BODA BODA CHRONICLES -RIDERS CULTURE &EXPERIENCES.

-RIDERS CULTURE &EXPERIENCES.

Usi jam niko kwa jam  Nakam

Nairobi is growing at unprecedented rate, and mobility is paramount , crazy traffic ,rough  rugged and rude  Matatu drivers, on the paper chase Mode, demanding office bosses who want you to keep time with no excuses,Enter  full throttle speed Riders.to save the day.

My territory along the busy Outer-ring road, the road is undergoing construction by the Chinese company’s ,there are three people you will see with reflectors along this proposed highway  the traffic police,the construction workers and we the boda boda riders.

Last week woke up early as usual, rush hour in the morning and evening are the best time making that extra coin, during the  day  the work is full of jua kali sun,dust and traffic police,

On this particular day after rush ,I arrived at my stage,  met four riders,mlunje wasuperstar ,mlunje wa tvs,mukurino wa tiger ,and brown wa tvs ,we hardly call each other real names.

Mlunje wa superstar “majamaa  jana was a bad day ,”we all listened to his story-he continued”” jana pesa yangu yote ilienda!after the traffic police arrested me  and demanded  2000, since I did not have my  gloves,I came back to this stage,a customer came and said he wanted to go to kasarani,I charged him 800 gave him his helmet and reflector jacket - before I could start the engine, my wife called and I assured her asi jam nakam  and we left for kasarani, there was no traffic jam in a couple of jiffy we were at seasons  pub kasarani.

Customer invited me to  accompany him to a butchery outside the club,he ordered half “kichwa ya mbuzi”he took a bite assured me usi jam nakam kukuletea pesa turudi donholm  and left me savoring the rest of the meat,this was a double treat,I waited for him to come back, soon minutes turned to hours ,from ten till twelve noon,my wife called again and I lied niko kwa jam nakam,my beautiful loving wife was waiting for 1000 chama money since I had given the traffic cop 2000 I was counting on this trip to save me from disappointment ,lastly I gave up and realized I had been conned ,

He finished his narration –it had become a habit and we consoled him and next was mukurino wa tiger sharing his trial and tribulation.

Soul World-journeys& Quantum realities -

Soul World-journeys& Quantum realities -

By MWASMAHUGU

Reflections along  the Dusty roads of life.

Telepathy

Long time ago when i was in my early teens-my mind body and soul were dedicated to exploring the world of Art-I would listen to Hip Hop Music  during class time and read literature novels during preps-when school closed I would visit my friends who had similar interest in dandora estate

This interest continued even after clearing high school-we had no phones-we did not set meeting times-but some how five to ten young artist would meet almost daily.- Telepathy is about communicating mind-to-mind-am talking about being part of Mau Mau camp collective –a clique that had poets, rappers,and other creative heads  -sharing was our maiden ritual every day-sharing of a new music verse,new Rap Flow,new friends ,new clothes-we shared all, as we hanged on the dusty street alleys of Dandora Phase two-after some years of continuing with the rituals-we upgraded- Telepathy is about communicating mind-to-mind-We did not set meeting time,venue,or communicate via phones-I am talking of 2002- 2004 back in the days,man am old skool!By coincidence we would all converge near Norwich union which sands witched between Moi Avenue and kimathi street-

Due to sticking together for long and sharing same interest we  had developed a  common energy vibration,and that what made us meet by coincidence,sometimes fight accusing each of robbing music verses and flow-our was mental communication (a wireless phone of the mind, but without the bills), Many just-plain-folks report having some sort of telepathic abilities. There are some things in life that are hard to explain outside of telepathy: think, for instance, of how our mothers seem to be able to make us feel guilty no matter how far away we might be. The reported telepathic abilities usually come in the form of mental communication with one particular person only. That's often the psychological effect of being emotionally close to someone for awhile. Being emotionally close could provide a possible kind of telepathy, in the sense that such closeness could bring about moments of someone else being included in the edges of a person's consciousness. (In this case, consciousness would mean the 'community' of all that is you. There could perhaps be in some sense an 'overlap' with someone else.)

Article two-

Awareness

Crazy traffic jam , abrupt screeching of brakes, un coordinated noises from matatu conductors ,”beba beba eastleigh ,beba beba kariobangi, sexy women in bikini blasting from LED plasma screen inside this east land matatus-I am on board a number nine nganya headed to 12^th street easich ,we just left town and are negotiating the kariakor market traffic, our mat hits a large pot hole and every passenger is on the air for an eternal moment-we come down back to our seats in a bang-lucky are the women with shock absorb the impact is less as for the men the slight pain that last less than two seconds is real.

All the over a sudden the music seizes –the digital sound systems will take few minutes to load again- the sound of the conductor moving from passenger to next shaking coins-brings my mind back to the activities inside-as I look around some people are very alert to the moment others are lost in thoughts-an I am left wondering where the mind goes? and since we are a crowd of passengers is the crowed mentality active-meaning may be we are in the same space of realm-from the speed of the matatu ,the frequencies of Jamaican ragga music blasting from the woofers previously or is every one lost into his world of thoughts, dreaming ,or calculating how the day ended –mind wandering and pure consciousness are two axis one horizontal and one vertical, when thinking along a certain line, the very direction makes it possible-absurd things also possible. Whether positive or negative and it all come backs to soul vibrations-I quote mark twain "Age is mind over matter, if you don't mind it doesn't matter.". Be aware of your thoughts and reaction, be the change.