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!

An expression ...

Most of the time I write for children, but this below is an attempt at writing something deep, emotional and from the heart. My usual genre was hard to by pass so along the way there are new words and words that don't make sense at face value. I encourage you to look below the surface and see if this says anything at all to you.



Aboard the Banenbrown



My life was calm and organized
With a firm solid simple routine
Then out of the blue it bamugalised
Crept over me, a smothering smoky screen
My heart completely turned upside down
Righting occasionally then plummeting again
My emotions threatened me to drown
The pain, the pleasure, should I complain?

All it took was a word
A sentence, a phrase, quite absurd
Rational thinking became pretty blurred
Hidden feelings surfaced, up all stirred
A promise, a touch, a look
And a tingling will gradually spread
Like a river or soft flowing brook
Taking all coherence, asparagus thread

I’m sinking, what shall I do?
Crazy passions weigh me down
Seek pleasure, pursue cordon bleu?
Or lucidly dismount the banenbrown?
My cloudy head can’t think
My heart is in control
My blood’s turned purplish pink
My sanity? marsupial mole


©2009 Christina Sempebwa

Don't settle for just anything

Someone sent me and a number of others around the city, these photos and the captions with an encouraging message to all women not to settle for just anything, but to know that God has the best for you if you will only be patient.

First Lady Michelle Obama’s First Boyfriend Speaks Out

A man named David Upchurch is now telling media sources about his stint as First Lady Michelle Obama’s first boyfriend. The then 18-year-old Mrs. O was escorted by him to her Whitney Young High School prom in Chicago (above pic). They grew up together, were neighbors in the Chi, and David now lives in Colorado Springs , CO .

He says the reason they broke up is because he didn’t have his life together and he was “a screw up”. He says: “I always knew Michelle was special and would make a difference in the world.” I guess the First Lady wasn’t taking any ish even back then. Seven years later she met a law student named Barack Obama. And the rest is history. Love it.

I was very impressed with how things had gone so well for Michelle. She certainly made the right choices. I was however very amused by a comment from one of the people on the circulation list. I'm sure she won't mind me sharing it here.

"Kati ex ali mukusitula buveera."

What an under statement!

The Doctor's waiting room

I was sitting in the doctor’s waiting room with my ten year old daughter. She was restless, feverish and worried about getting a 'prick'. To distract her from her illness and the doctor, we made up this sort of meaningless but fun poem. By the time we were writing the third verse, she had settled down, was contributing enthusiastically and genuinely enjoying herself. The thing is that you can go on and on and on. Luckily for us we were called in to the doctor’s room and had to stop. I hope it will brighten your day. Don't look for any meaning from it, just enjoy the rhyming nonsense.

Fun with Colours

My favourite colour is blue
How I feel when I have the flu
Head light as a fly
Temperature high
What’s going on? I don’t have a clue

Red can be an angry colour
On the walls of Aunt Bee’s parlour
The room is so hot
From her potion pot
It’s nothing like a fancy gala

Purple is the colour of calm
Like the wind blowing on my palm
Whispers of peace
Chocolate puzzle piece
Sunsets on a vegetable farm

When I think of the colour yellow
I don’t imagine anything mellow
But something bright
And filled with light
An award winning practical fellow

I really like the colour pink
Nothing to do with the kitchen sink
Soft party frills
Oganza spills
And a fashionably fresh fruit drink

Green stands for natural and earthy
The trees, grass and things murky
Not enviousness
Or sly jealousness
But all things fun, free and quirky

Black draws the darkest of all
Bold and bland as a brick wall
Stands proud and clear
Both front and rear
Like the face of our own city hall

©2009 Christina Sempebwa

A Butterfly & A Child

 

A butterfly transforms

Like the life of a child

It blossoms into beauty

Like an adolescent will do

 

A butterfly is fragile

Like the life of a child

It’s delicate, soft, but firm

Like a teenager will be

 

A butterfly will fly away

Free to see the world

Like a child will explore

Eventually, cautious and wise?

©2009 Christina Sempebwa