DEAR DIARY: Do not enslave yourself to beauty

>Tell me one thing ladies, what part of your body do you want to change? You know, that part you want to be bigger or smaller. You don’t have to think hard. I know that you know it. It is good to admit it to yourself that you dislike that part of your body.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

02 Nov

DEAR DIARY: Changing faces of beauty

>On October 20 this year, Hollywood actress Renée Zellweger showed the world her new face at an event in Los Angeles. When I say a ‘new’ face, I mean that literally. The world was shocked to see the drastic changes on Renée. We are used to a new nose, new boobies, but a total face makeover? Hmmm. . . .

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

08 Feb

DEAR DIARY: It’s not goodbye but see you later

>Leaving on a Jet plane is a song by John Denver, but most people will identify it with its first line All my bags are packed I’m ready to go. My mother loved this song and she hummed it every morning under the bougainvillaea tree as she took a nap. Sooner or later her demise hit us like thunder on a sunny day.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

31 May

DEAR DIARY: Tuti, until we meet again

>Tutindaga Anania Mwambungu was my friend. We weren’t the kind that spent all weekends together, or chat over the phone every now and then. We only shared brief moments when she was alive.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

20 Dec

DEAR DIARY: Christmas is about reaching out

>It is Christmas next week. Yaaaay. It has actually been Christmas the whole month. I was communicating with a friend who is in the US, and he would end by saying ‘Merry Christmas’.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

12 Apr

DEAR DIARY: Travelling is indeed enjoyable

>A job assignment saw me travel to Mbeya last week, I must say, the sheer beauty of the region was breath-taking. I love travelling upcountry. I love getting out of Dar and seeing places

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

15 Nov

DEAR DIARY: Where is the respect for women?

>It was just last week when I wrote about street harassment. I talked about two videos I had seen, one was of a male journalist in Egypt who disguised himself as a woman. He experienced physical and verbal abuse.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

29 Nov

DEAR DIARY: The future is not as I envisioned

>It is amazing that we only have 32 days to 2015. I often smile to the thought that I am in the future. 2015 is a big year, no doubt. It is the year that governments have placed deadlines to different development goals. It is the year that we will have our general election; it is a year of many changes indeed. Look at yourself; this is how the future looks like.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

10 May

DEAR DIARY: Get tested before marriage

>To test or not to test, that is the question. Going for an HIV test can be a very frightening experience; the flash backs about questionable encounters, the crippling self-doubt and even mistrust of your partner can run through your mind.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

29 Aug

DEAR DIARY: Why would anyone kill a child?

It is hard to imagine that someone can harm their own child, leave alone a baby. It is human instinct to want and protect life instead of destroying it, especially that of a child. But things happen and sometimes, they happen to you.

 

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