“I’ve had crushes on people i knew I shouldn’t and would never act on it so I just quietly got over it like an adult” should be a very mild take but a lot of people aren’t as honest and also like feeling better than others.
All I will say is to know Paris is to know Nkatha. Parasocially, of course but you will NOT catch me piling on a 21 yo who’s right more often than not. She’s growing.
all these events have made me realize i'm not a real music listener bc people will be like " OMG!!!! two eggs in a basket are coming to Kenya " and i'm just like who tf are those 😭😭😭
upon Doing The Thing, you will invariably find two things to be true:
1. Doing The Thing was pretty easy, actually
2. not having Done The Thing was bothering you more than you thought it was
Just learned a new word:
Eremition
(eh-ruh-mish-un)
The act of gradually fading from the lives of others, not out of malice, but a desire for solitude or renewal.
When your partner tells you he/she cheated on you, I know there's a temptation to ask “with who?” Resist it. Instead ask “with whom?” Speak good English no matter the circumstances.
Picked my mom up from work & she said “ you can’t even buy your mom breakfast “ and I knew !! That there could have never been a better time to say what I said next. so on behalf of all the african children out there I replied to my mom “ There’s Rice at home “ 🤧🤷🏽♂️
This picture from @MsingiSasis absolutely devastates me. A huge architectural loss for Nairobi. The slow death of the Florida 2000 nightclub designed by Hughes and Pilkinghorne, which used to be a woman led architectural firm in Nairobi. It no longer exists.