Karibuni Kenya

Happy new year to everyone reading this, I hope you have a good 2009.  Now is the time for making news years resolutions, of course.  I don’t really believe in them , mostly because I never do them.  However, this year I have made a few vague ones to try and get me going.

One of them was after watching the new Jim Carrey film, ‘Yes Man’.  It’s a good film, and well worth a watch.  Carrey plays a bank worker who is quite negative after being dumped by his girlfriend and so tends not to go out that much, and says no to lots of things etc.  Then a friend takes him to a seminar about saying yes.  He makes a covenant to say yes to everything and see what happens.  Its a very funny film and also serves as a good stimulus to take a more open mind to life.  After having watched it I didn’t want to say yes to everything, which you will understand if you watch the film, but I did feel I should do a few more things, even if I’m not sure how much I’d like them.  When travelling that was always the mindset I had, but I tend to fall back into a far more conservative state when back home.  My news years resolution was therefore to try a few more things out and say yes to more than I had.  Inevitably it won’t work, but when Yes Man comes out on DVD I intednt to buy it to serve as a reminder!

Second resolution was to try and cook more varied recipes.  I enjoy cooking and do do a few different things, but again tend to be a bit conservative.  Over this christmas I’ve eaten a lot greater variety of food and really enjoyed it.  SO when I go back t uni I’m going for an early trip to Asda or Morrisons and picking up a few bits and pieces I’ll need a lot of, and then throughout the year pick up bits and bobs to add variety.  For anyone thinking of doing the same, may I suggest looking at some of Jamie Oliver’s recipes.  They are generally fairly easy to follow, and taste really quite divine.  I’m sure a local bookstore will sell something by him, but the recipes are also available online, so worth trying there first and checking you like them before investing in another cookbook!

Third resolution is the classic try and get fit.  With the OTC I do a fair amount anyway, but I had some problems with a stress fracture of one of m,y metatarsals that held me back form doing as much as I would have liked.  I now have been given the all clear, so wanted to really pick it up.  I don’t want to be a marathon runner, but I’d like to be able to run a good distance at a good pace without wanting to die at the end!  With obesity such a problem in the world today, it seems to make sense as well.

That’s my list anyway, and the reasons for it.  Probably won’t stick to it, but worth a try anyway!