NOKIA C2-01

Ushawai ibiwa kitu live live?🤔 Live live as in mchana 😆 This story is about this one fateful day when a phone that didn't belong to me, a one week old Nokia C2-01 was snatched from my hands tukiwa na mwenye simu hapo kando yangu.

Tulikuwa tunastay Lenana karibu na Lenana School aka 'Changez' and on this day kulikuwa na "Changez Open", a talents-day sort of event where all 'known' high schools would show up. The August Holiday had just commenced. The event was more of a 'close of term' event - why it was held on a Saturday - just after shule zifungwe. Said event was open to the public (bad mistake❌!) so you can imagine venye nlibambika when one tall, dark & handsome man, A.O*, my then boyfriend-to-be agreed attend this event. ❤

A.O & I had met on Facebook through a classmate, Poxxy. He was Poxxy's neighbour and lived not so far from our school. Our physical meeting happened on the first day of mid-term break (before August) when I found him waiting for me outside the school gate just to 'give me a push' to the matatu stage - while carrying my bag. How romantic! Can your crush even?? "Unajua mi bado sina simu lakini unaeza kuwa uninikol na hii....0714 xxx xxx," I told him, blushing, while exchanging contacts. What followed were late night chats between me & him using Sharon's phone. Sharon, my sister from another mother, had just been randomly picked for a KPLC advert in their primary school and had in turn used part of her cash reward to buy a phone, her precious Nikia C2-01.

The event was mad fun! Antony B & Turbulance's 'Real Warrior' was ruling the waves at the time, mastudents hawangeshikika hio ngoma ikiwekwa. Event ikaisha Sharon & I tukaamua kupea A.O push hadi stage around 5.15pm hapo. Kutoka stage tukaamua tusipitie njia ya katikati (yenye iko busy na wasee), tupitie main road next to Ngong Forest- which is equally busy but kuna fresh air - kinda na ni mchana bado. My hunk of a boyfriend-to-be had bought me airtime worth 100 bob just before he boarded a mat & promised to chat the night way. Tulibambika niaje..hio simu haikuwa imewai ona credo ya soo. Tukatoka stage tukitembea pole pole nikiweka credo kwa phone, owner akitembea kando yangu tu mdogo mdogo.

Hapo mbele kwa baro, just before upige corner uanze kuenda Lenana School, kwa junction ya kuingia Ngong Forest hio place ya Nduthi kulikuwa na machali kama saba ivi - mastudents; others in uniforms, others in home clads. Venye tu Safaricom walituma message ya "Airtime Received",  mmoja wao mrefu in a red t-shirt & black pants starts walking towards us. Sisi tukafikiria anakam kutukatia because - 'daaaah men'. Ghafla Bin Vuu, Osama Bin Laden akatufikia sura amekunja akastretch mkono kwangu.

🗣"WEKELEA HIO SIMU HAPA!!!" Tukashtuka walai tunashangaa shida ya huyu boy ni gani. Confusion galore 😂😂

🗣 "NIMESEMA UWEKELEE HIO SIMU HAPA, UNAONA NACHEKA?"

Sijui venye alijaribu kuisnatch akahata sa akajam tukaanza kustruggle hapo. Sharon akamshika shati akishout "Uuuuuui aki tusaidieni anataka kutuibia!!" 😂 Hao machali wanaangalia tu from a distance ju they were in on it. Sharon aliskia kakofi kamekuja akajipata ameanguka chini kama gunia ya waru nikabaki ni mimi na Batista kwa ring. Alinigonga mkono sijui venye niliachilia simu. Simu ilienda na kredo ya soo. It happened so fast Sharon akajipata at least alirarua tsho ya mwizi. Chali alikimbia bare chest akienda sides za Karen I think akaingia kwa msitu ndani. After akimbie about 3 of the guys wanaamka wanajifanya concerned......"Gai...ati ameenda na phone yenu?" Wakaanza ati kukimbia towards the direction yenye huyo mgondi alikuwa ameenda, wanakimbia SLOW MOTION!! "Waaah.....aki huyo ameenda. Poleni."

Finally kamse ka nduthi kakakam tukaipanda tukimwambia direction tukimbize mwizi atusaidie. Dereva Wa Nduthi alitufikisha Kabuagi 😂, akishinda akisema "Mbona simuoni?😂

A.O hio siku alilala akijua ameachwa.

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