Munene, the journey...

I do not care about Game of Thrones, but since my Twitter feed is full of people counting down, I decided, let's see what it's all about. The ad has been running on my Facebook profile for an entire week now, titled, Winter is Coming (in which world). But the most interesting thing I saw was a 3-D starting video of the show; I could tilt my phone side to side, and the scene was 3-D. A series full of weird people, talking weird languages; one even talks to a dragon. It's interesting how much effort goes to create these shows that keep us entertained. But why is it so important? Why do people love the show so much? Perhaps it is because of the amount of death. The screen writers kill everyone, some characters viewers have come to love are taken off air suddenly. Instead of revolting us, we are invigorated by the danger. Image courtesy: http://freshinfos.com/ What is even more interesting is the f act that we know the movie is basically a bunch of lies; a writer...

We all have problems, or let's call them challenges, that at the moment they occur, seem insurmountable. I certainly do. While writing computer code to solve some of the world's most urgent problems (sic), I regularly encounter them. Those moments of absolute despair, when I cannot move on. I try google , the know-it-all  search engine, but that does not work. Then I try stackoverflow , the developer's paradise, but I still hit a deadlock. At this moment, I have 2 options. The most sensible one at first glance, is to keep searching for the solution; keep googling and so on. This is a fatal error(sic). When my brain encounters such barriers, for some reason, it goes into a deadlock. Every effort I make into resolving the issue is counterproductive. I actually make zero progress. And the second option? I leave the problem. I close the IDE (Visual studio, Eclipse etc.) and shutdown my laptop. I go make a cup of tea and watch a silly show on TV. I go for a walk, or listen t...

Why do we vehemently criticise other people about their imperfections? We do know that every human has weaknesses and that each of us is simply struggling through life without crashing under the weight of societal expectation. And yet even with this knowledge, we still engage in the debilitating actions of making enemies by pointing out the mistakes of others. As humans, we judge ourselves harshly. We do not, as the saying goes, cut ourselves some slack. But the burden is made heavier by our brothers and sisters who criticise and put us down. But why do we find fault with other people? Well, for starters, it is because the faults we see in others serve as a mirror to our own faults. Yes, the reason it irritates you when someone picks their nose in public is because you do it yourself. And since you already know this about yourself, it subconsciously reminds you of something you do not approve in yourself. Image courtesy of memegenerator.net The second reason, I bel...

There are 2 sets of people in the world: Those who watch TV and those who appear on TV. Those who watch the news and those who make the news. Those who want to be perfect and those who realize that perfection is something that happens with time. Those who start their own businesses, and those who wait for the "right" moment to do it. Those who say, and those who do. Those that keep doing it, and those who give up. Those who are defined by their convictions and those who let others define them. Which one are you?