u/BothJob6890

Hello guys, I remember being in a music community for Kenyans and it was just full of memes and drama. So I've decided to open a community where it's all about music. You'll get a chance to talk about music of all kinds. It's not restricted.

But this community is only about music. I'm sure in this community you'll get people who are also a fan of your kind of music.

Welcome all to my community, it's called r/AnythingMusicKenya. It's for kenyan music nerds. I'll drop a link in the comments if you're interested but you can also click on the name of the community and it'll take you straight to the community.

Feel free, this is a safe space for all music lovers

What's this obsession with some christians trying to convert people into their ways? It's just something I don't like. Besides, I'm generally not a morning person. I hate being talked to in the morning. I generally hate noise.

So, where I live, I live with my youngest uncle who is almost 11+ years older than me. He is a cool guy and it's hard to find him at home. He is that cool uncle. "Uncle wa maform". He only talks if it's necessary.

But there's his friend who joined us. Wueh! The first questions the guy asked me was, "Do I go to church?" The guy sings gospel songs randomly. The guy always invades my space every time.

When I watch a movie he asks me, " venye umechukua time kuwatch hio movie si ungetake to ata an hour to watch a preaching". Sorry to say this, I'm not those church boys and things I enjoy are just weird.

When I put my kind of music on the screen he will take 5 minutes and change it to his "A.I" made worship gospel songs on YouTube. He has literally woken up at 6 and has started talking to me. Ughh

Maybe I'm the one who is the problem. In addition, his friend complains a lot. We do the same type of job but it's a temporary job. He asks me about things and complains. He even complains on my behalf.

He is always trying his best to make me listen to those church stuff. I thought my mom tried hard enough but this is on a different level. He is being so inconsiderate.

The other day I came home early, I bought chapati and cooked eggs, ate and slept. He came 3 hours later and asked me why I ate by myself and I didn't respond. He told me that he is hungry and I shouldn't have eaten by myself.

The next day he comes with bhajia and some stuff from a girl and he eats alone but I don't question him. I'm just cool. Anyway maybe I was raised different or I might be the problem

I've been to mathare a couple of times over the week. What I noticed is most of the people there have a silver tooth or silver teeth. So I asked one of the people there why most people had silver teeth and they told me it's a sign that they are in some gang. It's like the hand signs that indicate if you're from the east or west.

I didn't really understand. Initially I thought they had lost their tooth and replaced them with silver teeth. So what's up with the silver teeth or tooth stuff. I know I should be minding my business but I'm really curious, why do they wear it?

I remember one time I went to a kinyozi in Kisumu and I literally saw my agemate being brought to a kinyozi by his mum. I just felt like that's too much. I remember when I reached adolescence, I didn't even want my parents to be taking me to a kinyozi. It just felt weird.

To make it worse, his mum was the one who explained to the barber what style to shave him. Then after being shaved, he asked his mum how the hairstyle was. His mum sat next to him during that whole time when he was at the kinyozi.

When they got out, they went together on a motorcycle. I just looked at them and just thought a lot about the situation.

There's another situation that I saw this week. So, I have a temporary job at Mathare, there's one of our clients who came with his mum. His mum was the one who was talking on his behalf. The boy was just quiet.

That boy has beards like a lion and he is 23 years old. His mum said, "mimi mtoto wangu hajawahi jipeleka mahali pekee yake, huwa nampeleka".

Then we told the mum that she can go and leave us with the boy but she was very adamant. Then she said they'll go home together she'll wait. The process took a lot of time.

She waited. Even when we had a certain problem and we wanted him to make a decision, he simply called his mum. They later left together.

I just have many questions about this topic.

I remember at one point I was an attaché at KPLC and we usually went on some field trips. One day, all the company vehicles were busy and one of the staff decided to take us to Kakamega using his Subaru. I don't remember if it was imprezza or legacy. It was a long time ago.

We got into the subaru and it was very comfortable. Imagine from Kisumu to Kakamega we only took minutes. I didn't even feel the bumps or potholes. It was very smooth.

That made me love the Subaru car. Lately I've been seeing most people with the subaru forester old model. I looked at the price that it goes for and it's not that expensive. But, I know there's a catch.

Most old people tell me to avoid subaru and just get a toyota. So if you've driven a subaru or you own it, what's the experience as compared to other vehicles?

I use the eastern bypass route daily and I see how people are stranded waiting for matatus in the morning which seem to be already full. You'll get most people using their own vehicle going alone to town. Has someone tried carrying people and how was the experience?

Let's say, you carry two people to cbd and charge them 100 kes each, that's something. That's breakfast, you know...

By the way, I keep on seeing the same fuel gazzlers on the road daily. The SUVs, the subarus... Etc. Today I also saw my agemate driving a landrover defender. The most modern one. Where do they get money to fuel those vehicles on a daily basis?

I just asked my uncle whether he listens to amapiano and he said yes. Then he added the point that such beats cannot be produced by a live band. Which actually made me think a lot.

This year I've been a bit obsessed with 3 step amapiano. Most especially late at night. I feel like it has some ambience to it. It just feels cool and african.

The only problem I have is it feels so long like those taarab songs but I understand it takes time for the beats to build up.

Just asking do you think a live band can produce an amapiano beat and sing it? Anyway I also have a good amapiano playlist for anyone interested

I got a temporary job and the distances from cbd in Nairobi are crazy. The traffic jam is also something else. I get home late and I have to be prepared early. By 5:30 am, I have to be out of the house to make it in time.

The Nairobi traffic also makes me come back late. I've not really been sleeping well. This week I've constantly been experiencing fatigue and lots of headaches.

My temporary job involves being busy almost all the time. It's a high pressure job too. In most days I try so hard not to fall asleep in matatus but eventually I find myself dozing off.

You know that feeling when you think you're awake but instead you're asleep. I experience it a lot most especially when we are in a traffic jam.

Today I had the chance of coming back early. I talked to a guy whom I constantly buy chapati at and I told him of the situation. He just said, " Ukijua utalala kwa gari toa simu kwa mfuko weka ndani ya bag penye ni deep sana". " Ata huyo conductor anaweza kukuibia simu"

Then he told me, "Kulala ni normal, na dawa ya usingizi ni kulala". What do you think?

Just right now, I was on the sofa set using virtual DJ to try and enhance my djing skills. I'm not a dj, I just do it for fun. As I was busy mixing I felt a call. You know the one that they call driving in Kiswahili, I mean a really emergency call. So I had to rush.

On trying to get down so I could walk I felt like my feet were numb. I tried moving but I had no control over them so I found myself falling with my forehead touching the carpet. The good part was that I landed on a fluffy carpet.

At that moment, I was throwing all sorts of curse words. I was a bit angry. That situation made me learn how to be patient. I had to wait on the ground till my legs became normal and afterwards is when I ran to go and relieve myself.

What's the worst thing that has ever happened to you when a part of your body became numb?

I saw this somewhere and I thought it would be helpful somewhere. I understand that sometimes it is cold but it's important to pay attention to your hygiene. I remember I was in a certain barbershop and whenever the barber talked I felt like telling him, "stfu". He had bad breath and he still shaved me badly too.

I also remember another instance when I was in those small matatus going to isinya. I think they are called 'katawesa'. Naakana sacco or something like that. There was a certain dude next to me. He had worn a suit but was smelling awful on a Monday morning. It was just bad.

My uncle told me today that that's one of the reasons he wears those expensive perfumes. You smell good and it gives you lots of confidence. Good hygiene + smelling good = confidence booster.

Well, I came to Nairobi and it happened that I got a one month job which starts on Monday. Since my parents are not in Nairobi I had to move in with my uncle. He is a bachelor in his early 30s.

Last weekend there was a girl who came over but luckily I wasn't around. I went to my friend's place so he could show me more of Nairobi. I came back Sunday at 10 pm.

This weekend there's a girl who came and found me. My uncle told me 5 minutes before she came that there's a guest who would come. I just said it's ok.

My uncle introduced us to each other. I just said "hi" and smiled. Then I went back to my laptop to watch an anime I had been following. It's called, "daemon..." I'm not really good with names.

She went to the kitchen where my uncle was and they ended up 'beating their stories'. I was deep in the anime when I had someone tap me and asked me, "Na hii miaka yako bado unawatch cartoon".

I just smiled and said, "Hii si cartoon, hii inaitwa anime. Ni vitu tofauti..." I tried explaining to her. Then she began asking me questions like where I'm from and those other "I want to know you more questions". I was just replying.

She told me to give her one side of the pods so she could also watch. The anime ended and I switched to a TV show and we watched for like an hour on the sofa set.

Then she went to where my uncle was and they continued with their stories. She said her concentration span on movies wasn't that good.

I continued minding my own business till when it became dark outside. They tried putting me in their stories. Sadly all that time she was there it was raining. So I couldn't excuse myself and give them their time.

She then left and my uncle accompanied her. Later, my uncle told me she's just a friend and they normally do business deals with her. Anyway I kind of felt a bit nervous around her because she had a nice scent and she was cute too.

I almost said, " Na uncle yangu anajua kuchagua"

There was a time that I was in certain temporary work. My landlady by then was from Tanzania. I was really busy and she called. She used to call via WhatsApp. Since, I have two phones which have the same WhatsApp it used to ring on both phones.

I ignored the first call since I was in a place where I couldn't receive a call. So I typed," I'm busy I'll call you later" . You know what happened next, she called me 15 times and I ended up blocking her.

I had paid all my rent so I was wondering what my business with the landlady was and I was even rarely in the house. She kind of pissed me off.

I think one missed call is enough. I used to also have a girl who used to spam me with calls when I'm busy and it was irritating. For her, she thought that I was cheating while I was just at work. I would explain to her that and it's like it would make her more upset.

Anyway, I always call back if I'm not busy. If it's so urgent just text it. I'll see it. Funny thing is I like calls, just not when I'm busy. But, I'll also still inform you I'm busy so you can know I'll call later.