About Me

back in the day

Every time I redesign my site I am compelled to amend the details contained in my ‘about me’ page. This is my fourth site redesign and therefore my fourth attempt at writing ‘an about me’ section. One would imagine that I would find this task easy. Alas this is not the case. You see, each time I compose an ‘about me’ section I am simply finding different ways to retell the same story - and there are only so many ways one can write about one’s name or date/place of birth.

The temptation to reinvent myself is all too real. I mean what harm would it do if I hinted at my betrothal to Prince William? Who would bother to question my assertion that I am in possession of a winning lottery ticket? ….hmmm…there but for the incarceration of Jeffery Archer go I….

So I leave you with the same old facts that were on display this time last year; in the same old format…..oh but with an ancient picture of me (complete with creases) and an extra paragraph at the bottom…

Quick Facts

  • Name: Kui or Wangui
  • Nickname(s): Mama JunkYard, MJY and Mrs Cooper
  • Sex: Female
  • Height: 5ft 10
  • Nationality: 60% Kenyan, 35% American and 5% English
  • Age Group: 20 - 30
  • Birthday: A day after Nelson Mandela’s
  • Marital Status: Not on the market - unless you are Theirry Henry
  • Likes: Tia Maria, Coffee, purple, travel, my family, God
  • Dislikes: Rudeness, apathy, balloons, pumpkins, prejudice
  • Talents: Singing, making hazelnut mochas with whipped cream and marshmallows
  • Interests: Race, Gender, Sexuality and Critical Legal Theories
  • Random: I have 2 tattoos and 6 piercings. My first pets were two fat and fluffy rabbits - Bunty and Bunny

Other Online Hangouts
I am a voluntary admin member of two online projects: The African Women’s Blog and The Kenyan Blogs Webring.


 
Web beginsathome.com
ABOUT THE SITE

Begins At Home was intially set up as an awareness and fundraising tool for my Belize 04 volunteer placement. It has progressed from being a single site about a single issue, to 3 sub-sites, hosted under one banner but each distinct in style and content.

The current version (v4.0) was launched on August 25, 2006.

SITE CREDITS

Hosting services are provided by Blue Host. The entire site is powered by Wordpress 2.0.3 and relies on customised versions of K2 0.9 apart from A Thousand Words which is running Wiphey's k2 Photoblog Theme Version 1.1 based on K2 Beta Two r167. All banner headers are based on images from clipart.com.

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