My second airplane ticket- By Edward

My second airplane ticket- By Edward

The first time I bought (actually someone bought it for me) an airplane ticket to Nairobi was in January 1998, it was my first experience traveling by air. The day of travel I was full of excitement and village maloo. I have since made a few trips back to Kenya but by bus.

Last week I walked into the Kenya Airways offices in down town Kampala and bought my second airplane ticket to Nairobi, Kenya almost 21 years since I got the first one. If I had an option I would have still traveled by bus because its ‘cheaper’ and am not doing well financially these days, besides I like seeing the country side. But as part of our leadership course requirements, we are supposed to travel by air to attend the fearless Summit (https://fearlesssummit.org) scheduled for next month in Nairobi, Kenya. And I think they have a point, because as a people who are being groomed to be strong influencers in our different spheres of influence, we need conducive environments that will enhance our growth and networks.

Now as I walked into the Kenya airways(KQ) offices, the plan was to buy a return ticket from Jumbo Jet (a sister company of KQ) since its ‘cheaper’ wooo..Ugandans we crave for cheap things.
Unfortunately I found their travel dates not in conformity with my schedule, so I decided to buy a one way ticket with Kenya airways and a return with Jumbo Jet.
Then I noticed something, Jumbo jet dollar to shillings exchange rate is far much higher than that of Kenya airways(Remember both airlines are owned by the same company) two, their luggage allowance is also much lower than that of Kenya airways, any extra kilos of luggage is charged highly. So cheap things are many times not that cheap. People who say that we should avoid them have a point.

After leaving Kenya airways offices, I went to UNEB offices in Ntinda to get a password for our e-registration PLE portal that we missed getting when the UNEB officials visited Mayuge district for training/issuing out passwords.
The UNEB official handed me a list of requirements for all those schools that missed the training. Requirements that would take time and resources to get. The guy hinted on the fact they are trying to teach a lesson to those who missed the training so that next time they don’t miss. My attempts to explain to them that I already know about the law of the pain yield no results.
As human beings we tend to learn things the hard way, I wish it was easy to learn from other people’s failures.

In John Maxwell’s 15 laws of personal growth,Law of pain no.8 which is basically the concept of learning and growing from our mistakes, he says “Each time we encounter a painful experience; we get to know ourselves a little better. Pain can stop us dead in our tracks. Or it can cause us to make decisions we would like to put off, deal with issues we would rather not face, and make changes that make us feel uncomfortable. Pain prompts us to face who we are and where we are. What we do with that experience defines who we become”

Blessings- Edward