24 NEW VISION, Fridayay , JanuaryJanuary 77,, 2011 CHART To make or ditch New Year resolutions Anyway my mum is not the issue; the hits its target’ (Ilonka Nazziwa circa TOPPERS (lack of) resolutions is! 2011). A couple of months ago, I watched It is beginning to dawn on me that a talk show where a prominent Holly- maybe resolutions are actually mis- wood family were being interviewed. sion/vision statements for each 94.8 FM The husband and wife mentioned New Year! for Kampala something interesting: They said they Maybe indeed they are TOP 10 had a mission statement and a vision needed; not in the casual for the family, and every so often, they flippant way that I was us- 1. Only Girl in the World - Rihanna came together as a couple and some- ing them, but maybe I need WHAT LIES BENEATH times along with their kids, to evaluate to write them down, to 2. Just a Dream - WITH ILONKA NAZIWA progress, and address hindrances. articulate them, rehearse Nelly This information drew mixed feel- them and, of course, do ings within me. On the one hand, I ad- them so that my bullets hit 3. Whats My Name- Rihanna feat Drake OUR years ago, I decided I mired them for being so focused, and their target, or, are at least close Fwas going to drop the whole hey, they were a successful Hollywood to the intended targets. 4.Grenade - Bruno Mars resolution-making act because usu- family after all, so this approach must It seems that without some kind 5. Miss Me -Mohombi feat Nelly ally when it came to June/July, I did be working for them. of direction or predefined destina- not remember half the resolutions I On the other hand, I was a bit re- tion, I am allowing myself to ebb 6. Cant Be Friends - Trey Songz had set at the beginning of the year. pulsed because the last thing I would freely on the waves of life. The only resolution that always want in the family is corporate-like Now how on earth will achieve- 7.Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars stuck out was the consistent need structures and modalities. ments or failures be measured without to lose some weight, and I suspect Being that a new year is starting, I a yardstick? 8.Yeah Yeah Yeah - Chris Brown that one was just inherited from my am finding myself thinking about that Yes, right now I am at onset of the mother. family a great deal and I am putting it New Year toying with the idea of re- 9.Hot Toddie -Usher feat Jay-Z For as long as I can recall, she has in the context of my commitment to suming my resolution making habit. been on some kind of diet or exercise not make resolutions. I am going to try hard not to include 10.Born Champion - General Pype feat MI regimen; sometimes it worked, A little voice somewhere in the ‘weight loss’ as one of them, but that Tune in to the People’s Countdown, Sundays, 1:00PM TO 3:00PM sometimes it did not, but all times we, back of my head is on repeat with the will be difficult after a Christmas of her children, said there was progress! phrase ‘the misguided bullet never binging!

SOUNDING OFF - ID Twins NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK BY DOMINIC MUWANGUZI seemingly overrides the music. Sweet Modena is another The lyrics are typically weak with groovy track which quite stands DENTICAL twins, Wasswa a series of repetitions. However, out. The instrumentation is not Sharing space can lead ITamale and Kato Kiggundu the rather groovy element some- so bad, although like the other to invasion of privacy have broken ground on the lo- what resurrects the song. songs, it lacks proper arrange- cal music scene with afro-pop. The song, Alululu, talks of a love ment and it is hastily sung. Their music is essentially based stupor. The song’s strength is the Incidentally this is characteristic on relationships. It talks about melodious intro coupled with to most vocal afro- pop produc- the good and the bad of personal swift keyboards which make it tions. relationships. sweet and sensual. The song also Nevertheless, the duo have a Their songs have received con- has a rap verse, but it almost hap- bright future in the music indus- Pain of sharing space siderable airplay on local radio pens accidentally that it is hard try but their challenge is to work stations. to notice. harder on vocals. and that is just high school. I am entertaining guests in a crowded On Ankyaye, the duo lament The title track of their album, They also need to be creative at campus and the never-ending room. You know what I mean, on a relationship that has hit the Oliwadala, is groovy with a when it comes to song writing story continues. this nice guy finally noticed you, rocks. The girl in question has quit mixture of synthetic instrumenta- and avoid being predictable. Why do I not get a single room? decides to visit, so you let your the relationship and the artistes tion. The beat is fast, the artists The twins are graduates of That is a story on its own. Well, first roommate know. She does not are telling their agony which seem like they are running out of Information Technology from year came and went, and good take the hint, not the first time, not cannot even be soothed by her breathe. The other glitch is the Makerere University. riddance. the second, not ever! best friends. advertising in the song by the They have been plying the Seriously, we had a continuous As you sit through all the The syntheticsy production producer. music industry for a year. stream of visitors, I was almost awkward silence and anxiously deceived into thinking I am hope she leaves, she just goes on exciting! You call them “benchers”. sitting right there blinking right I call them annoying human traffic. back at the two of you. BY EDITH NAMUGANGA So now that I am older, I should be Maybe she does enjoy our able to sleep and enjoy my room, discomfort, I cannot be sure, but HARING a room is so not right? Wrong! whatever it is, it is working. Scool! Admit it; it is easier to For the last weeks, I have been If this was not lovely old Uganda, live with your own mess than to doing the dishes, but here is the I would hit the streets and protest tidy up after someone else every catch; I did not use them! You the punishment of sharing rooms, single day. For all those who have walk in after a long day walking but since that has not worked for siblings and have to share things in Einstein’s shoes only to be so many people, I will use another like clothes, toys, the TV remote… welcomed by a sink full of dishes! tactic. Too bad I cannot do yoga, you have to agree with me; it can Honestly, nobody likes doing seems to work for the stressed drive you crazy sometimes. dishes on a normal day, much less people on TV. For the last few years I have been after a stressful day in a boring I plan on praying without sharing living space with so many lecture room! ceasing, that way, maybe time will Wasswa Tamale and people and each day has been a Ha! That is not all, my friends; move faster and I will get my own Kato Kiggundu trial, each special in its own way there is the technicality of space.