Being me...

I have been meaning to post something for a couple of days now. But I didn't feel inspired! until today... A few weeks ago I was having a bad day I think, and I had a conversation with someone about how if we could see the future we probably would not bother to do 90% of the things we do now, seeing as God has a somewhat mean sense of humour, and he sometimes enjoys watching us make our dumb plans only for him to come and disrupt them somewhere down the line. This friend pointed out that maybe we just like putting the blame on God because it's just easier to do so, than to admit that it's the choices that we make that actually shape our lives. I thought about what he said and realized how correct he was. There are always exceptions of course, but that's the general rule. Our choices shape our lives, period. Today I had a somewhat similar and rather heated discussion with another friend.   I have made some really dumb decisions in the past. Some knowingly,...

Where do I start... Every year, when it's time to pay my rent, I start thinking about how much I would like for this to one day stop altogether. My parents were teachers, employed by the Government, so I was born in a house that my parents ended up living in for more than twenty years. And when my father retired a few years ago, he was able to purchase the said house from the government. Rent was never an issue. Until I started my own life, in this beautiful and crazy City. Having recently moved to a bigger place, my rent has gone higher. Most Landlords require payment of a year's rent upfront, and if you are lucky, six months. I am positive rent would not be so painful if we could pay on a monthly basis. When I own a couple of houses I will let my tenants pay in this way. It is way easier to find that Tsh. 500,000/- or 800,000/- every month as opposed to the twelve months equivalent lump sum.  Nowadays even affording buying a plot in a decent neighbourho...