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I Love Traffic Jams
mukiha
#1 Posted : Wednesday, June 30, 2010 2:16:35 PM
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I recently listened to Joel Osteen on Family TV and he was talking about how we allow "five-minute problems" control our lives. He suggested that before you get worried about a problem, you need to ask yourself whether it is a 5-min, 5-Hr, 5-day, 5-mon, or 5-yr problem.

So, the matatu blocks your entry int a roundabout; don't get stressed about it. That is a problem that will be over in 5min [you will enter the junction].

You might get to work late, but hey, that problem will be over by the end of the day!

If you shove your way in front of the matatu; you will get bumped and the 5-min problem will become a 5-hr one as you try to sort out the mess and get your car towed away....and then it becomes a 5-day problem in the garage....and a 5wk problem as you try to get insurance claims paid!

Instead: I choose to listen to some good music and read the Draft Constitution! Three weeks ago I brought out an old cassette recording that I made way back in 1988. It is so refreshing that I am looking forward to traffic jams every time I am on the road!!
Nothing is real unless it can be named; nothing has value unless it can be sold; money is worthless unless you spend it.
mukiha
#2 Posted : Wednesday, June 30, 2010 2:20:07 PM
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The music is Pat Metheny's "As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls" and Darol Anger / Babara Higby Quintet's "Live at Montreux"
Nothing is real unless it can be named; nothing has value unless it can be sold; money is worthless unless you spend it.
Njung'e
#3 Posted : Wednesday, June 30, 2010 2:33:36 PM
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@Mukiha,
You and classic music.I hope to never travel with you in the same car on a long trip coz i would get there deadLaughing out loudly Laughing out loudly .....but i see you have a simple formulae for beating stress/road rage.I hope i have learnt something herePray
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
simonkabz
#4 Posted : Wednesday, June 30, 2010 2:38:47 PM
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True that mukiha. Road rage got my car badly scratched on the entire left side, half a day at pangani police stn n a terrified mamacita....had I read ths that morning!
TULIA.........UFUNZWE!
anasazi
#5 Posted : Wednesday, June 30, 2010 3:03:47 PM
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That's a good lesson. I need to hold back on getting back at Mat drivers! Lest I get myself into a 5 week problem...
Form is temporary, class is permanent
McReggae
#6 Posted : Wednesday, June 30, 2010 3:11:17 PM
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Good one Mukiha!!!!
..."Wewe ni mtu mdogo sana....na mwenye amekuandika pia ni mtu mdogo sana!".
nostoppingthis
#7 Posted : Wednesday, June 30, 2010 3:17:41 PM
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@ Mukiha...this is a good one. I know that is the best time for me to write up ideas on the note book. Always have one in the car!
ProverB
#8 Posted : Wednesday, June 30, 2010 3:18:01 PM
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afriend got me a 30 GB Ipod..that can load movies/podcasts... sincerely speaking..sitting in the huge Double M in Jogoo road's 3 Hour long traffic jams are the most awesome time outs i ever have..me, myself and I.....pod. Angel
..Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven...Matt5:16
- 1769 Oxford King James Bible 'Authorized Version
mukiha
#9 Posted : Wednesday, June 30, 2010 5:47:13 PM
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....and today I'm listening to Lee Oscars "My Road, Our Road". What a fitting title...
Nothing is real unless it can be named; nothing has value unless it can be sold; money is worthless unless you spend it.
Njung'e
#10 Posted : Wednesday, June 30, 2010 6:04:19 PM
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@Mukiha,
You are a fan of vinyls...Means your car is fitted with a "Jimmy Rodgers and his master's voice".smile .?
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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