Filling out questionnaires

I don’t generally like filling out questionnaires but when I read this one I thought it might tell me something new about myself and I wanted to take a break from work. So here goes...

1. What time did you get up this morning?
5.30am
2. How do you like your steak?
Well done
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
Hair Spray
4. What is your favorite TV show?
NCIS
5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be?
By the sea or lake or a river – near water away from the city
6. What did you have for breakfast?
A mug of coffee
7. What is your favorite cuisine?
Chinese
8. What foods do you dislike?
Sea food – gives me hives
9. Favorite Place to Eat?
At home
10. Favorite dressing?
mmm…
11.What kind of vehicle do you drive?
Red, fast and comfortable car
12. What are your favorite clothes?
Jeans – dress, skirts, trousers
14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full?
½ full
15. Where would you want to retire?
In the country side
16. Favorite time of day?
Morning
17. Where were you born?
Namirembe
18. What is your favorite sport to watch?
Cricket
19. What is your favorite radio program?
BBC Network Africa
20. What is your favorite music genre?
Classical (piano) & African gospel especially from South Africa
21. Who are you most curious about their responses to this?
Nobody
22. Bird watcher?
Yes
23. Are you a morning person or a night person?
Morning
24. Do you have any pets?
No
25. Any new and exciting news you’d like to share?
Will soon be moving to my own house
26. What did you want to be when you were little?
Teacher, Secretary, Doctor, Vet Doctor …
27. What is your best childhood memory?
Singing Peter Rabbit with my Dad on the piano after lunch before going back for afternoon school
28. Are you a cat or dog person?
Dog
29. Are you in relationship right now?
No
30. Always wear your seat belt?
Always
31. Been in a car accident?
Yes
32. Any pet peeves?
Not really
33. Favorite Pizza Toppings?
Vegetarian with extra cheese
34. Favorite Flower?
White carnations
35. Favorite ice cream?
Pistachio
36. Favorite fast food restaurant?
Don’t have one
37. How many times did you fail your driver’s test?
None
38. From whom did you get your last email?
Quarantine Summary
39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card?
Siblings and Lesanza Girls
40. Do anything spontaneous lately?
Yeah, but can’t tell
41. Like your job?
A lot!
42. Broccoli?
Yes please
43. What would be your favorite vacation?
The Bahamas with my girls
44. Last person(s) you went out to dinner with?
My boss
45. What are you listening to right now?
Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor
46. What is your favorite color?
Purple
47. How many tattoos do you have?
None
48. What’s you favorite animal?
It’s a tie between an Elephant and a Dolphin
49. What time did you finish this quiz?
12.21pm
50. Coffee Drinker?
Yes

An encounter ...

I sent out a cry for help and it was answered. This is sort of how it went down…

Never Alone

In the depth of my misery
In the cloudy fog of pain
A quiet yet firm voice spoke

In the heart of my remorse
In the hollow pit of emptiness
The words were strong and clear

“I am here
I have always been here
Will you let me help?”

In surrender to my Lord
A calm stillness overshadowed
the hurt, the anguish, the agony

The constricted chest
Still tight
The hollow tummy
Still empty
The broken heart
Still in pieces
The cloudy mind
Still foggy
The torn soul
Still ripped

Beyond all is the spirit
Alive, strong, and whole
In His hands, His control
Have faith, just believe

©2009 Christina Sempebwa

Deep expressions...

I fell off the deep end and it's as if I have never learnt to swim! I have heard that you never forget this sort of thing so I don't know for the life of me why I can't seem to stay afloat. I am sending out a prayer for help ...

Help me Lord

There's a constriction in my chest
However much I try to relax it
It just becomes tighter and tighter

There is a pit in my tummy
However much I try to fill it
It just grows deeper and deeper

There is a hole in my heart
However much I try to mend it
It just gets bigger and bigger

There is a cloud over my mind
However much I try to clear it
It just becomes thicker and thicker

There is a tear on my soul
However much I try to repair it
It just spreads out more and more

Dear Lord, I pray
Please help me!

Some things that really, really ...

Some things that I really, really bother me:
1. People smoking in public especially at a restaurant even if it is outdoor.
2. People shouting at, abusing, and / or physically punishing a child. (all I see is an adult vetting their personal frustrations on an innocent, maybe naughty, child)
3. People shouting at me or speaking in a disrespectful, patronizing manner to me or anyone else. (Surely this is a sign of low self esteem on the part of the person shouting)
4. Men who pee by the road side or anywhere in the open. (I loved the way the Kenyan Police would handle this with a simple ‘maliza twende’)
5. People who write ‘Am’ instead of ‘I am’. (What is happening to the English language? Perhaps this is Ugandan English, like the ‘salon – salooni’ thing, and I should accept it?)
6. Having dinner late and going to bed on a full stomach.
7. Sugar in my tea or coffee. (yuk!)
8. Seeing my name written with a double ‘S’
9. People who think they have a right to ‘eat’ (read: commit fraud) where they work and they do it in the name of the ‘boss’ who knows nothing about it. (sente zo’mukulu!)10. The skin of tomatoes curled up and floating in my soup, sauce or on my ‘katogo’
11. Violence of any kind!

Some things that I really, really love
1. Listening to children reciting poetry
2. The sound of children singing, especially praises to God
3. Watching science fiction movies that do not contain violence
4. Singing in a choir
5. Reading novels (science fiction, African folk lore, African history, romance, mystery and adventure)
6. The sound of babies gurgling away in their own special language
7. Playing computer games especially word and puzzle games
8. Watching international cricket on my own (so nobody is offended when I shout SHOT, HOWZAT, or stand up for a century)
9. Worshiping and praising God Almighty
10. The peace that comes when you hand over a difficult situation to the Lord and really let go. You know without a doubt that He is in control
11. The joy that comes with beating a deadline

A MERCEDES WITH NO FUEL?

A tall man in a smart dark blue designer suit stepped out of a sleek modern Mercedes Benz. The car was dark blue matching perfectly with his three piece suit and its UAJ plate number told us that it was new, brand new. The man stepped carefully on the road, his shiny black Prada shoes reflecting the light of the midday sun.

It was the perfect picture, almost too perfect, like on of those commercials that end up having nothing to do with the car, the suit, the shoes or the man. But there was something terribly wrong with this perfect picture. Why had the man stopped on the roundabout? Why was he coming out of his car in such an awkward place?

Could it be possible that he had run out of fuel? A Mercedes Benz with no fuel! Now there is an oxymoron!