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Fun Fact

November 16, 2010 /1 Comment/in /by

Fun Fact: Oyster: oys·ter
noun, often attributive \’ȯis-tər\

Definition of OYSTER (Merriam-Webster)
1a : any of various marine bivalve mollusks (family Ostreidae) that have a rough irregular shell closed by a single adductor muscle and include commercially important shellfish b : any of various mollusks resembling or related to the oysters

2: something that is or can be readily made to serve one’s personal ends

From Wikipedia:

William Shakespeare (c:1600) is credited with first using the phrase in his play “The Merry Wives of Windsor” in Act 2, Scene 2, 2-5

Pistol: Why then the world’s mine oyster/which I with sword will open.

How to Beat Boredom

June 7, 2010 /1 Comment/in , /by

  The Ngong’ athletic training camp is located thirty kilometres, west of Nairobi, Kenya’s capital city. The camp consists of a group of individuals from different parts of the country and indeed, the world with a common goal of achieving success in the field of athletics. (A note to our American readers- the word “athletics” […]

A Perspective on Air Travel

June 7, 2010 /3 Comments/in , /by

This could pass as an ordinary experience for most of you, but this is the moment that defines my adulthood.  Throughout my childhood and teenage years, I have been used to travelling in public transport vehicles and in rare occasions, get a chance to ride in private vehicles. My first experience on a plane was […]

My First trip to Nairobi our capital city

June 7, 2010 /in , /by

I remember this day very well. After my final high school examinations in 2003, it was time for me to concentrate on my career as a middle distance runner. It was on the August 4, 2004 that the long awaited day finally arrived. I was told that I was going to join the athletics camp […]