I have finally given my blog a name. Mama JunkYard’s <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

When I was really young my uncles used to tell me that I was found in a junk yard somewhere in Eldoret. Whenever I would remind them that I was born in New York they would tell me it was a lie that my mum came up with so I wouldn’t feel bad. <\/p>\n

Around this time my fully grown uncles were going through a Tom and Jerry phase and there was one episode they really liked. The episode, called Baby Puss<\/a> sees Tom dressed up as a baby – diapers, bib and bonnet. Jerry decides to invite the street cats in so they can all have a laugh at Tom. One cat dresses up in a skirt, places a fruit basket on his head and sing his own rendition of Carmen Miranda’s Mama En Quiero<\/a>.<\/p>\n

My uncles decided to replace the Portuguese words with Mama JunkYard and each time we drove past a junkyard they would point back and forth from junkyard to me singing:<\/p>\n

‘Mama junkYard, Mama JunkYard, Mama ma ma ma ma mama Mama Junkyard’ <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oh and yes that is a picture of me in the header…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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