Yesterday we had a Fiber Awareness Day at the Swahili Cultural Center. The aim was to involve the local people & inform the of the cost / benefits of the cable landing station that was built around 2008.
Most of the people that were invited were fishermen & divers in Mombasa. The Kenya Ports Authority, Maritime Authority, Mombasa County Government were also involved.
It was good to see the divers & fishermen happy to be involved is complex to them & hitherto somewhat dark technical world. They were shown videos of how the cable was laid & the ships that were used in laying the cable. They were also shown around the cable station.
All in all the day was good & at the end of it, the divers & fishermen were informed of the importance of the cable to them, their county & Kenya as a whole.
They all stand to benefit as the coountry pulls ahead in the quest to be more developed.
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Saturday, October 19, 2013
Booking Your Bus Online - Kenya
We are caught up in many activities in this age, you could be meeting relatives that you haven't met for a long time while at the same time being introduced to new ones - come to think of it this happens a lot, you could be watching your favourite EPL team play Southampton - which features Victor Wanyama & thats an important game both ways, or you could be held up in the office doing reports or just ensuring that your Cacti graphs are normal, routers & servers CPU processes are normal.
In essence you could don't have time to go to the bus stop to book a 'bus flight'. The bus companies now provide a way of booking online, the most user friendly one being the Modern Coast one.
Instructions are on their website, modern.co.ke modern.co.ke. My colleague Humohrey tells me that you can also book a Mash online but the process isn't as easy as the one provided by Modern Coast which means that if for some reason you are held up & the only option that you have is to book online, your best option is to try Modern Coast, which means more business for them, I think this is one of the good examples that Mr. Omollo - one of my lecturers in my first year at Egerton should include in his notes for IT & National Development.
In essence you could don't have time to go to the bus stop to book a 'bus flight'. The bus companies now provide a way of booking online, the most user friendly one being the Modern Coast one.
Instructions are on their website, modern.co.ke modern.co.ke. My colleague Humohrey tells me that you can also book a Mash online but the process isn't as easy as the one provided by Modern Coast which means that if for some reason you are held up & the only option that you have is to book online, your best option is to try Modern Coast, which means more business for them, I think this is one of the good examples that Mr. Omollo - one of my lecturers in my first year at Egerton should include in his notes for IT & National Development.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Baby's first hair cut
According to the Kisii tradition, a baby's first hair is shaved by his / her grandmother. Two months & three weeks after the birth of Joshua, I decided to take him to meet his grandparents to meet this traditional requirement.
It had been necessited by eczema-like symptoms that had failed to heal on the torso. We got advise from several people that recommended a shave. My brother Fred had come to visit my family in the month of September & he reported that his daughter had the same problem when she was a few months old & the solution was to shave the hair.
A few calls from my wife & it was agreed that it was better to have the baby's hair shaved soonest to stop the discomfort that he was experiencing.
On the 15/09/2013, the visit was carried out & the boy got his first shave & was looking very new.
I am coming to understand that regardless of whether you are a a born-town or was born in a rural setup, traditions need to be upheld. There is a lot of importance attached to each of them.
One of the conditions for this particular one is that you need to give the parents gifts, a sign of appreciation.
On a different article, I will write about another aspect of tradition that involves that parents coming to say hi to the baby after birth.
It had been necessited by eczema-like symptoms that had failed to heal on the torso. We got advise from several people that recommended a shave. My brother Fred had come to visit my family in the month of September & he reported that his daughter had the same problem when she was a few months old & the solution was to shave the hair.
A few calls from my wife & it was agreed that it was better to have the baby's hair shaved soonest to stop the discomfort that he was experiencing.
On the 15/09/2013, the visit was carried out & the boy got his first shave & was looking very new.
I am coming to understand that regardless of whether you are a a born-town or was born in a rural setup, traditions need to be upheld. There is a lot of importance attached to each of them.
One of the conditions for this particular one is that you need to give the parents gifts, a sign of appreciation.
On a different article, I will write about another aspect of tradition that involves that parents coming to say hi to the baby after birth.
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Bob Collymore's Kenya’s future as a regional ICT hub 's Speech
http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/eblog/2013/09/18/kenyas-future-regional-ict-hub/3/
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
CCIE Journey begins.. as the Cisco journey continues
Here at last.. Its time I embarked on the last part of this journey - that of becoming a CCIE.
After doing my CCNP in over two years, main reason being that I was too busy with work, I plan to do my CCIE in four months & Lab in one year, meaning that by Dec 2014, I will be a CCIE, God willing.
Why R&S?
I am choosing R&S for obvious reasons, its the easier track for me given that I recently got my certification in CCNP R&S. I have worked in an ISP environment all the years I have worked & I gave SP a thought but decided against going for it.
The journey to being a CCIE SP would be longer because I will need to do CCNP SP first. With time being finite, I prefer doing the easier things in life when given an option & on this one - I choose R&S.
Setback
I had done a few chapters on the R&S certification guide, had a few other PDFs & videos that I had planned to use for this part of the journey but was disoriented when I lost my laptop in Mombasa at a place with first name Athina. Am still following up the issue with Nyali policemen & hope we will be able to get to the bottom of it.
Finally
First things first - I need to do the written exam first. I need a month to go through the PDF, second month to go through the PDF & fill in gaps. Third month to combine the PDF & videos. Fourth month to get through sample exams & get ready for the main exam.
Lets see how this goes on.
After doing my CCNP in over two years, main reason being that I was too busy with work, I plan to do my CCIE in four months & Lab in one year, meaning that by Dec 2014, I will be a CCIE, God willing.
Why R&S?
I am choosing R&S for obvious reasons, its the easier track for me given that I recently got my certification in CCNP R&S. I have worked in an ISP environment all the years I have worked & I gave SP a thought but decided against going for it.
The journey to being a CCIE SP would be longer because I will need to do CCNP SP first. With time being finite, I prefer doing the easier things in life when given an option & on this one - I choose R&S.
Setback
I had done a few chapters on the R&S certification guide, had a few other PDFs & videos that I had planned to use for this part of the journey but was disoriented when I lost my laptop in Mombasa at a place with first name Athina. Am still following up the issue with Nyali policemen & hope we will be able to get to the bottom of it.
Finally
First things first - I need to do the written exam first. I need a month to go through the PDF, second month to go through the PDF & fill in gaps. Third month to combine the PDF & videos. Fourth month to get through sample exams & get ready for the main exam.
Lets see how this goes on.
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
CCNP At Last!
This couple of days have been excellent, I decided to do my Switch & TSHOT exams and get to the end of the CCNP journey that I started soon after an AFNOG training in May 2010.
Yesterday I sat for the TSHOT exams & passed with 945/1000. I will now start my CCIE (R&S) studies. I am however not sure whether to do CCIE R&S or SP this is because I have worked for ISPs from 2008.
Monday, July 15, 2013
Am a Father!
On the 7/7/2013, I became a father. I was in the office when I got the news. My wife had been in labor from 9 to around 3 when she decided to go to hospital & be checked. She wanted to go back home but was informed that she had to be admitted.
With the new cover that I had from APA, I new there was no problem having her admitted in the best wards.
"Let them admit you into a private ward.". I advised her when she told that she had to be admitted. This was at around five PM.
She was admitted in the same ward that this video was shot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50t2z3Xp9zw
I was called thirty minutes later to be informed that the water had broken & meconium was present in the water. For yet to be parents the presence of meconium before a baby is born is a crucial sign that the baby is under duress.
The attending nurse immediately recommended a CS to which I didn't object as I wanted the baby out safe.
The doctors were summoned & at round 7 PM the lady was admitted into the theatre. At around 7:30 I was called that I was a father to a handsome boy! The call was made by a sister-in-law.
I met my son the following day, as I had relocated Mombasa due to a change in jobs.
I forever thank God for the son & mother.
With the new cover that I had from APA, I new there was no problem having her admitted in the best wards.
"Let them admit you into a private ward.". I advised her when she told that she had to be admitted. This was at around five PM.
She was admitted in the same ward that this video was shot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50t2z3Xp9zw
I was called thirty minutes later to be informed that the water had broken & meconium was present in the water. For yet to be parents the presence of meconium before a baby is born is a crucial sign that the baby is under duress.
The attending nurse immediately recommended a CS to which I didn't object as I wanted the baby out safe.
The doctors were summoned & at round 7 PM the lady was admitted into the theatre. At around 7:30 I was called that I was a father to a handsome boy! The call was made by a sister-in-law.
I met my son the following day, as I had relocated Mombasa due to a change in jobs.
I forever thank God for the son & mother.
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
New + Work + New + Devices
The month of May came with many changes to the soccer world, with many clubs announcing changes in their technical teams.
The biggest of course was the retirement of the legendary Sir Alex Ferguson from Manchester United FC who was succeeded by David Moyes. There were other changes that were certain that included Pep Guardiola who took over from Jupp Heynkes that won a treble with Bayern Munich.
Jose Murinho was also confirmed to be heading to Chelsea FC from the Real Madrid.
It was also at this time that I and six gentlemen from various ISPs and vendors within the greater E. Africa confirmed that we were to join a growing team in a multinational company in Africa that has greatly improved communication within the East Afica region.
Come June, the moves are real & we all have moved to our new roles.. and contracts signed in May have been effected.
Enough said on that.
I had a chance of seeing a couple of Cisco 12000. These devices are awesome!
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