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Old Is Gold

Posted December 1st, 2005 in News, Reflections by M

Two dozen and then some years ago, on this day, unto us a child was born.

(M)e :)

Yes sir, I am celebrating yet another year on God’s green earth.

Birthday

Age

It occurs to me that finally age has caught up with me and i am no longer part of the youth (but then again next to Mwai Kibaki, Njenga Karume and the other fossils around here, Methuselah himself would be considered a small boy). Certain revelations have triggered this epiphany

  • I know at least 3 Khans – Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, Chaka Khan. The only one my younger brothers know is Aga Khan
  • I know the original Nero had nothing to do with CDs. As a matter of fact, he’s the one who brought a whole new dimension to this burning ROMe thing
  • I can tell within the first few notes of popular songs which ones have been remade and what was sampled and who did it
  • I turned the air around me blue for miles with rich vocabulary when NTV replaced TCM movies at night with MTV Base. It is my considered opinion that this was a colossal step back I’m still smarting about it.
  • I wear jeans that actually fit me
  • I wear them in such a fashion that you cannot tell what colour of inner thingies I’m wearing — which is to say I pull them on completely.
  • Basketball tops leave me unmoved and unimpressed
  • Grown men with jewels oozing from every pore are a source of riotous amusement to me
  • Given a choice between gold and silver — silver all the way

Presents

Many people get insulted when they get money for their birthdays. I am pleased to report that I am not one of these people. Euros and dollars in particular are most welcome.

Or you could just cut to the chase and get a brother this

iPod

Other perfectly acceptable gifts are:

  • Jumping out of a cake (Chromosomes XY need NOT apply)
  • White Chocolate
  • Drawing and quartering Sponsoring a trip for every last politician in Kenya into the North Pole, and surreptitiously extracting all their compasses when they get there
  • Tom & Jerry on DVD
  • Charlie Chaplin on DVD
  • SouthPark on DVD

Changes

There has been some changes in the women in my life. I have decided to get another one. Gathoni has been a friend, ally and confidante for many years but of late she has gone blind and can no longer do the things that made her what she is. I discussed it with her and we both agreed that it was for the best that I bring another woman home.

Clarice is lighter than Gathoni, but certainly bigger, and has more curves, something I have never minded. I know this because I carried her over the threshold last night. They met and from what I can see, they get along like a house on fire. Yes, Gathoni is blind but can still do many of the things that made her indispensable.

Gathoni
Gathoni, so smooth, so fresh, so clean

 Clarice
Clarice, so quick, so nimble

Both of them however know that I have had a crush for quite some time on Siobhan. Problem is she’s so out of my league I’m practically a non starter. However if i ever got a shot at that silky smooth skin I’d be on her like sweat on Chris Murungaru

Siobhan
Siobhan, so WHOA!! Would you just look at the size of that … [Reserved for use by management]

Gwen Stefani – Luxurious
  • http://mshairi.com mshairi

    Happy Birthday Marc. I wish you a lifetime of joy and tranquillity. Have lots of fun on this day.

    Many Thanks :) Now if I can get through the day without having a bucket of unbelievably dirty water dumped over my head by overzealous friends!
  • Afrofeminista

    Happy, happy birthday! Also yeah, what’s wrong with cash? Why make family and friends rack their brains only to wind up getting some ugly, unwanted, unsuitable gift? Give me cash any day! All the better to buy unbelievably expensive cocktails:)

    :)) That’s wisdom right there my dear! When it comes to money or the box, the money!
  • http://ngoma-cia-kari.blogspot.com/ Wangari

    Happy Birthday M!! Have a fab day and year ahead..

    (they replaced TCM with MTV Base?!!)

    :(( Appaling isn’t it?
  • Dusty

    Hey M,

    A very happy birthday to you! Each day we live is a precious gift from God to be enjoyed to the fullest. Enjoy your special day!

    Thank ye. I did!
  • Adi

    Happy Birthday! Life does get better with age; this is from experience of two dozen na ya kuongeza.

    Indeed it does
  • jean

    Happy Birthday!

    And i’m sure you pronounce ‘Clarice’ the way Anthony Hopkins does in ‘Silence Of The Lambs’…

    We know you so well :D

    Indeed that is precisely the way. Stalker!!! :))
  • simon

    Happy Birthday!!

    :D
  • Ni2

    Happy Birthday!

    Damn fine looking baby’s If I may say so myself. Now since you gave up on Gathoni could "we" take care of her???

    Certainly not!!

    I dont think you and Clarice would mind much!

    They would!

    Beautiful pictures! Damn fine specimens if I could say so myself.

  • http://blog.uhuru.de JKE

    Hongera M!

    Yes, I do feel you on that jeans matter :-)

    :) A kindred spirit
  • http://ajkenswi.blogspot.com Adrian

    happy birthday man!!
    hope you have many more khans to come…

    lol @ nero

    I hope so too!
  • Ni2

    I have/wear jeans that ACTUALLY FADED!

    or is it "Faded Naturally?" :-D

    He he! I hear you!
  • babaW&M

    Happy Birthday may you live to be 100 and perhaps understand the thought process of the Kibaki Cronies.
    Till then enjoy…

    What thought process:-?

    "Wisdom doesn’t automatically come with old age. Nothing does – except wrinkles. It’s true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place."

    and I could not resist…

    "The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists in the circulation of their blood. "

    PS:- Feelin’ you on the jeans thing, have a good one.

    Thanks
  • http://udi-m.blogspot.com Udi

    Happy bday jamaa.

    Thank ye jamaa!
  • I

    Happy Bday M!!

    you only get one a year, so enjoy your self!
    that Bucket of water shouldnt’ be too bad, its just a reminder for you to take your annual shower… he he..

    Annual shower? And put perfecly good water to waste? I think NOT
  • http://www.jackal.motime.com Jackal

    Happy Birthday !

    Thanks
  • Wanjiku Wangai

    Happy Birthday. May you live to blow 101 candles.

    I hope i live long enough!
  • Msanii_xl

    Happy bornday M!…and may you have many more

    lol@Nero
    Lmao@ Methuselah being out-Aged by kina moody and them

    Thanks. Those guys are the poster boys for Father Time!
  • lk

    Happy birthday M, hope you had a great day!

    Thanks. I did! And then some!
  • http://medusalive.blogspot.com Medusa

    Er..hello? Yeah I know its YOUR birthday..bleh bleh ;), but could you please acknowledge the ‘people’ who waited and waited..to be first to wish you a happy birthday? Hope you’re having a fantastic day!

    Duly acknowledged. You were the FIRST to officialy send the good tidings!
  • http://www.spicebear.blogspot.com spicebear

    and i thought i was the only one to name my laptop … nyaguthii is my baby and i love her to bits! have a great day and enjoy yourself.

    Nyaguthii eh? :)) Kila mtu na wake kweli. Thanks for the wishes
  • http://www.mentalacrobatics.com/think/ Mentalacrobatics

    nice one you guy! hope it went well.

    It did. Thanks
  • http://guessaurus.com Guess

    Happy happy birthday Marc- I wish you all the best for the rest of your year, and yes I am smarting over (you know what! Nione Kando).

    That unfinished business shall definitely be finished >:)

    :D at all your laptops having names – do you name all your gadgets? Mine just have gender….

    Oh yes. I should introduce my extended family sooner or later

    On the presents side, can I be the one jumping out of the cake, can I please :-*

    You can :P
  • http://www.beginsathome.com/journal Mama JunkYard

    I am late to this party? Mr M welcome to old age. Have a brilliant birthday.

    Think of yourself as year early :D
  • Njoro

    Now you are …er ..thinker and, yep, wise(r). HappyBirthday M!

    Thanks!

    At least diapers get soiled naturally!

  • http://mywordsonly.blogspot.com acolyte

    Hi!Now older and wiser!We hope ;) .I see you an Apple product fan.Ongea nicely with a KBW member who is coming on vacation they come down with an I-pod for you!Good to see that your gals get along!Remember us men only have one b-day per year so enjoy it while it lasts!

    We will try, we will try :)
  • Kashosho

    woo hoo!!!
    someone else who’s older than me!! ohh glee!! :)

    You’ll catch up soon enoigh :D

    anywho, happy b.day M(arc??)
    keep on with the stonewash jeans …. here u r tryna make it all gisty ati "naturally faded"
    dont worry we penda u just tha way u r :)

    Gisty? My jeans are faded by the natural process of sitting down

    cheers matey!

  • Penguin

    Wassup (M)ysterious! Some facts have been added to the M’s X-file. In actual fact, it’s been renamed to Marc’s X-file. Just to have a peep into it:

    1 M resides in SB
    2 M works for an ITC firm
    3 M …
    4 …

    and the latest…
    176 M was born on 01/12/7*

    Carry on Fox Boulder!

    Old is Gold? Probably silver. Happy Birthday

  • http://cybarn.tripod.com/ Morpheus

    You, my friend are old indeed. We used to (and still do) refer to your kind as "memorial". You know if some of us were half as old as old as you are then i bet we’d have known that the jewish holiday that celebrates the freedom of isralites from Egypt is NOT called the Hang-Over but instead, the Pass-Over.

    :))

    And ofcourse if some of us were half as young as you are, then we’d not be looking back n saying (preferably in mother tongue since english had not yet been invented by the time of our conception) "wow, I’m half a century old!"

    Happy Birthday M.

    So umm… out of curiosity, when is your Death day? :-)

    Not sure but I hope it will involve Kelly Rowland, Gwen and Ciara and dying happily
  • http://prousette.blogspot.com Prousette

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

    :D
  • Muchoki

    My belated Happy Birthday M!

    :)
  • Paula

    Happy Birthday M!

    It was a day like no other until……..

    Unto us a child was born…
  • http://sylkwan.blogspot.com/ Shiro

    The only reason that i was late to wish this brother HAPPY BIRTHDAY is i still wanted a card that could sing your name and Happy Birthday, M was certainly a name they couldn’t figure, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
    HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
    HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR M…See what i mean
    Now Dear Marc looks more interesting. I will see what i will do with the new discovery.

    :)

    If you think growing OLD is hard try growing YOUNG.

    There are perils indeed
  • mruhya

    hope u had a good one.

    I certainly gave it my best shot
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  • TeeJ

    Happy belated birthday sweetie.

    :)

    Well … one does one’s best…

  • http://akiey.blogspot.com akiey

    Happy belated birthday & many more to come.

    I sure hope so!
  • Fantasio

    Bon anniversaire, M !

    Which means…Siku Kuu Njema ;)

    Asante sana!
  • Southern Comfort

    Happy belated one M. I’ll arange for someone (XX) to jump out of a white chocolate cake next time you’re down south…

    I shall certainly follow you up on that one!
  • http://sumubaridi.blogspot.com/ chatterly

    though late, I will still say it…HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
    I love reading ya blog…it rocks!

    Thanks

    http://www.merrittsbakery.com/party/IMAGES/eimages/muppets.jpg

    :)
  • http://spideyfun.blogspot.com Nick

    boy oh boy have i been away this week.
    Happy Birthday M/Thinker…i have a few dvd’s that would make you a whole tad younger if u know what i mean.

    :)) No doubt they are wrapped in a black paper bag :>>

    Happy belated Bday…enjoy the rest of this year.

    I’ll endeavour to
  • eclipse

    Happy bathday M…yes..please do take the bath we can all smell the stink. :-)

    ad a friend who wouldn have mnded jumpin out fo a cake for you…too bad he’s disqualified.

    MTV B rocks…we are all tired of those TCM movies…..we’ve watched em all na all they do is repeat them!

    We wacha zako! Kumbe you’re an Insyder!

    Bout ur ladies…..hop u wouldnt mind if we bring some "compe" esp where siobahn is concerened!

  • Ni2

    Noooooooooo Eclipse bana I really chukia MTV Base! Im a movies fan! So Im with M on TCM movies!

    Smartest thing you’ve said all millenium!
  • http://crystalnotsoclear.blogspot.com kipepeo

    darn i’m late…happy happy birthday!!! hope you had a great day. virtual tiramisu!!!

    Thanks! I ate enough of that stuff to start singing the National Anthem (Reggaetone)
  • http://www.reloadedexperience.blogspot.com Poi

    I’m so late huh? but better late than never,so at least I came right? It’s never too late plus sometimes late is worth the wait right? hehhehe, excuses, excuses, I’ll get with it now.

    Like i’ve said earlier, think as yourself as being early for next year

    Happy Birthday, jolly good fella!

    May you have many, many more. All of God’s blessings in your endeavours.

    Merci!
  • jean

    M,

    Say something!!!
                       

    krrkmtz!
  • http://backinthedaynbi.blogspot.com Memoire

    ********** :-) :-) ***********
    Happy belated birthday M.

    Hope you had a nice day. You actually named your computers!!! I thought I was the only one who observed that different machines have different "personalities" – they do! Happy bday.

    Yep. They’re all different with totally different personalities!
  • http://nakeel.blogspot.com Nakeel

    Am closing this damn sooo late..

    Happy belated Birthday M with many happy returns

    Better late than never! Thanks
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  • Ni2

    M

    Its interesting how Im only smart/wise blah blah blah when Im agreeing with your opinion!

    Well, I think of you like Halley’s Comet — you have your bright points but they are very few and far between :D

    Quick question. How long after someone’s birthday are you allowed to say happy belated birthday? A week, A month, 2-6 months???

    I think there is a 6 month window :D
  • http://kohcohshaven.blogspot.com Ms K

    Yani now I’m a groupie? Do I get to rub my body against yours? Nekkid?

    (Ha ha ha)

    >:) Well —