She's black, he's white yeyeyeah!
Land cruisers’, Ipsums’, SUVs’, Pajeros’, trucks, Rav 4’s, Nadias’, Carinas’, name them, they are all here bumping up and down Uganda's roads. Maersk, Transaami and every other shipping company or car dealer in town is loaded with vehicles in the bond - all the way to Mombasa. Ugandans are importing cars by the minute. Meanwhile the Kikumis' (white Toyota Corolla AE100) that once jammed the city are extinct. Ugandans are doing well financially. Economic Crisis? What’s that?
Strolling through the malls and super markets, I notice more interracial couples. White men with black wives/girlfriends, “Kyots” on arm or tucked in strollers. Uganda is becoming international. The days when the sight of a white man walking with a black woman stopped traffic are long gone.
In other news, what’s with organizations all going yellow? Once Yellow was a bold color that only MTN, Shell and Bell lager dared to use. I could spot an MTN kiosk/logo/banner from miles away – now? It’s jumbled up in all sorts of “yellow shades”. Uganda Revenue Authority, National Housing and so many other companies are using the same color, are the colors running? In that case, I will commend Warid for going hot pink.
Speaking of which, why do telecommunication companies adopt weird names? CELTEL sounded right until it changed to ZAIN. I never associated phone conversations with fruits but ORANGE managed to squeeze in right next to MANGO, before you know it we will have PUNCH - Uganda Telecom or UTL would have done just fine. WARID Telecom got me worried, boy oh boy! When I first heard that name, I thought shoosh! Those customers are going to be stressed. I still think MTN has the most decent name and I am biased. There is something about a name that makes all the difference. Now that SMILE is round the corner, I can’t help thinking about the TV show “Smile your on candid camera”.
Strolling through the malls and super markets, I notice more interracial couples. White men with black wives/girlfriends, “Kyots” on arm or tucked in strollers. Uganda is becoming international. The days when the sight of a white man walking with a black woman stopped traffic are long gone.
In other news, what’s with organizations all going yellow? Once Yellow was a bold color that only MTN, Shell and Bell lager dared to use. I could spot an MTN kiosk/logo/banner from miles away – now? It’s jumbled up in all sorts of “yellow shades”. Uganda Revenue Authority, National Housing and so many other companies are using the same color, are the colors running? In that case, I will commend Warid for going hot pink.
Speaking of which, why do telecommunication companies adopt weird names? CELTEL sounded right until it changed to ZAIN. I never associated phone conversations with fruits but ORANGE managed to squeeze in right next to MANGO, before you know it we will have PUNCH - Uganda Telecom or UTL would have done just fine. WARID Telecom got me worried, boy oh boy! When I first heard that name, I thought shoosh! Those customers are going to be stressed. I still think MTN has the most decent name and I am biased. There is something about a name that makes all the difference. Now that SMILE is round the corner, I can’t help thinking about the TV show “Smile your on candid camera”.
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