So My Year...

I am writing this, I have been wanting to write it for the longest time, but problem is, I came back home and the food around this place is crazy! Irrelevant, thanks.
I will make this fast because Real Husbands of... is up next, in the next like 20? Relevant.

I have had a great year, I have learnt and grown. I have interacted with many cool people. I am thankful for every thing God gave me; challenges because it is from that, I am better today. Opportunities as well. From BBC to Ogilvy PR. From these opportunities I got to confirm that I am on track, and moving in the right direction as they say.

I must say that my 2014 began on a very bad taste, lost my laptop (to thugs), then school problems. But I pulled through, and that I must say, was God.

2014 also helped me see media from a very different perspective. It is not just about entertainment, informing and glamour. It can also be advocacy, empowerment and development(growth). I learnt that apart from competing for  audiences, we can help audiences grow and help them take up actions. For that reason after this cause, development communication I'm coming! Be kind.

2014 took me places. Ogilvy PR! I visited this cool place and interacted with one Pancras. I even did an interview (my first one of its kind). Very insightful. Let me say after the interview, I was amazed of how someone can be so cool and still be very knowledgeable, smart. Most of the time you are gifted with one, or lack both. I won't say I have any. Hey Pancras I'm still waiting for the flyers LOL!

This post won't be complete without appreciating the cool people at BBC media action, BBC Sema Kenya to be precise. You guys really inspired me. Maybe I should just mention names; Davie, Sarah, Arthur, Norbert, Grace, Nasra, Geoffrey, OJ,JB and the list is endless! You have helped grow in mind and otherwise. How could I forget Jackie? You are a cool boss! Sarah thank you for hooking me up with Pancras,and the earphones thank you. Norbert thank you for that development project you helped with. Grace you also helped me with a broadcast project together with Sarah, thank you!

Mine wouldn't be the way it was without my cool classmates, very  unfortunate that we won't be in the same class next semester. And we will not be seeing more of each other,why? Because we are specializing! It's a good, bad thing right? We are a making major step in life my people. Soon we'll be graduating, let's keep our eyes on the big thing. Let's kick a$$. Go big or go home! It was great being your class rep for the shortest time, you people challenged me and helped me learn stuff. Should I mention your names? Really 80 plus people? All of you.

Family. Thank you mum. Thank you brother. Thank you sister. Lovely auntie. You rock my world! Good cousins, be good.

So 2015, I don't mean to be rude but be prepared to be kicked in the  a$$. I'll be generous and good at it. Come with better opportunities, challenges.

Hey BFF(Big Fake Friend)

Who doesn't want that friend; that friend who knows you better than you know yourself? I hear they're called Bffs, I don't know. Disclaimer: don't take offence if we ever call(ed) each other bff, it was for real, the moment is(was) real.

To be honest when I hear the name bff, the image that comes to my mind is two girls seated (probably in some class in UON)  speaking and giggling inaudible nimbles. I will not say whether they are gossiping.
It even becomes more complicated when a girls brands you, a boy, the tag bff. The image this time is this queen, "diva" in love with someone else but has a crush on you, bff.

Probably the lover is far or the boyfriend doesn't really give her the attention. So you, my friend are branded bff, and henceforth you become that "nice" guy who takes her to places, probably to eateries or help her run senseless errands. And they will always struggle to make you feel you're a nice guy, trust me I've been there.
I will not talk about us guys, who brand girls bffs, it is unimaginable, it's a taboo, unheard of. If there are let's just say those are mutants (haha playing)

So who are bffs? Who really coined this bad abbr? Today you will meet a new friend and after sharing a moment of gossip you immediately start calling each other bff. Apparently qualification number one is; you must like or unlike the same people/person at any one time, so that you relate in a way. Not in any other way. I will not add more.

I have a very bad record of keeping best friends, actually I have none, because of many reasons including natural selection.
But on the other hand I have got real friends. They are not many but they add some spice to life.
A real friend is that person who can predict your next word in a sentence, (obviously not in that juicy gossip moment, you obviously have no time for such)
A real friend helps you be creative, they help you come up with new ideas of doing things everyday. And of course it is mutual, you are also doing the same to them. If it is one way then it is a bad investment, go set up shop somewhere.

A real friend tells you the truth regardless of how bad it could be, they will not lie. You don't have to struggle finding honest pals, they will find their way into your life. Again, natural selection.
Fake people are everywhere, and in the words of Nicky " people will love you and support you when it's
beneficial" when it's not...
Bffs don't really exist don't call people that, it sounds small-ish, gossip-ish. It is demeaning, it actually tells who you are. Or is it a pet name for friends, your call. Find real people in your life keep them. Stay real.