BI KIDUDE EAST AFRICAN DIVA AND LEGENDARY..

   

Bi Kidude

 

 It reminds me when Bahati Bukuku called upon her on stage , everyone including me started shouting her name out loud,It was the first time i saw her performing live ,it was at the Busara Festival ..She is a real Legend ,she has an exquisite voice and talented .

Fatuma binti Baraka (aka Bi.Kidude) is a Zanzibari Taarab singer. She is considered the undisputed queen of Taarab and Unyago music and is also a protégé of Siti binti Saad.Bi Kidude was born in the village of Mfagimaringo, she was the daughter of a coconut seller in colonial Zanzibar. Bi Kidude's exact date of birth is unknown, much of her life story is uncorroborated, giving her an almost mythical status.
In 2005 Bi Kidude received the prestigious WOMEX award for her outstanding contribution to music and culture in Zanzibar.
 

 As a child, she was singled out for her fine voice and, in the 1920s, sang locally with popular cultural troupes, combining an understanding of music with an equally important initiation into traditional medicine. At age 13, after a forced marriage she fled Zanzibar to mainland Tanzania. Bi Kidude toured mainland East Africa with a taarab ensemble, visiting the major coastal towns and inland as far west as Lake Victoria and Tanganyika. She walked the length and the breadth of the country barefoot in the early 1930s fleeing another unhappy marriage. In the 1930s she ended up in Dar es Salaam where she sang with Egyptian Taarab group for many years. In the 1940s she returned to Zanzibar where she acquired a small mud hut to be her home. She is known for her role in the Unyago movement which prepares young Swahili women for their transition through puberty. She is one of the experts of this ancient ritual, performed only to teenage girls, which uses traditional rhythms to teach women to pleasure their husbands, while lecturing against the dangers of sexual abuse and oppression.

Bi Kidude has worked with various Taarab groups but her first solo work is called Zanzibar, it demonstrates Bi Kidude at the peak of her performing power .She is now very famous worldwide performing at Brazil ,U.S.A ,German ,Kenya ,Oman ,France and England. No body knows her age but rumors say she is 102 years old ,probably the oldest female singer in the world.

                       Watch the videos above to see what i mean,that's what we call Classic Taarab .

 

   

young bi kidude

                       We pray that you live long ,personally i do love your music...

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GOMBE AND JANE GOODALL (Part 1)

Apart from watching movies or those addictive series i love the National Geographic channel ,yesterday evening while i was busy cuddling my coach pillow i decided to watch nothing else but the National Geographical channel,while i was watching some commercial attracted my attention ,it was about Chimpanzees.
There is nothing good about them,actually i wonder when i meet with one in reality how will i react ?Perhaps i will act like like Jane Goodall.
I threw the pillow that i was cuddling and grabbed my old looking National Geographic magazine and learned a few about Gombe National Park found in my town. Why not share with you?

Gombe Stream National Park is located in western Tanzania, 10 miles (20 km) north of Kigoma, the regional capital of western Tanzania. Established in 1968, Gombe is the smallest national park in Tanzania, with only 20 square miles (52 km²) of forest running along the hills of the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika.The terrain is distinguished by steep valleys, and the forest vegetation ranges from grassland to alpine bamboo to tropical rainforest. Accessible only by boat, the park is most famous as the location where Jane Goodall pioneered her behavioral research conducted on the chimpanzee populations. The Kasakela chimpanzee community, featured in several books and documentaries, lives in Gombe Stream National Park.
Gombe Stream’s high levels of diversity make it an increasingly popular tourist destination. Besides chimpanzees, primates inhabiting Gombe Stream include beachcomber olive baboons, red-tailed monkeys and vervet monkeys. The park is also home to over 200 bird species and bushpigs.There are also 11 species of snakes, and occasional hippopotamus and leopards. Visitors to the park can trek into the forest to view the chimpanzees, as well as swim and snorkel in Lake Tanganyika with almost 100 kinds of colorful cichlid fish. 
        


Jane Goodall first traveled to Tanzania in 1960 at the age of 26 with no formal college training.At the time, it was accepted that humans were undoubtedly similar to chimpanzees—we share over 98% of the same genetic code. However, little was known about chimpanzee behavior or community structure. At the time she began her research, she says “it was not permissible, at least not in ethological circles, to talk about an animal's mind. Only humans had minds. Nor was it quite proper to talk about animal personality. Of course everyone knew that they did have their own unique characters--everyone who had ever owned a dog or other pet was aware of that. But ethologists, striving to make theirs a "hard" science, shied away from the task of trying to explain such things objectively.” However, her research eventually proved just that—the intellectual and emotional sophistication of non-humans, chimpanzees in particular. With the support of renowned anthropologist Louis Leakey, Goodall set up a small research station in Gombe Stream in hopes of learning more about the behavior of our closest relatives. There she spent months tracking the elusive chimpanzee troops, particularly the Kasakela chimpanzee community, and observing their daily habits until she was slowly accepted by one troop and was allowed rare and intimate glimpses into chimpanzee society.   

      

Jane Goodall

 

   

Benefits for Gombe Stream and Tanzania

Today Goodall uses the publicity from her research to advocate for chimpanzee welfare, the conservation of biodiversity, and general stewardship of the Earth. She founded the Jane Goodall Institute in 1977, as well as the youth-focused environmental group Roots & Shoots in 1991 which now has over 800 groups in nearly 90 countries around the world. The research conducted by Goodall at Gombe Stream is of great value both to the scientific community and to the park itself. At the time she began her research, Gombe Stream was only a game reserve, and her groundbreaking research encouraged support for making the reserve into a national park. The large amounts of publicity her findings received have also brought international attention to Tanzania. Tourism and financial support from donors has benefited not only the park, but the people and conservation efforts of Tanzania as a whole.
Goodall lived at Gombe Stream almost full-time for fifteen years and the long-term data she accumulated is still of value to scientists today.In 1967, the Gombe Stream Research Center (GSRC) was established to coordinate ongoing chimpanzee research in the park.Run mostly by a team of trained Tanzanians, the GSRC is the longest running field study of an animals species in their natural surroundings, now over 40 years. This long-term data has provided scientists with insight into chimpanzee demographic patterns, male politics, hunting, culture and mother-infant relationships over multiple generations—rare and valuable data. The ongoing research is also providing information on the current threats to chimpanzees, such as disease, poaching and habitat disturbance, which affect other species at Gombe as well.The research of Goodall has also drastically changed ethological thinking and how behavioral studies are conducted. Where once talk of animal emotion was dismissed as anthropomorphism, her observations of animals in their natural habitat show that societies, behavior and relationships between animals are quite complex. Her research of chimpanzee habitat (food and special) requirements also aid in improved design for new protected areas.The GSRC also conducts research on the baboon population, led by the Jane Goodall Center for Primate Studies. Research from the GSRC has resulted in 35 Ph.D. theses, over 400 papers and 30 books.
                                     

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MOVIE REVIEW...

 

There’s a specific moment in everyone’s lives where they realize that they have serious doubts about the future of humanity. Mine occurred when watching “The Watch” and realizing that all it takes to make people laugh is childish sexual innuendos and commercialism.
“The Watch” has a seemingly harmless plot: a murder causes Evan (Ben Stiller), a married man and Costco manager to create a neighborhood watch group. Evan is the type of man that tries to create neighborhood groups for everything and a good portion of the introduction is of him babbling about his different endeavors. The first inappropriate joke arises when he is listing the different people of different races with whom he is friendly. He proceeds to say that he is on the market for black friends.
Evan decides to go to the local high school football game and give a speech, which I understand was supposed to be funny, but really just turned into a joke that doesn’t ever seem to get to the point. At the end of the speech, he invites people who are interested to come over to his house for the first Neighborhood Watch meeting.
The people who show up at the meeting are the same actors playing the same characters. Bob is the overly loud and obnoxious typical sports-loving male played by Vince Vaughn. Franklin is the socially awkward and sexually frustrated kid that you aren’t quite sure what is wrong with him, played by Jonah Hill. Lastly, we have Jamarcus, the token black man played by Richard Ayoade. Jamarcus is, I won’t say my favorite character, but probably the one that I dislike least. Maybe it is the British accent that makes me hate him less. Once the meeting happens, they join the neighborhood watch and a few different meaningless things happen that show you what you already know: this is effing pointless, the neighborhood watch and ultimately the ENTIRE MOVIE.
After a few scenes of sexual innuendos and horrible jokes, we come to the point of the entire movie, which is that there are aliens in their town. They discover a globe that they soon figure out can blow things up if they all “finger the holes.” You can see the problem there. An entire plot point can be summarized by saying that the alien ball needs to have its’ holes fingered. Dear God! When the watch is called out to a man’s house played by R. Lee Ermey, they discover the alien is the one that is killing people in their town. After an ridiculously easy fight with the alien, Evan hits the alien on the head with a garden gnome and they bring it back to Bob’s house. The saddest part of the movie is that when we actually see the aliens, they are awesome. The costume design and creation of the aliens is amazing. If it had been in another alien movie, it would’ve been great.
Once the alien is back at the house, they decide to have a ridiculously over the top and sexual photomontage with the alien. They show the alien giving them a blowjob, and placing it in other sexual positions. How cliché and sad that this is what comedy has come to. Anyway, the alien then wakes up and attacks them, tossing them about and at the end of the fight says “we are already among you” or something along those lines. This then makes the group look for aliens in the people around them.
Evan has a new neighbor that has been on the outskirts of the movie and is only shown a few times. He then suspects the new neighbor of being an alien who has an alien hive and decides to go over for a party. They are hiding and Bob and Franklin have to leave to go get Bob’s skanky daughter and leave Jamarcus and Evan to the neighbor. When they enter the neighbor’s house, they find nothing but a giant sex orgy. Exasperated sigh. Jamarcus ends of up staying and Evan returns to Bob, they argue for him leaving and then Evan goes to his wife who is really not important in the movie at all. He could’ve been single and it really would have made no difference whatsoever.
Jamarcus comes back to Evan after having experienced the orgy at the neighbor’s and gets the watch together. He shows them that he is an alien and that the aliens are creating a transmitter to have an invasion and that it is at Costco, because “they really have everything we need.” I can’t even express my disgust and disdain for this movie in words. Firstly, the human race is saved because of the sexual experience of an alien life form in the basement of a suburban town? The writers couldn’t even think of a better saving grace for our race? See moviegoers, that is what Hollywood writers think of you. You aren’t even worth saving gracefully, you are saved by a little Asian woman sucking on the genitals of an alien. Yes, you should be offended.
The Watch goes to stop the aliens at Costco, stupid battle scene ensues and they are trying to kill aliens and they’re not dying. So what do we find out? The only way to kill the aliens is to shoot them in their penises. Seriously. That’s a major plot point. Shoot the aliens in the penis and they die. Really? Ok. And the end of the movie consists of the men, fingering the ball, blowing up Costco and a rain of Magnum condoms, and aliens parts rain over them. Wow.
So to sum this cinematic gem up: bad sexual jokes, consumerism, and just an overall fear for the future of humanity from this girl. I don’t often go to terrible movies, but this is definitely one of the worst movies I’ve seen in a very long time. I’d even venture to give Tommy Wiseau’s The Room a better rating that I would give this terrible comedic failure.

 
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MY TOUCH OF PHILOSOPHY;;;

I personally don't like comparing them , there among the best psychologists ever lived or should i call them philosophers.My parents were not even born when they were busy educating the world at that moment you can imagine? I read their books though ,they are the best  philosophers on my point of view..Curl Jung and Arthur Schopenhauer ,I started following Jung after my Boss recommended ,quoting him whenever i was wrong at something ..But seriously reading them has helped a lot.
Lets get to know them,
Carl Jung 
Carl Gustav Jung ( 26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychologist and psychiatrist who founded analytical psychology. Jung proposed and developed the concepts of the extravert ed and the introverted personality, archetypes, and the collective unconscious. His work has been influential in psychiatry and in the study of religion, literature, and related fields.
Individuation is the central concept of analytical psychology. Jung considered individuation, the psychological process of integrating the opposites, including the conscious with the unconscious while still maintaining their relative autonomy, to be the central process of human development.
Jung created some of the best known psychological concepts, including the archetype, the collective unconscious, the complex, and synchronicity. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), a popular psychometric instruments has been developed from Jung's theories.
Jung saw the human psyche as "by nature religious", and made this religiousness the focus of his explorations. Jung is one of the best known contemporary contributors to dream analysis and symbolization.
Though he was a practicing clinician and considered himself to be a scientist,^[5] much of his life's work was spent exploring tangential areas, including Eastern and Western philosophy, alchemy, astrology, and sociology, as well as literature and the arts. His interest in philosophy and the occult led many to view him as a mystic.

    

In October 1925, Jung embarked on his most ambitious expedition, the "Bugishu Psychological Expedition" to East Africa. He was accompanied by Peter Baynes and an American associate, George Beckwith. On the voyage to Africa, they became acquainted with an English woman named Ruth Bailey, who joined their safari a few weeks later. The group traveled through Kenya and Uganda to the slopes of Mount Elgon, where Jung hoped to increase his understanding of "primitive psychology" through conversations with the culturally isolated residents of that area. Later he concluded that the major insights he had gleaned had to do with himself and the European psychology in which he had been raised.

Theories

His theories include:

• The concept of introversion and extraversion (although he did not define these terms as they are popularly defined today).
• The concept of the complex.
• The concept of collective unconscious, which is shared by all people. It includes the archetypes.
• Synchronicity as a mode of relationship that is not causal, an idea that has influenced Wolfgang Pauli (with whom he developed the notion of unus mundus in connection with the notion of non-locality) and some other physicists.  

Carl Jung My Best Quotes :

• A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them. 
• If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool. 
• It all depends on how we look at things, and not how they are in themselves.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer (22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860) was a German philosopher known for his pessimism and philosophical clarity. At age 25, he published his doctoral dissertation, On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason, which examined the four separate manifestations of reason in the phenomenal world.
Schopenhauer's most influential work, The World as Will and Representation, claimed that the world is fundamentally what humans recognize in themselves as their will. His analysis of will led him to the conclusion that emotional, physical, and sexual desires can never be fully satisfied. The corollary of this is an ultimately painful human condition. Consequently, he considered that a lifestyle of negating desires, similar to the ascetic teachings of Vedanta, Buddhism and the Church Fathers of early Christianity, was the only way to attain liberation.
Schopenhauer's metaphysical analysis of will, his views on human motivation and desire, and his aphoristic writing style influenced many well-known thinkers, including Friedrich Nietzsche, Richard Wagner, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Erwin Schrödinger, Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Otto Rank, Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell, Leo Tolstoy, Thomas Mann, and Jorge Luis Borges.

   

• A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

  • Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other.

     

   

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Life is a Neverending Episode of Roadrunner

Albert Einstein once said that the only thing separating madness and genius is a degree of success.
I would say I am very successful at being mad but people call me a genius, which I find to be an indication of their own madness.
Introspection is a dangerous thing. It calls for people to look into their own minds and hearts in a hope to uncover truths about themselves. It is doubly dangerous for me because I end up enjoying it too much and forget to come back to reality.
The reason for this is that whenever I separate myself from everyone, find a nice spot to sit down and take a good look at myself all I see are old Roadrunner reruns.

What is the meaning of life?
I will tell you, the roadrunner writers got it down perfect. Think about it, this show is about a genius Coyote who creates elaborate schemes to capture something which has no idea it is even in danger.
On average, most people spend up to sixteen years in school (and above that just to show off) to be ranked "smart enough" to take life on. But life is like a roadrunner, it has NO idea it is being chased. In fact, I am of the opinion that life itself is actually alive like the speedster bird and as we use our elaborate eduction to try and sieze it, it sticks a tongue out and dashes off.
The harder we try, the faster it runs.

Go with the flow.
A life philosophy is something special. It has to be deep, emotional and mean something to the person who has chosen to live according to it. Some people pick bible verses, some people look ancient philosophers, and other people look to their mentors. I have chosen to listen to a cartoon turtle in a 3d movie.


Crush the Turtle once said, "Dude.... Dude.... focus dude....."

Now the most important lesson you will EVER learn about life can be gotten from this very wise, very old and very stoned turtle. The message is this, Go with the flow, you never really know when you're ready, but when you know, you know. So until then, chill out and ride the current.

As an added bonus start referring to everyone as "Duuuuuuude". Bosses, spouses, priests, police, I mean EVERYONE.

However, in order to stay in context of metaphors, lets talk about road runner. I want you to grab a beach chair, sit down, lay back and do your best work (I use a laptop a lot, figure it out for yourself if you don't), but stay chilled out. Eventually the road runner will run right up to you to see what you're doing. Then you can grab it by the throat and make something only Kenchick would be proud of (Oh, shocker, like you ALL didn't know what would happen if the coyote actually caught the roadrunner).

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Top 10 Countries with Highest Rate of Robberies in 2012

1.Chile

Chile, normally is considered a peaceful country in South America, is on top in our list according to the latest stats and figures. It borders with Peru on northern side and Bolivia in northeastern side. General opinion about Chile is being a fruitful country of this continent because it has most progressive and stable economy in the region. However, the worldwide economy crisis have disturbed this country as well and their residents were found involved in around 1,275 robberies in 2012 so far. The authorities registered around 5,930 car theft cases as well.

2.Argentina

Argentina is the second largest country that you can see on the map of South America as largest in the list is Brazil. There are 23 provinces in this South American country where majority speaks Spanish language. Though this South American country enjoys the third most booming and stable economy in the region but it is second top country in the world with highest rate of robberies. Argentina has 905.30 robberies rate in 2012 so far.

3.Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic, located in La Hispaniola, is a beautiful country with full of natural beauty. This is among most visited destinations in the Caribbean region. Major source of country’s economy is described as tourism, but current poor economy conditions have brought this country in the list of top 10 countries with highest rate of robberies on third position. The stats show 556.40 robberies rate in Dominican Republic.

4.Costa Rica

Costa Rica is the fourth country in the list where robbery rate is higher than other countries in the world. So far the list contains countries from American region. This is really a shocking fact because this region is most developed region on the world map with relatively stable economies. This Central American country is recognized as multicultural, multiethnic and multilingual country. It has 527.30 robberies rate which is truly high for a country like Costa Rica.

5.Mexico

Mexico, another northern American country manages to get its position in this list in top 5. People in Mexico mainly speak Spanish and avoid speaking English. Mexico is recognized as 11^th most populous or crowded land holder on the world map and 5^th for its total area. This most crowded country of the northern America has 504.70 robberies rate in 2012.

6.South Africa

South Africa is the first non-American country in our list of top 10 countries with highest rate of robberies in 2012. With nine provinces and growing economy, this African country is the home to multiple cultures and languages. There are around 11 languages that are spoken in South Africa. The country is worldwide renowned for its Diamond reserves that are major factor of its annual income. South Africa has 490.50 robberies rate in 2012 and got 6^th position.

7.Nicaragua

Nicaragua is another country which is the part of American continents. This Central American country is located just around the Northern Hemisphere and it borders with Honduras from north and Costa Rica from south. The stats show that the recorded robbery rate in Nicaragua in 2012 is 440.70, while the corruption rate is also too high.

8.Ecuador

Ecuador is on 8^th position in top 10 countries with highest rate of robberies’ list. This South American country on the world map is the neighboring country to Columbia. The stats and figures about Ecuador claims that the country has 398.80 robberies rate in 2012 which should be tackled with good policies by the government.

9.Swaziland

Swaziland is the second African country in this list which is located in Southern Africa. The other two common names of Swaziland are described as “Ngwane” and “Swatini”. This Southern African country is known as the country where robberies are considerably higher than other neighboring countries as it has 304.20 robberies rate so far in 2012.

10.Uruguay

Uruguay is another country from southern part of America which is listed in top 10 countries with highest rate of robberies. The recent records and stats about Uruguay show that the country holds 277.5 robberies rate in the running year. Car theft and fraud cases are also considerably higher.

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MY MORNING PLAYLIST...

• Nneka - Vagabond in Power (V.I.P)

• Micheal Kiwanuka - HomeAgain

 

• Adele - Someone like you

•  Cold Play - Paradise 

•  The Fray - How to save a life

 

• Michel Telo -Ai Se Eu Te Pego

•  Gotye -sombody i used to know

Morning, am busy trying to make myself a cup coffee  before i rush to work ,why cant i make just like the one i usually have at FIFIS ,perhaps the procedure is not in me.The above songs are my morning giant cappuccino ,its a playlist that i listen while am on my way to work ,it helps trust me,it keeps me fresh all day ,i would remember this time where i forgot myself and thought i was Gotye ,where i was busy singing somebody i used to know to Jullie my colleague.
Am sure you will love the playlist...DO NOT IGNORE LISTEN..

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WHERE I WILL SPEND MY SUNDAY (BONGOYO ISLAND)

Do you want to know where i would go and spend my Sunday this weekend??Perhaps you will like it and next time your looking for exquisite place to visit then definitely you should go to this place ...whether you are in Tanzania or soon you will be visiting please visit Bongoyo Island..
Sunday afternoon picnic and sunbathing with the lads at Bongoyo would be a stress free world..Ok lets now talk about Bongoyo Island in Dar-es-salaam ,Tanzania.
Bongoyo Island (or simply Bongoyo) is an uninhabited island in Tanzania, situated 2.5km north of the country's largest city, Dar es Salaam. It is the most frequently visited of the four islands of the Dar es Salaam Marine Reserve (DMRS) and a popular daytrip for both tourists and Tanzanian residents alike for snorkelling and sunbathing.
The island lies close to the Msasani Peninsula (in the Kinondoni district of the city) and is reachable by means of a 30 minute boat ride from the mainland. The point of departure for most visitors to the island is 'The Slipways' hotel complex on the western side of the Msasani Peninsula.
      

The island has a very rocky shore and only two beaches. All visitors visit the beach at the northwestern tip of the island, where the boats moor and where there are some huts, drinks and food. The much longer but narrower beach along the northeastern side has no facilities and is mostly deserted. The entire island (apart from the beaches) is covered in dense forest and has a few walking trails, but only few people venture there. The terrain is somewhat treacherous with sharp rocks. In the middle of the island one finds the remains of a German colonial building at 6°42′8.48″S 39°16′11.49″E, clearly visible on Google Maps. The Indian Ocean has penetrated the northern shore of the island, creating a tidal lagoon along whose shores there are some Mangroves.

 

 

I know what you think,what a weekend i will have,you should try this as well visit Tanzania visit Bongoyo island..

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PROJECT X REVIEW...

 

It is a little late in the year to catch up with this one but it’s time to address this teen movie once and for all.

The ingredients of a high school party are as follows:

• A house with no parental supervision.
• Three outcasts who want to fit in desperately enough to sacrifice one of their homes to a mob.
• Under-age drinking.
• Drugs
• Some light to heavy fornication
• Music with highly inappropriate lyrics

It’s not a very hard mix to screw up. But Thomas, Coster and JB are VERY desperate to fit in. So they go the extra mile, or rather Coster does, to make Thomas’s birthday party the most incredible thing ever witnessed. Unfortunately for them, they underestimated the power of word of mouth. So their idea for a wild party, where they all get “some”, turns into a neighborhood rave complete with flame throwers, ecstasy, anti-riot police, news helicopters and testicle punching midgets. And all of the mayhem is documented in film by the fourth in the merry band of outcasts Dax.

First of all, this is hopefully the last of Hollywood movies to bare this “found footage” look. Although it does wonders for the movie when combined with Warner Brother’s production values, it has become a taxing concept on the audience worthy of retirement. Secondly, it did not ACTUALLY happen despite the disclaimer in the opening credits of the movie. This was all well-orchestrated movie chaos by Warner Brothers. Thirdly, this concept has been unsuccessfully replicated in the United States leading to property damage to the tune of millions. The replication process is conducted by teenagers and college students who are stupid enough to think that they could manage the madness if it actually erupts. They were not.

That being said, the movie is actually a good story with an excellent linear pattern. The lads make an impressive depiction of the high school group dynamic. There’s a normal one, Thomas, who is happy where he is but the devil on his shoulder, Coster, will not shut up about how sad their lives supposedly are. Finally, there is the REAL outcast JB who is more or less a parasite feeding off the normality of his counterparts. The movie also has very effective shock value. Even though it is just a movie, there are various scenes where I found myself begging for sanity to resume before things turn dark (it never did). Finally, even though it is a “teen movie” it has a very realistic feel giving the impression of possibility. But stupidity like this should NEVER be replicated no matter how well intentioned.

       

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MY REAL ADVENTURE AT THE MAASAI LAND (coming soon)

I have always wanted my fun's  to get  good stories from me,this time i will quench the thirst of several viewers ,I had an Adventure at the Maasai Land here in Tanzania,Monduli .I spent almost two weeks living with them ,knowing there lifestyle ,learn about the Morans ,Laibon and there marriage process ..this coming article will thrill you ,you will be able to see how i climbed mountains with the maasai ,milk the cows and you will literally see how the massai can be able to keep there culture until now.COMING SOON...keep following Msongo.

 

COMING SOON...

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OLYMPICS FULL OF DUBIOUS SPORTS..

I have been watching the Olympics lately on ESPN  and NBC ,am not in London .My experience on watching this games since the 80 s and 90 s i have always loved the games but this time am confused ,perhaps not confused as my Dad is ,cause he experienced the 50s and 60s games.
The Olympics this year are full of dubious sports ,silly ceremonies and boring participants,it reminds me of the 50s and 60s recorded clips i have seen lately athletes were very competitive,aggressive and full of enthusiasm..where is the spirit ? i think more years coming the games will be terribly boring.

     

Is beach volleyball really a sport?i have nothing against beach volleyball, It receives inordinate attention on NBC because men like it, praying no doubt that the training bra the competitors wear will fall off and breasts suddenly assume that sexy sandy look. It receives high ratings, but so does that weird show in which celebrities like Howard Stern and Howie Mandel hit a big button.

i hate it how other nations treat the Chinese competitors ,is it cause they are badly scooping the medals that's why you say they use drugs??   That is so silly ..

The thing I like best about the Olympics is the sheer joy of those who win regardless of the country or origin. It does celebrate the result of tortuous work and relentless discipline, except for the Chinese, who when they win give off the vibe that they did not win enough and therefore are about to be imprisoned for sedition. The Australians particularly tickle me, perhaps after I read about the Aussie who decided to place some firecrackers in his butt cheeks and light them to see what it might feel like.

I mean the games are not a bust ,they are not attractive ,i have been waiting for this games anxiously but look what its turning my mood to a waste..Athletes need to wake up and give us the fun,like Hussein Bolt ,his nailing it ..

ppssshh the diving ,i watch Thomas Daley diving 10m platform ..i and my Lads don't like this diving issue ,its titled a sport really??

        

              i would prefer the 50s to 80s games than the today's,too fake and predicted .

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