For Love and Money
One of the merits of blogging is that you get to interact with people who you would not ordinarily have interacted with. Call it the beauty of the internet, if you will. It kind of expands your horizon across borders, continents and even time zones.
The last thing that I had in mind when I started blogging was meeting other bloggers or even networking with people over web. That said blogging has opened for me a whole new frontier. From communicating with people through comments, others by email, a few by phone and even meeting face to face with some bloggers. I'll start by confessing that I have known a few Kenyan bloggers even before I started blogging. My next confession is that since I started blogging I have met a few bloggers though I have never introduced myself.
Recently I was honoured to meet the blogger commonly referred to as Maina. Surprisingly, I was able to identify him in a crowd of people at the said venue of our meeting. I took him totally by surprise as I showed up earlier than we had agreed though I knew he was going to turn up earlier than me. Not that I wanted to see him first before meeting him, it's just that my flight landed on time and I was spared the agony of going though the long immigration lines at the airport.
After which we linked up later at his home for lunch and some chit chat. Meeting him and his family was a blessing as we got to spend the afternoon chatting away after a sumptuous meal prepared by his lovely missus. The chapos I ate just made my day and if anything made the meet-up worthwhile. The funny thing is that we talked like long lost friends who had just been re-united. Turned out that we share a few things in common and in many ways we were able to connect on various aspects.
I was truly blessed for the few hours that I spent with him and his family. As such this post is to publicly embarrass thank him and his wife for their hospitality. The fact that they offered me a place to spend the night really touched me as it showed their generosity.
That said, I look forward to meeting one or two other bloggers should our geographical paths cross. Hopefully as the world gets much smaller and we continue to outgrow our physical boundaries, it will only be a matter of time before this happens.
Once again, thank you Maina & Co for your hospitality and generosity. I look forward to meeting you guys again and should your travels bring you to my neck of the woods, I will certainly marshal up my forces and revenge. God bless.
