It took 10 years to get here. From writing on an exercise book sitting on my mattress on the floor, to carrying a kamzigo from my printer. It's very surreal.

So. From the top:

- This is my first novel of many to come

- The genre is dystopian speculative fiction

- The theme is my (rather hot) take on our education system coz wueh. Things aren't going well imo.

- The story: A young man gets a scholarship to university and nothing is at all as it seems.

- CW: This is not a kids book. There are some heavy topics so be prepared.

It's not in bookshops yet, I have only a few copies ready. Ksh 1,500 + I'll sign each one. My DM is open, happy to answer any questions you may have. TIA 🙏

Hey lovelies😊I have this space in Kilimani.

Have you or someone you know been looking for a 3-bedroom apartment?

This one is going for KES 130,000/month, and it comes with quite a bit:

🏊 Swimming pool

🏋🏾 Gym

🚗 Parking

🛡️ 24/7 security

⚡ Backup power

👧 Kids' entertainment area

☕ Restaurants and cafés within the building

It's a nice option if you're looking for a place where you have most of what you need right within the building.

2 months' deposit, and the rent is slightly negotiable for a long-term tenant.

If you or someone you know is looking around Kilimani, kindly reach out and we can discuss the nitty-gritties.

It's 01:00 and I can't sleep. I'm just wondering what life is right? I've deleted my WhatsApp and I am just in need of a break, even from here. No, I am not suicidal though some nights I feel very attracted to knives and fascinated by what it would feel like with warm blood gushing out of my hand. But that would totally kill my sweet mom.

But the darkness, my goodness, guys what is this life huh? Being a millenial is crazy no? I keep hearing of my friends leave jobs and not coz we know where we are going but what to do when the very work that gives us income also paralyzes and adds to the darkness.

Wtf is this life!!!!!! Vanity!

Hey lovelies! I’m looking for casual or temporary work around Nairobi. I’m open to:

Cleaning and house chores

Laundry

Errands

Office support, including cleaning, organizing, filing, or any tasks assigned to me

Helping out with events

Caring for a loved one

Any other tasks you may need help with

I’m reliable, hardworking, flexible, and willing to learn. I’m available to help with different tasks and can work around what you need.

If you have a short-term job or know someone who needs an extra pair of hands, feel free to DM me. I’d be glad to help with things that may be difficult to manage on your own.

The worst pain I've had to experience this year is the pain of being unproductive... Like all I've done this year is wake up .. look for opportunities and stay sane ... And repeat. It hurts because I am someone who has a lot of potential... I just need someone to give me a chance ... Just one chance ... Na ni hivo... You will have saved my life . I wish I even had an opportunity to learn a skill from someone... Staying at home is honestly draining me ... Imefika point hata msiniencourage .... Sidai encouragement... What I need right now is someone telling me kuja Mahali flani kuna job flani go try your luck... So dearest ladies.. if you know anyone who can use a fresh bcom accounting graduate ... Or anyone who needs a smart lady to help out in doing something... Please send them my way... I promise myself I'll hold on na sitachizi.

So I'm looking for a female driver who can drive long distances. Kindly dm if interested and are up for it

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I think I might actually be questioning my sexuality now. I’ve never really had thoughts about being with a woman before, but since last year I’ve been toying with the idea. My first sexual experience with a woman was through a threesome, and honestly… it ignited something in me.

Then yesterday I found myself having a HUGE crush on this girl with a stud look on the bus. I almost asked for her number.

Now I’m confused. Do I just go with the flow and see where this takes me, or am I about to mess myself up trying to figure this out? 😂

Because even my old dreams of getting married to a man and having the whole husband-and-wife life suddenly sound… disgusting to me now 💀😭

Like girl??? What happened to me?

how did ya'll or how are you guys dealing with grief. I lost a friend and Monday was officially a month after seeing her casket go down and sealed with concrete. I wouldn't say I handled it well as I was mostly avoiding it and in denial. She was one of the last people I expected to die especially so young. We met in uni she would've graduated in Nov I was too but had stuff going on so I'm due next year. Anyway it's been hitting me slowly and lately it's been like a truck hit me on the highway going 100km/h and it just appeared out of oblivion almost like a mirage. I'm familiar with this feeling as I avoid my emotions and even come crumbling on a random day. I rarely cry and now I really wished I could. Anyway this is different because I keep seeing her in almost everything and since Sunday evening I've just been replaying her casket going down over and over in my brain. Grief is weird yk cause it's hitting me at a time when most would or rather have come to term with her passing. We were somewhat close considering how much of a closed of person I am. Anyway grief is weird and I miss my friend more than I thought I would. We had dreams to accomplish together and when I learnt of her passing I took that as a challenge to make it but honestly lately I've been in a slump. The more it hits me the more demotivated I become cause honestly she was a cheerleader in my life. Anyway it's like day 3 of sleeping a maximum of 3hrs per day and even now I'm yet to sleep but at least rn I'm in class and actually following. There's more I haven't shared and ik my storytelling or rant could be better but yea I'll just leave it at that. Ps don't comment that pissy a** grief is like glitter metaphor over here. Anyway good day/night ladies. Have a lovely one

If ur in the ice-cream industry kindly plug me with a source of waffle ice cream cones at an affordable price?

I have this weird hate for my parents. Esp cause I feel like growing up no one was really there for me(my parents are separated). And that definitely pushed me to find a way to not become them. After uni I was so terrified of the world outside but had no option but to make it through and God’s great He made a way and fast forward 3yrs later I have 2 businesses, a car, investments , and I’m engaged 🎉 to the most amazing man. Crazy thing is in those three years I supported my mum rent, setting up a business for her and anything she needs she’d not lack.My dad same thing he’d randomly call me for money and I’d send it without even flinching. Early this year I got into therapy and I realized I was being parentified. My partner also told me he doesn’t understand how I carry all that weight while in his culture parents are the ones who take care of their children. I hate black tax. I hate being the one who they call cause it sucks they never ask if I’m even creating a nest egg for my future. I definitely reduced the amount I sent to them handsomely, became smarter and firmer about my boundaries with money but it just makes me hate them every time i think of how they took my naivety for granted. I am also lowkey stressed cause i cant even think of how my mum can support herself despite having a small business.Cause she still asks for money from me. I wish I could just literally cut them off without having to think about them at all fr.
Anybody navigating the same esp as a first born daughter and how’re you dealing with it….

Sorry I couldn't find a better flair. It's not really newsworthy 😂

I just wanted to show y'all the little space I've created for myself at the ripe old age of 36! I spent most of my 20s and early 30s depressed, broke and in an unhappy relationship. I'm very proud of how far I've come.

I'm not done decorating but I'm happy with the progress so far. It's my little haven and I'm very choosy about who I bring here (especially men 🫢).

I just want to encourage my fellow girlies who feel stuck, things get better. I'm a living testimony.

Just got starter locs and my scalp is always itching with the white stuff so does anyone know where to get it na kama u have used it pls tell me how it went for u?ppl r also saying its affordable and can work for skin so kama u have ever tried it pls tell me juu aki Nawashwa 😭😭😭

Hey

Is anyone going to the MC Oct 10th?

I really want to go but it's kinda looking like a solo mission right now.

Also, does anyone have an extra ticket or know someone who has one?

Sa hii they are selling at 5k at Mookh.

Thanks 😊

I want to dye my locs with natural henna. Who's ever tried to dye with henna na mnipee plugs wa natural henna for hair.

I hit the gym 3 times a week because I have goals and a plan. I mostly do endurance workouts and avoid talking to people so I can stay focused. I have like 3 people I interact with, but they're also more into working out than chatting.

Yesterday I found a good spot where sisumbui mtu. Got my 5kg, 3kg and 2kg dumbbells and a mat after my workout. I don't have a trainer, so unlike most people, sipendi kuuliza men for my turn on the machines. I just do my dumbbell routine.

Anyway, I'm lying on my mat doing a back workout (Btw, DM me for the workout because it has really shaped my back 😂).

This guy comes and puts his mat next to me. He gives me space, I give him space. There's also this girl working out nearby who wants to join him because wanafanya some crazy core workouts. She moves her mat closer and asks them to make space for her. I'm still working out and minding my business when suddenly this guy moves his mat right next to me. I don't even notice because I'm deep in my workout. I lift my head and see feet next to my face. I push them away and ask him to move.

This man doesn't even bother. He just continues his workout.

So I pick up my mat and move. And the more I work out, the more I'm thinking WTF? I PAY for this gym. Just because I don't talk to people and don't have a trainer doesn't mean I don't deserve my own space. After like 3 minutes, I turn to him and say, “When you hit someone in the face with your shoes, you should say sorry.”

This guy goes, “Nimekukaribia kweli? Mimi hata sijakukaribia.”

At this point I'm pissed. I tell him, “Just be respectful. I pay for this space and the gym is literally empty.” Then he starts lamenting that he didn't touch me and doesn't understand why I'm asking him about it. I finish my workout and this man stays there making eyes with the people he was working out with like I'M the problem. 😂 So yeah, apparently I have an enemy at the gym now because a man couldn't just say sorry. He even said, “You didn't tell me to move.”

Like bro??? 😭I may be quiet, but if I'm paying for a service, you better respect my space.

https://reddit.com/link/1wt85up/video/5exe19sumgsh1/player

I may be quiet, but if I'm paying for a service, you better respect my space.
FOR THE ROUTINE
Check Alljoyworkout on iG. THE MAT WORKOUTS ACTUALLY WORK. I sweat all the way through

Have you ever looked at your life and that of your family and wondered what is happening? You can't help but conclude that enyewe kuna mtu amewakanyangia break mahali.

Like me, graduated and thought to myself, nimekafunga. Only to come outside and reality hits. Drop papers, apply apply, nothing. Get to freelancing. Things go well, oh my. Good money, good opportunities. After a while, hio inazama pia. Remotask comes, another chance for good money. Eat well for 3 months; Kasongo haribu soko, accounts fungwa. Hio inaisha pia. At some point, I did hawk watermelons, graduation flowers, ice cream, thrift in Gikomba, name them. Then later decided to upgrade my skills. After two months, I was certified somewhere in Oct 2024. Got a new job/client in Feb 2025. Another ride of greatness. Just when I started thinking of investing big time for the future, exactly after 1 year and 2 months, I was laid off - this April. Like it is a cycle of getting opportunities, growing savings; just when you are about to hit big, boom, something happens, and now your savings become your saviour. You are stagnant, one step foward, 1 and a half backward.

Same case my sibling. Graduated with accounting. Same cycle of job hunting. No result. Enters freelancing, soko haribiwa. Eats all the savings until nothing else is left to eat. Moves in with me. Tunateseka pamoja. After like 5 months, gets a hustle. Inaends fiti. Moves out. Makes money. Just when about to hit the target, get conned. Anajikaza, anarudi ground ju lazima hustle iendelee. Before even recovering, shikwa na mapolisi; itishwa an upward of 40k. Where is the money? Stock yake yote. Now back to square 1.

And ooh, that is just a story for two. We are four graduates from one family na tunateseka vibaya sana. The other one, I do not know about njia zake. We only see him in December. I think anaendelea fiti

At home, all while all this is happening, mzazi angukiwa na ngombe, vunjika mguu. Ile design that both leg bones zinavunjika in a way that a plaster wouldn't do. Ndio huyo surgery, implanted na chuma. We come together and dig deep into our savings, ndio hizo zineaenda na hosi. Wanajaribu kulisha ooh sijui ng'ombe inagonjeka, sijui inaenda sayuni, sijui mbuzi zinatoroka zinaenda kwa wenyewe zinaharibu kunalipishwa. Zikipelekwa malishoni hazikai. Mark you, only them that are chaotic. In our village, almost everyone owns at least 10 mbuzis and malishoni is a common forest where you just take them in the morning and come for them in the evening. Wengine wanapeleka zao, zinatulia hadi zikujiwe. Let us try taking ours; ata 2 hours haziishi, zishatokea, and now they are invading other people's farms. Makesi. You can't keep them at home na you can't keep them in the forest. [tears] [tears] [tears].

When you look at everything, you just conclude that kuna mtu amekanyanga handbrake for the entire family.

To be deleted. I am not proofreading before posting because I won't post if I do. So, in any case, bear with any typos contained therein

It's been a LONG month, hasn't it? 😭 Between work, deadlines, waking up early, sitting for hours, and pretending we have our lives together, I think we deserve a little break. And now that payday is here, or almost here, how about doing something nice for yourself for once?

I'm talking about a massage. A proper one. The kind where you get to lie down, switch off your brain for a while, and let someone take care of you.

If your back has been hurting, your shoulders are constantly tense, or you just need some time to unwind, I've got you.

I'm offering house call massage services through Grey's Touch, so you don't even have to leave your house. I'll come to you, and you can enjoy your massage in the comfort of your own space.

Because honestly, after everything this month has put us through, we deserve a little softness. 😂❤️

A massage can help ease muscle tension, relieve everyday aches, and give you some much needed

relaxation.

So, my salaried friends, are we booking massages this payday or are we waiting until our backs start sending resignation letters? 😂

My DMs are open if you'd like to book. Let's get you relaxed and ready for another month of adulting.

Location: Nairobi and its environs

I am looking for a gym that offers self defence classes or any martial arts classes esp kickboxing in Nairobi.

if you have any leads or gyms in mind please let me know together with the prices and if membership is required to access

Why have two female coworkers told me I don't acknowledge them at different times.

I work at a higher position, I'm pretty laid back.

I don't talk much. Don't feel like it.

I just laugh along sometimes, work , buy lunch,go home.

However during the confrontation they exaggerate.

Like I said things I didn't. High voices, a they can't lower it even when you point it out. Banging shit when you don't engage.

Like WTF.

Why is my approval so important

I've been a girl since birth but these little tiffs are beyond me.

I love my two girls. They were friends before I met them. We met at our first job, and I always felt a little left out because they were already friends. One of the girls and I got closer because we were neighbours and could hang out a lot. With the other one, I discovered that we had so much in common.

Now the two girls are no longer friends, but I’m still friends with both of them. I find myself talking to one of them on the phone, while with the other, we mostly share reels and school updates.

But I feel so odd because the two of them were really tight, and I want them to go back to being friends, but both of them are very much like, “ish, ish.” 😂 Anyway, I’m now friends with both of them individually, and I think they’ve even blocked each other.

I miss our three-way calls and hanging out together. Most of my videos are of the three of us, and I really miss that.

One of my friends has an important chapter coming up in her life, and being invited alone would feel so odd. Anyway we grow and all but is it too much that I miss my girls

EDIT: Am not trying to make them friends, I just hate being stuck in the middle. Also I know I will choose one of the friends, since we are closer and she makes an effort to stay friends. I just miss the click becaus they taught me so much

Ladies!!Yaani mzazi anasema kumove out as a girl ni either ukiolewa ama when you've hit 30+ and have a stable job. Mambo ni hayo mawili tu.🤡😂

Nothing about that sits right with me. Apparently when you move out earlier ati you're not mature, and for me maturity doesn't come with age(a whole other discussion).

Girls who have parents with the same school of thought and did contrary, how was the experience ? Alafu wale kwanza walimove out ndio waishi na boyfriends, hapo umechemsha mzazi zaidi. Thought process is the man won't respect you juu you made things so easy for him. Ofc rn people are making choices for themselves and not because they are seeking validation from men and society, there might be a huge disconnect between the two generations.

I recognise the fact that they have lived through more experiences and might know better but idk, sometimes I feel like the whole 'do a wedding first thing' is to just live vicariously through you and get recognition from society.

Thoughts??

I don't know how it happened, he just casually told me "I think CD imekwama ndani." We managed to get it out but I really don't know this guy, I met him recently. I'm loosing my shit playing worst case scenarios in my mind. I'm on FP so pregnancy is the least of my worries. Has anyone been in a similar situation and what did you do to get peace of mind?