06.22.09

Hata kama ni utafiti…

Posted in Utafiti at 12:11 by Serina

Mazoea kwangu kusoma utafiti wa wale walionitangulia. Leo sijui kwanini najihisi nimekerwa sana na hawa (Ingawa ni utafiti wa kale.. nawashwa sio mchezo)… Hivi swali langu ni hili.. je, ni vizuri kutounga mkono utafiti kama msimamo wako kuhusu matumizi ya ukabila kwenye utafiti hausikilizani na ule wa waandishi ingawa nyote mna nia moja?

 

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06.17.09

Football fever: RSA vs NZL

Posted in Football at 22:38 by Serina

I remember stating somewhere that I’m not a football/soccer fan but it seems like the tide towards 2010 is sweeping me along.

After a tedious day at work, and tired of watching commercials every 10 minutes, I switched to the sport channel just in time for the 2nd half of the match… I don’t have much to say about the 2-0 win for RSA but I am perplexed by Santanas (the RSA coach I presume) reaction towards the end… who was he so angry at? the guy who had 4 shots (he looked exausted if you ask me… what was his name again…Mas???)…

This wasn’t Rugby where the two teams are known to be as tough as buffalo hides… but I did learn a lot… it’s all about hanging on to the last second… and the NZealander getting a yellow card at what minute…to pave way for a free kick in the last 2 seconds… felt like a bad joke… surely this is just a game…or is it?

U Mawazoni

Posted in ujumbe at 09:58 by Serina

Masika yamepita,

Mawazo hayajaisha,

Hata macho nikiyafumba…

Bado nakutazama,

Hata kichwa vipi nikilikuna…

Bado nakuwaza,

U mawazoni n.m.

06.15.09

Nostalgia…

Posted in Life at 19:22 by Serina

Listening to Luther Vandross : Dance with my Father.

06.06.09

The feast…

Posted in poetry, ©Serina K at 19:24 by Serina

The air was thick with anticipation,
The feast was rumored to be…
The largest,
The grandest,
The most lavish to be hosted by an individual,
Oh, Yes!
You did get the tongues wagging all right…

You thanked your brothers and sisters,
Your kinsmen from near and yonder…
And thus you bid them farewell,
With a haste that did not sit too well…
“You’ve all eaten to your fill,
What remains are the rests for the vultures…
And the bones for the hyenas to gnaw on.”
Yes, the feast is worth a mention…
But it was over long before it started!

It was over the moment you stepped in,
To stop the fight between your two whores…
One with make-up so thick…
T’was hard to discern her true shade,
The other with a skirt so short…
All the cellulite thrown into the face of the world!
No, I’m not sneering at the thought of these two beauties…
Fighting over you much to your pride,
But rather at the way you tried to save face…
Tried to show who the man was… yet all around you,
Your age-mates hung their heads in shame…
The shame of a battle long lost,
By the man they claimed to be a brother,
Put in his place by women he’d never take to his mother.

You put all your energy into making the feast
The largest,
The grandest,
The most lavish…
That was bound to be the talk of the village for days to come…
But when it came to your lovebirds,
Your energy was sapped…
Your manhood snapped…
You leaned limply on a weak tree,
Wriggling in discomfort…
Like a boy whose feet are infested with jiggers…
Resembling a baby who finds unpleasantness…
From sitting in a soiled diaper.

Let the vultures carry what is left of the feast…
And have a feast of their own,
Let the hyenas crunch the bones…
Left behind by those who now, you scorn.
Yes, the feast has ended
But elsewhere, the feast has just began.

05.14.09

Sawa, tuendelee kidogo… “Robot, Polyamory na Chura”

Posted in Life, maisha at 19:28 by Serina

Niliamua kuitika mwito wa Bomseh na kuwafunulia kidogo maisha ya Serina. Nawashukuru kwa maoni yenu na nim’amua kuendeleza kidogo tu!

Kwa kunitembelea hapa nawaona kama ndugu zangu na pia naamini duniani hakuna siri, ingawa sote twapenda kujistiri kwa kuyafunga midomo yetu.

Wachache wenu m’meandika kuhusu hotuba zinazotolewa kwenye matanga, yangu sitaki iwe mistari inayosimua historia yangu… kaenda shule sijui wapi, alipenda ushairi, amewaacha wanaume kadhaa na watoto kadhaa…. la hasha, sitaki. Sitaki hotuba ya aina yoyote… Maisha yangu na kazi zangu nataka zijizungumuzie.

Nimefurahia kujua kuwa kati yenu kuna wanaume wasioogopa kuingia jikoni na pia kusaidia katika shughuli nyumbani. Kama mwanamke, binti, mama, dada … nawashukuru kwa hilo maana wanawake tumezoea kuvumilia mengi maana hatutaki kuonekana wavivu. Na ninaomba tafadhali muwasaidie wenzenu na shughuli nyumbani hata kama mnawalipa, kazi ya nyumba huwa haiishi na hata akina yaya, boi, ‘robot’ na waajiriwa wengine wote ni binadamu, na huchoka. Uliza mwafrika aliyeishi ughaibuni na hana starehe za wafanyikazi nyumbani…

Tuendelee na swala la “Polyamory” … sijui tafsiri yake kwa kiswahili ni ipi … waswahili mpo?

Huwa na keti na kuwaza sana kuhusu mila na desturi zinazopatikana kotekote duniani. Hili wazo la ‘Polyamory’ lilijitokeza baada ya kutazama filamu moja ya kimaasai, shughuli za kuchoma mkuki mlangoni, na pia kwa kusikia visa vya kina mama na mazubeda maishani mwao… mwamkumbuka Zubeda?

Sidhani kuna chochote kibaya na uhusiano wa wazi kati ya watu wazima ilmradi wajikinge kutokana na magonjwa ya zinaa na pia waweke wivu kuleeee mpakani kule. Mwenzangu kwa mfano akitaka kuwa na mke wa pili, bora awe na sababu halisi, siwezi mkataza… amini usiamini! Naamini ya kuwa ” there is always enough love to go around ” … au? Labda nilisheruka kichwa na sijajitambua :D

Kaka Bwaya naye aliulizia ‘profile ya a good frog‘ . Kwanza neno frog nililitumia sio kutokana na umbo la chura bali nilikumbuka hadithi ya ‘The princess and the frog’ na pia filamu ya Shrek. Huwa natazama sana filamu za watoto (mazoea).

Kabla sijaandika kuhusu chura wangu, ningependa kuwakumbusha ya kuwa Penzi halilazimishwi ni mtu kwa mtu wake au Marazz alivyojibu, kila jini na mbuyu wake.

Mwenzangu tumefahamiana mda mrefu. Tulikutana hukuhuku nilipo sasa lakini njia zetu zikaenda panda. Alirudi nyumbani Afrika nami nilibaki huku. Hatukujua kuwa pepo zingeturusha pamoja tena.

Ni mtu mwenye upendo sana na mvumilivu kupita kiasi. Mcheshi. Hanioni tu kama mwenzake lakini pia kama mtu binafsi. Kama Serina.

Kuna vitu vingi ninavyoona anapozungumuza na watu wa kila aina, mimi, marafiki na hata familia. Ana heshima. Mkarimu. Mungwana kweli… Hana kiburi… ningependa kuendelea lakini machozi yananilenga machoni…

Weekendi njema!

05.11.09

Honest scrap award á la Serina

Posted in Life, maisha at 20:00 by Serina

Thanks a heap Bomseh for this toturous exercise… what more could a woman wish for? It is an honour to be requested to share what makes me tick with all of you… I do count somewhere on this planet after all :D

Before you read this, some of the information may be a deemed as inappropriate but hey, I was asked for honesty.

scrap-award

I wanted to make it something poetic but that has already been done here . But all in all, maybe there are a couple of things or more people would be shocked to learn about me… not that that’s what I’d put here. Ok, now that I’m obliged to comply…

The Catch

You must brag about the award

You must include the name of the blogger who bestowed the award on you and link back to the blogger

You must choose a minimum of seven (7) blogs that you find brilliant in content or design.

Show their names and links and leave a comment informing them that they were prized with Honest Weblog.

List at least ten (10) honest things about yourself. Then pass it on with the instructions

One honest thing before I start, I never pass on chain letters, nor read them… but this was FUN.

1. Househelp

I work just as hard around my home as I do when visiting home. I cannot tolerate people who give the househelps a to do list by the minute. ” Auntie, hebu njoo nikutume dukani…kisha pitia dhobi uniletee nguo zangu…kabla hujaondoka, watoto wako wapi? wamekula? Sawa, kimbia urudi kisha upanguze ukuta kabla wageni hawajafika…..blah,blah,blah” How these wonderful women stick to their jobs I wonder. All the househelps I’ve come across think I’m crazy when I chip in and do some work while all the other mamas just sit and piga mdomo…kwani one can’t talk while working…and we wonder why the hubbies stray…ahem.

2. Maisha na soko

I love going to open air markets wherever in the world regardless of hali ya hewa. In nairobi, I’m addicted to Gikomba and Marikiti markets… just the thrill of watching masses move and the mkokoteni guys who never fail to test my agility. City market bores me but what fascinates me up to date is that no matter how shoddily I dress, the guys always run towards me saing ” Sista, CHANGE, DOLLARS” …how do they sniff me out?

I also remember when I was expecting my daughter, I’d get this craving for properly fermented Uji from mama kibuyu… not this supermarket ready concotions but proper Uji fermented with patience….the only place I realized I could get some of this without slaving in the kitchen was at Gikomba and the fishmongers there that entertained me with their stories in between serving their customers while i sipped my uji in the most comfy chair cuishoned specially for me by them… yes, there are kind souls even in eastlands…became my friends to date.

3. Asti moments

Anybody who has been through my FB profile will tell you exactly how many Asti moments I write about. Naongea kuhusu Cinzano Asti. This is the one drink I’ve come to enjoy and drink ocassionaly at my own pleasure and leisure. But one thing Asti does to me is that it makes me so mellow that all I want to do is dance on the table. So if any of you desires a table dance…just show up with a bottle of Asti…LOL.

4.Homepubs

I’m not a very social human being as may have been marked by how many blogs I frequently visit but never leave comments and neither am I a guzzler, but I do love a cold Pili now and then when at home and in good company. The home pub or Grocery inavyojulikana nchi jirani always offers an interesting place to catch up on whats going on and who’s been up to what when one has been away for a while. I’m always there with my favourite sister and some of our childhood pals. We have left clubbing to the yo-yo’s of these days and it isn’t funny bumping into your nephews and nieces when gyrating to zilizopendwa. The only place they dare not step till they are 30+ is the home pub. The blogging world is a lot like my local-pub I should say. It’s enough kuketi na kusoma.

5. Research

This will be the death of me. I have always been a curious soul and love to find solutions. My latest Hypothesis is that the world won’t end if I call it quits with books. There are times it gets so frustrating that I think I’d be happier being a housewife since I work just as hard at home as any househelp I have ever met anyway…. so why am I toturing myself trying to do it all? This calls for meditation… kwa hivyo nikipotea hapa sana…msishangae.

6. Polyamory

This ONLY happens a lot in my dreams. Lakini si mwajua…ndoto ni ndoto…. Maybe I should have been born in the days of Solomon.

7. Of the Stars and men

Intrestingly enough, I have only been in long term relationships with Tauruses and Leos… so there are times like now when I get Birthday reminders every other day. Not that I totally believe in stars lakini vitu vingine there’s is no other way of explaining them. Being a cardinal Water sign, I’m supposed to cope well with the bull … but that is what a bull is… a BULL. On the other hand, a relationship with a leo requires a lot of balance, they will either dehydrate me (being a fire sign) or I’ll drench them out…hehe… I’ve perfected the balance and we just simmer… which beats being lukewarm any day hands down. And as you know with the Simba, anavyozidi kuzeeka, ndivyo ujuzi wake wa kunguruma na kuuma huzidi…jijazie.

8. Make and spend.

I find it hard to be a miser/freeloader. I spend to satisfy my whims and those of my near and dear if I can afford it and they are not freeloading on me… I know these are the people who’ll spread my ashes or carry my geneza when I die if I do die before them, and probably shed a tear or two while at it. I have no qualms whatsoever with people spending their money as they wish but a pennypinching man has never made it to my good books. I get put off by men who can brag about all their assets and yet put their families on stringent daily budgets… just to squander the spoils on whatever it is they do outside the house.

9. Men in the kitchen

I have had the priviledge of being cooked for by men without the expectation of getting kitu kidogo afterwards and this to me is one of the best ways to get my attention. It proves that the men would go out of their way to make me comfortable and it was more flattering than getting a diamond studded necklace that you would only wear once a year. Talk of instant gratification.

10.  the love of my life

… that’s an entire new story… i’ve had to go through many frogs to get this one…and just like in Shrek, if he is really a frog, he’s a good one.

There are many of you who write splendid content on your blogs and it is my duty to give you your 15 seconds of fame…hehe… najua wengine wenu mliandika mda uliopita lakini binadamu hubadilika na wakati kwa hivyo raundi ya pili tafadhali.

Luihamu

James Adolwa

Marvin Tumbo (even after your exams…)

Yasinta

Mubelwa

Bwaya

Fadhy

Mwanasosholojia

Kissima

Simon

05.05.09

Umeniweza…

Posted in mahaba, maisha, tenzi, mashairi, maguni, ©Serina K at 12:43 by Serina

Naamka na tabasamu,

Maana najua wewe ni wangu,

Hisia zinazonipitia kwangu,

Furaha tupu, mwenzangu!

Napendelea unavyonipapasa…

Kwa maneno zilizo na ladha,

Natikirinywa na lako tabasamu…

Ujuzi ushaigundua wa kunipa hamu,

Na kumbatio lako mwenzangu…

Humtuliza shetani wa kiume wangu!

Huyu shetani wangu wa kiume…

Amejua nani ndie mme,

Keshawafukuza wengi nakwambia …

Kila umbo kutoka kila daraja,

Maskini, tajiri, vijana , wazee,

Warefu, wafupi, weusi na weupe,

Lakini sasa naamka na tabasamu…

Na sio maneno tu hunifanya,

Nikalala na tabasamu…

Umeniweza!

04.29.09

Tembea, tembea…

Posted in maisha, tenzi, mashairi, maguni, ©Serina K at 12:12 by Serina

Tembea, tembea usichoke…

Tembea uone dunia,

Uyaone ya ulimwengu

Tembea ufuate riziki,

Tembea ukawaone marafiki,

Tembe, tembea…

utafute pesa,

utafute mali,

utafute amani,

utafute penzi,

utafute unachotaka kutafuta.

uridishe moyo wako…

hujafungwa pingu,

hujakalishwa kitako…

Tembea, tembea…

Tembea uende shughulini,

mapato lazima siku hizi,

Nenda sokoni, dukani,

zilizobaki pitishia

‘grocery’ na kisha nyumbani

Tembea, tembea…

Kiguu na njia…

Tembea na nia.

03.31.09

Of African football and catastrophé

Posted in Football, Life, Sports tagged , , , at 20:01 by Serina

I hardly watch football due to my demanding schedule, or any other sport for that matter… but I do read… a lot. I have been thinking of what would motivate me to support something like football but all that lingers in my mind now is Côte d’Ivoires ‘Black Sunday’(even if they went ahead and won 5-0 (which left a really bad taste in my mouth by the way!))

19 innocent lives lost. Sudden and fast.

The match between Côte d’Ivoire and Malawi was probably one of the most well attended… but in the hype to cheer their teams, a stampede…teargas…the rest is history…

FIFA and the Ivorian government say they are investigating who’s responsible… what will that help I wonder??? The dead are DEAD and the injured are injured… what compensation can they get… if any and what will be done to the persons/organization deemed responsible?

A look at some other matches in the history of African football.

2008: 8 people died in Monrovia (Liberia vs. Gambia)

2001: 126 football supporters died in Accra as well as 43 people at Ellis park, Johannesburg.

2010 ???

Stay safe all you football supporters!

03.23.09

Nyota

Posted in Luihamu Ringo, Waandishi, tenzi, mashairi, maguni at 22:17 by ringojr

Ni nani aliyejua,tabiri nyota utakwenda peponi/ahera?
angali mchanga,ukafundwa
ukatosheka,ukaishi.

Walikudharau ewe nyota
wakasahau uchangia mwanga palipo na kiza
walikuona mlalahoi.wima
kama mtaa wa mchamba wima.

Hukusikiliza ya wapitao
hukujali ya wapitao
hukunun’gunika kama wapitao
ewe nyota ulikunjwa na kufundwa.

Ukajisahau kutoa mfano mzuri kwa wadogozo
wapitao tena wanakuita zozo
licha ya kuwa nyota.

Wadudu hao umewavaa
wadudu hao wamekuvaa
na sasa wagagaa
chali wajiburazaa.

Dakika za lala salama
ukakumbuka shuka
wenzio kumekucha
wewe wakumbuka shuka,wakati
kichwa kilishazama.

Sikusemi nyota,bali nakukumbuka nyota
kila kiza kiingiapo ‘n’ takukumbuka nyota
nakupenda nyota
wasalimu huku uliko,wafundishe yale tulopende utufunze
nami nifundwe.

Luihamu 2009

03.21.09

Wajivumbua?

Posted in Waandishi, tenzi, mashairi, maguni at 11:57 by sayuni

Wataka uwajue wenzio,
Nafsi zao kwako kizio,
Kujivumbua waweka uzio,
Kutwa hukosi kisingizio,

Nkuulize, wajijua?

Ujue, ujuavyo vi uzio,
Vyauzuia utambuzio,
Swahiba acha masingizio,
Eti makosa ya mzazio?
Hei, acha maigizio…

Hujui kianzio?
Kianzio cha uvumbuzio?

Sikia, si mzazio,
Siye ‘alo mpenzio,
Ngojea nkunong’oneze…
Kujivumbua mwenyewe, angazio
Nafsiyo kuibaini kielezio!

Hujanielewa?

Wacha swahiba nkuulize…
Dini, wako mtangulizi,
Kakujalia wa kweli ukombozi?
Nambie?

Labda i sayansi wako mpenzi,
Najua, sayansi i chunguzi,
Sayansi i gunduzi,
Je, imekuletea uchunguzi?
Ishakuchunguzia nafsi?
Nambie?

Ama ni utamaduni wa kibeuzi?
Hivi utamaduni ni yako ngazi?
Ni hizi mila banizi?
Je, zimekuvumbuzia nafsi?
Nambie?

Swahiba ‘nnapunguza usingizi

Bwaya 2009

03.19.09

Je wajua?

Posted in na kadhalika at 23:19 by Serina

Kuzima koleo si mwisho wa uhunzi.

Luihamu asema…

Posted in Waandishi tagged , at 00:27 by ringojr

shu”k”rani.
ni bahati kuwa hapa mbele yenu
sina mengi ya kuwaeleza
bali nitajitahidi kutoa shu’k'rani zangu kwenu.

upande huu
upande mwingine au ule
mwaliko nimeupokea kama mwali
alijaa hamu ya harusi.

asante kwa kunikaribisha
asante kwa wasomaji
maji yanayotiririka pasipo mkingaji.

naamini tutakuwa pamoja
mmoja wenu katika tenzi
zilizojaa kila aina ya tabia ya kiumbe potofu
kilichojaa kila aina ya mabaya na mazuri.

amani.

Luihamu Ringo 2009

03.16.09

Jaza pengo

Posted in maisha, tenzi, mashairi, maguni, ©Serina K tagged , at 23:21 by Serina

Penye wengi, pana mengi…

Penye mengi, pana semi…

Nyoka huzaa nyoka hujafahamu?

Ulivyonilazia maneno bila tabasamu…

mchezea zuri, baya humfika au?

Jino la pembe si dawa ya pengo…

Jaza pengo!

03.12.09

Haya basi, zimerudi…

Posted in ujumbe, vitabu tagged at 23:14 by Serina

Mashairi yamerudishwa uwanjani.

Kisa na maana, kuna wale wanaotaka kuchangia maoni, majadiliano… na kuna wale hawana uwezo wa kuzipata kupitia Lulu… umeme unakatikakatika, sina visa kadi n.k…

Na kuna wale wamezoea tu vya bure (ubwete umezidi) :D .

Msihangaike… someni, mjifunze na kufurahia. Lakini msisahau kuheshimu haki zangu kama mwandishi!

Weekendi njema. serina.

Wanipa kinyongo!

Posted in maisha, poetry, tenzi, mashairi, maguni, ©Serina K tagged , at 12:14 by Serina

Wanipa kinyongo, bila kujua…

Jinsi unavyozungumuza nami, bila kufafanua…

Wanitusi kila tusi, bila kugundua.

Wanipa kinyongo, waweza dhani nina mimba…

Kwa kuyasagasaga maneno, wanipeleka kwenye dimba…

Bila huruma wanipara, kutamka nimeshindwa.

Wanipa kinyongo we! Nishakata tamaa…

Wakati bado wanichimba, utan’ombaje msamaha?

Kigeugeu kama kinyonga, kwangu huna manufaa…

Ondoka nitapike… kinyongo kiniondoke!

03.11.09

Kats

Posted in ujumbe at 15:16 by Serina

It’s been a long time coming

But finally the day has dawned

When we have put the past behind us

And look expectantly into the future

Thank you for putting

The glitter in my eye

The smile on my face

and for the gift of peace

you’ve brought to my tormented soul.

Thanks for being yourself

and for being so strong

when storms raged.

03.10.09

Nimetosheka

Posted in maisha, poetry, tenzi, mashairi, maguni, ©Serina K tagged , at 23:21 by Serina

Shughuli hapa na pale zaniita…

Kuzitimiza bila malalamiko desturi,

Ulegevu huu umetoka wapi?

Maungo kwa machofu nimevunjika,

kama mganga anayepunga pepo kilingeni…

Mwisho wa simba umeletwa na nzi!

.

Hapa nasema, pale nakimya…

Jogoo la shamba haliwiki mjini…

Ongeza kasi, jua latua…

Huu ni uvivu wa kike au ni balaa?

Maliza ya leo, leo… ya kesho mageni

Hivi kumbuka walipwa masaa

Lakini tena…

Sheria hazitii wasiwasi aliyetosheka!

Nimetosheka.

03.01.09

Kama kawaida

Posted in mahaba, maisha, poetry, tenzi, mashairi, maguni, ujumbe, ©Serina K at 13:16 by Serina

Kama kawaida

Walalamika na kulalamika

Kuwa hupati dakika

Na huna uhakika

Kama na ridhika

Kama kawaida

Siwezi bishana

Mapumziko lazima

Mwili umechoka

Kwa mda naondoka

02.28.09

New arrivals

Posted in Life, maisha tagged at 11:34 by Serina

Re-connections made on facebook are always fun. It’s like a trip down memory lane. Made contact with three people from my past this week. Two are old primary school classmates, and one is a guy I dated a while back. Read the rest of this entry »

02.27.09

Recital: Maneno Mengi

Posted in ujumbe at 07:24 by Serina

Kwa mwaliko wa Sandra Mushi:

Event: Maneno Mengi

“One night only”

What: Recital

Host: Goethe Institut

Start Time: Thursday, March 12 at 7:00pm

End Time: Thursday, March 12 at 10:00pm

Where: Goethe Gardens, Goethe Institut Read the rest of this entry »

Mazungumuzo leo

Posted in Act Alive, Blogging Positively, Global Voices, Minciu Soda, Rising Voices, ujumbe at 07:06 by Serina

Wajua kuna wengi ambao wanajiuliza kuhusu uhusiano wangu na mradi wa Blogging Positively. Ukitaka kujionea, njoo kwenye mazungumuzo saa kumi na moja jioni saa za afrika mashariki, tutaendelea na mazungumuzo kama kawaida (Kwa kiingereza). Kwa maelezo zaidi, soma hapa. Nyote mwakaribishwa. serina.

02.26.09

Blogging Positively: Chat day 27/2 (Kesho)

Posted in Global Voices, ujumbe tagged , , , , , , at 12:51 by Serina

As sent out by Janet Feldman:


This note is a reminder of the next Blogging Positively chat, intended as an ongoing discussion about blogging to address HIV/AIDS.

The first is scheduled for February 27th at the following times: 9 a.m. New York, 2 p.m. London, 5 p.m. Nairobi.  This chat will build on the insights shared during the highly successful World AIDS Day chat, held on December 3, 2008. Below this note see questions that emerged from that chat.

The second chat, which will include reps from Rising Voices and Global Voices, will be on March 6, at the same place and time.

The chat will be held at
www.worknets. org/chat.  There may be several chatrooms available for different languages. Login using your name and elect the room you want to join by clicking “enter.” Once in the room, Read the rest of this entry »

02.23.09

Nefertiti:Urafiki na URAFIKI

Posted in Ughaibuni, maisha tagged at 11:48 by Serina

Ike ameshindwa na la kufanya. Hivi majuzi tulipokuwa kule Nefertiti, kanielezea ya kuwa kapatwa na mambo. Kuna msichana mmoja toka Msumbiji anadai ya kuwa Ike kampa mimba. Nikamwuliza Ike, kwanini wasema eti anadai, kwani hukumpa? Ike akajibu eti msichana mwenyewe hata hamkumbuki maanake ilikuwa ‘one night stand’ mwezi wa Oktoba.

Msichana mwenyewe hakulijua jina lake Read the rest of this entry »

02.22.09

Nauliza…

Posted in na kadhalika at 12:07 by Serina

Utashindana na ndovu kunya?

02.20.09

Utafiti: Luhga Tanzania

Posted in Utafiti, ujumbe, vitabu at 06:14 by Serina

Yaani mambo ya kufuatilia miradi mingi zimefanya nikachanganyikiwa kichwa haswa. Sio utani.

Nilipata mwaliko miezi sijui mingapi iliyopita kushuhudia sherekeo la toleo ya vitabu kuhusu lugha kadhaa za Tanzania zisizojulikana sana …lakini nikasahau hadi juzi nilipoona wametangaza rasmi.

Nimefurahia kuona kuwa siku hizi watafiti wanashirikiana zaidi na sio tu mgeni kutoka nje anayepewa kibali na kufanya atakavyo. Mradi huu ulikuwa shirikisho katikati ya Chuo Kikuu cha Dar-es-Salaam (UDSM) na Chuo Kikuu cha Göteborg (GU) tangu mwaka wa 2001 hadi mwaka jana (fedha za kuiendesha kutoka SIDA).

Bonyeza hapa usome waliyoandika kuhusu lugha hizo za Tanzania.

02.19.09

Kitabu; Mpe Maneno Yake

Posted in Waandishi, vitabu tagged , at 14:39 by Serina

Kitabu: Mpe Maneno yake

Mwandishi: Freddy Macha

Mwaka: 2006

ISBN: 9987 411 32 0

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Napenda kusoma.

Juzi kwenye safari yangu Uingereza, nilikutana na Freddy Macha. Freddy, sifa zake na ujuzi wake wote siwezi andika hapa kwa hivyo ukitaka kujua zaidi kumhusu na kazi yake, bonyeza hapa, na hapa, na hapa.

Mpe Maneno Yake ni mkusanyiko wa visa kilichoandikwa na Freddy Macha. Nimekisoma na kweli ni kwamba mimi huchoshwa na vitabu vingi vya kiswahili, kutokana na ukosefu wa lugha ninayoweza elewa bila matumizi ya kamusi hapa na pale, lakini Freddy kuandika kwake ametumia lugha ya kila siku na kitabu hiki sikutaka kukiweka chini. Read the rest of this entry »

02.17.09

Giorgio loves his sleep…Udaku + Ike and what else…

Posted in Life, maisha tagged at 21:16 by Serina

This is a first for me…commenting on an article I have read on the net…and considering the interesting things I read daily….in between looking for the latest research articles which I do on a weekly basis…I should have started doing this kind of thing ages ago…think the reason why newspapers sell… It pays to be inquisitive or as Albert Einstein is quoted as having said “Curiosity has its own reason for existence” or something like that. Read the rest of this entry »

02.15.09

Blogging Positively (3)…maoni yako yahitajika!

Posted in Global Voices, ujumbe tagged , , , , , , at 09:02 by Serina

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Idadi ya watu wanaoishi na UKIMWI imeongezeka na wanaokufa kutokana na ugonjwa huo wala hawapungui.

Global Voices Online na Rising Voices wakiungana na wahusika wengine wataendelea na mazungumuzo ya “Blogging Positively” kuyajadili maswala haya ya UKIMWI.

Waathiriwa, walezi, wanablogu, wauguzi na hata wapita njia… nyote mwakaribishwa kwenye mazungumuzo tarehe 27 mwezi huu. Bonyeza hapa kusoma maelezo zaidi kuhusu jinsi ya kujiunga na mazungumuzo hayo.

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