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Friday, July 16, 2010

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CLIP:  (To start showing soon at the theaters near you)

(he and she meet along the office collidor walking towards opposite directions)

He:
Morning Jackie;

(she walks along, paying no attention to him, says not a word, just walks by without answering back: she can feel his shadow behind-he stops walking, stands still, his eyes all behind her...a few  metres away she shouts back,)

She:
It's not morning...(and walks off)

He:
Oh really, I lost track of time, what time is it?  You know, I've been in the meeting for the entire morning...

(she don't look back, ignores and walks to the office)

(minutes later):
(He walks up to her...in the office as he stands on the doorway while she's at her seat)

He:
"Young lady, what kind of mediocrasy are you bringing in my office?  Disrespect is severely punished here, and don't you remember you are an intern, if you can't associate with the staff, you better leave, there are thousands of students every morning at the reception looking for an internship here, more qualified that you are indeed, yet, all you do is misbehave...."

She:
"I don't remember disrespecting you in any professional way...if i disrespected my job or any formal meeting, that is one thing, but if it was an informal one, that's nothing and it's up to me to choose who I want to associate with.  And please don't talk to me as though I came here via the back door, like the rest".

He:
"Do you understand my postion in this office to be answering me like that."

She:
"Of..course...I...do (she pronounces it out, word by word), and what I say or do is what I'm entitled to...  I know my rights!   My way of talking doesn't choose how to talk to who, what not to say to who..."

He:
"And you dare continue with your disrespectful nature."

She
"Huh?  Now I'm disrespecting you for talking With you- that is a crime.  While earlier on when I didn't talk to you, it was also disrespect....What exactly is it that you want from me....and say it loud and clear coz I'm so fed up with your criticism and annoying accusations..go on, say it for the...!"

He:
"Your presence in this office has been terminated immediately for a week before which you meet the displinary council to decide upon your case."

She:

"Terminated?  Or is it suspended?  Maybe its both...but you know what...(standing from her chair and giving him an eye on eye interaction)  you can't suspended me, nor... nor can you terminate my services...and you know why...the reason being...I ALREADY QUIT.  But, how would you know?  You are never at your desk but chasing after interns into your wife's bed, and because I let not these unfaithful hands of yours under my linen...there you are thinking that you can TERMINATING me...

                                                            -MJN-

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Brave New Voices

Monday, July 5, 2010

Their take vs Her take

One trait that I proudly posses is the virtue of loving whom I am, and never stooping for attention or approval from anyone. Other’s perception, thoughts, criticism and premature judgmental has no space in my life.

Coincidentally, almost all my friends can’t be strong enough to endure what others think of them. They either want a pat on their shoulder, an invitation to a social meeting, being praised or have their work acknowledged.

They will time and again call you naïve, a weakling, a shy and conservative person…just because you overlook the worldview; and boldly outstand their nascent way of looking at reality.

I like looking at my friends ‘stand out’. They assume that I’m jealous of them and that I look forward to becoming a little more like them. On my part, I let them joyride on the sub-crème and enjoy the attention, because, I’m fine on my own-proud of the person that I am. In addition, it boosts their self esteem which many of them lack and simultaneously builds on their self concept.

I know the majority always wins…but I’m never among the majority. Appreciating the person I am and the output that comes from my handwork is more encouraging than a stranger’s judgmental analysis.
So whatever one says of my work…that I’m poor in this, average in that, and okay with the other, let me not say that I don’t care; but, I only accommodate it in my short memory, where I brush it off in a second, and life goes on.

It’s through second party commentaries that we assume who we are, forget what we are capable of becoming and kill our abilities of digging deeper into the goldmines that no one knows of their existence.

                                                                    -MJN-

Friday, July 2, 2010

Women in Advertising



This was highly inspired by Jean Kilbourne's advertisement film-Killing us softly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufHrVyVgwRg


I therefore took a good look at the recent print advertisements surrounding us in our daily lives and well, there must have been a very smart mind behind their conceptualisation... Here are a few collections:

Seems that we all have the same perspective of women...  Like the late Katama Mkangi wrote in his novel 'Walenisi', mwanamke ni kama ndizi, ukishaila, walitupa ganda lake na kulisahau; mwanamke ni kama chombo, chombo cha mwanamume akitumiacho kujiridhisha kwa muda kisha...








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