Slick

09.07.2018: I just wanna thank every single person who wished or attempted to wish me a happy birthday over the past week.. hahaha!!! I’m laughing coz I realize that the attempting group must be acknowledged too. Thanks for all the calls, texts, voicemails, videos, apps, posts, all the DM sliders, all the invitations to lunch and dinner, belated birthday wishes, early birthday wishes, gifts, cakes... I really appreciate it. Special thanks to these individuals who outdid themselves: 1. Thank you Njeri for the amazing surprise! This one was just seated somewhere in Dallas, Texas, then she decided that me turning one year older is something worth witnessing. So she decided that she’s gonna fly to Kenya, and in cahoots with @chimmie_chemtai she happened to be the lady on the next seat in the movie theatre! That was just amazing!!! Thank you so much!! It was an amazing surpise!! I love you so much… all the way to Texas and back… Haha!! ❤ 2. The family, so now, these ones decided that I am now old enough to be prepared for a very UNIQUE breakfast. And after the most amazing things were said about me, they thought that I have reached an age that allows me to see them dancing while they sing for me “happy birthday”. From my father all the way to my little sister… all dancing as they sing, just coz I am one year older… I really appreciate it. You are so amazing!!! Nawapenda sana!!!! ❤ 3. Special thanks to @sarahkamande and @fredricrotich for the amazing fun filled day… themed “Unleashing Slick’s inner child”… heeeeeh!!!! What a way to spend the birthday weekend!! It was an amazing experience. Y’all are really special to us. Bless you!!! Nawapenda sana ❤ 4. Finally but not least…😜 haha!! Thank you @chimmie_chemtai for, in conjunction with all the above, making sure all these happened. For the amazing birthday WEEK!! I had a blast! I honestly wouldn’t rather have had it any other way! You’re a jambion… my jambion!!! I love you boo!! ❤ I don’t think I will ever get used to it… I don’t… It always amazes me every year the lengths people go… It does. Bless you all!!! I’m really grateful #ShereheSherehe #SilverJubilee 🤝🙌🏿 #IshiriniNaTanoTena 😂 #PamojaMyFrens ❤

09.07.2018: I just wanna thank every single person who wished or attempted to wish me a happy birthday over the past week.. hahaha!!! I’m laughing coz I realize that the attempting group must be acknowledged too. Thanks for all the calls, texts, voicemails, videos, apps, posts, all the DM sliders, all the invitations to lunch and dinner, belated birthday wishes, early birthday wishes, gifts, cakes... I really appreciate it. Special thanks to these individuals who outdid themselves: 1. Thank you Njeri for the amazing surprise! This one was just seated somewhere in Dallas, Texas, then she decided that me turning one year older is something worth witnessing. So she decided that she’s gonna fly to Kenya, and in cahoots with @chimmie_chemtai she happened to be the lady on the next seat in the movie theatre! That was just amazing!!! Thank you so much!! It was an amazing surpise!! I love you so much… all the way to Texas and back… Haha!! ❤ 2. The family, so now, these ones decided that I am now old enough to be prepared for a very UNIQUE breakfast. And after the most amazing things were said about me, they thought that I have reached an age that allows me to see them dancing while they sing for me “happy birthday”. From my father all the way to my little sister… all dancing as they sing, just coz I am one year older… I really appreciate it. You are so amazing!!! Nawapenda sana!!!! ❤ 3. Special thanks to @sarahkamande and @fredricrotich for the amazing fun filled day… themed “Unleashing Slick’s inner child”… heeeeeh!!!! What a way to spend the birthday weekend!! It was an amazing experience. Y’all are really special to us. Bless you!!! Nawapenda sana ❤ 4. Finally but not least…😜 haha!! Thank you @chimmie_chemtai for, in conjunction with all the above, making sure all these happened. For the amazing birthday WEEK!! I had a blast! I honestly wouldn’t rather have had it any other way! You’re a jambion… my jambion!!! I love you boo!! ❤ I don’t think I will ever get used to it… I don’t… It always amazes me every year the lengths people go… It does. Bless you all!!! I’m really grateful #ShereheSherehe #SilverJubilee 🤝🙌🏿 #IshiriniNaTanoTena 😂 #PamojaMyFrens ❤

09.07.2018: I just wanna thank every single person who wished or attempted to wish me a happy birthday over the past week.. hahaha!!! I’m laughing coz I realize that the attempting group must be acknowledged too. Thanks for all the calls, texts, voicemails, videos, apps, posts, all the DM sliders, all the invitations to lunch and dinner, belated birthday wishes, early birthday wishes, gifts, cakes... I really appreciate it. Special thanks to these individuals who outdid themselves: 1. Thank you Njeri for the amazing surprise! This one was just seated somewhere in Dallas, Texas, then she decided that me turning one year older is something worth witnessing. So she decided that she’s gonna fly to Kenya, and in cahoots with @chimmie_chemtai she happened to be the lady on the next seat in the movie theatre! That was just amazing!!! Thank you so much!! It was an amazing surpise!! I love you so much… all the way to Texas and back… Haha!! ❤ 2. The family, so now, these ones decided that I am now old enough to be prepared for a very UNIQUE breakfast. And after the most amazing things were said about me, they thought that I have reached an age that allows me to see them dancing while they sing for me “happy birthday”. From my father all the way to my little sister… all dancing as they sing, just coz I am one year older… I really appreciate it. You are so amazing!!! Nawapenda sana!!!! ❤ 3. Special thanks to @sarahkamande and @fredricrotich for the amazing fun filled day… themed “Unleashing Slick’s inner child”… heeeeeh!!!! What a way to spend the birthday weekend!! It was an amazing experience. Y’all are really special to us. Bless you!!! Nawapenda sana ❤ 4. Finally but not least…😜 haha!! Thank you @chimmie_chemtai for, in conjunction with all the above, making sure all these happened. For the amazing birthday WEEK!! I had a blast! I honestly wouldn’t rather have had it any other way! You’re a jambion… my jambion!!! I love you boo!! ❤ I don’t think I will ever get used to it… I don’t… It always amazes me every year the lengths people go… It does. Bless you all!!! I’m really grateful #ShereheSherehe #SilverJubilee 🤝🙌🏿 #IshiriniNaTanoTena 😂 #PamojaMyFrens ❤

13.02.2018: At that turn at St. James along Mombasa road... a lorry a head of me was stopped by the cops, wakaanza "story", so I decided, let me overtake it and leave them wakipiga "story"... kidogo I'm stopped too... for overlapping 😒😒😒.... anyway, long story cut short I am taken to Industrial Area police station... I was on leave so hakuna pressure ya kufika job... so as we wait to go to court, I call her, just to check up on her, how she's doing, how the night was... the minute she find out I'm arrested, she dropped what she was doing, in less than 30mins she came all the way from Kite... (mind you there is jam so definitely a nduthi was used)... she organized for safety of my car at the station (Industrial Area)... next thing I know she somehow talked to the police and was allowed to come see me for a few minutes at the holding cells at Milimani Law court... then worked to ensure the money for the fine was brought to court... when taken to the court room she wasn't allowed in, but each time the door was open I could see her akichungulia to assure me she's still there waiting... when I was out around 5hours later, she walked me out the court way Sakaja was walking Babu out of Parklands the other day... 😂😂... and I didn't even ask her to do any of these... all I did is tell her I'm arrested... 😪😪😪 ... and this is just one of many stories... @chimmie_chemtai you amaze me at how you always have my back!!! The support you give... heeeeeeeh!!! Taaaa-tadadadaaa *when you don't have the words* 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Blessed to have you in my life!!! May God bless you with many more years!!! Happy Birthday boo! ❤❤❤❤❤ #EmeldaChemtai #SupportSystem #IssaCelebration #ShereheSherehe #MamaaaImelda #UnPocoLoco #BalanceTheBoooolBalanceTheBall

...alafu wahenga wakisema "show me your friends I'll show you who you are", I look at my circle and thank God for buddies like @sarahkamande ...buddies I'd proudly wanna be associated with... She turns one year older today... wishing you the happiest birthday leo... proooossspperrr unirepresent levels higher... 😂😂😂😂 Happy Birthday Lambswool ❤ #ShereheSherehe #HappyBirthdaySarah #ToHigherHeights #JumpingGameThoughAtSuchHeights 😂😂 #IssaCelebration #SarahKamande

I often question whether years into my marriage, I’ll still love my wife as much as I did when I got married as my dad does. If I’ll be excited to see her every morning as my dad does. If I’ll be calling her every day whenever I’m away and we have long phone calls as make her laugh as my dad does. If when I am not around to do it, I’ll be making all the necessary arrangements to have my wife transported safely from one place to another despite the fact that I know she can do it herself. If on my random trip to places for work or any other reason, I’ll wanna make it a road trip with my wife. If my wife will be running to meet me when I arrive home as my mom does every time my dad returns. If my wife will be saving that part of chicken that she knows I love so much as my mom does for my dad. If my wife shall be blacking out on the couch waiting for me to arrive so that we can have supper together as my mom waits for my dad. If my wife will be calling me when I’m away concerned whether I have eaten and making sure that I get enough sleep. If my kids will be waking up to sounds of us praying together in our room… If my kids will fail to sleep immediately coz I’m making my wife laugh too hard and too loud… 😂 If there’s one thing I have learnt from my parents it’s that marriage works. They hit 28 years today!! Can’t wait to see this love story unfold!!! Happy 28th Anniversary Dad & Mom!!!!! ❤❤❤ #28years #AndCounting #LoveStory #IssaSherehe #HappyAnniversary #BabaNaMamaSlick #TheRealSamitaz

16.09.2017: We were driving back home from eating… celebrating 11months… I threw several glances at her seated there full waiting to get home and hit the sack… So I asked, “On this day next month, we will have hit one year. What would you say you have personally done to make this work?? Or if you were to advice someone, what would you tell them to do to get here??” ⊙ *until she reads this, she had no idea I was recording her. And I have typed her response exactly as she said it* ⊙ @chimmie_chemtai: “Definitely praying for our relationship!!! Kenye najua imekuwa a challenge and I think, I’d say I’ve really worked on it ni communicating. Kukua na clear communication between us. Hakuna any… eeeeemmm… kuna transparency… Like hakuna kitu unanificha na hakuna kitu me nakuficha, so with the transparency, yenye iko between us.. uuummm… ndyo inatusaidia kuwork.. eeem… clear communication… eeeeh… *insert soprano*… loving you with all my heart!! Like for real… genuinely.. uuuumm… not holding back… am in it and I’m in it for life… Hio ndyo imecome kwa akili first…. Eeeemm... wewe???” ⊙ *this is waaaaaay edited by the way, despite knowing I was recording* ⊙ @calebsamita: “In addition to what you’ve said, I think for me it’s having everything in one. Trying to make sure that there ain’t anyone out there who does it better for me than you. Making sure I don’t enjoy anything out there better with anyone else than with you. Making sure no one gives me better conversation than the one I have with you, makes me laugh more than you do.. amongst many other things. Incase, I find that I enjoy something out there better with someone else, I do all I can to make sure I enjoy it better with you. And vice versa!!! I make sure, to the best of my ability, no one does anything better for you than I can. That way, even if you enjoy something with someone else, you know I can give you waaaay better. And also for me, if some other lady comes up to me offering something, I aint enticed by it so much coz I know I can get from you whatever she has to offer, and much more from you! It’s a working progress. But it works!!” ⊙ Happy first Kitty!!! To many more!! ❤❤❤❤

So apparently pia mimi sipendi ujinga... 😂😂 Just wanna thank everyone that in one way or another played a role in getting me where I'm at today... y'all are best. #IssaGraduant #ThereIsaGod 👐👐 #HatupendiUjinga #QSSlick #ShereheSherehe (at Cool Breeze Gardens)

"Fear.... Fear's a powerful thing... I mean it's got a lot of fire power... If you can figure out a way to wrestle that fear to push you from behind, rather than stand in front of you... that's very powerful"... @callmem254 once told me, "Slick you know I really fear drowning.... I really fear the thought of drowning... I think that's how I became the best swimmer and I won all those trophies.... I feared drowning so much that I put in all my work to make sure I get to the end and get out of the water before I drown.... Let's face our fears this month people 😊😊😊 happy September!!!! #IssaNewMonth #AllInADaysWork #WakeMeUpWhenSeptemberEnds #NoFood #JustWisdomAndGreatCompany 😂😂😂 #Quote14

16.07.2017: Every year a few weeks before or after my birthday it always surprises me how my buddies always attempt to surprise me with a party on to celebrate my birthday.... This year aki they outdid themselves... This year was the best birthday I've ever had my entire life.... I am really grateful. Here's to thank every one that did anything to appreciate me this month. The calls, the texts... the posts... the voicemails... the gifts... the cakes... the one who invited me over to his place for supper despite him being sick... all they that took me out... that one who traveled all the way from Voi just to make it for the party... the one who stopped his concert just to big me up.... the ones who contributed their money to make the surprise party a success... the one who couldn't make it so they sent videos... they that sang for me.... @chimmie_chemtai for working so hard to make all this happens.... thank y'all for cooperating with her... and most important, everyone that has showed up for me in one way or another this month. During the party, they decided to give speeches. @thecreartor said, "My presence is a present... so take it as my gift to you."... then he continued eating nyama choma like hajasema kitu... Coming from a guy who travelled all the way from Voi, just to attend something that lasted less than 3hrs... that statement was too deep. Many times you may not know what to give to someone... you may not know what to say to someone... but just that fact that you dropped what you were doing and made sure you showed up.... that means a looooot more than any gift one can give.... So my people, let us learn to show up!!!!! Happy new month!!! 😃😃😃 #ShereheWeHavuuuu #ToShowingUp #ShereheShenganigans #BigUpAllTheRealFriends #WhataMonth #FoodWisdomAndGreatCompany #Quote13 #GeniusSurroundsMe (at Njugunas)

01.07.2016... I remember the date coz it was last year, on a day like this... I posted the first #FoodWisdomAndGreatCompany... and I've been posting the first day of each month... I was gonna stop... I felt like one year was enough... but on Thursday, someone who had no idea I was gonna stop challenged me to get back to blogging... I can't promise anything... but I can assure you that the monthly posts won't stop... thanks, all MVP's who've been reading and talking to me about it.... gives me psych to continue... heeeeeh... and y'all need to get yourselves people in your life who will push you like this one did... Anyway, a few weeks ago I was on my way from work... I was drained, so I decided to go get some soda atleast to get some energy before I reach home... I run into a buddy we hadn't met in almost two years... We were headed the same direction, so we had time to catch up... I have never appreciated the jam in Nairobi like that day... coz heeeeeeeh, that conversation escalated... he told me how he hacked being with the same lady for 10years... "Slick, you gotta view the relationship like a love bank... all the good things you do to her are deposits... all the bad things you do to her are withdrawals... so you gotta do so much good... that the bank account is filled... so that the time you make a withdrawal... she will look at the bank statement and still continue banking with you coz the history of the deposits are much more than the witbdrawals... she will look past that one withdrawal... but if all you do is withdraw and you never make any deposits, best believe that bank account is gonna be closed"... Let's strive to make deposits my friens!!! Ama namna gani?? 😎 happy new month #OneYearLater #IssaAnniversary #LoveBanks #TeamDeposit #KuwekaNdaaaaniNdaaaanii #FoodWisdomAndGreatCompany #Quote12 #GeniusSurroundsMe

It was just two weeks ago... or maybe three... a few days after she had just launched her first video and it was showing on all the relevant stations in Kenya. So I text her... so excited and ask her, "Waaaaah!!! Ushamake it wewe!!!! Are you excited?"... so she replies, "Bratheee!!! Me nko tu normal.... Siezi jiambia nimefika niache iniingie kwa kichwa.... nikifanya hivo nitarelax and I won't work hard and push myself to the next level."... I then thought of a quote I read just around the same time, "If you are still talking about what you did yesterday, then you haven't done much today.".... My people, don't spend too much time celebrating an achievement, keep on pushing and set the bar higher this time.... @aceygracey 😂😂😂😂😂 hii photo imeweza or naaaaah?? Lovely new month my people #PushIt #AimHigher #AceyGracey #MutokiMwenyewe #MuchokiMwenyewe #Nnndyyyyyyoooooooo 😂😂😂😂 #Ashandalalaa #FoodWisdomAndGreatCompany #Quote11 #GeniusSurroundsMe

My pastor once said, "Judge a person's maturity when a problem comes. How you solve your problems determines the your level of maturity." After expounding a bit, he said, "Problems ain't always negative things, they are here to make you better as long as you look for ways to solve them." Still on the same, he said, "When you die you shall be remembered by the problems you caused and the problems you solve.... Try solve more problems cause less problems." From around this time last year, up to now.... I have witnessed this one fighting. She has used all the lemons thrown at her, and she is now thriving in the lemonade business!!! After all our hang outs she really makes me appreciate these little things in life that I always find myself taking for granted... and always challenges me to make the best of every situation.... and to never lose hope... She turns one year older today.... @kateykinyua wishing you the happiest birthday today. We really love you aloooooot!!!! ❤️ and we got you 100%!!! Wishing you all the happiness in the world... You deserve it!!!! Sugarplum till the 70s, yes????? 😉😉 #Mothaa #HappyBirthday #SugarplumTillThe70s #EmbusFinest #ShereheSherehe #TeamCelebration #CatherineMuthanje #TeamMakingIt #AgainstAllOdds

20th March 2016. It was a Sunday. I remember because it was her birthday. Me and a buddy (whom we shall refer to as person X henceforth) were broke, all we could afford was fuel money to go see her and come back home.. that was the plot… Poverty aint good I tell you… So sisi hao… Mombasa Road… We finally caught up with her in South C. She was so excited to see us… She checks up on person X. Then she gets to me… So she asks, “How are you Caleb? (This one never calls me Slick.)” I say I’m fine. She asks how “the relationship” is… A question that was followed by awkward silence, which was broken by person X who came in and said, “Nooooooo!!! What happened????” I gave some ambiguous answer. @kenyan_malkia looks at me and asks me, “Did she break your heart?” (She had a look that suggested if the answer was “yes” she was gonna call her personal goons we go do a drive-by shooting) So I hesitated a bit to answer that question. Then she asks, “did you break her heart?” More hesitation… So the person X says, “Don’t worry Slick, until you are ready to tell us just know we are on your side.” But then @kenyan_malkia looks at me and says, “Caleb me I don’t care whether she broke your heart or you are the one who broke her heart. You just now that I got your back and I ain’t leaving your side”…. Then she asked us where we are taking her telling us coz all she wants is chicken 😂😂😂😂 I have never forgotten that statement though... Got me asking myself many questions, “How many times do I give people the support they need first then inquire where they went wrong later?” “Is my commitment to people dependent on whether they mess up or not?” “Am I quick to pick sides when there is a falling out between two of my pals?” “Do I really have to pick sides?” “What about the person whose side ain’t picked? Who supports them?” “Is it worth burning some of the bridges coz of falling outs?” “Do my friends know that whether they mess up or not they can tell me and I won’t bail?” "Do they know they can count on my rebuke but I still got them?” “When it* hit the fan am I still a fan?” Lovely new month my people! #Loyalty #Commitment #FoodWisdomAndGreatCompany #Quote10 #GeniusSurroundsMe

In our office boss akitoka na gaze to we normally know that he ain't coming back... so that day he left at 2pm... na gazeti... at 7pm is when it hit us that it's getting dark and we gotta go home... after a conversation of realizing that we are actually self driven and we don't chuck late only when he is around I said, "Si tukona 21 leave days?? Me naacha tu zipile up... one day I shall take them all... na I disappear for like two months." Right then Julius said, "Caleb let me tell you something... if you disappear from this job for two months... we will struggle at first... but we will adapt eventually. If we manage to function for two months without you... Just know that after the two months we won't need you to come back." Right then I remembered a quote given by one wise man... "If your absence doesn't make a difference, your presence is irrelevant." -Wiseman Flani .....then we 'shai' and went home pondering about that statement... happy new month people... 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂 remember to make a difference wherever you're at.. let your absence be felt!!! #HappyNewMonth #AprilIsHere #AllAbsenteesMatter ✊️✊️✊️✊️#AfterWorkShenanigans #TheGithinjiBoyz #FoodWisdomAndGreatCompany #Quote9 #GeniusSurroundsMe

Just jana... we were in church being taught to never forget people that were with you from the beginning.... then I looked to my right... she was still there... I had a quick flash back to around this time last year... When I had gone MIA on everyone... but yet she found me... When things weren't all that good for her but she still had my back 100%.... And that's how, in my team... she became my most valuable player... That one person who ain't ever said that she got my back but shows me everyday... *insert the cliche quote: If you weren't with me at my worst you don't deserve me at my best* 😂😂😂😂 it's true though... @chimmie_chemtai happy birthday yako yote!!!! To a more inside jokes... 😂 to more races all around the world.. 🚗 to more problems so that we can solve them together....😤 to having a first fight 😂😂 to many more tears... to baby bumps and swinging on the pouch in our 70s 🍻🍻🍻🥂🥂🥂🥂 happy birthday mayne!!! Maaalovingzzz!!! ❤️❤️❤️ #CoolLaughs #JustUs #KaObbKangu #Kitty 😻 #TeamMiiiaaaawwww 😂😂 #EmeldaChemtai #Cheeeemoooo #ChemTy #MyChallenger #MyChallengeee #TeamAlmondMilk #TeamMarryHer 💍 #TeamBurryHer ✝️

5th February, 2017: We had gone for the Random Access Poetry concert... I never miss these @noiz254 and @nasarathepoet 's concerts coz this guys... I wish all Kenyan artistes could come to these and learn how concerts should be done... anyway, just after they performed "Hii muziki"... (nafeel like typing it will dilute it... coz it sounded better from him, plus the background music ilikuwa inaweza) but anyway, @noiz254 said, "Imagine kesho asubuhi kila mse angeamka akiishi dreams zake.... Would there be anyone who would have the need to put someone else down?? Imagine kama ningemeet @nasarathepoet then juu both of us ni rappers nianze kusema me naeza rap better kumliko... tungekuwa penye tuko sai?? He was doing what he loves and I what I love and the fact that they are in the same lines, we partnered and made each other better. Focus on your dreams acha kutry kucompete with everyone you encounter.... partner with people that will make you better your dreams." ....then we need the bazokizo to live music and ate samosas and soda 😂😂😂😂😂 Happy New month people 😊😊😊😊 #HiiMuziki #ApanaLetaMachezoNdaniYaKazi #BeatBoxIsMusic #RandomAccessPoetry #RAP #Squard #GoodLiveMusicShenanigans #KabisaKabisa #TunacomeThrough #PandishwaMamzukaShenaniganz #FoodWisdomAndGreatCompany #Quote8 #GeniusSurroundsMe (at Michael Joseph Centre)