[INDENT]You know the struggle if in Primary school…[/INDENT]
There were days when you would use Cooking oil/kimbo on your body as an alternative to petroleum jelly.
You would use a bit of kerosene to polish your shoes since there was no Kiwi.
You’d come home during lunch time and find no lunch prepared since mum and dad were slaving elsewhere so that you won’t lack supper and therefore you’d be forced to go back to school hungry.
Your uniform especially the shorts had different patches and would be easily mistaken for a rug.
Be thankful…we’ve been through the worst. Some I can’t even mention here lest Talkers use them to troll me. My parents basically lived as paupers so that we could live as kings, a debt I cannot repay fully.
It’s true that we shouldn’t be fixated on the past. However, we remember the past so that we can realize that whatever progress we’ve made, no matter how little they might look, are a great blessing. From these experiences you can have a clear definition of success.
Ranks jo umetoka mbali chief,waaaaaah kwanza hio ya lunch (No.3) wueh hio ni ngori. Nakumbuka vile nkiwa primo how hungry one was lunch time ikifika… alafu kuna scorching sun.
Tough manze…halafu huwezi jaribu kutake water on an empty stomach, so inabidi umaintain hadi majioni. Thank God for that deskmate from a well-off family who used to come with mandazi kila siku morning…at least akikuwahi half or quarter uko sorted.
si kwa ubaya lakini ile primo nlikuwa ilikuwa amust mzazi alipie hot lunch(monthly), alafu ungekuja even one day with torn viraka shorts or sweater they wud summon your parent(s) to school
I remember in Highschool during visiting days,wanafunzi wengine wakiletewa chapo and all that mimi nilikua naletewa tu gazeti and no pocket money.It never bothered me,I knew very well my parents were toiling for me and its because of that that siku hizi whenever my pay cheque comes in,the first people on my mind ni wazazi
hapo i dont share any of that with you but ya kuvaa jeans imeraruka kwa magoti nakumbuka na ni vile mtu alikuwa anatambaa kiasi . but si ati coz ni shida ni vile tu esto kila mtoi alikuwa ivo
seko nilikuwa nafurahia sana kuexchange sugar for makhalange , yaani nilikuwa naenda na sugar 6kg , 1kg na exhchange for 3kg ya makhalange from students wametoka ocha , nakuja na several bars of soap then napatia chief cook bar soap kadha then the whole term nawekewa top layer na manyama .
i was brought up by my granny n we were 16 children at the time,her only income was tea money,we used to eat white githeri even on xmas,but now things have really changed,life was tough then,i just look at her now n thank God.