Making memories

“Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.” Two months ago, on this day, Linda was all nerves and bags; the former because of the anxiety of living in a new environment, the latter carried all 30 or so kilogrammes of the possessions for the next few months. If feels like just the other …

Home is where the heart is

Do you really know what your brother/sister/uncle/aunt (insert other relatives) does for kyeyo in 'outside countries?' Have you ever asked or are you content with simply receiving the fashionable clothes and turning to them each time money is 'scarce?' I have always had great admiration for people who leave their home country and start a completely …

Blueberry cupcake

It is one of those weekends that doesn't seem like one. It is quiet and the air is heavy. Today's weather is actually not bad, Linda took a walk without a shawl, gloves or hat and it was okay. Still, something just doesn't feel right. It's been like this since Wednesday evening. After a fascinating …

The other side

It is less than 24 hours to this year's Presidential election in Uganda. At the last one, Linda, her mom and the entire household were up early to make the short trek to the polling station. The queues were long, the air was dry and the mood vibrant. It was like a meet up of …

Long distance

“Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” For as long as Linda can remember, valentine's day, as an adult, always meant buying a bouquet of flowers for her momma and every other routine remaining pretty much the same. It seems like when she started having some pocket …

Out of sight,out of mind-Nope!

Midnight chat with the birthday girl,Anna, check. Assignment check-ish, to be completed during holier hours. A few plans on what the next day would look like and then  Linda hit the sack. The next morning she decided not to attend one of the optional classes she had signed up for, to concentrate on her other …

Strange firsts

It is an unusually busy time at school. Everybody has a deadline here, a draft to submit there and of course there is the daunting task of the pending dissertation. Conversations have grown shorter and and everyone is always rushing somewhere. Linda feels the pressure and constantly looks for ways to take a breather once …

Sukuma wiki

It is one of those days. You wake up and check the weather update. ‘4 degrees but feels like 0 degrees,’ it reads. You check your mood. It seems to agree with the temperature. You open up your laptop to try and accomplish the easiest tasks first. Fail. You ever have one of those days? …

Slow start

It always seems impossible until it's done. Don't you just find that quote so relatable? If you are a worrier then you can relate to it even more than the average person. Linda officially marked her one month stay in London. Given all the anxiety that filled her soul before the trip, that she continued …

Humps ahead

Temperatures are now as low as -2 degrees in London. A normal person would probably succumb to flu or cough at most, but no, Linda had to go and attract some other bugs. After an almost 'too good to be true' fortnight, the universe decided that this lady needed to calm down a bit, thereby …