Happy new year good people. Can you believe it? It's a wrap. 2016 is over you guys. I don't know about you guys but mine flew so fast! If years were tribes, 2016 would be a Kalenjin coz yo! the pace with which it flew past! Heh! Ezekiel Kemboi got nothing on 2016. (I feel like someone should use that line in a composition. Any house school going students in the house? That line is gold!).
What can I say about 2016? It is definitely one for the history books. Leicester won the English Premier League, then Brexit happened then to cap it all off Trump won the US presidency (sorry guys for making you relive your nightmares. It won't happen again....I hope). On the national front, this is the year we had a nationwide blackout because of a monkey! My country is comedy gold.
On a personal note, 2016 was a year of ups and downs. One that made me learn a lot about myself and others, one that made me grow and become stronger (well, going to the gym might have helped with the stronger part just a little). I passed my CFA Level I exam which was a thrill, finished my Masters Degree coursework and started on my research project, I tried going to the gym but was never consistent (2017 goals though!) and I went through a whole year without my phone getting stolen. I am finally becoming a city boy guys.
2016 also had its fair share of low moments, I lost a good friend of mine (that was hard), I tried to venture into business but it didn't really work out how I wanted, applied for jobs and got those pesky regret emails (for whatever misguided reasons. I'm awesome! hehe), went through my first heartbreak, on that note, I have beef with you guys. You guys never told me how bad heartbreaks are. Wueeeh! I felt things I have never felt before, most of which was pain. Deep, sharp, resounding pain. Next time warn a brother. There should be a heartbreak 101 class. I shall set up a committee to come up with the course curriculum. It shall be targeting those who are yet to experience heartbreaks. Kindly register at the end of this post, we have a non-refundable registration fee of Ksh. 1,000. The money will go towards facilitating the program. We shall be providing our learners with stationery and essential life skills. We are attempting to partner with the Break a Heart Foundation to provide every student with a laptop. Laptops will be very important especially when it comes to watching video tutorials. We are also making an appeal to the Jubillee Government, tunaomba serikali iingilie kati. Wananchi wanaumia, to help reduce cases of heartbreaks. Finally, we shall be needing facilitators to help teach the program. Kindly send your CV as well for review highlighting your years of experience. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Thank you for your cooperation.
In those dark times, I actually got to know that I have some amazing people in my life. My family, who are super protective of me, You do not want to get on their wrong side hehe. Blood is truly thicker. I love them with all my heart. I also have some amazing friends. Mabalozi guys, who were there in real time, watching me desperately trying to maintain my cool during practice, my peeps Ken and Allan whose solution to everything is FIFA. Needless to say, I mercilessly whooped their asses. If they say anything to the contrary, they will be lying. I got some brothers from other mothers. Mwendwa, who's more like my older brother was always there, ready to pour out wisdom and share his experiences and offer a place for me to crash whenever I just felt like hanging out. Nathan is another one although his was more of a serving of idiocy than wisdom but what can you do about it? The Lord gifts us differently lol. Daisy and Norah for letting me rant. Ranting is so theraupetical guys...and oh, for food as well. There are so many guys whom I haven't mentioned but I did learn that I do have a support system. There are people who got my back and I got theirs and that is a beautiful thing. 2016 renewed my sense of community. There are people to lift you when you are down and vice versa. I saw the good in humanity. Someone taking time off work to treat you to lunch and just talk is a massive deal. Aha then there's Njeri! The sister! Mungu akubariki tu hehe.
So as I bid 2016 farewell, I have learnt that I am actually stronger than I thought I was, God has blessed me with wonderful people in my life and I have finally learnt that there's so much good in people. So as we get into 2017, let not the challenges we face blind us from seeing the good in people. People will hurt us, and we will hurt others. Let us learn to say sorry, forgive and not let our bad experiences stop us from experiencing the good that life has to offer.
Speaking of good things that life has to offer, one of those good things has been nudging me to write a new post. It had been a while. I hope you are happy now. Consider this a new year's gift.
Happy new year everybody and I hope that God grants you your heart's desires this year and may you have joy, peace and happiness.
