Did you know that in African society,(specifically Kenyan society) when someone hasn't been in your itenerary for a while either physically or electronically ,it is customary to ask him or her this question when you see that person again..."Bado uko?"
This would translate directly in English to "Do you still exist?". Naturally there are two ways to explain this apparently shallow approach at reaquaintance; Either there is a comical effect lying therein unnoticed or we are dwelling in a tragically rhetorical society. But then one such as I who digs deeper for the Inside scoop will extract more meaning to this elusively insignificant statement and seek to understand it differently. It could connote that you are not yourself or rather you are not thriving in your natural element of ego to an extent that you have lost brief contact with the outside world you had intergrated yourself into and vice versa. Thus it is safe to question whether your inner person or rather the assumed definition of it still exists or has shifted either to a new form which now maintains ties with another circle of people and friends.
Anyway, the latter might not exactly apply to me but to answer the question I make this post to signal the return of your most eloquent blogster....THE SPIDERHAND!
