15 minutes of fame: Where is Amama, Michael Ezra, Bad black?
An anonymous writer wrote this piece and the Spear Editor fought its one piece of advice one needs to reflect on; the Fifteen minutes of fame that comes in one’s life an opportunity that should never be wasted.
Where did Bad Black go? Where did Mike Ezra go? Where did Amama Mbabazi go? I have not lived for a very long time, but I have seen things change.
I have seen men who would ‘kujooga’ this country sink into oblivion. Maybe it is really true, we all just have our 15 minutes of fame and they soon pass.
When I had just joined Facebook, the celebs of those days were Henry Jr Maks, Divine Marley, General Sweetman. Today no one even remembers them.
Who did not witness the days when WBS TV was the thing? We even had an anthem; ‘WBS eyange…tv station esinga…abiiri mutaano ku TV yo…WBS etusse.” People where is WBS now?
What happened to Barbara Yata? Do you people even remember that name? What about PAM Awards? Ragga Dee even sang a song displaying all his awards.
It is funny, we just see these things and never learn from them. Doreen Kabareebe was the talk of the town. Today, hardly anyone can recognize her if she walked by.
Just because you are having your 15 minutes of fame should not get to your head. Your minutes too shall pass.
I have seen girls that every man yearned for become girls that no man notices. I have seen men who had nothing become something. Life keeps changing its house. Today it may be in your house, it may leave tomorrow.
Just because you have made some little money, and invested in your rentals should not make you think you have arrived. I have seen men sell off everything they had and return to zero. Today’s gold is tomorrow’s copper.
Do you remember when the mobile phone had just become popular in this country? What happened?
Lesson in all this, just be humble. Don’t let success get to your head and don’t look down on anyone who is not having it yet well.
If you have a job, reach out and try to get your friends into jobs. Who knows? If you have money, take off some of it and help a friend or relative. Karma is a real bitch.
Today you may be on top, tomorrow you could be totally nothing. One of the books that changed my life were Nassim Taleb’s Black Swan and Fooled by Randomness.
Life is very random. Yet people keep thinking it is all about their might, their intelligence. How foolish of them!!! Today you are walking all healthy, tomorrow you can wake up to a cancer diagnosis. And that will instantly alter your life. Life can change in split seconds. I have seen destinies change in seconds. All of a sudden, the bread winner of a family dies and a family is back to zero, back to eating crumbs.
That’s why I laugh at people when they get some fame, some little money and become stupidly arrogant. Many more like you have come, many more like you have have gone.
Those of us who were on Myspace remember the celebs of Myspace. Now where is Myspace today? Where is Yahoo?
I can go on and on. Too many examples. So when you get your 15 minutes of fame, use them wisely. And always remember, what goes around comes around. Even Fooda was a hit song….
The Baganda say; ‘N’ebiibimba bbika..”
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