http://www.snopes.com/business/bank/pinalert.asp
http://sandwalk.blogspot.com/2007/03/more-on-reverse-pin-numbers.html
http://sandwalk.blogspot.com/2007/03/more-on-reverse-pin-numbers.html
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
I stand corrected
the whole post below is a myth... i received an email so i passed on.. disregard... tooooooooootally!!
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
PIN CARD REVERSAL (GOOD TO KNOW)
If you should ever be forced by a robber to withdraw money from an ATM machine, you can notify the police by entering your Pin number in reverse.
For example if your pin number is 1234 then you would put in 4321. The ATM recognizes that your pin number is backwards from the ATM card you placed in the machine.
The machine will still give you the money you requested, but unknown to the robber, the police will be immediately dispatched to help you.
This information was recently broadcasted on TV and it states that it is seldom used because people don't know it exists.
Please pass this along to everyone possible.
Simple Words..............................
Its been a while since i made a post here.Believe it or not,i have had pretty rough two or so weeks.What with the many trips i have made to central police station after a deal nose dived on my face.Am not even mentioning i had my two or so days as a state guest.But thats a story for another day all together and life must go on wapende wasipende.Staying in town has its challenges especially when incomes keep fluctuating back and forth.
A couple of times we are met with challenges of a very varied degree some good some harrowing.So what really matters is how you handle each one of them.As they say garbage in garbage out.I am in no moods to laugh or go gahgah about such now but i owe my readers and myself an obligation to put forth some food for thought.My shiznit aside life must endelea.
Elsewhere,I have always thought about this before and i am not sure if its only me or many others but there are very simple words that you may need and stay a very comfortable life and grow fat enough to ashame a pig.HELLO&SORRY.This two words are on everyone's lips.I am not sure when any of us used this last but the more recently or often one uses them,the better.Take a typical example of street walking.You are moving from east to west,and because of the crowding on the walk path say like on Aga Khan walk in Nairobi,you by mistake or unwittingly bounce into a lady head on and it could be her fault or yours,what would it cost you to say sorry and if she is civilised enough she should also reciprocate by saying maybe Thanks or atleast appreciate your efforts of being remorseful.But unfortunately i have seen even graduates ignore such sorries or even assume some mistakes that are committed not deliberately but under sudden and upcoming circumstances.
Moving on to life scenarios,You walk into an office which is busy,you wanted to say see me and since you know my desk,you ignore my colleagues and proceed to come to my desk.As fate could have it,am not in or out briefly,the very person you ignored is the same person you want to enquire from about my whereabouts.Personally i wont help such a person.I mean what does it cost one to say hello and proceed to look for me other than ignore the very person(s) that would help you locate me.I have always guys that walk into an office,ignore some staff only to revert back and say hello when they have failed to get the desired assistance or service.
As a true life experience,i have been assisted before here and there and went a long way being advised by many people just because i afforded to say hello or sorry in a timely manner.Its a fact that manners vary from tom to dick but there are virtues we ought to make universal within us.Internalizing basic manners is one very imperative virtue that is required of each and every one of us.It wont cost a nerve to pretend to be virtuous to strangers and acquintances alike.Tanzanians almost beg for anything,Naomba this naomba that.I bet even when the men down there want to have sexual intercourse with their wives they say "Tafadhali naomba Nikuenzi " or something of that nature.There is even the classic joke about how TZ thieves say Naomba nikupore!
So in essence,the long and short of it is that if we can employ the use of such simple words like sorry,hello ,we can stay a good life.Have a virtuous day!Will you?
PS:Tands wake and squeeze your keyboard!
A couple of times we are met with challenges of a very varied degree some good some harrowing.So what really matters is how you handle each one of them.As they say garbage in garbage out.I am in no moods to laugh or go gahgah about such now but i owe my readers and myself an obligation to put forth some food for thought.My shiznit aside life must endelea.
Elsewhere,I have always thought about this before and i am not sure if its only me or many others but there are very simple words that you may need and stay a very comfortable life and grow fat enough to ashame a pig.HELLO&SORRY.This two words are on everyone's lips.I am not sure when any of us used this last but the more recently or often one uses them,the better.Take a typical example of street walking.You are moving from east to west,and because of the crowding on the walk path say like on Aga Khan walk in Nairobi,you by mistake or unwittingly bounce into a lady head on and it could be her fault or yours,what would it cost you to say sorry and if she is civilised enough she should also reciprocate by saying maybe Thanks or atleast appreciate your efforts of being remorseful.But unfortunately i have seen even graduates ignore such sorries or even assume some mistakes that are committed not deliberately but under sudden and upcoming circumstances.
Moving on to life scenarios,You walk into an office which is busy,you wanted to say see me and since you know my desk,you ignore my colleagues and proceed to come to my desk.As fate could have it,am not in or out briefly,the very person you ignored is the same person you want to enquire from about my whereabouts.Personally i wont help such a person.I mean what does it cost one to say hello and proceed to look for me other than ignore the very person(s) that would help you locate me.I have always guys that walk into an office,ignore some staff only to revert back and say hello when they have failed to get the desired assistance or service.
As a true life experience,i have been assisted before here and there and went a long way being advised by many people just because i afforded to say hello or sorry in a timely manner.Its a fact that manners vary from tom to dick but there are virtues we ought to make universal within us.Internalizing basic manners is one very imperative virtue that is required of each and every one of us.It wont cost a nerve to pretend to be virtuous to strangers and acquintances alike.Tanzanians almost beg for anything,Naomba this naomba that.I bet even when the men down there want to have sexual intercourse with their wives they say "Tafadhali naomba Nikuenzi " or something of that nature.There is even the classic joke about how TZ thieves say Naomba nikupore!
So in essence,the long and short of it is that if we can employ the use of such simple words like sorry,hello ,we can stay a good life.Have a virtuous day!Will you?
PS:Tands wake and squeeze your keyboard!
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
You should not be ashamed of being pregnant
That statement in itself is enough to make you speculate on the reasons as to why you are pregnant in the first place. Realistically, you must have engaged in some worthwhile pursuit of pleasure which resulted in an infusion of biological fragments that landed you in the predicament in which you presently find yourself.
Assuming this occurance happened of your own free will, then predicament would be too strong a word to apply. Probably situation or even circumstance. And in this case, you should have no reason to be ashamed.
If on the other hand, you were forced and ended up in your present situation, then maybe you have every reason to droop your head in shame.
Unfortunately, as is the case with everything in life, human interpretations of happenings, are not that simple.
There are many schools of thought out there on pregnancy as a process and eventual out come. I will share some now.
One set of people argue that pregnancies ruin figures, apetite and general appearance of being attractive and interested in life. This assesment, like many others, depend on the person in question, many people have carried more than 3 children and you cannot tell by looking at them. If unfortunately you are one of the unlucky ones, whose figure tends to go south and you become bitter with life in general, then maybe you should be ashamed of being pregnant. The whole world and his sister should not suffer because you are suddenly uncomfortable in your own skin.
Another set might argue that since you only suffer 9 months, you should shoulder the circumstance like the good soilder the woman is. These tend to see pregnancy as responsibility or duty rather than appreciation of a gift. Their arguement is that since you were built with the equipment to bear children, use it and move on.
This preoccupation with duty is not a bad thing in itself, i would just like to caution such people by saying, people have died in the name of duty or have suffered complications and cannot bear more children in the name of doing their duty.
There is yet another set of people who i will call "romantic" who are inlove with the idea of being pregnant and these would probably be the people who are not embarrased in any way to be pregnant. I commend them.All of us should embrace the situation, be proud of the moment, cherish the moment. It only happens so often, if God grants it.
The one arguement or theme that runs along all the different sets of ideas and does justice to the whole idea of procreation shall remain the edict that God made that we should go into the world and multiply. I have seen many people take this to heart, and to them i say "good luck".
My only arguement is, if you must multiply at an alarming rate, have the decency to plan properly and i am not talking about Family planning in particular. Im talking about having children you can actually take care of.
I have walked along the streets of the city, i have seen more children without parents than with them. Where are the "responsible" paragons of society that willingly engage in procreation but do not care enough what happens once the child is born.
To them i say,you SHOULD be ashamed to be pregnant.
Assuming this occurance happened of your own free will, then predicament would be too strong a word to apply. Probably situation or even circumstance. And in this case, you should have no reason to be ashamed.
If on the other hand, you were forced and ended up in your present situation, then maybe you have every reason to droop your head in shame.
Unfortunately, as is the case with everything in life, human interpretations of happenings, are not that simple.
There are many schools of thought out there on pregnancy as a process and eventual out come. I will share some now.
One set of people argue that pregnancies ruin figures, apetite and general appearance of being attractive and interested in life. This assesment, like many others, depend on the person in question, many people have carried more than 3 children and you cannot tell by looking at them. If unfortunately you are one of the unlucky ones, whose figure tends to go south and you become bitter with life in general, then maybe you should be ashamed of being pregnant. The whole world and his sister should not suffer because you are suddenly uncomfortable in your own skin.
Another set might argue that since you only suffer 9 months, you should shoulder the circumstance like the good soilder the woman is. These tend to see pregnancy as responsibility or duty rather than appreciation of a gift. Their arguement is that since you were built with the equipment to bear children, use it and move on.
This preoccupation with duty is not a bad thing in itself, i would just like to caution such people by saying, people have died in the name of duty or have suffered complications and cannot bear more children in the name of doing their duty.
There is yet another set of people who i will call "romantic" who are inlove with the idea of being pregnant and these would probably be the people who are not embarrased in any way to be pregnant. I commend them.All of us should embrace the situation, be proud of the moment, cherish the moment. It only happens so often, if God grants it.
The one arguement or theme that runs along all the different sets of ideas and does justice to the whole idea of procreation shall remain the edict that God made that we should go into the world and multiply. I have seen many people take this to heart, and to them i say "good luck".
My only arguement is, if you must multiply at an alarming rate, have the decency to plan properly and i am not talking about Family planning in particular. Im talking about having children you can actually take care of.
I have walked along the streets of the city, i have seen more children without parents than with them. Where are the "responsible" paragons of society that willingly engage in procreation but do not care enough what happens once the child is born.
To them i say,you SHOULD be ashamed to be pregnant.
Friday, April 25, 2008
Respect For Structures.................................
I like this particular song and acouple of others which i will once i remember the lyrics in the subsquent posts.Sometimes i drool when listening to such songs on how i could sing them to sinyora if only i had one.Tandra comes into mind but she is after a Mullah and i aint anywhere near the title of Mullah let alone a Sheikh so i guess if she dint have that overwhelming ambition /stance , she could have been the one i sing the lyrics to when she acts up...........lol!Kidding.
"We never talked about it,But I hear the blame was mine,Id call you up to say Im sorry,But I wouldnt want to waste your time,cos I love you, but I cant take any more.Theres a look I cant describe in your eyes,Yes we could try, like we tried before,When you kept on telling me those lies
Do you remember...? "
Those are not my words but just the much i can remember from Phil Collins' Hit track "Do You Remember" From the album "But Seriously" so don't accuse me of plagiarism coz i have mentioned my sources.So i celebrated my birthday in bed after so much thoughts hitting my head back and forth.My head and life is still like a scrambled signal for your TV when it shows that stuff we still call rice or Michele Michele the Kenyan Way.Again my team Manchester United drew with Barcelona on the very day of my birthday and i felt like everything evened out for all that i care for, although it was a tad irrittating but what can i do,if am not satisfied with what God giveth then i guess i shall have to go sit on a pin.
The week is coming to a close with not so much to show for it and plenty of bills to settle.Sometimes one feels like you shouldn't have gotten into town coz the cost is too high than the returns but what do you do in that event?Soldier on and assume and even pretend all is okay.Tands calls it a defeatist approach but personally i lack the word or name to label but i call it optimism temporarily.
At this point one can easily point out or tell i got no story to tell or post for that matter.I have been observing some people argue and go gagah about this or that and it has been giving me hiccups and leaving me vexed inwardly though.I mean some fellows have completely no respect for structures at all at all.
God made us in his own image,and remember we read nowhere about the schools he attended and even colleges but he did some work that no single fool from Harvard or Yale can do.He put the nose where he deemed fit,he placed the eyes where he deemed fit,the ears and so on..........One final thing that he did that was exhuming to mind is where he placed the brains,thus we have one's head as the control panel of the body.He had his reasons and we have to repect that.
The head is credited with among other things feeding the body,sense of smell and sound and even direction but the main one is Reasoning.So what beats my small head is why some guys have deliberately ignored the role of the head?Why the usurpation of the head's role?Perhaps am not clear,lately some people have resorted to using the inventory (read buttocks) to reason.Some have began using the nose to reason or think,some have resorted to the mouth.I mean what the heck is all this?Why cant guys let the head do its thing.Is it a juvenile bout we are experiencing or what?Every conversation you get into or hear its not the brain talking,it could either be the feet if its not the nose.You end up getting irritated and in a very awkward position.
In short let guys learn to have respect for structures as set out in God's handbook.Let the head do its work and so will the nose.If the head wasnt sharpened at school or college, demand for a refund.Am done..........................
"We never talked about it,But I hear the blame was mine,Id call you up to say Im sorry,But I wouldnt want to waste your time,cos I love you, but I cant take any more.Theres a look I cant describe in your eyes,Yes we could try, like we tried before,When you kept on telling me those lies
Do you remember...? "
Those are not my words but just the much i can remember from Phil Collins' Hit track "Do You Remember" From the album "But Seriously" so don't accuse me of plagiarism coz i have mentioned my sources.So i celebrated my birthday in bed after so much thoughts hitting my head back and forth.My head and life is still like a scrambled signal for your TV when it shows that stuff we still call rice or Michele Michele the Kenyan Way.Again my team Manchester United drew with Barcelona on the very day of my birthday and i felt like everything evened out for all that i care for, although it was a tad irrittating but what can i do,if am not satisfied with what God giveth then i guess i shall have to go sit on a pin.
The week is coming to a close with not so much to show for it and plenty of bills to settle.Sometimes one feels like you shouldn't have gotten into town coz the cost is too high than the returns but what do you do in that event?Soldier on and assume and even pretend all is okay.Tands calls it a defeatist approach but personally i lack the word or name to label but i call it optimism temporarily.
At this point one can easily point out or tell i got no story to tell or post for that matter.I have been observing some people argue and go gagah about this or that and it has been giving me hiccups and leaving me vexed inwardly though.I mean some fellows have completely no respect for structures at all at all.
God made us in his own image,and remember we read nowhere about the schools he attended and even colleges but he did some work that no single fool from Harvard or Yale can do.He put the nose where he deemed fit,he placed the eyes where he deemed fit,the ears and so on..........One final thing that he did that was exhuming to mind is where he placed the brains,thus we have one's head as the control panel of the body.He had his reasons and we have to repect that.
The head is credited with among other things feeding the body,sense of smell and sound and even direction but the main one is Reasoning.So what beats my small head is why some guys have deliberately ignored the role of the head?Why the usurpation of the head's role?Perhaps am not clear,lately some people have resorted to using the inventory (read buttocks) to reason.Some have began using the nose to reason or think,some have resorted to the mouth.I mean what the heck is all this?Why cant guys let the head do its thing.Is it a juvenile bout we are experiencing or what?Every conversation you get into or hear its not the brain talking,it could either be the feet if its not the nose.You end up getting irritated and in a very awkward position.
In short let guys learn to have respect for structures as set out in God's handbook.Let the head do its work and so will the nose.If the head wasnt sharpened at school or college, demand for a refund.Am done..........................
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