The effects of an uncontrolled mind.

The past 2 days in Uganda have been tense and cold because of the riots in several parts of Central Uganda like kampala, Kayunga and Masaka because the security officials blocked preparations for the King of Buganda’s visit and attendance of the Youths day celebrations in Kayunga.

A police station and a petrol station was burnt to ashes,10 people dead and more than 60 people injured during the riots and many business property looted.
As I sat home closely following the news and developments of the riots I asked myself why have 10 people died and other 60 nursing wounds in hospital?, why did the rioters burn down a police station and petrol station?, and why did the police men beat up civilians to death?

In trying to answer the questions I noticed that it’s very easy for our minds to turn to violence as a way of bringing peace. The minds of the rioters and policemen are filled with defilements of anger and revenge hence the inability to control their minds.

Defilements overshadow our pure mind and negatively affect our views, thoughts, speech, actions and understanding of situations. Everything arises from our minds and because of our inability to control the mind we act in anger, beat up others, burn down buildings and stalls and kill each other. We use insulting words to communicate how terribly we feel about situations.

Daily acts of goodness and inner peace time of 10, 15, 20 or 40 minutes can help purify our minds of the anger, hatred and revenge. With Inner peace time we have right view, thoughts, speech and actions that can bring peace and happiness to ourselves, families, communities, countries and the world.

To those who have lost beloved ones, property and businesses and those nursing wounds in hospitals I send and share loving-kindness with them. I could not help but become very emotional because human beings take away the lives of other human beings, with whom they share the same natural gifts of blood and air for breathing.

Let’s all remember hatred never ceases by hatred, but by love. Also our actions are a reflection of who we are inside.

Let’s keep the promise; Peace in Peace Out

Julius

Celebrating the life of my HERO

Yesterday was a celebration of heroes’ day in Uganda. It’s a day to remember the fallen soldiers who fought for the liberation of the country. While on face book, a friend was complaining how heroes’ day celebrations were ridiculous and he asked who the heroes are?

The questions got me thinking and then I started remembering my uncle who passed away two four days ago. Saturday was his burial in Iganga. On Friday I had just come back from Kigali and to be welcomed to the sad news of my uncle’s death.
I could not help tears dropping down my chin, because the thoughts of his permanent absence were too much for me. My Uncle was unbelievably humble, hardworking and wished for everyone to have an education even when he did not see any black board in his life time. During the tough times at the university, he used to sacrifice the little he had to pay for some of my school dues and transport to the university. He was a very good cook, something that is carried in the family blood.

Uncle Joseph lived a troubled and hopeless life but never gave up till death took him. He used to smoke and also found solace in his Uganda Waragi (Ugandan strong spirit) bottle. One day he drank a lot of Uganda Waragi and forgot his way back hope and found shelter under a tree, where he spent a night.
His burial was flocked by many friends, workmates, relatives and family members which demonstrated how loved he was by the people he spent time with.

My Uncle taught me to be humble and respect even those who I am better than. He shared the little he had with me when I was stuck and could not find money to go to the university. Its in this regard that I consider Uncle Joseph a HERO to Me.

May his soul rest in eternal peace!!!!

My view about the world

We live in a world of divisions. A world where we are classified according to rich or poor, strong or weak, tall or short, educated or non educated, black or white, religious or non religious.

Based on these divisions we are always comparing ourselves with others, especially those who are better than us. The truth is every human being is different and unique and our failure to understand this has caused a lot of frustration, suffering and loss of self confidence, because we can’t be as rich, tall or educated like others.

So before you get frustrated because of comparing yourself with someone better than you, know that there will always be people better than us and there are others who want to be like you. The world would be a happy place to live in if we only stop focusing on what we don’t have but also appreciate what we have, understand and respect each other regardless of our backgrounds and use the natural potential we all have.

Message for peace loving people

February 2009, was a month of learning and unlearning about the most profound aspects of living a peaceful and happy life.

I got a life time opportunity to take part in the Peace Revolution project. Before i joined the project, i had spent the least 4 years trying to find answers to some of the hardest questions like who i am?, why people live a happy and fulfilling life and others don’t? Why our brothers and sisters in Kenya fought and killed each other?
Through the peace revolution's online self development programme, I got the answers.


I underwent a life changing one month learning and self discovery experience, where i was challenged, mentored, coached and trained to personally discover and use the most important principles of creating boundaryless happiness in life. I learnt self discipline, humility/ respect, persistence, mindfulness and generosity. I also shared experiences with amazing individuals from various countries and continents on how to create deep true world peace. I am now applying these principles in my life and i enjoy improved relationships with my friends, increased personal and professional achievements and i live a happy and fulfilling life.

If you want to discover who you are, how to use your natural potential and to live a more fulfilling life, join the peace revolution and after i would like to share experiences with you on how me and you can support others in creating peace for us and the world.

I am who i am

This is the first poem, that i have written in life, so i thought it would be good to post it. The poem is called I am who i am.....I hope you like it

I am a gift ………
to those who brought me into this world……
to those who want gifts to share with loved ones.

I am generous………..
because I give without expecting anything in return……..
I am made of generosity too,………
because I shared in the merit of the generous ones…….
And I want to give back to those who were generous to me.

I love myself…………
because I appreciate that I am unique……
because I want to share love with others…….
And I want to fill love and affection in the hearts of those who miss it.

I am happy
because I know that my happiness creates happiness for others…
And I wish everyone could find true happiness.

I am who I am……
I am Julius

Prepare for the outcomes of the decisions you make!

I have heard a lot of turning points in my life....but the greatest turning point was when my Dad was imprisoned.

My perspective on life and people changed...Life taught me to be independent and decision making and people taught me how not to trust.

I was 15 years old at that time when i started making decisions that not only affected me but the whole family too.
I got a job at the construction of the owen falls dam extension. I was excited that i was going to earn my own money. My first day at the job,
was not as expected, i had very high expectations but they were all shattered. The job was very manual and required a lot of energy. Each day i had to dig meters of trenches for erecting pavements.

The murram was very hard that by a single hit on the road, my palms started bleeding. I thought the day would not end but it did.

After working tirelessly for a week i declined going back to work. When my mum asked why i was not at work, i replied.." i don't want to work anymore". She asked, how will we leave if you do not work! Your others brothers and sisters are too young to work.

I kept quiet, thinking about the response which i did not have at that time. The whole day i thought about my young brothers and sisters.....i started thinking about what would happen to them if i do not work...

I started picturing them going for days without food, missing classes and i did not allow myself to think of what would happen after. The following day at exactly 7:00 am i was at work. Ever since that day i learnt that its easy to make decisions that only affect you but not decisions that affect others. The greatest lesson out if it, is that when you make a decision, you also choose the outcomes. So
Whichever decision you make good or bad, know that you have chosen the outcomes too (good or bad) and you are also responsible for the outcomes.

I am back

its been long since i last posted on my blog. Its not that i have nothing to write but i guess its laziness.

I missed you my blog......and i have very interesting stories to write.

Keep checking to get updates on my way of thinking and escapades.

I am out of here

Its been long since i took one of the crazy SolarNow trips, but now the traveller has got his back pack. Toay i am heading to the furthest of Norther Uganda, specifically Arua where i will be training on how to start sales agents for the solar retailers and then on thursday will head to Lira and be back on Saturday.

I feel abit low since i had gotten used to staaying in kampal, but i have to go anyone. I woke up early ready to go and only to miss the first bus that left at 5 am. Now i am waiting for the 12.30 pm bus so that we hit the road.I have no clue how long its going to take me but roughly not less than 10 hours.

well i am looking forward to it, the fact that is been two months ago since i left kampala.

The Alladins team is up and running, they are in the middle of working magic, we have 60th anniversary celebratios on 25th october and preparations for the Africn regional conference (AFROXLDS).


Arua here i come! Updates in the next posting.

17 principles of Personal Achievement,Keys to success by Napoleon Hill

Book: The 17 principles of personal Achievement

Author: Napoleon Hill

1. What is the main idea that the author is trying to convey in the book?
The Author is presenting ideas or principles that can help me live a successful life if I consistenly apply them in my life. All the 17 principles point towards an individual, which literally means that I am or we are responsible for our success.

2. What were the seven ideas which were personally most important to you and why? List these seven ideas followed by an explanation after each one as to why it was important to you. Use personal examples from your own life.

a- establishing a master mind alliance
I have two friends with whom we formed a group to help each other with finding solutions to our challenges, evaluating each other’s goals and discussing topics of common interest like business. Through this team I feel like I am in a family, we share ideas and resources. I have managed to make right decisions; approach situations differenetly and most importantly tap into their personal learnings through sharing experiences. We meet every Friday and the topics to be discussed are set in the previous meeting.
b- Overcoming disbelief and fear.
Disbelief and Fear are some of the reasons why we donot reach our goals or live our dream life. When I believe in something, chances that it will be achieved are high. Everytime I do something that I fear , I find out that in the end there is no reason for fear. Through reading this book I have been reminded that whatever my mind can concieve and believe, it will achieve. So if I fear illness, then its most likely that I am attracting it to my life and eventually I will be sick which I donot want.
c- Go the extra mile.
From this chapter I appreciate the benefits of doing more than what you are paid for. At our work places we are given a job description that clearly outlines what we are supposed to do and this is based on previous work experience and academic background. The only way to showcase other skills and ccompetencies that you have is through going the extra mile.This makes promotion easy because you have been able to show that you are skilled in other areas. On a personla note, i have found out the things that I am passionate and good at through doing something more. Extra work creates more opportunities and many times opportunity is missed by many because it is dressed in overall and looks like work.
d- Personal initiative creates work.
Besides my Job at the Foundation, I have been helping a start up solar company with creating market for its products in Uganda. After 2 months of working with them, I took the initiative of starting up, a small solar business for my cousin who has been jobless. From this experience of taking initiative I created a job for him and he is also employing 2 other people.
e- Learning from adversity and defeat.
Life is a combination of successes and defeats. Failure or defeat is success turn inside out. In 2006 I applied to be a president of AIESEC Uganda, which I ended up being defeated miserably. I spent the next 2 days condemning other people for my defeat other than myself. Later on after a discussion with my friend he told me to look at how I have contributed to my defeat and also focus on the lessons learnt. This helped me so much that I learnt to take 100% responsibility for the outcomes in life and not making the same mistakes again. Every one in life faces defeat. It is through learning from defeats that people become wiser and this is the reason why learning from adversity and defeat is very important to me.
f- Maintaining sound Health
This is the most important of all the principles that I have read, because if I am not health I won’t be able to do anything. ill health leads high health bills, low concentration on work and time wastage in hospital queues to get treatment. What and how much I eat does affect the thinking capacity of my brain.
g- Budget your time and money.
There is a famous saying that time is money, there fore time wasted is money wasted hence the need to budget your time and money. I invested in a diary so that I can keep track of the major appointments that I have. Every morning I make a to do list which helps in making sure that i do the most important things for that day.
At the start of 2008, I started budgeting and accounting for personal finances. I learnt the hard way when at the end of 2007, I had spent the foundation money to a tune of 500 Euros and I did not know where that money went. Ever since then I know where my money goes in terms of expenditures.

3. How will these ideas or lessons help you in a practical way, both in your daily personal life and in helping you to create a better world? If so, how?
The group that we formed is a daily tool that I use for critical decision making, problem solving and personal development. Everytime I am faced with a challenge or decision and I donot know what to do,I ask for ideas from my friends. This has helped me make right choices. Through sharing my learnings I have also helped them be better by offering a different perspective.
Disbelief and fear are manifestations of lack of confidence in your self and what you are going to do. I used to FEAR meeting people in superior positions and one day I was a part of a team, which was responsible for sales. I had to set up a meeting with a managing Director of the biggest insurance company world wide, I got an appointment for the following day. As I prepared for the meeting I asked myself what a second year university student is going to tell the managing director. Even though I knew what to tell, I felt that it was insufficient and he would not buy it. The day came and everything went smoothly, I was amazed by his sense of humour. From that day I face my fears and I try to do things that make me uncomfortable but most important is the change in attitude and thinking of possible instead of impossible.Doing this has helped me achieve many of my goals because I am not afraid to act.
Extra work will always be rewarded; either today or after months. I now view extra work as working for future benefits. To do more than what I am paid for, I have to manage time effectively otherwise I won’t have time for extra work.
To put personal initiative to work I have to develop some facets like more self discipline, generating enthusiasm,concentrating attentio to others etc. I feel I have to further develop the above characteristics so that I can gain full benefits of personal initiatitve.
I have learnt that adversity and defeat has benefits. My task regarding this will be to focus on lessons from defeat and to look at defeat as a road to success that every successful individual has to go through. Taking 100% responsibilty during defeat will help me get back on my knees after failure. The difference between successful people and non successful ones is the ability to try again many times after defeat.
I am going to increase on the time for exercising, personal reflection. I am very conscious of what I eat these days. I have days for myself and these days I will do the things that I like or enjoy doing.
Prioritising tasks will help me be more efficient at work hence doing more than I am paid for. I plan to budget my spare time and use it for things that will improve on my personal and professional development and health. Reading the books that I get from the institute has prooved to be a valuable way of utilising spare time.

4. Quotes: Are there any statements which the author made that particularly got your attention? If so, please quote them and comment as to why they were important to you.

“Solutions can be found for all your problems, but accept that the solutions may not always be the one you want”.
Solutions that we want are the ones that we are used to, but they we won’t get what we want all the time. The challenge for us is to be flexible enough inorder to adopt to the changing solutions even if they make us uncomfortable.
“…Success is something that you create for yourself, not something others steal from you”.
I am responsible for my success! I should not blame others for not achieivng my goals and objectives.
“When defeat overtakes you, don’t spend your time counting your losses, save I to count your gains and assets, and you will realise that they are greater than any loss you have suffered.”Most of the times we tend to focus more on our failures forgetting that we have had more successes than defeat. Spending time counting and thinking about success during times of defeat helps to turn defeat into success.

5. Is there anything in the book that you do not understand or are unclear about, or are there ideas which you disagree with and, if so, why?
Doing more than you are paid for will only be beneficial if its done after you have done what is required of you. We have to make sure that we donot fall victims of doing what we are not expected to.
I disagree with the statement that, learn to like people just as they are instead of demanding that they be just as you want them to be. What if who they are contradicts with your personal values, what if they are poor time keepers, not result oriented yet you are working with them in the same team? I believe that you can only like the people the way they are as long they donot compromise your values or not negatively affecting your professional perfromance at work.

6. Did the book contain exercises for the reader to complete? If so, did you complete all of the exercises and did you find them helpful?

Yes I did the exercises at the end of the book that were about my commitments to applying the principles.7. Was there anything you read in the book that you would like to comment on that was not covered in the previous questions? If so, please comment.
The story of the eleven year old shoe shinner. When Chalmers asked the boy if he can make a living at a nickel a shine. He replied “oh yes sir.i give my mother ten dollars on Friday, and I put five dollars in the bank, and I have two dollars left for spending money”. This shows that the boy had financial literacy, he saved five dollars per month.The other lesson for me is that I donot have to be earning a lot of money inorder to save.

One way of building a positive mental attitude is to discern that personal power doesnot come from posession of material things alone. This statement is an encouragement that any one can make a difference with what they have. We donot have to wait to be presidents, kings or celebrities to make a positive impact in our communities.

Please rate the following questions on a scale from 1 to 10. Ten is good and one is poor.A.
How interesting was it to read? 9B.
How helpful were the contents? 9C.
How easy was it to understand? 9D.
Would you recommend it to others? 10E.
What is the overall rating you would give it? 9

International Congress - Brazil

In late August i got the opportunity to attend an AIESEC International Congress in Brazil.

It was a great experience full of learning, unlearning, networking and loads of fun.

I had three days after the congress. I spent these three days in Hotel Delverde, where we had the Afrcan GN Post meeting. THE organising committee also stayed in the same hotel. Through out the three days i noticed how hard the OC worked and also saw them celebrate their success. Time came for all of us to part ways and head to our various countries, it was an emotional moment, people cried, huged and promised to keep in touch.

Before i left the hotel, a colourful flipcharts with a lot of words caught my eyes and i though i should share these words with those who read my blog; these were the words

Each year its just another round of the earth around the
sun.
Each day it’s a new day opportunity to start again.
Each day you are
close to your death
Each day its your first day in something the rest of your
days starts today.

HAPPY NEW YEAR
HAPPY NEW EXPERIENCES
HAPPY REST OF
YOUR LIFE
HAPPY START OF A NEW JOURNEY

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As A Man Thinketh- James Allen

Who was James Allen?

Although his book, As A Man Thinketh, has inspired millions around the world and is partly responsible for launching an entire self-improvement industry, very little is known about its author, James Allen.

He was born in Leicester, England in 1864 and worked as a personal secretary for an executive of a large English corporation until 1902. At the age of 38 he "retired" to writing and moved with his wife to a small cottage at Ilfracombe, England. He penned more than 20 works before suddenly passing away at the age of 48.

As a Man Thinking has influenced many contemporary writers including Norman Vincent Peale, Earl Nightingale, Denis Waitley and Tony Robbins, among others.

His "little volume", as he called it, has been translated into five major languages, inspiring millions of readers to recognize that man's visions can become reality, simply through the power of thought.

Below is a personal review of the book;

1. What is the main idea that the author is trying to convey in the book?
The main idea is making the best of your thoughts and thought process.I learnt from the book that some of the things that happen to me are a manifestation of my inner thoughts. Good thoughts will yield good results and bad thoughts yield bad results.
2. What were the seven ideas which were personally most important to you and why? List these seven ideas followed by an explanation after each one as to why it was important to you. Use personal examples from your own life.

My character is the complete sum of my thoughts- one of my greatest fears was public speaking.Throughout my education life I always made sure that I was not the one to make a speech, debate or read a poem in class. I feared public speaking because I thought that everyone would not understand what I was going to say and in the end I will be a laughing stock. Because of my thoughts I was a quiet student. This is important because when I change my thoughts I can change my character which should be good news to every one who is struggling with some thing in their lives.

Another idea I learnt is to always keep positive thoughts- When I think positively I will have positive results and the reverse is true for negative thoughts.I failed an exam in my final year because, from the time I started revising for that exam I had these thoughts that I wont pass this exam.And this was true, for the last two times I did this exam i failed. I already thought that I failed before the results came and when they did, it just confirmed my thoughts of failure. Realising that I am a creative power is key, because I need to focus on growing good thoughts and getting rid of the bad ones.

Thoughts should be in harmony with your actions- You cannot have good thoughts and bad actions and expect good results.Its just like a poor man who wants to be rich but misses work occassionally or a person who knows and is afraid of cancer but continues to smoke, this person doesnot deserve being rich or healthy because he doesnot know what he/she wants.If you want to excel at school you should not encourage negative thoughts like I hate school, my teacher doesnot know how to teach or I cannot afford to buy text books for my classes.This is how we (Man) cause our circumstances unconsciously.

Donot blame others and circumstances for things not going on well- when I was working with a team on implementing a project on HIV/AIDS, we faced challenges regarding organising,implementation,hence not meeting some of the participants expecatations.When a meeting was held and asked what went wrong most of the answers that we gave were about others…….we blamed other people and factors but no one talked about himself or gave a comment like I did not follow up on the pendings that I had and that’s why we donot have money for the project. So we spent most of the time blaming others instead of searching for solutions and looking at how we could have caused the mishaps.

Let a purpose drive your thoughts- My friends and I set a goal of starting a business by the end of 2009. Ever since we set this goal every one has been looking for a challenge, opportunity that we could take advantage of to start a business. We have studied business books inorder to learn more about business and more than ever we have managed to connect with what we are doing and came up with brilliant business ideas that will be implemented.So our purpose or goal was to start a business and this stimulated our thoughts into thinking about studying exisiting businesses and looking for a business idea.its been an easy and rewarding experience because we have learnt and got some results.

Think about what you want first and not how to get it- I like computers and when I was at the university I admired fellow students who had laptops. Since then I could always think of myself with a laptop and sometimes I would borrow a friends’ laptop just to have that feeling of working on it. I badly wanted a laptop but I had no clue how to get one, because it was very expensive and I couldnot even afford a desktop. After some time I got a job and I was given a laptop.This was a very exciting day, I could not believe I had a laptop all to myself. The point is I focused on wanting a laptop and even without knowing how to get it I got one.

Having self control-I have to be calm in bad or good situations.Calmness means I take control of my thoughts which if not controlled will be manifetsed in terms of how I react to other people. We need to understand and adapt to each other if we are to have self control. Lack of self control leads to hot or explosive tempers which ruin your relationship with others. My dad has a high level of self control, even when he believes you are wrong, he wil give you an opportunity to explain yourself so that he can understand you before he comments or says whats on his mind.This has helped him create and retain many friends. Taking control of my thoughts will help control the results I would like to have im my life.

3. How will these ideas or lessons help you in a practical way, both in your daily personal life and in helping you to create a better world? If so, how?

The lesson of character being a sum of my thoughts will push me to face my fears because they will become my character. I will do the things that I fear doing like public speaking which will improve greatly my personal life. I learnt that FEAR means False Evidence Appearing Real, I want to comfirm everything before I fear and you can only confirm by acting on the FEARS.

To keep positive thoughts I will avoid statements like I cannot, I will not because they will negatively influence the results I want to achieve. So I will get the negative statements out of my vocabulary.

When faced with challenges or get variant results from what I expect, I should ask how I contributed to what happened and focus on finding solutions and changing so that I donot repeat the same mistakes. I will seek for both positive and negative feedback from my colleagues and then use it to evaluate my thoughts and actions hence taking 100% personal responsibility.

4. Quotes: Are there any statements which the author made that particularly got your attention? If so, please quote them and comment as to why they were important to you.
“Man is made and unmade by himself”-This is important because it tells me of how responsible I should be in whatever I do. What I think will affect who I want to be and the results I want to get.

“The will to do springs from the knowledge that we can do”- knowing that you can do something is a good start to doing something.You cannot do something if you don’t know that you can do it.Most times I have accomplished tasks and roles by by knowing and believing that I can do them.I donot have to know to do a task so that I can do it, all I need is to know and believe that I can do it.

“There can be nor progress or achievement without sacrifice”- if you want to be given then you have to give; it’s a two way traffic. Receiving after you have given is the only way you can be paid back.So I have to give inorder to receive.

“To desire is to obtain; to aspire is to achieve”-You cannot find what you are not looking for,hence you need to desire something and then go and get what you desire.When you desire something you attract it in your life.Its also important to act on your desires by aspiring to achieve what you desire.

“The universe does not favor the greedy, the dishonest, the vicious although on the mere surface it sometimes may appear to do so”-In this world you can be unfair, unjust and sometimes get away with it.But it’s always short lived and at one point you will have to pay back for all the injustices. This is a reminder to me that I have to strive to be good and do good at all times.

5. Is there anything in the book that you do not understand or are unclear about, or are there ideas which you disagree with and, if so, why?

I disagree with the statement that people who live in fear of disease are the ones who get it. I think that when you donot fear to get the disease you will be irresponsible.People who fear to get diseases are more cautious about their lives. If people did not fear HIV/AIDS, then they would have unprotected sex or multiple sexual partners hence contract the virus.

6. Did the book contain exercises for the reader to complete? If so, did you complete all of the exercises and did you find them helpful? There were no exercises.

7. Was there anything you read in the book that you would like to comment on that was not covered in the previous questions? If so, please comment.

I would like to supplement on thinking about something and it happens with a story. I have a friend who joined SHELL Uganda, a big multinational company. Part of his employment terms was that he was entitled to a car which he got straight from the show room.It was new and sleek. In Kampala we have boda boda’s (Motor bikes) as a means of transport. My friend had always thought of being knocked and scratching his car, so he drove carefully and avoided the heavy traffic jam. One day he was driving back home from church at a speed of 20 km/Hr with no traffic jam and from nowhere a boda boda knocked his car and scratched it. So there he was “I knew it would happen”, he commented. From this story I believe that when you think about something it will happen.

A few pics of me and the SolarNow Team

Leaving a Mark

On Thursday i changed my Profile picture on face book and i put a foot mark. The foot mark to me is a symbol of leaving a mark or legacy in what i have been doing or its that i want to leave a mark in the things that i am or almost doing.

On 3rd July it was My birth day but also it was three days after the end of my AIESEC term in Rwanda. While in Rwanda i worked with a group of amazing individuals, Kevo, Lolu, crissy,Gwasam, Freddie and Yvette. This team was commonly known as the Usual Suspects.

The few months that i worked with them i learnt alot about myself and most important was that they made believe that i had something to give to AIESEC Rwanda which i had not noticed. I believe in 1+1=3 and i hope the little contributions that i made were worthy it.

Right now this amazing team has moved on, Sam is in the country with the largest number of universities (India), and peace will also be following him. Both will be doing internship in Tata Consultancy services. Crissy opted to first work and then do an internship, freddie is still studying. Yvette has moved on to step into the big shoes of Kevin as MCP for AIESEC Rwanda.
Kevin is also in the search for an internship ( I wish you the best bro).

And then you should be wondering how about me........what am i up to? Well its hard to believe but i am going to be in AIESEC for another one year. Several people have convinced me to take on the position of MCVP TM because the candidate who was selected to do it got another leadership role.

I have been thinking about it for a long time and the more i thought about it, the more i am convinced that i can do it. Every one says it will be the best thing i will ever do for AIESEC Uganda.

So i have rolled up my sleeves, fine tunning my brain to contain the pressure from being talemt management, working as a solar consultant, studying at the International Institute for Global leadership among other tasks.

Hopefully this time around i will be able to leave a bigger mark (compared to the foot of an elephant). Wish me Luck!

Am older and wiser now.

Yesterday was my birth day... Happy birth to me. I am now 24 years of age... Ahaa quite old now.

Thanks to God that i am still alive, Its been 24 years of learning, unlearning and discovering who i m truelly are. Looking back in time i should say my life has been good,exciting,happy, sad and adventurous. I have managed to achieve quite many things but most importantly are the people's lives that have changed through being with or sharing my experiences with them and learning from them.

Every single day of these 24 years has presented me with opportunities to learn and be a change agent. Though i still have a long way to go but i am confident that i have taken the first step. Before my 24th birth day i have been able to finalize my research project which has been one big hindrance to my graduation. Through the experience of researching i have come to believe that everything happens for a reason because contrary to what every student's comments on research i have learnt more than ever and had fun because i researched on a topic that i liked and i believe i did a unique research.

I have had ups and downs but these are every where and there are just wake up calls, but i have taken them to be warning signals on what could happen if i do not take action. More than ever i trust my gut feelings and try to follow them. I have learnt to appreciate nature and people and most importantly believe in myself.

To the people who have seen me grow to this level i thank you very much (My dad and Mum), to those who have been guides in my life,keep it up and to those who have walked thin lines side by side with me, words will never describe how grateful i am for being there for me. I cannot write your names here but just to let you know you have a special place in my heart.

So i dedicate this post to you the special ones in my life!

Quiz nite

Well two weeks back i attended a quiz night at Irish pub in Kampala.It was a great night but in the start i felt so out of place because i was almost the only black person in the house.


After downing a cold bell lager i go in the mood and it was the same time when the quiz started.Our group is called TEHENDE which is close to swahili word meaning lets go!I did not have much to contribute in the quiz coz all the questions where from planet Mars (they had never crossed my mind).We had a range of questions in various categories from geography, movies, musicals among others. My team mates answered all the questions until they asked which countries in Africa start with the letter M,this was my time to shine, i asked every one to leave this questions which i crushed maliciously showing them the African in me!

As the night went by we emerged winners and got a carton of castle lagers and T-shirts. Please dont stop reading thinking that i have just emptied 6 beers because we will be taking the beers today.So to put it straight i am not under the influence of castle lagers while writing this post.

Today at 6 pm, the whole TEHENDE team will be meeting in bugolobi to finalize the questions that will be asked on Thursday.Usually the winning team comes up with the questions.I have got the best team which has creative and diverse minds. Contrary to lat time's quiz,this time we have interesting categories like Africa,so that Ugandans are not left out and the other category i am looking forward to is Sex and World leaders among others.......

Do you feel the creativity and diversity in this quiz night...just in case you are in Kampala,join us this Thursday at Irish pub as we give participants a run for their beers and brain work!

Will give you updates on my findings on whether there is a corelation between world leaders,sex and beers.......

Tuhende!

Highlights

Fire fighting, beating deadlines, persistence and going home late have been the highlights of this week.

It's half year now and i have to submit my report by Monday next week and i still have pendings.
The people who are supposed to give me information for my report have been very slow or its me who has been slow.I have learnt that i have to take 100% personal responsibility for whatever happens so i wont blame any one apart from me.

AIESEC has become my middle name.Just when i thought i can peacefully head for the future,these days i have been involved in almost all the AIESEC UG activities from Planning conference preparation to AFrican YEs launch among others......Why does AIESEC keep following me? I ask myself this question but i know the answer its because i am AIESEC!.

Aha now i told you that i was still a student,my supervisor is no where to be seen.i have sent him emails, sms and called him but all in vain.Deadline for handing in research is 30 th June.What should i do...........keep sending him more Sms', emails and endless calling.Its called persistence!

its been long!

Hello to all who visit my blog...
I am back after a long time. SO many things have happened ever since i got back from Dare-e salaam. First i went mountain climbing on Mt Rwenzori. I had a lot of fun with my 'boss'.We passed thru the equator, went to Queen Elizabeth national Park.


I also had a surprise visit to Kigali for the AIESEC rwanda conference it felt like home when i got there.Though getting there became tricky at the katuna border after we couldnot get temporary passes for some delegates but thank God some one heard a border official speak their mother tongue and that got them into Rwanda.

Time is up....

I am going to miss chips mayayae,Tuk tuks and my swahili lessons.We its that time when you have say good bye to your friends.

i have quiet many friends in dar who have helped me in one way or the other and i would like to thank them for being there for me and making dar feel like home.

To you all lovely people Karibu sana Uganda.

Kwaheri

Is it tommorrow or today?

Hey People,

Its been another very interesting day here in dares-salaam.Right now i am abit tipsy coz i just had a few shots of barcadi and kilmanjaro.So the things written in this blog spot doesnot belong to me but to the beers that i have taken.Our Neighbour is marrying tommorrow (i think its now today) and he invited us for the Barbeque.

Any way i have had enough as usual so it looks like i am wriiting in arabic or chinese but whatever it is i have to sleep.

Back Home in the car trunk!

19^th Feb 2008.

The cool breeze,numerous beaches,breath taking sceneries,chips mayayai and the long distances connecting towns.Oh yeah i am in Dare-salaam now!

Its been an exceptional day, I have had a wonderful time with the team.We had discussions about SolarNow,updates,changes and next steps.New exciting projects have been introduced will fill you in when implementation starts.

Very interesting have been the extra curricular activities that we did.Lunch with the team was awesome from knowing different colleagues’ tastes to the amount of food they eat.It is always evident that I eat more than the rest because of my size and also the fact that its one of the talents that makes me proud.

Then the team took it to the kitchen to prepare dinner.Me and Alex took lessons from Miep on kitchen hygiene, how to slice onions,tomatoes,egg plants and opening tuna tins.I noticed that mzungu cooking is more structured than African cooking and more spices are used.

We had dinner and headed to the slip way to get some drinks and un wind.It was a great evening.We had a range of drinks from Kilimanjaro,Serengeti to water and wine.

At midnight,being the only ones in the bar,it was time to leave.We were 7 and the car that we have is a 5 seater so I ended up in a trunk with another Canadian friend who is also in dar doing a project on bio fuel.Seating in the trunk is funny but we enjoyed.It was accompanied with an intellectual discussion on how culture affects work and what would be the state of african countries if they did not get aid from donors.