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Studying Online

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  I just knew I wanted to study.I was at a stage in my life where I wanted a challenge.I love pumping my head with information.The amount of info I have had to deal with working as an article or academic writer is immense. I was tired of doing it for others and wanted to do it for myself. Here I was, a stay at home with just a desire to read.I had no transport to go to a physical class.I knew the only option was an online University .I did not want a short course,i have done alot of those over the years.I have attended various courses from Ajira Digital to Cousera,Duolingo and International  Labour Organization's Women in Digital Business (WIDB) programs. I began to google ,to check which university offers this and I must say that the courses that were on offer were not interesting.Then I remembered of a university in my backyard-Open University of Kenya(OUK) only Ksh 50 from my house.Upcoming and little known but doing wonders on the digital space. Did I mention I only h...
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IT'S ALL VANITY

Life had been unfair to her. She did not question God, but kept the faith believing in the old adage that there is always light at the end of the tunnel. She was standing at the bus stop with no idea where she was headed. She smiled at the men who looked at her and looked down when the ladies passed by because she knew what they were thinking. The men looked at her beauty and wished they had her, but as for the ladies they looked at her tattered clothes and wondered why she would look the way she was. Maria had been married once and blessed with three children whom she worked for tirelessly at the Jangu Mall. They were now her past, a mirror reflection of how life can give you happiness one day and take it all the next day. She believed in what Solomon wrote in Proverbs, God’s book that she had neglected for a while now. But the beauty of it all is that she had known it at heart at one time and the verse that inspired her to wake up from her slumber stated: "It's all vanity...
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