Ciri's Life Coach

As the adage goes: give someone a program, you'll frustrate them for a day; if you teach them how to program, you'll frustrate them for a lifetime :=). I choose to digress a little and talk about Bonita. From how to never moon a werewolf here comes how to charm a 'gawjus' woman. Lets take a scenario of the classic movie 'TOP GUN'. Where Tom handles Kelly..... They have just finished eating dinner, and they are talking. She looks at him and says. "This is going to be complicated", implying that she's falling for him. What would most Kenyan guys do if they were getting a green light like this one? They would quickly make a pass at her and kiss her. Not Tom. He looks at her, then gets up and says, I'm going to take a shower." At first it seems as if he was going to walk into her shower and take it, but ah ah!....he walks out, gets on his bike and rides off. The first time I saw these scenes ages ago, I just thought what a wuss ...

As a Kenyan, why should I be wary of facebook privacy controls? I always get amazed at how naive most of us (facebook users) are when it comes to these controls. Facebook (fb), has made quiet changes to its privacy settings, ones that an 'ordinary' Kenyan needs to understand if they are going to manage the distribution of our personal information. I find Facebook useful, mostly as a way to stay in touch with a select set of my friends and former co-workers. It's not my public soapbox nor a window into my personal life, left open to the world — for that, I have blogs and Twitter. As much as I like Facebook, it has a flaw that I'll never see in my blogs and hopefully never see with Twitter. It seems the proprietors of fb find it necessary, desirable, or profitable to change member privacy settings, usually with little notice to members. In every case I can think of, privacy settings have become more relaxed — more open, if you will. What's be...

Forget all the doomsayers, online banking is safe and extremely useful for managing your money, including any savings account. Just like the name ‘online’ suggests, this is a business carried out purely over the Internet and therefore there is no physical prove of identification which makes it more prone to cases of fraud.Here are some of the sensible precautions that I apply when I use Internet banking. This simple steps involved doesn't require a computer geek rather a savvy PC user. Prevention is your best defense. The best way to keep your PC running smoothly is to prevent problems before they occur. Here are a few tips: # 1 Use Virus Protection If you want to maintain your computer you must use anti-virus protection. Viruses can damage your computer to the point that you have to either restore your computer to previous date or you may even have to reinstall Windows all together. Get a free copy of AVG or Microsoft Security Essentails (MSE) anti-virus. MSE is a sec...

You might think that being a Kenyan I was born with perfect running technique. I’m actually not an avid runner and more often I would have to go to Marathon events to take photos rather than run myself. My cup of tea has always been a walk at the park. In the few times when I actually did participate in running events for charity, and I reach that point where I couldn’t think of anything else but quit, I would eventually find myself recalling the below lessons from running. A good cause can give you inspiration to do something difficult You need to be humbled on every front: culturally, physically and spiritually when making preparation to achieving a worthy cause. Nothing comes easily in life.    It’s the little things and small choices we make that usually affects us most While running, you can easily see and avoid the obstacles ahead of you – other runners, big rocks on the sidewalk, lamp posts. However, you'll notice that the things you o...

In our society, there are no moral shortcuts in the game of life. There are, basically, three kinds of people: the unsuccessful, the temporarily successful, and those who become and remain successful. Between this groups, the obvious difference is the amount of money they have. Personally, I believe that the real gap between the successful and the unsuccessful is really NOT their monthly income. To think that the only difference between the rich and the poor is the size of their bank account is very short-sighted. This is because in reality, the amount of money one has is actually just a consequence of one’s character – and that is where the real gap lies. Besides the the rich and the poor, there is also the temporarily successful (middle class). How different are they from the two? Moreover, why do some people manage to get out of being poor but get stuck in being middle class? Why can’t they progress and become rich? Below is a list of comparison that will answer thes...

According to the Government Press release 2010, Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) imported 1.25 million Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) for free distribution at the cost of Shs.380.4 million. Why such a huge expense for purchase of CFLs bulbs, you may ask? Heck, what are CFLs, anyway? Though we call them light bulbs, traditional incandescent bulbs are actually small heaters that give off a little bit of light --something you know if you've ever touched a bulb that's been on for a while. These bulbs were technological wonders when they were patented in 1880, but today they are inefficient dinosaurs. They waste energy and money, and they are responsible for millions of tons of global warming pollution. To understand in Plain English importance of CFLs, click the video below. What solutions are there for light bulbs? CFL's are the solution -- they use 70-75% less electricity and give off only a little bit of heat. Here's are the benefit...

The internet has enhanced our lives in nearly every way - connecting us to the people and information we care about, keeping us entertained, help us find answers we need and enabling us to be more productive than ever. However, as more of the things we do daily depend on the internet, online crime has risen in turn. With the landing of the optic cable, we should brace ourselves to cyber crime. What is cyber crime anyway? Scenario: A fellow's 'genuine' security software, which he normally sees as a flashing notice that his computer is infected with a virus, provided a link to software that can be downloaded after payment. He instead got a virus rather than an anti-virus. Above scenario is an example of the ever increasing sophisticated and deceptive methods 'cyber crime' that are creeping into our online life. These 'attacks' include Malware and Phishing . Malware, is a software that a cyber criminal can use to steal your bank account inform...