SOUL SATISFYING

The biggest pleasure comes from what we read, not from on what we read.

Wasup hunnies,
One day my mum said, "If you find a man with rare intellect, you should ask him what book he reads," and I must say, this is forever true. It is sad that the millennials have not adopted the culture of reading. And that is why most cannot differentiate between these and this. There was a time I would blame the Social Media, for giving less than 140 characters to say what is on your mind hence the pathetic grammar! But this slowly affected us and we are all victims to the slavery of social mediocrity. Don't get me wrong, yes, we get entertained but why do I term it as mediocre? You want to express your feelings towards something but get less of a chance to do so.
I involved myself into the reading culture by starting off with a short stories reading app that has proudly made me a reading maniac! Believe you me, I started to think of life as a good book, the further I got into it, the more it made sense. Yes! Books are soul satisfying!!!
I want to share the few apps that will make your long matatu rides and your office lunch hours short. I am a fanatic of Amazon Kindle App & Watt Pad App.





The amazing thing about Watt Pad is that you can get to write your own story and publish it!!!! Yaaaay..
I keep telling my friends that they ought to read something that will make them look good even if they die in the middle of it. I will not bore y'all with the benefits of reading as I am assuming that my audience is learned. Great books help you understand, and they make you feel understood.
Keep reading books, but remember that a book is only but a book and you should learn to think for yourself!

Reading tip:
Why don't you try getting your girls adopt the reading culture, by simply identifying a common book, form a book club and meet after every 10 chapters of the book to discuss it in depth over lunch and a glass of wine? This will be a way of catching up with the girls especially if y'all have different work schedules and socials are becoming next to impossible!

Follow me on Watt Pad as Wanjiku Joanne (@mswanjiku) and get to read some of the phenomenal works of different authors on my reading list! PS. Do not judge me by the genres I read! We all need some tips on the daily life hihihihi.

'It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it' Oscar Wilde
Cherios!!!
XOXO

FAIRY-TALE TELLER!

Happy new month Loves!
We are mid of the year, another reason to thank Him for his graces and love!!! Whoop whoop!
Once in a while, in the middle of an ordinary life, LOVE gives us a fairy tale!

From my last two post, I got some really good and positive comments thanks to all those who stopped by. Some said that I should focus more on making the blog a Tell-the-world-my-love-story instead of making the blog all about me as I initially had the plans for it. And after some deep soul searching, I think I would want this platform to be a place where people get to share their love stories!

Lets admit it, we all cannot find that true love at some certain stages of life (20-26),but when you find the right partner, it is all screw that theory! We can learn from other people's fairy tale stories and get our hopes high on finding the one.
Should you find it okay to let your love life, be it young or old, be published on this space, halla at your girl.
But I will definitely throw some pieces on the experiences I came across, for the few who read to be inspired.
Till next time, see yah!!


Thanks for stopping by....XOXO

RURACIO (KIKUYU DOWRY CEREMONY)

My Cousin is a soon-to-be-wife!!!!

Hi Loves, I am beyond ecstatic with happiness. Yiiippiiii, my 1st Cousin Shikoh is now officially taken! So a recap of what went down on Saturday the 29th of April.........

I am a proud Kikuyu lady, and in our culture, certain celebratory customs are a must to follow. We have certain stages that are followed during a traditional marriage but some families are not strict in following up stage by stage. I will mention but a few stages that comes before Ruracio...

• Kuhanda Ithigi "Planting Twigs" ( Stating Intentions)
• Kumenya Mucii "Knowing the Home" (Parents Meet)
• Ruracio "Dowry Negotiations and Payment"
• During the Ruracio, before the groom and his family are allowed in the house, women from both sides sing at the entrance of the home.

 The vocal tussle starts off with different songs but end up in sync. At that time, the bride is in the house far from the guests till the MC calls her.

Eating starts then introduction of the hosts comes later.

The guys side is introduced and in the situation where Ruracio is combined with Kuhanda Ithigi,  the groom states his intentions as to why he is interested with that homestead.

The bride is then covered in shukas together with a a few other ladies and are brought forward so that the groom gets to identify his soon-to-be-wife. (Very interesting but hard task). 

Trying to cover Shikoh with shukas

Once the girl is selected, they retreat to a room and proceed with the negotiations and payments, all done behind closed doors.

 During this time, music is played and people get to dance to it. The girl is then called upon and asked to give her blessings for the discussions to take place.

According to Kikuyu Cultures, all girls are estimated to be 99 goats, rounded off to 100 goats. The groom can be allowed to pay for some items using the monetary equivalence. 

Once the negotiations are done, ululations are heard and some Muratina is shared as people dance.

Shikoh's gown was to die for. She had an orange-white-gold theme and for those who could not keep up with the theme (like me for personal reasons hihihi), one could go for african prints.

 Enjoy some of the pics of the big day.

Her gown and my African Print Coat is from our tailor called Charles located at Revlon Plaza
My Shoes bought from a boutique in Jamia Mall
My african swing top bought from @nessa.fashions
High waist pants from @labelle_fashions

Goddy's parents

Goddy trying to show he got his groove on!!

He had to see if among the ladies lies his wife.

Trying to figure out the tactic to be used on finding his wife.

The crowd warning him not to choose the one he was about to pick.

No 3 boss! A little leakage would come in handy.

There she is!!

I finally found you

'I FINALLY FOUND THE ONE TO WHOM I BELONG '....By Shiku & Goddy.

Photography by Infinity Clix

Make up by me hihihi

Thanks again loves for stopping by. 

XOXO