Ladies and Gents!

Niko Daa!
Ninafurahi sana kwa kila kitu; maisha ni mazuri, watu ni wacheshi n.k. Nchi imeendelea kwa kiwango cha kuridhisha na kama kuna dosari ni kidogo sana na zinarekebishika!
Kwa rafiki na ndugu zangu mlioko UK nawatakieni kila la kheri na mafanikio ktk shughuli zenu. 'Yapha' (hi nephew!/tom) na 'Mameki' (jerry) nanyi nawatakieni kila la heri na likizo njema. Be good boys eeeh! Salimia Mumy and Daddy!
Karibuni nyumbani TZ.

God Help

.................
GOD Grant me the;
SERENITY to accept the things I can not change
COURAGE to change things I can, and
WISDOM to know the difference
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Favourite Books

New London Architecture 2
Kenneth Powell and Cathy Strongman
Merrell (London)
ISBN 13: 978-1-8589-4360-2
Price: £29.95

Frank Lloyd Wright 1867-1959
Building for Democracy
TASCHEN, Hong Kong 2004
ISBN: 978-3-8228-2757-4

Favourite Books

Building Quantities Explained
Ivor H Seeley
Paperback 432 pages
Publisher: Palgrave macmillan
ISBN: 9780333719725
Price: £30.99

Plumbing, 3rd Edition
R D Treloar
ISBN: 0-7506-6822-9
Price: £19.99

Building Regulations in Brief
Ray Tricker and Rozz Algar
ISBN: 0-7506-8058
Price: £19.99

Illustrated Building Pocket Book, 2nd Edition
Roxxana McDonald
ISBN: 0-7506-8015-6
Price: £19.99

The Architecture Student's Handbook of Professional Practice,
By American Institute of Architects
Price: £52.25

(source: www.waterstones.com)

'raffaeli'

raffaeli (wimbo wa kizazi kipya)

nilienda moja kwa moja kwa raffaeli,
nikamkuta nyumbani anasikiliza r kelly,
nikamuuliza raffaeli,
unayo cd ya makaveli?
akaniambia ana cd ya makaveli,
r kelly,
na maria carey.

Thanks!

To you all 'silent readers' who spend your precious time going through this 'space'!

I am aware of your following and am humbled to realise that you value whatever I throw out here.

"Imagination. Creativity. Originality." -Quod Erat Demonstrandum

Bustani na maeneo ya kijani

Ktk nadharia ya mipango ya makazi (settlement planning) bustani na maeneo ya michezo zimegawanyika ktk madaraja kadhaa. Bustani sio kitu cha kukurupuka na kupachika tu popote utakapo!

1. Nyumba ya makazi (residential house) - kila nyumba inatakiwa itengewe eneo dogo la bustani. Kwa wenzetu wa UK karibu nyumba zote zina maeneo ya bustani kwa mbele au nyuma ya nyumba. Kwa sasa sina tarakimu za vipimo vya ukubwa wa bustani za kiwango hiki.

2. Kundi la nyumba (clusters) - kundi la nyumba 10 au zaidi linatakiwa kuwa na eneo lake kubwa kidogo la kuchezea watoto (play ground). Watoto au watu wa mtaa/mitaa jirani hukutana hapo kwa mapumziko ya muda mfupi ambapo pia watoto kucheza.

3. Bustani za kitongoji/kijiji (neighbourhood) - bustani hizi hukidhi mahitaji ya kitongoji au kijiji ambacho kina shule moja au mbili za msingi. bustani za kundi hili zina ukubwa zaidi ya zile za namba 1 na 2 hapo juu.

4. Bustani za 'wilaya' - hizi ni kwa ajili ya watu au eneo lenye vitongoji vingi (mathalani vitogoji zaidi ya 3) na lina maeneo ya maduka makubwa, ofisi za serikali/dola n.k. Bustani za daraja hili huwa ni kubwa zaidi ya zote hapo juu.

5. Maeneo yasiyowezekana kupangiliwa (cumbersome areas) - bustani za maeneo haya huwepo kutokana na kutokuwezekana kupangilia shughuli zozote, mfano za ujenzi wa nyumba za makazi ktk eneo husika na hivyo kutengwa kama eneo la kijani/bustani.

Kwa ujumla mji uliopangwa vizuri kwa kufuata kanuni za mipango miji huwa zina bustani za madaraja haya yote. Na inawezekana makundi tofauti ya bustani yakawa yanaungana ktk maeneo fulani (kutengeneza ukanda wa kijani) na hivyo kuwa mapito mazuri kwa waenda kwa miguu au baiskeli.