAN, have fun being some nigga's option, instead of a real man's priority all because you are scaredof commitment and can't handle something REAL.
 

You can't be a slut your whole life,or have a bunch of kids by different guys, or "go out" every weekend, and then expect a real man to "court" you. It doesn't work that way. If you wanna be courted, then be the type of woman a man would want to court because men don't want to wife a hoodrat or a chick with a bunch of kids or a female who embarrasses herself for attention.
 

So make your next move the best move ladies. Stop playing yourselves. "Having fun" shouldn'tinclude losing self respect!

DREAMS

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I talked to a friend this morning about my dreams. I guess you are all wondering what my dreams are, I want to be an author and possibly be a columnist in one of the Ugandan news papers then proceed to become international, I want to be a professional journalist, I believe I can also act because I am good at pretending and my body and face is perfect for modeling. Which of the above do I love the most?? That’s easy I have a passion for writing because I can easily express what I am feeling when I write, I am not very good at talking and those who are bothered to read get to know the real me. I believe in dreams and I try to think positively all the time, every day when I wake up I thank God for my dreams and I try to make sure that the day ends

when I have done something that pushes me towards achieving my dreams.

I do not usually tell people about my dreams because they are either going to laugh or discourage me, truthfully I hate people who think negatively and I try my best not to be in their company. Most people my age don’t believe in dreams, they believe in reading hard, (well of course we have to) but I see no point in reading hard when you have no skills in anything, the world we live in needs people with skills and creativity. There are few employment opportunities in the job market today, so if you are planning to finish university and apply for a job, you had better get geared up to sit at home for a while, we cannot always be job seekers, we have to be job makers as well. Who is going to provide for us jobs if we all sit at home and wait for opportunities, we have to learn to be assertive and use our minds to create for ourselves jobs. All I am trying to say is that you can apply for the job but don’t just sit at home and do nothing, look for opportunities elsewhere, be creative and you never know where you’ll end up.

To all those that are laughing at my dreams, “I am going to be your role model one day” and you will be laughing at yourself. I want to look back one day at this article and be like, “I achieved my dreams,” all your dreams can come true, you just have to have the courage to pursue them. The world is a scary place, with all kinds of people with bad intentions, not everyone wishes the best for you, that is why you should not be so fast at trusting just anyone because they might be the one to either crush or steal your dreams. Don’t let anyone steal your dream, it is yours not theirs, but you can let them be a part of it. Truth be told, people laugh at dreamers all the time but it is these dreamers that make the world what it is today. The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers but above all the world needs dreamers who do (one of my favorite quotes).     

Benefits of life experiences: boda boda' : a blessing or curse to Uganda

Benefits of life experiences: boda boda' : a blessing or curse to Uganda: I  say they are a blessing because they are the fastest mode of transportation in Uganda. They are not only swift, but also reliable in ti...

boda boda' : a blessing or curse to Uganda

I  say they are a blessing because they are the fastest mode of transportation in Uganda. They are not only swift, but also reliable in times of emergencies like when vehicles get stuck in a jam or can't access certain areas, these motorcycles slither their way through with ease and we always end up getting to where we are going much faster compared to 

a vehicle. But this is only to a smaller extent.

To a bigger extent, they are the leading cause of accidents in Uganda. It has led the national referral hospital to set up a special ward to handle victims of motorbike-related accidents. Head and limb injuries are among the most common. “Head injuries are the commonest cause of death among motorbike riders and passengers,”as observed by Dr. Robert Wongoda, a general surgeon and clinical head in the accident and emergency unit at the Mulago National Referral Hospital. Riders also risk being assaulted by criminals, especially at night. Thugs usually pose as passengers, and when the motorcycle reaches a dark corner, riders are hit with hammers and iron bars, cracking their skulls. Thugs then take off with the motorbike and the day’s earnings(what a waste). Most of them even keep crossing over in front of moving vehicles without warning on high ways and this confuses the vehicle drivers which leads to accidents.

I think the government of Uganda should borrow a leaf from the people of Rwanda

and instill laws on boda boda cyclists, they should be entitled to carry not more than one passenger, female passengers should  sit astride like men and they are not allowed to take their babies on the motorbikes. A uniform jackets should also be provided to create uniformity and for easy identification in order to keep a watch on the boda boda cyclists.

And seriously Ugandans should learn to respect traffic lights,,.... "where is the civilisation in Uganda?"

The Consequences Of Today

Sometimes we ask ourselves why some things
happen to us. Why whe we wake up in the
morning, there's no power yet you haven't
ironed your uniform. Why you end up being
caught late for class, Why the teacher refuses
you to enter in her class when your late.
Why it's always you. But some never ask
themselves those questions, they simply take
life casually. A person who obviously doesn't
care would simply go to the main hall and relax,
and converse with their friends.Not keeping in
mind that the friends they are relaxing with don't
attend the same classes with him and will leave
him as soon as the next bell for their lessons ring.
Most of the teenagers don't look at it this way, they
never realise that they are wasting time until papers
are due and they realize that they haven't read.
They start panicking and do you know what
panicking does? it rattles the brain, you start
pumping notes into your brain and of course
the brain can't take in all that crap and submit it
the next day, it just ends up forgetting, unless of
course you cram, And on visitation day when their
parents come, they see the results and start
questioning as to why they've failed. And obviously
they can't answer because they didnt expect to fail
after sacrificing all that time and energy. Most times
students fail not because they didn't read but because
the methods they used for reading were wrong and
not enough effort was inserted into books.
Probably if they had attended lessons, done revision
exercises, consulted their teachers, taken notes and
used their time wisely, they would have taken a different
path. Passing is by choice not by chance. The consequences
of today are determined by the actions of the past. To
change your future, alter your decisions today.

From My Heart

I once knew you as a friend but chemistry brought
us together and now we more than friends. Late night
talks, whispering sweet nothings, not wanting to spend
a day without hearing from each other. That love was too
strong, so pure, like it was meant to be. You told me
things that no other guy has ever told me, it was like
i had fallen in love for the first time, cupid had
done it again. It's always best not to rush into love
but i did because i thought i loved you,but one thing ruined it all
"care" you never cared, you kept on forgetting and i felt
like a burden to you, i was more of an option yet
you were a priority to me. Now i am calling S.O.S because i
need to be saved from this heartache. i think it's
best that i leave you so that you can make up your
mind, i am so stylish, so bossy and it'll be a shame to
say you lost me but if you want that it's a wrap
and i am not looking back. Thinking about you and what
we had, we could have done it big like Beyonce and
Jay-z, it's going to be hard to get you out of
my system but you know, i am a proud freak because
you'll never hear me say these words, they'll forever remain
on my blog.
"These are the words I'll never say"

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