Is she Angie or Cleopatra...

A lot of Kenyans have died in the past few weeks due to post election violence...well today the two presidential candidates met for some 'mediation' of some sort...under the guide of Koffi anan- the Nobel price winner. After a whole afternoons meeting they come out smiles and both of them tell the nation-through the media that they are now thinking of working together for a solution! SERIOUSLY the election violence started on the 29th of December...did it take this two people all these days, all the lives lost and all the people displaced to `know that today was the day? i mean were all the lives lost for no reason...is politics really a game that only the players understand? or does it boil down to power and its corrupting nature? anyway i guess we just have to wait and see the movie unfolding...

A thought occurred to me...is it possible to know people and their true personalities? take for example you meet someone, lets call him John Doe in the streets today and you look at them well the first impression you will get is based on their clothing(he is wearing a black suit)...then you get to know them for lets say 10 years you separate and you come meet up after 10 years...and one day your walking down the street and you meet a friend and you realize that John Doe is a common friend...you sit down for coffee and the first thing your friend tells you..."JOHN DOE IS SUCH A BASTARD AND A LIAR" and you look at them with awe and clarify if this is the same John Doe you know...he is the one...but the John Doe you know is the most "HUMBLE PLEASANT TRUTHFUL" person you have met.

So in a bid to protect your friend John Doe you ask your other friend to share as to what made him/her come to that conclusion of his persona...and they unravel the worst image you've ever been painted of a person you know...to make matters worse...she has someone who can collaborate the story! when you think about it you wonder is that the same person you knew...and thats why I ask DO YOU KNOW PEOPLE ONLY TO THE EXTENT THEY WANT YOU TO KNOW THEM? why is it that different people have different notions of the same person... is it that you decide to show this side of you to others and not to others? or is it some level of multiple personality? well i agree people only let you know them to the extent they want you to know them, and I could vouch for that. And what I know is its the riskiest thing in life to actually affirm that you do know someone...because you never.