Lessons from Cranes’ win
Jan 16, 2009
We are the champions of CECAFA! It is rare that our country gives us such great joy. Imagine a worker, wages eroded by inflation and NSSF’s vain deals, is an FDC supporter, fan of Arsenal and Express, has great sympathies for the LRA and the Palestinian
We are the champions of CECAFA! It is rare that our country gives us such great joy. Imagine a worker, wages eroded by inflation and NSSF’s vain deals, is an FDC supporter, fan of Arsenal and Express, has great sympathies for the LRA and the Palestinians in the Middle East.
His life is a succession of losses and disappointments! This was his only time to celebrate some victory. CECAFA, for those who may not know, is not an exam. It is a local football tournament that has nothing to do with Man U. Uganda started it so well, beating most of its opponents four or five goals and setting our expectations so high that if we hadn’t taken this cup, I am afraid many wives would have lost their lives.
We are in unexplainable times, where spouses are killed for such flimsy reasons as an SMS, remember?
My Kenyan friend conceded – God can’t give you everything: Obama and CECAFA.
But she remarked that, at least, we didn’t beat them 4-0 as has been our efficacy range. That is what happens when you get people used to a certain quality of performance. In love it can actually bring problems.
Raising hopes has been a lethal strategy of love makers. In most affairs, because the partners feel the threat of competition so acutely, there is a tendency to package the future as more user-friendly than the current poverty.
“Don’t worry, darling. As soon as my things work out, I will buy you a car, you will never need to shop in Owino again …†And such campaign promises.
The calculation is such that by the time the future drags its feet to today, the motivation to take the better alternative would have been eroded.
As a rule of love metamorphosis, the motivation and determination to invest time and money in a relationship is highest at the beginning. That is when you tend to score 4-0, wake up at midnight to drive and pick her from her home to hospital, cook him the best food and work on your appearance diligently.
In this process of trying to impress, we build our partners’ expectations to five goals a game as it was with Burundi. If one night, they can only manage one goal against Kenya, we start fearing that their love is fading, that they were just players or they could be seeing someone else. Yet their take-off energies may be waning, or they are just tired, or it is not a good day. We should actually desist from judging people by their past achievements “Remember you used to buy me chicken every day!â€
That is why for us fans who braved the night, Umeme’s load shedding and absence of fireworks during the cup handover ceremony, it didn’t matter whether it was one goal or ten. One goal may have kept us on tension but it made the victory sweeter.
Borrow our leaf in love. It cannot always be an avalanche of gifts. You shouldn’t judge your partner by the amount but the overall effort and intention. And, above all, the victory.
Longlive The Cranes!
His life is a succession of losses and disappointments! This was his only time to celebrate some victory. CECAFA, for those who may not know, is not an exam. It is a local football tournament that has nothing to do with Man U. Uganda started it so well, beating most of its opponents four or five goals and setting our expectations so high that if we hadn’t taken this cup, I am afraid many wives would have lost their lives.
We are in unexplainable times, where spouses are killed for such flimsy reasons as an SMS, remember?
My Kenyan friend conceded – God can’t give you everything: Obama and CECAFA.
But she remarked that, at least, we didn’t beat them 4-0 as has been our efficacy range. That is what happens when you get people used to a certain quality of performance. In love it can actually bring problems.
Raising hopes has been a lethal strategy of love makers. In most affairs, because the partners feel the threat of competition so acutely, there is a tendency to package the future as more user-friendly than the current poverty.
“Don’t worry, darling. As soon as my things work out, I will buy you a car, you will never need to shop in Owino again …†And such campaign promises.
The calculation is such that by the time the future drags its feet to today, the motivation to take the better alternative would have been eroded.
As a rule of love metamorphosis, the motivation and determination to invest time and money in a relationship is highest at the beginning. That is when you tend to score 4-0, wake up at midnight to drive and pick her from her home to hospital, cook him the best food and work on your appearance diligently.
In this process of trying to impress, we build our partners’ expectations to five goals a game as it was with Burundi. If one night, they can only manage one goal against Kenya, we start fearing that their love is fading, that they were just players or they could be seeing someone else. Yet their take-off energies may be waning, or they are just tired, or it is not a good day. We should actually desist from judging people by their past achievements “Remember you used to buy me chicken every day!â€
That is why for us fans who braved the night, Umeme’s load shedding and absence of fireworks during the cup handover ceremony, it didn’t matter whether it was one goal or ten. One goal may have kept us on tension but it made the victory sweeter.
Borrow our leaf in love. It cannot always be an avalanche of gifts. You shouldn’t judge your partner by the amount but the overall effort and intention. And, above all, the victory.
Longlive The Cranes!