by Benard Makaa | Jul 10, 2017 | Stories
I re-read this story so many times in my primary school days. The fable was refreshingly narrated to our Form 2N class by our beloved Physics Teacher, Mr.Mwania R.K (at Kitondo High School) around the year 2006. He meant to advise us to stick solely to academics then....
by Benard Makaa | Jul 3, 2017 | Psychology
Once in a while, my mind wanders into superfluous thinking. I caught myself analyzing or rather trying to decipher what attracted me to the friends I have. I have a couple friends I consider dear, and they all seem to have some similar conspicuous traits. Most of them...
by Benard Makaa | Jun 26, 2017 | Books, Psychology
The Creed is borrowed from Peter Diamandis If anything can go wrong, fix it! (To hell with Murphy!) When given a choice, take both! Multiple projects lead to multiple successes. Start at the top, then work your way up. Do it by the book, but be the author! When forced...
by Benard Makaa | Jun 26, 2017 | Stories
A long time ago, in a tiny medieval village, a farmer spots three soldiers on the edge of town. Knowing what would likely happen next, he runs into the marketplace shouting a warning: Quick, close the doors, lock the window! There are soldiers coming and they will...
by Benard Makaa | May 22, 2017 | Poems
Love never gives up. Love cares more for others than for self. Love doesn’t want what it doesn’t have. Love doesn’t strut, Doesn’t have a swelled head, Doesn’t force itself on others, Isn’t always “me first,” Doesn’t fly off the handle, Doesn’t keep score of the sins...
by Benard Makaa | Apr 16, 2017 | Poems
Love came to visit me, But finding me busy, She had to flee, I was silly? At fourteen, I was shy, Solitude was my friend. Love came to spy, But found no shed. At twenty one, the academic touch was lit, She sought for another chance. Had fallen to the academic pit. And...
by Benard Makaa | Apr 11, 2017 | Stories
A big, tough samurai once went to see a little monk. “Monk!” He barked, in a voice accustomed to instant obedience. “Teach me about heaven and hell!” The monk looked up at the mighty warrior and replied with utter disdain, “Teach you about heaven and hell? I couldn’t...
by Benard Makaa | Mar 26, 2017 | Poems
There is a people in the midst of Kenya, Fair, beautiful, fruitful, peaceful and hardworking, Into which no laziness, idleness abides, Nor any tribal bigotry, hatred, but love which fuels unity, The members do not war with each other, Nor do they possess arms to get...
by Benard Makaa | Mar 19, 2017 | Stories
So my friends, acquintances, and work colleagues always tell me, “Lighten up, enjoy life, enjoy our jokes,” they say. I find myself responding with all seriousness to what they would call jokes. Somehow I have my own hidden sense of humour, I have a...
by Benard Makaa | Mar 18, 2017 | Stories
It is also called Ben Franklin close or Abraham Lincoln Close (Lincoln was a lawyer and often used this technique in his cases). This technique is popular with sales people as it is used to list both the benefits of the purchase (the pros) and also the costs (the...