Society : 9 annoying things about Kigali and 1 am proud of......

This is total madness, right? So, some may say how a person with proper brains can sit and write annoying things about Kigali. This is partly due to the several number of political bigwigs who have praised Rwanda (I hear it’s nowadays called the Singapore of Africa), anyway, good luck with that. No offence, am no hater of the land of a thousand hills but when someone looks at the social side of the city there are several things that annoy and make Kigali residents go nuts....... Idlers and chillers with no specific program! They spend the whole day at home watching movies or sleeping only for them to smartly dress-up at 6pm and head to town. At first sight someone maybe tempted to think that they have one of those night jobs like in MTN but their destination ends at Rubagura plaza, Giporoso Total petrol station and UTC. All they do is buy cheap ice cream, sit around tables and gossip away. Some eyes will be darting sideways ogling at God’s nature (girls) throwing comments and trying to get attention. Please, if you have nothing better to do, apply for “Ngando”, and create space in the city for those that have serious business to do. An excuse of a Television station What better way to get to sleep without swallowing sleeping pills. Tune to TVR and then you will wake up on the couch. At this rate am tempted to think that common sense doesn’t exist. How in the world with all the series, movies and new music videos would they explain the old-rated movies, Latin-America series that are mediocre and still playing Ace of Base music. Really!! The climax are the weekends with endless talk-shows that chase people out of their homes. Thank God Star Times is around. Facebook.......Facebook......Facebook Now the fact that Rwanda is known as an IT hub in East Africa is reason enough for people to go nuts over something created by a chilling dude in his room millions of miles away in the US. It baffled me when people started being “innovative” by introducing number........ “My number 32.....ndagukumbuye”. What was that? Whoever came up with that idea had just learnt how to count numbers. Look at me......I work for....... If you want to identify people who have just landed a job, just look around their necks. Company tags dangling when it’s after working hours. A person is in a bar with friends and there is a tag of BCR. Their reason for not removing them, “am used to wearing it that I forget to remove it”. Shut up!! How come my uncle who has worked for 20 years putting on a tag never forgets it? And besides why does it still remain there even after being told? I went-to-a-rowdy-school Your school was and still is popular, it’s easy to find a job and you are cool. I only hang out at MTN centre, Shooters, papyrus and I can drink and smoke. Really!! For six good years you spent in APRED NDERA , APADE, Lycee de Kigali, former Rwanda International Academy, Greenhills Academy is that the best you can brag about? Of course the social life excelled more than academics because where I come from there’s class even though I don’t posses it. Street commentators Pass through Giporoso at 7pm and then you will realize that Kigali is gifted by football analysts that they would make Super Sport’s Dr. Terry Paine sound like an amateur. I wonder why our national team is suffering yet advisers are all over and willing. The only problem is that they are a loud bunch, shouting at the top of their voices to make their comment which makes one dread passing through Giporoso or entering the salon. Whatever happened to the noise pollution act. Misplaced people Cadillac, KBC, MTN centre to Shooters, Sundowner, Havana.....the list goes on. How on earth do people go to hang-outs and someone confidently tells you, “Hey, can we chat”? Really!! The other scenario is of a song playing and make a mistake of dancing you will be labelled a psycho. Guys, get a life and enjoy it......before I forget next time you want to chat with me come home to my sitting room but not when am hanging out. Meeting place.........CLA You meet this up-town, tight, mature lady in town when she has just dropped her keys down. The gentleman instinct in you acts fast to get them for her. She appreciates; you talk to her and exchange phone numbers. The next time you call asking if you can meet her, she tells you to meet her at church...Flabbergasted.....right....the last time I remember church was meant for prayers but trust Kigali people to pretend and have a date in church...... the first of it’s kind. Only to be shocked when she tells you, God showed me your picture. REALLY!!! Go on dreamer..... Closure of bars FDRL, Al Shabaab, Bombs, all sorts of reasons will come at the mention of extending drinking hours in Rwanda. People leave work late and want a pint only to be told “Amasaha yarenze”. What crap is that.......When you explain to the patrol guys that you are thirsty, they tell you to go and drink water. Am no fish!! Shut up and slide me a bottle. Experience This is the one reason I love Kigali, there is an abundance of experience with no qualifications. Whereas people in other countries are running mad due to lack of experience, Senior six vacationists are busy in Kigali getting experience in numerous fields......ushering, customer care, traditional dancing, acting and ..oooh yeah getting married. Honestly, I now love my country.........Welcome. jeav202@yahoo.com