This car business...

I will start by admitting that I have been really blonde about this car business. But promise me you won’t laugh when I tell you that only the other week I discovered that I had a car jack somewhere on the side of my boot.

See it was inside the car wall if I can call it that. So this is the situation. I go to the car wash and accidentally drive over a huge stone and the only way to get through is raise the car. So one of the wash guys says, madam give me your jack. And I’m thinking ooops! I forgot to ask daddy about that.

See, I always call the old man when I have car trouble at least for now. Like when I bashed some guy’s bumper in front of Ange at 3am and guy went bonkers until my smile and confidence calmed him down. Don’t worry, I called the old man the next morning and of course I hadn’t bashed the bumper at 3am near Ange if you get the drift. Anyhow, the loving man he is took care of things at the garage; I was so excited. He is the best that’s for sure.

Anyhow so I was saying this jack thing… I confidently told the man I had not yet bought one. You should have seen the shock in his face as he chuckled and said it must be in the boot. He opened it and like a magician, he peeled open one side much to my awe and there it was neatly tucked away. And how was I supposed to know that? Hmmm…

Now some day before this, some one asked me if I open my bonnet and check the water and all that stuff. You guessed right- clueless. I had always seen my dad do this in my childhood but trust me not to have bothered with it. I was like oops, missed that again. How does the bonnet open again?

Then just the other day I woke up and found that my right indicator at the back had been bashed. This is only the beginning; I was assured by veteran car owners. This time I did some magezi maganda or should I call it macholi (Cherie you get the drift) and put a sticker since it’s a tinny hole.

Don’t they teach all you should know about cars in driving school? You may ask. Well, let’s just say if you go to driving school three years before you buy a car and wait till then to practice because you are too stubborn to borrow other people’s cars, you would be this blonde.

In other details
Ever since a Kenyan contestant on Tusker’s project fame pulled off this song- Gwen Guthrie’s Ain't Nothing Going On But The Rent, it has been running through my mind. Such interesting lyrics I would love to tell a loser (antipop’s kind) Dedicated to all the sisters. (Yeah remember the era of letters and dedications?)


Bill collector's at my door - what can you do for me-ee, oh

No romance without finance, no romance without finance

Boy, nothin' in life is free-ee
That's why I'm asking you, what can you do for me?
I've go-ot responsibilitie-ies
So I'm lookin' for a man who's got some money in his hand

'Cause nothin' from nothin', lea-eaves a nothin'
You got to have somethin' if you want to be with me
Oh-oh, life is just serious, lo-ove's too mysterious
A fly girl like me needs security
'Cause ain't nothin' goin' on but the rent
You got to have a J.O.B. if you want to be with me
Ain't nothin' goin' on but the rent
You got to have a J.O.B. if you want to be with me
No romance without finance, I said no romance without finance

Boy, your silky words are swee-eet
But we're only wastin' time if your pockets are empty
I-I got lots of love to gi-ive
But I will have to avoid you if you're unemployed

'Cause nothin' from nothin', lea-eaves a nothin'
You got to have somethin' if you want to be with me
Oh-oh, life is just serious, lo-ove's too mysterious
A fly girl like me needs security
'Cause ain't nothin' goin' on but the rent
You got to have a J.O.B. if you want to be with me
Ain't nothin' goin' on but the rent
You got to have a J.O.B. if you want to be with me
No romance without finance, I said no romance without finance
No romance without finance, I said no romance without finance

Oh, you look good to me, your silky words are sweet
But your pockets sure look empty

Wooh-ooh, nothin' from nothin', lea-eaves a nothin'
You got to have somethin' if you want to