101 things to do when your bored~
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1. Look up urban legends, and/or ghost stories in your town. Investigate!
2. If wewe live in a city with public transport (bus, train, subway), plan a trip using the transit system. Take some Marafiki along for company, au just enjoy the ride and people-watch!
3. Get yourself a roll of quarters and find a video arcade.
4. Strike up a conversation with a total stranger.
5. Learn to tie sailors’ knots.
6. Volunteer. It’s fun and you’ll get good karma. :o)
7. Hang out with old people. They have great stories and sometimes need the company.
8. Perform bila mpangilio acts of kindness.
9. Find out all the great touristy places in your city. Now spend the siku being a tourist!
10. Try geocaching.
11. Check out the local art scene. Attend a gallery opening.
12. Become a babysitter and have fun playing with a child – everyone needs to engage in an epic light saber battle every once in awhile!
13. Try to beat 20Q.
14. Go fly a kite.
15. Give yourself a facial. au a total make-over.
16. Try brewing your own beer. au make your own wine.
17. Google everyone wewe knew in high school.
18. If wewe like building, making, and/or creating things, find something on Instructables to make.
19. Check out a sketchy ethnic restaurant in your area. wewe might find a gem au wewe might get chakula poisoning. Either way, it's the stuff stories are made of. Plus, you’ll be able to say "I know this great little _____ place."
20. Take all the cushions off your kitanda and some blankets from your kitanda and build a fort.
21. Be someone else for a few hours. Put on a hat, fake beard and eyeglasses and walk around town.
22. Go for a walk. Explore your neighborhood. You’re bound to find gardens, shops, restaurants, art, au other bila mpangilio bits of wonderfulness wewe didn’t even know were there.
23. Choose a movie to see based on the roll of the dice. Open a newspaper au web browser to your local movie listings. Roll the dice. If, for example, wewe roll a three, go see the third movie in the listings.
24. Read a book. Try one that someone has recommended but that wewe wouldn’t normally choose for yourself. wewe might be pleasantly surprised.
25. Start a blog.
26. Learn to play a musical instrument. Take up the ukulele.
27. Spend some time browsing in the public library.
28. Have coffee in a bookstore. Sit in one of their super-comfy armchairs. Read one of their books.
29. Window shop. Or, duka for windows. Whichever.
30. Go to a gun range and try out some rental pistols.
31. Interview someone. Local history organizations often need people to conduct interviews and transcribe oral histories that might otherwise be lost.
32. Document your siku in photographs.
33. Treat yourself to a manicure. au a pedicure.
34. Grab a partner and hit the racquetball au tennis court.
35. Facebook-stalk people from your past.
36. Try the assignments at Learning to upendo wewe More.
37. Release a book into the wild.
38. Get yourself a fake buddy.
39. Exchange postcards with a stranger.
40. Order something from The Something Store.
41. Wash your dog. Try washing your cat.
42. Cut out picha and paste them on Popsicle sticks. Have a puppet show.
43. Learn to peel a banana, ndizi with your feet.
44. Have a movie marathon. Watch all the Lord of the Rings movies. au all of the nyota Wars films. au the Indiana ... wewe get the idea.
45. Turn on the T.V., put it on mute and make up dialogue. au mute the TV and play music. It’s funny to see how the muziki “matches up” with what’s happening on-screen.
46. Go dumpster diving and see what wewe can find.
47. Make faces at strangers to make them laugh.
48. Take your TV outside. While you’re at it, take your inayopendelewa comfy chair au kitanda outside too!
49. Watch kids play – and then jiunge in.
50. Sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and point a hair dryer at passing cars. See if they slow down.
51. Skip rather than walk.
52. jiunge the summer kusoma program at your local library. Who cares if it’s just for kids?
53. Plant a garden. au some potted plants.
54. Pack a fun lunch and go to the park. Play Frisbee.
55. Decorate blank t-shirts.
56. Set up a Slip 'N Slide in your back yard. Invite the whole neighborhood!
57. Spend a siku at the beach.
58. Make maji ya limau, lemonade from lemons.
59. Set up a hammock in your yard. Use it!
60. Make your own ice cream.
61. Create a masterpiece on your driveway with sidewalk chalk.
62. Have a water balloon fight. au a sponge ball fight.
63. Help produce the 1 sekunde Film.
64. Watch presentations on slideshare.
65. Write a one-sentence story.
66. Learn how to make raspberry, rasiberi jam, how to make fortune cookies, how to fix a bicycle chain, how to start a small business, and more!
67. Visit a museum. au visit an online museum.
68. Go bowling.
69. Blow bubbles.
70. Build a campfire and make s’mores. au banana, ndizi boats.
71. Decorate a pair of flip-flops.
72. Gather some old dry mkate crusts and feed the birds. au go to a lake au pond and feed the ducks.
73. Go on a hike.
74. Research your family tree.
75. Go to a farmer’s market.
76. Start a scrapbook.
77. Learn to crochet. au knit.
78. nyota gaze. au visit a science center au planetarium.
79. Lie on the nyasi and look at wingu shapes.
80. Build a sandcastle.
81. Plant a tree.
82. Bake cookies. Put them in pretty containers and deliver them to your friends.
83. Rent a projector, hang a white sheet in your backyard and have a backyard movie night.
84. Have a mto fight.
85. Clean up trash in a local park. au pick up trash on your block.
86. Paint your bedroom a new color.
87. Learn to juggle.
88. Start a collection.
89. Record a funny new greeting for your voice mail.
90. Buy part of the moon.
91. Make deep-fried Twinkies.
92. Glue money to the floor and watch people try to pick it up.
93. Go into a building and set all the clocks ahead one saa (or behind, if you're really bold).
94. Write a novel.
95. Build things out of cans of food. Donate them to a chakula bank afterwards.
96. Watch a familiar DVD dubbed in a foreign language.
97. Learn a new language. au learn sign language!
98. Write a letter to a friend. On paper! Don’t forget to mail it.
99. Clean out your closet.
100. Rearrange your furniture.
101. Make a list. (Maybe a orodha of things to do when you’re bored!)
Original link
1. Look up urban legends, and/or ghost stories in your town. Investigate!
2. If wewe live in a city with public transport (bus, train, subway), plan a trip using the transit system. Take some Marafiki along for company, au just enjoy the ride and people-watch!
3. Get yourself a roll of quarters and find a video arcade.
4. Strike up a conversation with a total stranger.
5. Learn to tie sailors’ knots.
6. Volunteer. It’s fun and you’ll get good karma. :o)
7. Hang out with old people. They have great stories and sometimes need the company.
8. Perform bila mpangilio acts of kindness.
9. Find out all the great touristy places in your city. Now spend the siku being a tourist!
10. Try geocaching.
11. Check out the local art scene. Attend a gallery opening.
12. Become a babysitter and have fun playing with a child – everyone needs to engage in an epic light saber battle every once in awhile!
13. Try to beat 20Q.
14. Go fly a kite.
15. Give yourself a facial. au a total make-over.
16. Try brewing your own beer. au make your own wine.
17. Google everyone wewe knew in high school.
18. If wewe like building, making, and/or creating things, find something on Instructables to make.
19. Check out a sketchy ethnic restaurant in your area. wewe might find a gem au wewe might get chakula poisoning. Either way, it's the stuff stories are made of. Plus, you’ll be able to say "I know this great little _____ place."
20. Take all the cushions off your kitanda and some blankets from your kitanda and build a fort.
21. Be someone else for a few hours. Put on a hat, fake beard and eyeglasses and walk around town.
22. Go for a walk. Explore your neighborhood. You’re bound to find gardens, shops, restaurants, art, au other bila mpangilio bits of wonderfulness wewe didn’t even know were there.
23. Choose a movie to see based on the roll of the dice. Open a newspaper au web browser to your local movie listings. Roll the dice. If, for example, wewe roll a three, go see the third movie in the listings.
24. Read a book. Try one that someone has recommended but that wewe wouldn’t normally choose for yourself. wewe might be pleasantly surprised.
25. Start a blog.
26. Learn to play a musical instrument. Take up the ukulele.
27. Spend some time browsing in the public library.
28. Have coffee in a bookstore. Sit in one of their super-comfy armchairs. Read one of their books.
29. Window shop. Or, duka for windows. Whichever.
30. Go to a gun range and try out some rental pistols.
31. Interview someone. Local history organizations often need people to conduct interviews and transcribe oral histories that might otherwise be lost.
32. Document your siku in photographs.
33. Treat yourself to a manicure. au a pedicure.
34. Grab a partner and hit the racquetball au tennis court.
35. Facebook-stalk people from your past.
36. Try the assignments at Learning to upendo wewe More.
37. Release a book into the wild.
38. Get yourself a fake buddy.
39. Exchange postcards with a stranger.
40. Order something from The Something Store.
41. Wash your dog. Try washing your cat.
42. Cut out picha and paste them on Popsicle sticks. Have a puppet show.
43. Learn to peel a banana, ndizi with your feet.
44. Have a movie marathon. Watch all the Lord of the Rings movies. au all of the nyota Wars films. au the Indiana ... wewe get the idea.
45. Turn on the T.V., put it on mute and make up dialogue. au mute the TV and play music. It’s funny to see how the muziki “matches up” with what’s happening on-screen.
46. Go dumpster diving and see what wewe can find.
47. Make faces at strangers to make them laugh.
48. Take your TV outside. While you’re at it, take your inayopendelewa comfy chair au kitanda outside too!
49. Watch kids play – and then jiunge in.
50. Sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and point a hair dryer at passing cars. See if they slow down.
51. Skip rather than walk.
52. jiunge the summer kusoma program at your local library. Who cares if it’s just for kids?
53. Plant a garden. au some potted plants.
54. Pack a fun lunch and go to the park. Play Frisbee.
55. Decorate blank t-shirts.
56. Set up a Slip 'N Slide in your back yard. Invite the whole neighborhood!
57. Spend a siku at the beach.
58. Make maji ya limau, lemonade from lemons.
59. Set up a hammock in your yard. Use it!
60. Make your own ice cream.
61. Create a masterpiece on your driveway with sidewalk chalk.
62. Have a water balloon fight. au a sponge ball fight.
63. Help produce the 1 sekunde Film.
64. Watch presentations on slideshare.
65. Write a one-sentence story.
66. Learn how to make raspberry, rasiberi jam, how to make fortune cookies, how to fix a bicycle chain, how to start a small business, and more!
67. Visit a museum. au visit an online museum.
68. Go bowling.
69. Blow bubbles.
70. Build a campfire and make s’mores. au banana, ndizi boats.
71. Decorate a pair of flip-flops.
72. Gather some old dry mkate crusts and feed the birds. au go to a lake au pond and feed the ducks.
73. Go on a hike.
74. Research your family tree.
75. Go to a farmer’s market.
76. Start a scrapbook.
77. Learn to crochet. au knit.
78. nyota gaze. au visit a science center au planetarium.
79. Lie on the nyasi and look at wingu shapes.
80. Build a sandcastle.
81. Plant a tree.
82. Bake cookies. Put them in pretty containers and deliver them to your friends.
83. Rent a projector, hang a white sheet in your backyard and have a backyard movie night.
84. Have a mto fight.
85. Clean up trash in a local park. au pick up trash on your block.
86. Paint your bedroom a new color.
87. Learn to juggle.
88. Start a collection.
89. Record a funny new greeting for your voice mail.
90. Buy part of the moon.
91. Make deep-fried Twinkies.
92. Glue money to the floor and watch people try to pick it up.
93. Go into a building and set all the clocks ahead one saa (or behind, if you're really bold).
94. Write a novel.
95. Build things out of cans of food. Donate them to a chakula bank afterwards.
96. Watch a familiar DVD dubbed in a foreign language.
97. Learn a new language. au learn sign language!
98. Write a letter to a friend. On paper! Don’t forget to mail it.
99. Clean out your closet.
100. Rearrange your furniture.
101. Make a list. (Maybe a orodha of things to do when you’re bored!)
Dream it Out Loud
How do wewe speak in silence?
Why do wewe sleep when you're awake?
If we just cut the tie lines, then we can simply sail away.
Pack up your things. Write it all down.
You'll soon be accustomed to the sound.
Dream it out loud.
Dream it out loud.
Dream it out loud.
I want to paint in colors.
Leaving the land of black and white.
And if we do go back there, we'll see it in a different light.
Ready to go. Open the door.
Just like the rain falls from the cloud.
Dream it out loud.
Dream it out loud.
Dream it out loud.
It's a better day.
We're on our way.
If there's anything we can't remember.
Who's to say it's not all just a dream.
Don't have to think about it.
Just like a river it will flow.
We waited to long without it.
If we just get up now and go.
Open your eyes and look around.
You'll be surprised what wewe have found.
Dream it out loud. (x 10)
(I'm dreaming. Keep on dreaming.) (x10)
How do wewe speak in silence?
Why do wewe sleep when you're awake?
If we just cut the tie lines, then we can simply sail away.
Pack up your things. Write it all down.
You'll soon be accustomed to the sound.
Dream it out loud.
Dream it out loud.
Dream it out loud.
I want to paint in colors.
Leaving the land of black and white.
And if we do go back there, we'll see it in a different light.
Ready to go. Open the door.
Just like the rain falls from the cloud.
Dream it out loud.
Dream it out loud.
Dream it out loud.
It's a better day.
We're on our way.
If there's anything we can't remember.
Who's to say it's not all just a dream.
Don't have to think about it.
Just like a river it will flow.
We waited to long without it.
If we just get up now and go.
Open your eyes and look around.
You'll be surprised what wewe have found.
Dream it out loud. (x 10)
(I'm dreaming. Keep on dreaming.) (x10)
A Child's Mind
A child's mind is so soft a clay
mold it to into anything wewe may
it's tender and innocent so, for the moment
let it free to play!
Nothing does it know, of the Life's Dirty Play
For it life is all Bright and Gay
It is True, Sweet and Pure
But the way it is, Let it stay!
For in this world of misery and grief
To my mind is a relief,
that a Temple of Innocence
in the world still does exist!
-Siri Mandali
Hope wewe like it, I've ilitumwa it in my blog too :) - link
A child's mind is so soft a clay
mold it to into anything wewe may
it's tender and innocent so, for the moment
let it free to play!
Nothing does it know, of the Life's Dirty Play
For it life is all Bright and Gay
It is True, Sweet and Pure
But the way it is, Let it stay!
For in this world of misery and grief
To my mind is a relief,
that a Temple of Innocence
in the world still does exist!
-Siri Mandali
Hope wewe like it, I've ilitumwa it in my blog too :) - link
The Falling Man
One of the most haunting picha captured from 9/11, it shows a man free-falling after he has jumped from one of the windows of North Tower. He was one of the people they call “Jumpers”, who chose to jump to their death rather than get suffocated kwa the smoke au get buried under the rubble. Some called them cowards, while some sensationalized them as tragic symbols of 9/11. But the fact of the matter is, it was a hard choice for anyone to make, and one can not really judge the decisions a person makes in times like these.
People, wewe rant so much about how wewe have a hard time making choices. Whether wewe should work on your assignment au go out with your friends. Whether wewe should tarehe this guy au that guy. Whether wewe should break up with your boyfriend au not. Whether wewe should wear the pink blouse au the baby blue one.
Imagine the choice this man had to make.....
One of the most haunting picha captured from 9/11, it shows a man free-falling after he has jumped from one of the windows of North Tower. He was one of the people they call “Jumpers”, who chose to jump to their death rather than get suffocated kwa the smoke au get buried under the rubble. Some called them cowards, while some sensationalized them as tragic symbols of 9/11. But the fact of the matter is, it was a hard choice for anyone to make, and one can not really judge the decisions a person makes in times like these.
People, wewe rant so much about how wewe have a hard time making choices. Whether wewe should work on your assignment au go out with your friends. Whether wewe should tarehe this guy au that guy. Whether wewe should break up with your boyfriend au not. Whether wewe should wear the pink blouse au the baby blue one.
Imagine the choice this man had to make.....
if someone is making wewe upset, just say "look how carless and mean he/she/they are/is."
if someone doesn't believe you, just say "i can't do anything to change your mind."
if someone doesn't like the way wewe are, au they want to change something about you, say "i didn't make myself like this. this is how i was born. take me as i am, au don't accept me at all."
if someone is bullying wewe for "no reason", it's because they like you, au is jealous of you, au it's the spirits clashing.
