BODY SHAMING!

👀How y'all doing. Long time huhh😂. Anyway😌, I'm here now, here's what's popping.

         Body shaming.

Body shaming. What is this?

This is where people have put a definition to perfection in creation. I don't know if I'm alone in this, but perfection is an overrated word, quite narcissistic in my view. Let me put it in this way, trees. Trees are a part of creation yet no tree has the same structure. Some are short, some taller, some huge, some slender, but if its a mango tree it will still produce mangoes. The structure doesn't define them, the size doesn't define them either. I don't know whether you find this relevant, but this is just to say we all have a purpose. If trees could move and have a mind of there own. I bet that would be chaotic, right.                                                            

   

     So, hey there, a flat tummy doesn't define you girl. Hey, boy those abs don't define you. You define who you are with what you produce to yourself. Don't push you to the wall because you don't have that perfect body. You know what's funny, some humans eat and still don't get fat, some don't eat and yet they're puffy. No wonder I used trees as my prop,these creatures don't choose neither where they grow nor how they grow. Environment is never a factor. I mean I've been to a farm once my Grandma had grown maize. I did notice however some were quite healthy and others not, yet they grew in similar environment and care.

If someone body shames you do ask yourself. Do they wanna feed them for being perfect? Did they define their own bodies? Life is to short to live insecurely. I mean some have body disorders thank God you're healthy and smile. That smile sure does look good in your face 😊💜.

I'm in for any comment dropped😙. Ciao✌

HORROR IN MY HEAD.

How'dy peeps👋🌚. Remember the days we used to write catchy,captivating, soothing stories😂. Forced to make ourselves the victims or part of the story to make it interesting 😪. Yeah I know it was boring 😂 but I thought of doing it again. Let's see how it goes😌........

           Horror In My Head

I tried waking up but I couldn't. Every part of my body was aching. I tired getting a clear vision but the blinding white lights were sure making it hard. "Ma'am please don't strain you just woke up from a comma." A comma for how long have I been here? "How long?" I mumbled not knowing whether she'd heard. "Ma'am, you've been here two year and a few months." Two years since that night the last thing I remember was that night. Who brought me here? I had no family no home... That night I now swear someone was there.

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  It was a dark night, I could feel the wind sway. I can't lie it was cold but satisfying. I could slowly feel my breath even with a glass at hand the content was smooth vodka. This was a habit I had picked up a few months back when everything came tumbling down. I knew it would happen someday but I didn't know when. I had servere memory loss or we can call it an amnesia when I was a child. Don't get me wrong I had a family a life after that tragedy but I didn't know what. After a million therapy sessions I decided to stop. I mean why would I wanna know a past that didn't wanna be known. "You can stop the therapy but not the meds." She said I still don't know her name the therapist. I mean why would I even want to know her?



I could hear thunder from a distance but that didn't bother me at all it happened a lot in this small town, but it rarely rained talk about being unique it did try. I remembered these words since the day it all started happening the dark memories filled with crimson red blood all over the place the nighmares. Did I live in a horror or some haunted house I asked myself at first. I wanted to talk to someone but I seemed like some delusional crazy fictional child. I had to figure this out alone. I took a swing on the liquid it was a little bitter but satisfying. A drop I was so sure I felt it a cold drop this wasn't at all normal. The normal drops were warm and they were felt all the way from my eyes flowing softly.


I saw bright light I could swear it was lighting followed by very loud thunder. Then it followed the drops they were flowing sofly and cold all over my skin. I still stood my ground but this time a little freaked out. I was on my silk nightgown and some flops my hair in old braid no harm done right. That was just about it for anyone who passed the glass still on my hand still taking small sips. My body was used to this position every night until my glass was empty. I could swear anyone who saw me would think I waited for clavary to come save me.   

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In reality I was frozen in that way but this time I could swear I saw them. I could swear I heard a gun being shot and a scream that could most definitely deafen me ring in my ears. Growing up I had no close friend. I was a quiet kid the one who hated attachment and being close to people. Mummy said I didn't trust people too much. I could see it in her eyes she knew something. Enough of that the deafening sounds grew even more deafing I could swear they grew more and more and more scream by scream I couldn't hear the rain drop anymore. I swear I heard glass shatter I could also swear I felt a pain on my right foot and a whimper and a loud scream that wasn't another persons it was mine.                                 

Suddenly the darkness grew darker. Blood was oozing and someone I was holding was shot. I could swear it was real. It happened, I think I slipped in mud on shattered glass then there was no one there but me the screaming stopped and I was there wailing bleeding falling into that dark again but this time a peaceful dark and all was quiet and somewhere in my heart I felt that this was going to be the last night they'd see me alive with a glass full of clear liquid... But here I was more than two years later in a hospital bed all alone not even the one who brought me here came to see me two days after waking up.

Well that was a terrifying flashback😂. I don't know how boring or interesting it was, but I think I tried😂😌. Tell me what you think 😊.

WHEN YOU REDUCE LIFE TO BLACK AND WHITE, YOU NEVER SEE RAINBOWS! 🌈

Wasap peeps! 🙋yeah I know, I know 😹 its been long hoping y'all are quarantining safely😊. Anyway today we'd be doing things a little differently.
So I'm gonna write on a very sensitive topic to most *homosexuality*.

Most people see this being an offense rather than normality. Let's just be frank the greater society is heterosexual. I mean religiously, scientifically, and morally(to most). So what better way to be safe than agree with majority?

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But that's not why I'm taking an interest in this. My main interest is the human mind and mental health of the minority according to statistics.
Let me start with 'coming out',this especially to an African community is rather unrealistic. I mean how can I go to my African parents who think sex is a sin before marriage to tell them about 'sexuality' when I'm schooling and living under their roof? Yet heterosexuals probably walk around committing adultery and no one questions. Is it right to question homosexuals for having sexual pleasure? Well in my opinion it's wrong to question, but what about society?

Yes 'they out' the question is would society accept you for you? Well the answer is pretty much 'no'. Once everyone knows your sexuality which is your choice, people would start with the whispers "she's the lesbian girl?" "Damn she pretty." "I bet she hasn't been properly dicked" "omg I heard that she was *initiated* to it". All this whispers lowers someones confidence well not in all. It ruins most peoples mental health. Well the common wording *'you do not know what goes in someone's head'* is what I mean. Not everyone wants to hear assumptions about them from people they don't even know.Not everyone wants to be pointed out in a crowd.

Homos come out because they want to, not because they want their sexuality to define them...

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The other thing is people thinking they (homos) , smash every woman they befriend or are too close to just because they lesbian or bi. They too have friends and have a right to talk to them and be happy with them. I think it just irritating and devastating.

Do you know how many friends they thought they could trust, they lose after all that dirty talk? Do you know how uncomfortable you make those who are close to them feel in public?
All the depression and crying in there pillows at night just to let it out. Anxiety and panic just because of rejection. Life isn't about majority life isn't a statistic. Yet when the same people take there lives, we have those 'fake friends' and 'gossipers' posting without shame words like 'she didn't look like she had it in her' 'he was so happy and cheerful' 'she/he was my friend I didn't see any issue with them'.

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Don't get me wrong. I'm straight yes, but  I think everyone is entitled to their own opinion about their lives. We are not righteous and should't act as if we are. Let people be whatever and whoever they wanna be, unless it interferes with someone else's life.  They already have the world on their backs condemning them.

It might not be right, religiously, societally, might not be allowed in the African community and allowed in different parts of the  white society (don't get me wrong, I'm not being racist here) and maybe even go against norms in a community but then wat? You still can't change people,  you still can't change their decisions, and you still can't change who they really are or wanna be, right?  Yeah.
Parents disowning their kids is not cool either. Its hard to handle as a parent yes but  then again where do u expect them to go? 
Yes I've got friends who are in it,  I've seen people as well. Heard cries and complains,  despondency in their voices,  I mean,  we really don't wanna be the causes of so many suicidal cases for innocent souls.

Tell me what you think. Forum is open😊. Leave your comment below there 👇No hate speech though. 😚

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THE CITY'S NEW PULLMAN.

    Sup peeps😍! Y'all ever wondered how it was like before the new train? I'm talking of the Standard Gauge Railway 🚉 which has been working for quite some time now, specifically in Mombasa City. Talk of environmental pollution, speed of older trains, I mean, you could literally get angry by traveling on train. Expensive in maintenance due to its oldness. A couple of disadvantages.

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The introduction of the SGR changed things to the advantage of people of Mombasa but at the same time has got its drawbacks too.

 On its  positive side, SGR has promoted tourism in that, it has reduced the cost of commuting and increased passenger capacity. Not to sound biased but Coast region is the most popular for local tourists.

Trucks carrying containers to and from the Port have been congesting the City causing traffic on the roads. The SGR decreased the number of tracks on roads and decongesting Mombasa City resulting in to a reduction in congestion and traffic hence increased road safety.

Since everyone prefers cheaper things, Mombasa people can easily and oftenly use the SGR to travel to different places of their choice due to reduced transport cost and time travel.

On the introduction of the SGR, people have lost their jobs rendering them jobless and lowering the economy as well. Drivers, mechanics and staff working in fuel stations.
Due to the high numbers of people being sacked, various businesses have collapsed as well. Such as, fueling stations, as all goods are to be transported by train. Hotel and lodges are closed as there are no patrons.

On the construction of the SGR, the Kenyan government was at loss from the Mombasa County due to its construction and it being so costly.

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You might be asking why the SGR?
The SGR was to stregnthen the socio-econimc activities in East Africa, increase transportation links and boost the country's economy.

Consequently, the Standard Gauge Railway, has both merits and demerits depending on how they are exhausted.

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YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE!

     
             YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE! 
Hey guys, y'all are cool right😊?  Today's a critical topic. One that is a scare to many, not just people but the whole world at large. We talking of the new virus in town, the Corona virus.

I bet we all know where this new virus originated from, its not news. But how do people perceive this, what do they have to say, are they safe? Well, there has been so many questions to the scientists, the press, and the government as well. People have been fed false information from various sources not knowing which to believe. We're all at risk from bad information.

The virus is believed to be fatal and there's currently no known cure for it. It is said that it cannot survive outside a host for a long period while other sources claim that it takes days on a surface before it dies out. This literally means, very many people are at risk of being infected because we all come across different surfaces each day. How contradicting. The virus is transmitted through human to human contact via droplets emitted from an infected person through coughing or sneezing as stated by Singapore's Health Minister Mr. Gan Kim Young. AzharAliLeghari

The outbreak has affected transportation for instance in Nairobi - Kenya, guests have canceled their plans to travel and government officials have been banned from traveling as well. The UK government advises against all travel to China therefore the travel industry has been massively affected with airlines cutting flights and tourists canceling business trips and holidays.

There's an outcry even with those doing small businesses. People are becoming more cautious. Others avoid activities that might expose them to the risk of infections such as going out shopping. Therefore, restaurants and shops have reported a fall in customer demand. The tourism industry has largley been affected as well, as international conferences have been suspended and tourists are not traveling due to fear.
                                             

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It is said that the Dettol antiseptic spray kills Coronavirus. Well fullfact.org says.... https://twitter.com/FullFact/status/1235255255031599104?s=19
 
How prepared are people in this? Staying indoors, not traveling, avoiding purchasing foods, while in other countries, schools have been suspended and public places closed.
As much as the outbreak is serious, people have tried to lessen the tension by making comical statements, short videos and images.
                                     
                                    https://twitter.com/JayCorloene/status/1235904416559042566?s=19

             You only live once. Protect yourself, be cautious and do what is supposed to be done. Don't forget to leave a comment and share the article. 😊

ACADEMIA TALE

  MY ACADEMIA TALE

What's up people? Its been a while. Well today's article is more about life as a student majoring on college, campus or university 📚. A kind of life most of us are or were lucky to have. Here's my part of the story😊.

     
   Depending on different perspectives, student life can be tough and a crucial period, on the other hand, it can be the happiest period of a person, free from the harsh world and anxieties.

Well then, I don't know what you heard or were told about life in campus but mind you, there were several exaggerations you'd think people really don't learn. You know the 'wear what you want, do what you want, choose to attend lectures or not,' the list is endless. How they lied to us! 😭

Coming to university has been one of  the defining moments of my life. 
 

     Meeting new friends and making memories,  although first year is always the hardest  to adjust to. The addition of taking care of yourself and learning how to get around campus can be too much to bear.
   
I got to make friends, some of who we don't get along so well now unlike before, 'si ni life💔😪'. I guess the ones who stick by you to the end are the realest💯, right? Just to mention but a few; Tinku, the famously known one in the versity, the 'celeb'😂, Uthman the popular photographer, Mahenzo the ever angry one and lastly Liz😹, ever smiling, gets angry when its something crucial. We meet different personalities each day and have to cope up and tolerate each one of them.

Picture by reina(reina and Tinku   
                
     Campus life is not easy and has never been. Ranging from balancing between lecturers and personal life, relationship dramas and pressures, its  difficult to make a relationship work at the same time keep your grades up because most of us barely do good in both, lowering concentration in class because of another human being just ain't right.  I don't know what you might think but I'm currently taking a break from all relationship dramas. Exams, loads of assignment and home pressures just add up to a 'messy life'😕. Everything piles up making you feel  you're not doing things right.

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This is the phase you are not prepared to be what you are because you moveto greener pastures, where you do things you never knew you'd do.

Not to sound weird, but food has always been a way out of all types of stresses😂. I know right!! 😹. You know how you come together and have lunch, talk, tease, laugh and get it all out, yeah, got a spot with friends just like everyone else.
   

 lunch time(Reina, Liz, Mahenzo and Valentine) 

My course runs for 2 years, Mass Communication, not as easy as it may sound but its cool. Been on a 3 month attachment at the Port and damn🔥! this is the only school part I'd go for over and over. Treated like bosses, attended special events. What a life! 💆
  At the port with Liz during an event after KPA surpassed its container target. 

        I don't know what your campus life experience is but I bet it got no difference with mine.
Don't forget to comment and share😚.

TOXIC RELATIONSHIPS AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

By la reina

Hello people😊!   Thanks for stopping by. Well today's a new topic and not the previous one as promised due to school program changes. Hope you all will bare with me. Here's something you probably wanna check out.
         
          TOXIC RELATIONSHIPS AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS.

Are you seeing someone or you the type that prefers staying single for various reasons if its not a choice?

Toxic relationships do not only occur among married couples but anyone in an intimate relationship with another. Well then, if a relationship stops bringing joy and instead consistently makes you feel sad, angry, anxious or resigned like you've sold out it may be a toxic relationship.

We've had and heard different cases about such relationships either by witnessing or gotten from various sources,mostly media platforms ;can be the net, on radios or Television stations. People involved in such kind of relationships are people we know, people we come across in our lives and people around us, can be neighbors or a friend to a friend.

Toxic relationships can come in form of abuse either verbal, physical or even sexual violence. I've always asked people who feel uncomfortable in their relationships because of it being unhealthy and does not favor them,  why they still hold on to something that changed and they are not getting anything valuable out of it.

You know how the onset of relationships are, all lovey lovey, pampering, soft romantic words, hugs and kisses, frequent texts and calls, I mean, who'd thought it would ever come to an end!
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Then just suddenly, everything dims out💔. You start crossing each other, anger is involved, hatred, bitterness and then the abuse follows all this because the two people involved have different personalities and diverse background which makes a relationship complex. Courtesy of Google images


College students experience an extremely high level of abuse among intimate partners leading to suicidal and murder cases. If you asked, reason might be one of them cheated and was caught, so he was murdered or committed suicide because of an unbearable pain.

How do you lose yourself over someone? Someone you don't know, someone you have no clue about where they from, their background and who they really are.

So how can we get rid of such happenings?  Talk to a friend, find someone who appreciates you and is worth having you, get yourself involved in a healthy relationship, one where there is commitment, respect, care, equity, communication, effort and no abuse is involved. Don't let peer pressure influence your thoughts, we all know what we want. Be optimistic and opt for better solutions if involved in such situations. Avoid one sided relationships, its a two way traffic.

Having talked about toxic and unhealthy relationships, what are you really afraid of when you are involved with someone? Have you ever experienced such type of a relationship?

Please share and comment on what you think and who you would recommend this to😍.
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