Comments on: Fearless…

By: Wambui

Wambui — Sun, 06 Mar 2005 02:10:16 +0000

Babajunkyard? Brilliant. Oh Kui. I have laughed paka I cried. Yani it is so true. As a kid you are so terrified of upsetting your mother, everything else is secondary. Girl bless you.

Mama JunkYard Says: Girl, kabisa. Even when facing a loaded rifle held by Moi’s soldiers I knew that Dr Kihoro had the real power

By: queen t

queen t — Thu, 03 Mar 2005 13:10:39 +0000

peace. i was browsing around and came across your blog. i too can agree that peopl have less fear as a child. a lot of it can be learned. as we get older we learn more fear. which is why i think it is good honor the experiences of our childhood and embrace the lessons. Mama JunkYard Says: Thank you for passing by. We do learn to become scared as we get older - I think it is because we begin to realise that we are not immortal.

By: Larry

Larry — Thu, 03 Mar 2005 01:36:16 +0000

beautiful narrative. you're in touch with the child that you were, and that makes me smile Mama JunkYard Says: Thank you.

By: nicholasgichu

nicholasgichu — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 15:55:51 +0000

reminds me of a time i had been left in the carpark at tender age of 6…and was to wait for my mum to finish workin then we go home.(2-5pm)

and this crazy guy comes sayin that he’d been sent by her to come get an envelope from our boot….and he had a bunch of keys…that “apparently” he’d been given.

of course it was obvious he was lying…but i needed to prove to him there was no envelope inside.so i offered to take the keys from him and even tried to jimmy the lock open with those many keys…totally unaware/ignorant of the danger this punk could have posed!

atleast the boot didnt open..and that’s the last time that car-park substituted for a day care centre.

But enyewe-if u think about it Children just belong to GOD.yaani have u ever seen a toddler fall from a great height in such a serious manner..and poor thing just picks itself up cryin.and as fast as it had started cryin it stops wailin!

Mama JunkYard Says: LMAO @ Carpark as substitute for day care.

By: Mich

Mich — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 13:09:01 +0000

Nyakehu,
Yeah, it was just a case of having done it a hundred times before so it was natural.

(Mich is good for me, btw)

Mama JunkYard Says: Baba JunkYard, Baba JunkYard Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba JunkYard (sang to the tune of Mama En Quiero)

By: kaki

kaki — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 20:47:03 +0000

I think God gives children that fearlessness cause goodness knows if they could fully comprehend all that happened at the age, the trauma!

I also remembered being really fearless and ready to try ad do anything. Then as I grew up I started to become actually overly cautious to a fault. I wish I had that “I can do whatever whenever and however” still.

Remember when ‘Thrilling Three’ would follow people in the grass…now I would be thinking what if there are snakes in the grass and what if the dude is a rapists and it is getting dark and I hear there have been murders in the area. What if the person saw me and went and told my mum or worse gave us a thrashing. What if one of us was caught and tortured for info, would this affect my CV/resume? Will my boss find out,how will I explain this to my kids?
Yeah, it is that bad! LMBAO!

Mama JunkYard Was it Thrilling Three ama Fantastic Four. I am sure there were four of us. 3 Life Time members and one who would just float about on the outside. There are many reasons why my children shall never read an Enid Blyton book – and this is one of them.

By: Nyakehu

Nyakehu — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 15:05:42 +0000

Heh BabaJunkyard! I guess that is you! What a touching story, your sense of direction must have been very good and the logic. Mama JunkYard Says: LMAO! Did you just call him Baba JunkYard? Hahahaha!

By: Mich

Mich — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 14:16:36 +0000

Its strange what you do as a kid before you develop a ‘grown-up’ sense of sensibility and danger.

I once got lost in a shop in town when I young. However, instead of finding a member of staff or just panicing I remember deciding that (for some reason) the best thing to do would be to walk home and wait there. Needless to say my Dad was surprised to see me standing on the doorstep and my Mum even moreso when she rung home and he told her I was there safe and sound.

To this day, I’m not sure why I decided the 25 minute walk home (at that age) represented the best course of action but there you go. Obviously my Mum didn’t exactly agree and was on the verge of calling the Police before I turned up.

Kids, bless em.

Mama JunkYard Says: Babe I have often wondered why it is that when we go for walks you always suggest we take the longer more dangerous (i.e littered with dogs) routes. I see it is something that begun in your early years

By: Mshairi

Mshairi — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 11:24:16 +0000

I love children’s innocence!

By: Wahu

Wahu — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 09:52:57 +0000

Gosh Kui, you know I never realised what that effect had on you as kids. Fearlessness, wow I don't know how to react to that story because I can just picture the soldiers and you as children. Panic and fear are the prerogative of the old, you are getting there. Mama JunkYard Says: Me old? Never. LOL. As for having an 'effect' on me - it is not something that scares me nor has it traumatised me. Not sure how Pambana and Mandla view it but I get the impression that they don't even remember it.