Ambition of Wannabe Millionaires

The Bugzzalot Brain Experts in the B-Double R labs took time this weekend to study the psychology of Tusker East Africa Project Famers. I had to see this as my experts took a tally and kept tabs of the participants. This was also to see my pals who made it to the hot20 before entering the academy. There is Kariuki Gathitu and Alfie(Alfred). Both of them were at
Kenyatta University. Kariz had also taken part in Pop Idols but failed to make the cut.

Once bitten twice shy but this proved not to apply to Kariz who is still in contention for the final four spots available out of the total 12 supposed to fill the training academy. Kariz made a mistake in the choice of the song he performed. KU students unanimously agreed this-sorry Kariz! Singing a note better than Wyclef Jeans’ unique vocals is as hard as immitating Bob Marley’s style, which is the basis of Wyclef’s standard. Alfred’s ‘If Tomorrow Never Comes’ rendition was off key and did not suit his voice. Anyway, next week they have the chance to redeem themselves.

The brain experts likened the competitors to the NSE (Nairobi Stock Exchange). It was funny that all of the competing stock companies were issuing threats to each other. Each entity was saying that their shares would gain most profit and dividends to ensure that they buy the Merc and get a recording contract. Under the advice of the experts, I would firstly invest in Christine (EA Cables) of the final 8 who were initially chosen. The dark and lovely Christine gets points for a unique voice and a mature demeanor. I think she packs more dynamite than she lets on. The next in line would be Valerie (KPLC). Valerie has the makings of a pop artist. She has the smile and personality. She is my ultimate girl next door.

Stephen (Eveready) should have made it. He crooned a neo soul tune perfectly but his IPO (Initial Public Offering) is still being held up despite great potential. Paul went through much to my chagrin. He tripped through the ‘Step In the Name of Love’ tune by R Kelly but he still made the cut. He is a company that might fall out like Uchumi.

If you want to be safe invest in Alvin. He is a ladies love judging from the number of chics who screamed after his performance. He represents Nation Media Group although he might be kicked out if he gets too much into himself. You may note that the media group has a new CEO ready to replace the retiring Wilfred Kiboro.

The rest are iffy. There is Linda (yeah, I don’t remember her well also), the bald but beautiful Tanzanian queen known as Nakaya and the sultry alto known as Renee.

Start placing your bets courtesy of Bugzzalot Brain Experts…thank you.  

I cleared high school quite a while back but memories of the green (and sometimes white in case of a leakage) KCSE exam papers came back to my mind this week as the young form four candidates began their exam. What makes this a big deal is that they are following a new syllabus, one in which art and business studies have been side lined. Although I did not know the value of arts back in seco, on my way to self-actualization, I now see its importance. It not only introduces one to new cultures but new ways of thinking. I cannot say that the scientists like Albert Einstein were not creative but the Arts always present a new dimension of thought to humanity.

Imagine having no trained teenage musicians;
Kenya will be destined for doom with kapulka hits. The great musicians will always feel out of place in a science class or even business. Most creative minds slump at the back of the class where their thoughts can wander in the complex matrix of the twilight zone. The only way to make a creative mind think in normal terms is by stimulating their senses. If a teacher could use music to teach a musician algebra then the student will breeze through class with straight As. Most purported A-students in music such as the late Aaliyah or the exotically talented Alicia Keys maintained their grades in music school.

An idle mind is not necessarily the devils workshop. Isaac Newton was sitting in the jobless corner when he saw an apple falling and discovered gravity. What was Albert Einstein thinking when he sparked the idea that light has relative speed? He gave birth to the train of thought that if one can move faster than the speed of light you can actually travel through time and space. Nelson Mandela was lounging in prison when he fired up the native South Africans into a major revolution that eventually lead to their independence. The late Boomba music king E-Sir’s ‘Nimefika’ album has skits of his clique in the jobless corner.

The form of idleness I am talking about does not stem from the roots of having absolutely nothing to do. This tree leans more on the fact that one has something to do that is not either a priority to him/her or is boring. Most times I fill up this blog with end products of my idle state. It is truly a beautiful thing. I might be in a student leaders conference and think of writing about the relationship between kids and TVs(check out Observations category). This does not mean that I don’t want to be a leader it just means that the current speaker sucks.

The famed Swahili KTN Leo news anchor Swaleh Mdoye is most loved because of his stories just before newsbreaks. He just starts speaking of his grandpa’s stories just before the break. The form of idleness is not always positive since this led to his subsequent arrest by immigration. Probably, a confused officer in the immigration department just innocently wanted to know more about his grandfather and stumbled upon irregularities in some of his relatives’ papers. I am sure if the same were done for each Kenyan family we would have a backlog of 32 million cases about immigration and citizenry.  Einstein invented the Atomic Bomb, planes fall from the sky and E-Sir passed on while heading for a performance. Wherever they are, they died while living their idle dreams

 Arts should not be abolished or sidelined. It is a source of life changing thoughts.

Watch out for GO ON… BE IDLE(Businessperson’s version) coming soon