THE WEEK IN "FOCUS"

Late nights........mouth sores.....big brother....office whining and gossip.......wahala with drivers and maids.....anonymous calls...girl power......buying new shoes........no bosses..
what a serious week!Im I blogging or on FB!? who cares.....
But for the mosquitoes..don`t understand the ones in Naija......they bite at any point i.e. in the shower,while I work away..while cooking.......and even jogging!really!
Something to look forward to this weekend..new shoes....Footprint Party..new bed..Picolomondo!..someone told me yesterday....getta a life!It`s true I need one.....and I`m getting it.....

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Mmmmmmmmmm....ok BBA All Stars on air.................who gives feedback to MNET?Not sure I have seen star quality yet!And yes Big Brother should be a man...I insist........
Had a great weekend .....Friday/Saturday..........Marcee is a nice club...and a barbecue overlooking Lagos water front is not too bad under the moonlight...precious moments...
But come Monday..worst day of my week (dahhh? I presume most of us have the blues..)..ok ok Sunday is the worst day for me....rather personal reasons....
Doing things differently this week..back to running and apples for dinner..(this is not sustainable)....cooking..(tired of my maid`s food..).also not sustainable........working late......sustainable......yeah it is planning time again in RB......I call it exam time...goes on until end September...
ok time to sleep......3 very late nights in a row on laptop not sustainable!and looking forward to going home next week..those referendum guys had better not cause mayhem as I land in the morning.....hopefully the Baks will throw in a Public Holiday to keep the troublemakers at bay...

HOME EARLY.......

Yeeeeaaah!We have a solution to watch BBA All Stars....... sms the word yes and first 10digits of your DSTV smart card no and send to 30333...and wait.........................I`m still waiting 24hrs later..someone told me they tried it today and all the DSTV channels got scrambled!lol!I will die if I have to take a trip to Multichoice to sort his out.....(and why did they have to wait after the launch of the damn show on Sunday to tell subscribers how they can activate the channel?) or was it an afterthought?or someone forgot to do their job?or they needed to create demand?ahhhh I beg!Oh!make we de vex now.......wahala!
Ok Let`s talk about work.....but not too much....I have come to learn that indeed common sense is not sooooo common among many........I have people who almost make me pluck my hair in the office on a daily basis..not one..not two.....almost everyone..........people prefer e-mail conversations vs confrontations..perhaps it is better that way because on most days.....I really want to yell out loud so I can make a point.....and if you yell and a Nigerian with their strong vocals responds...fireworks in the office!....I`m really really coming to understand why people in the office esp the expats are always in confrontational moods....bad moods.....mood swings......and the pressure to deliver results does not help..lucky are the smokers....they can take a break on one of those stuffy corridors on the office floor and let it all go........
Oh..did I tell you we get a ration of toilet rolls/lipton tea (liptan...) and sugar cubes.......you find them on your table every beginning of the month....By the way......the tissue paper is supposed to serve as napkins/serviette/face wipes for your personal use.....!Im not kidding..I cannot explain the reasons due to matters of National Security.....
Today I came home early....7:30pm because their was no diesel to run the office generator...(off course someone was responsible!...or had a mischievous idea to get everyone home early for once......PS:I overheard someone say "wish this was a Friday"...........I will diarise this for their next review....
Anyway it is all good..lemmie indulge in Edward Klein`s "THE TRUTH ABOUT HILARY"...quite a thriller....

BIG BROTHER ALL STARS

One of the things that keeps youngsters glued to their screens.....BBA....so here it is....and guess what?DSTV subscribers in Nigeria have no access to channel 198...you have to get a special permit to have this channel enabled..why?Because the govt banned the channel labelling it "immoral"..you have got to be kidding me!Besides the fact that this could be the only KEY entertainment in Naija....I`m enraged.....ok ok..KENDO and my driver will have to sort this out (read long queues at Multichoice offices.. in VI..)...
Enough with the services here but I cannot stop myself.....So I opened an account at Stanchart (funny branch name..APAPA)..this is the port bit of Lagos just like "docks" in Mombasa.......It took me 3weeks to get my ATM card and cheque book...then I needed another week to get pin number to the ATM card...and another week to get the pin no activated...!What!I mean this is a multi-national but nooooooooo the systems have gotta be down at any one point...

Hmmmmm..I have not said good things about Lagos so far today...sorry...

Ok positives..positives........eehhhh getting darted by drivers,painters,curtain guys is not my cup of tea..but it is amazing how sure the male species in Nigeria is of themselves....

LAGOS AND THE FLOODS.......

Tks June for the article from Debbie Williams on Lagos.......Yes life in Lagos is indeed a paradox......
So another week in paradise...I had heard of flooding in Lagos but loh and behold.....this week I had a brush with the floods...At about 5:00am.......serious thunderstorms and lightning flashes...somehow the Lagos thunder storms sound closer than back home?You feel like the house is shaking and the lighting is like these series of flashes in bright white light......no it`s not the Oscars....must admit a bit scary when you think that anything can happen in Naija including being struck by lightning....so the rain begun coming down hard...and I knew Park view Estate was flooded...so decided to leave by 8:00am...wesmake!Came back to house after 5min....
10:00am..my driver gets impatient and decides ok...he saw some cars drive by so assumed all is well.......so there we were attempting to cross the murky waters in our Honda Civic.....I now understand why Nigerians also drive big 4 wheel cars which are all known as "jeeps".......lol!no matter the model......2min of driving through the water and the car starts flooding..I started cursing at my driver...why oh why did I listen to him?water was gashing in fast and I started to panic..so not wanting to ruin my shoes.......my legs were soon in the air!and when the car begun moving with the current of the water...I started screaming and panicked......driver still calm.......all of a sudden..the car went off!I knew it.......sometimes you really wake up and just make the wrong decisions......
So my driver Hussein had to push the car through the water and in serious rain..I felt bad but was wondering if God was punishing him for not listening to "madam" or "mar" as it is in Naija.....made it to the Parkview gate and now how to get to work......almost everyone was stuck in water ,at home or their car too was flooded...this is now 11:00am.....car is off....it is raining.....and ???????frustration.....after trying all manners of SOS calls...hitch hiked back to my house in a "jeep"...yes I flagged down some man and left Hussein to deal with the floods and the dead Honda.........
I made it to office at 2:00pm after getting a "jeep" to drive through the water with a smaller vehicle of my colleague in tow.i.e. clear the way.......hmmmmmm
This week also said bye to my old boss a.k.a "James Bond" and welcomed new one.......a.ka."SKY".as I said....be careful how you deal with people and what you do out there..you never know who could be your next boss.....it is indeed a small world

Lagos is beautiful...this is just before the rain came down..............