Apparently Mark ((refer to "the case of the Mistaken Mark post))thinks the only reason we dont click is because we are in different countries. Yeah, he wishes!! So i was explaining my dilema to my friend K, this is kinda how our conversation went..
T:there's this guy i chat with who i kinda find irritating on occassion ((personally i dont think we click, but thats me)) so anyhu, i tell him that we shd stop chatting coz we b waste time,yes? but somehow we stil talk. So some one put me and canada in the same sentence
K: lol really? maybe the assumption is that u r in canada
T: exactly. so.....now he b tell me that i b lie to him all a long
K: well, some ug guys have a desire to hookup with gals in canada..something abt them being exotic
T: lol. rite anyhu...think they guy suffers a block. now the lema is... shd i let him continue think im canada or tell him the truth if i entie on canada, i dont get entied on a lot, u c. altho thing is he myt assume me b swimming in the doh! not good
K: ah..indeed...if he can hook up with u..he gets i) exotic babe ii)loaded babe iii)fresh toothpaste
T:hahhahahaha. fresh toothpaste?
K: he cant talk to i)exotic babe without ii)freshbreathe and iii)delident temalako
T: hahahahahhahaha.gosh!how do u come up with this stuff?
K:was just saying that i)ug boy ayagale kukwate ii)enyoyi so that he can say he flew even if it lands him into iii)poverty and ends up in your basement, being used on special occasions to iv)perform,dance,jump n shake for your personal viewing pleasure
naye if u say u are in ug... nowonder being in ug sux, kati if u say u be in kla,i) guy alowoza oli simple ii)wetaaga cash for airtime ne saluni iii)olina kaweke or braids iv)wardrobe ekyuka once a year
T: lol. gosh.that soooo true!lol
K: oh it is?, anyway, wogamba guy oli mu kla, ajja ku i)invite u for a soda nga alowoza ojja muwa ii)kiss oba hug depending on how smooth he is naye you will make life hard kubanga iii)tolinya boda,oyagala special naye tayina ssente za special so mwessanga mu iv)dilemna eya dinner nga transport ya boda or v)iceream ya simka nga mukozesa taxi
T: lol
K: if u wanna flow...just imagine u were in ca, where there is no dust..and people eat chips for lunch and actually have dessert..not our ova-ffene combination
You know, aside from the ova-ffene combination reference K made, everything he said made sense. it just goes to show how backward we can be in our thinking sometime.
I know lots of people who are "afraid" to come home coz they have to maintain a certain "image" of "outside countries". The truth is,were as the opportunities are definately many more than ours, they have to work/read or whatever like crazy, they have bills to pay many of us would not even believe exist.
I was talking to a friend who was paying 900 ds in rent ((apparently that was cheap)) coz he was supposed to pay 1,500ds. Now, u can survive on 900ds in Ug for some considerable time. Then you expect the punk who spends on average 1500ds a month or more doing whatever to come home and be cool? Why do u think they come for short times, aside from obvious time constrictions? they cant sustain forever, u know! lol
Now, on the other side, Kla guys can manyira also!!
i)Just coz i have never been abroad (kenya and Rwanda dont apply apparently)doesnt mean u shdnt take the time to treat me right.
ii) Just coz i change my wadrobe once a yr, if i do, doesnt mean im not presentable enough to be taken to a "posh" place
iii) I also get tired of taxis and boda's. If u really want to impress me, once in a while, pull out the spe. if u cannot afford a car. I know, not everyone can, thats life.
iv) If u value my needs as airtime and saloon...think about what that says about you and the company you like to keep....
T:there's this guy i chat with who i kinda find irritating on occassion ((personally i dont think we click, but thats me)) so anyhu, i tell him that we shd stop chatting coz we b waste time,yes? but somehow we stil talk. So some one put me and canada in the same sentence
K: lol really? maybe the assumption is that u r in canada
T: exactly. so.....now he b tell me that i b lie to him all a long
K: well, some ug guys have a desire to hookup with gals in canada..something abt them being exotic
T: lol. rite anyhu...think they guy suffers a block. now the lema is... shd i let him continue think im canada or tell him the truth if i entie on canada, i dont get entied on a lot, u c. altho thing is he myt assume me b swimming in the doh! not good
K: ah..indeed...if he can hook up with u..he gets i) exotic babe ii)loaded babe iii)fresh toothpaste
T:hahhahahaha. fresh toothpaste?
K: he cant talk to i)exotic babe without ii)freshbreathe and iii)delident temalako
T: hahahahahhahaha.gosh!how do u come up with this stuff?
K:was just saying that i)ug boy ayagale kukwate ii)enyoyi so that he can say he flew even if it lands him into iii)poverty and ends up in your basement, being used on special occasions to iv)perform,dance,jump n shake for your personal viewing pleasure
naye if u say u are in ug... nowonder being in ug sux, kati if u say u be in kla,i) guy alowoza oli simple ii)wetaaga cash for airtime ne saluni iii)olina kaweke or braids iv)wardrobe ekyuka once a year
T: lol. gosh.that soooo true!lol
K: oh it is?, anyway, wogamba guy oli mu kla, ajja ku i)invite u for a soda nga alowoza ojja muwa ii)kiss oba hug depending on how smooth he is naye you will make life hard kubanga iii)tolinya boda,oyagala special naye tayina ssente za special so mwessanga mu iv)dilemna eya dinner nga transport ya boda or v)iceream ya simka nga mukozesa taxi
T: lol
K: if u wanna flow...just imagine u were in ca, where there is no dust..and people eat chips for lunch and actually have dessert..not our ova-ffene combination
You know, aside from the ova-ffene combination reference K made, everything he said made sense. it just goes to show how backward we can be in our thinking sometime.
I know lots of people who are "afraid" to come home coz they have to maintain a certain "image" of "outside countries". The truth is,were as the opportunities are definately many more than ours, they have to work/read or whatever like crazy, they have bills to pay many of us would not even believe exist.
I was talking to a friend who was paying 900 ds in rent ((apparently that was cheap)) coz he was supposed to pay 1,500ds. Now, u can survive on 900ds in Ug for some considerable time. Then you expect the punk who spends on average 1500ds a month or more doing whatever to come home and be cool? Why do u think they come for short times, aside from obvious time constrictions? they cant sustain forever, u know! lol
Now, on the other side, Kla guys can manyira also!!
i)Just coz i have never been abroad (kenya and Rwanda dont apply apparently)doesnt mean u shdnt take the time to treat me right.
ii) Just coz i change my wadrobe once a yr, if i do, doesnt mean im not presentable enough to be taken to a "posh" place
iii) I also get tired of taxis and boda's. If u really want to impress me, once in a while, pull out the spe. if u cannot afford a car. I know, not everyone can, thats life.
iv) If u value my needs as airtime and saloon...think about what that says about you and the company you like to keep....
firsties suckers!!
Baz and Iwaya, what's up sons? oba you be like as if you don't want firsties.
Why do u think they come for short times, aside from obvious time constrictions?
You are right, they can't sustain forever, but for good reason.
a) You can't put your bills on pause because you have gone to Kampala. They keep piling while you are away because some of them are on yearly contract like Satellite TV, cellphone,rent etc. Since you can't get out of a contract, whether you use the service or not you gotta pay for it for the duration of the service.
So figure a situation where you are spending cash in K'la and then bills are piling up where you live.
b)If you are away for more than a month chances are when you come back you have to find a new job, which is ok if you hate your job.
Usually employers don't want to let people away for more than two weeks at a time.
c)After a while the excitement of being in K'la wears off as your finances are depleted.The less your money gets, the less K'la becomes interesting.
Maybe we just like to mix things up a little. Get a chic from here, and another from there ... you get.
Mix it up. Unfortunately, `there' always means outside UG, hence the semblance of snobbery.
Maybe it ain't.
Well said Savage, neva cud put it beta! In yo second one i mean.
Thank u Nate
Tandra this post is kinda old but i just chanced upon your blog and i find this very funny, am actually laughing out esp at the dialogue part, very hilarious.
Oh on the part of rent of like $1500 etc munange,i felt the same naye, its so expensive by comparison to KLa but its generally that the cost of living is so much higher but by proportion people abroad are not much better off, higher salary but also higher costs so using relativeness, we are all in the same pool, or is it the rat race..