Retail therapy is a myth

I felt like so bad after buying sooooo much stuff in Oxford Street, London. I think I went into a head space that had no comprehension of the words Money/Budget/Frugal/Student/Poor!

This song just says it all really!

What makes it worse that since I mainly shop in the ‘cheaper’ store…which aren’t cheap anymore…I didn’t even look at the prices..so I bought everything.

My mind diluted:’But Samzie, its Autumn/Winter season and you need to look fierce’

My LSE mind (lol): ‘But Samzie, what happened to the savings plan, and wearing what you already have’

My Tempted mind: ‘But Samzie…you need a generous Boyfriend/Friend that feels obliged to maintain you!’

lol but seriously this Can’t be happening… I’m taking practical steps by only using cash and leaving my (main) bank card out of reach

I’m gonna have to re-watch this Video below that has some VERY good advice about handling money, and offers up what the Bible has to say about such things. They have a blog tooooo! www.ChristianChickz.blogspot.com

XXX

A.Samzie

City Lawyers making that £$€

THIS CAN'T BE ME!!!!!!

I will finish my Law degree in 2012, do a training contract and qualify (eventually) but since I want to be a diplomat this is the kind of starting salary(which increases ridiculously) I may be missing…..  for now>>>  Link

To get such an opportunity to be swimming in cash at such a young age all you have to do is… 

*Get a high 2:1, preferably a 1st class degree

*internships, Internships, Internships

*Know the right people…or force such relationships during internships and well-to-do friends lol

*Be ‘commercially aware’….read the Economist lol

*Finally, Sweat confidence!

XXX

A.Samzie

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Kampala Version: Swaggerific yeah lol

Not to be condescending….but this search for ‘swagger’ is more than amusing. (written whilst in extreme culture shock lol)

Boda-Boda Swag?

I’ve been informed by my teenage cousins, who reside here in Uganda, that ‘swagger’ means to be the ‘Big Man’ around town or the ‘IT’ girl! They also admitted that it’s all about the songs.

Young Ugandan’s seem to have re-established the terms to incorporate Jamaican and American Culture. I know the Jamaican part is a bit random, but since this is East Africa, ties to the Great Selasi are hard to break down and are now to be found in youth culture.

Clearly, American music has indoctrinated MANY of us to believe in this thing called ‘Swag’, a physical manifestation of the slang verb ‘cool’. It’s something we all have to have right?, then people will admire us… yes? Then what? The debate has always been that young Africa is copying the ‘Western world’ in various capacities. Either mocking the privileged part of the world, or aspiring to be included and bridging the gap between the developing and the developed. The strongest argument has been that young people in particular take whatever is being flaunted in front of them by the media and adapt it to have meaning in their own subculture. So far I have witnessed this urge to be apart of something bigger and within and beyond this country and conversations I have always turn into question-answer sessions of ways to get to the US or a series of  put-downs concerning any suggestion that the outside world has anything real to offer other than simply selling an unattainable dream.

On the other hand, I’m still trying to get to grips with this Jamaican thing! To have dreadlocks in my culture is to be a true rebel of society. Most of the popular Ugandan musicians have dreadlocks and imitate reggae/dancehall type music bursting with patois, mixed with a sort of Ugandan/American/Jamaican accent…Random.

XXX

A.Samzie

The thing about Blogging is….

♥ So I have not written in almost 3 months.

Hair Shots!

My blog stays on my mind, but bringing myself to get started is an issue, so I put it off for such a long time now I’m having to explain myself!  I could not really blog the way that I wanted to while I was in Africa, and trust me I had so many urgent stories that I was forced to condense into 140 Characters on Twitter.. But BLAH I’m back.

I feel like after leaving Africa, this blog was almost aimless.. :-s but if this is supposed to be documenting my ambitious journey to the top (and hopefully encourage others to do so too) then I might as well get serious, blog as often as possible and also write about things going on in my life in general which you may or may not find interesting but I’m putting it out there into the Inter-web so blaaaaaaaah

Since I’ve been back from Africa

*Was at home doing nothing for a while, trying to figure out how I lost so much weight

*I have been putting off my project report..which is now due in 1 week, and the presentation in 2 weeks EEEEEKKKKKKK!

*Back at work, in Harrods ltd!

*Upgraded my life with a new Macbook!! woooo

*Catching up with friends which means>>>>*Going out EVERY weekend!

*Getting really involved with Red 11, a British Red Cross Leadership program I was chosen for

*Working out how to deal with life

Good times…I shall expand on certain things soon enough but in the mean time Check out the Wig I made Above!!!!-YEEAH GIRL

I’ll leave you with this OVER PLAYED SONG whilst I was in UG(anda)

xxx

A.Samzie