It’s 8.53 pm and I am on my computer, was watching Grey’s Anatomy a while back, then the wonderful power holding company did their thing and became nice like 5 minutes after, more like some kid had just discovered the power source switch a new toy!
Anyways, I got on my computer and thought to blog something, but not really sure what about! Considering the fact that I haven’t done so in a while anyway!
So I switch on my lappy (that’s my way of referring to my laptop) and go to a music folder on my desk top and I am listening to Chris Daughtry’s “Home” and I open my bag to get my flash drive and I see my Audio Bible CD, so I decided to listen to the new testament starting from Matthew 1. The Daughtry song was skipping anyway and I was beginning to wonder why!
So here I am typing away on what is happening to me right now. Talking about Grey’s anyway, whats with this craze about Series any way, they get you sucked in and it’s almost impossible to get satisfied with them. If you work then you know what I mean, you cant ditch work, just to make it home for a series and by the way, I’m not sure Naija is into the Tivo culture, well with the new multichoice decoder…………….. and right now I do not remember what it is called, just maybe I would before I’m done writing, we might eventually get around to doing that more often.
I love Ally McBeal! And good thing her series are all done, just a little over a hundred episodes. Seasons one to five! I saw it all again last Christmas and boy was I excited seeing every single episode. I can’t believe it’s already a year again! Where did time go!
Talking about the end of the year, for those who had dreams and goals and resolutions and blab la bla……………………. Did y’all get to keep to all of them? Hmmmmmmnnnnn I wonder, I just wonder………….i’m not going crazy by the way, heard that line in a naija series I used to watch as a kid and it just stuck. Think the title was “third eye”, it was some guys catchy phrase!
Anyhoo, still talking about the end of the year and all. I never really did have resolutions for this year um well, I guess I kinda said I wanted to be a nicer person. That sounds kinda funny doesn’t it, not sure I achieved it, but next year is another.
Well I kinda made my peace with issues I had with people and with myself and let go of a lot of pain, so I am actually a lot lighter in terms of emotional baggage. I got a pay rise……..yipee!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yeah whatever!
Well I wrote about the true meaning of Christmas two Christmases ago in this blog and the meaning still hasn’t changed for me. Even though those were happier times. …………….and by happier times I mean days when everything was perfect! And I was for the first time in my adult decision making life genuinely happy and I knew it! I didn’t need any one to tell me, I just knew it, I lived it and I enjoyed it and savored it. …………………and I still have wonderful memories of it.
Just got off the phone with my sister, who is holidaying for Christmas and I’m home alone cooking Christmas lunch!
Thought I just heard my father scream my name now and I answered and ran downstairs only to hear that he didn’t call for me. I was always warned about that by my mum (May her soul rest in peace) never ever to answer if I wasn’t sure or couldn’t see the person calling out my name! our wonderful mothers who told us soo many things while growing up that sometimes, we do not know which is true or not, we just somehow take it into our adult lives.
My mama used to say to me, “don’t drink coconut water, you will become very scared and paranoid when you grow up!” funny thing though was I saw her drink it one too many times or when she said to me……………now get a load of this, “don’t ever eat chicken butt, you would become a gossip!”
Anyhow when I went downstairs, heard a song I have heard one toooo may times on tv, but i guess I heard it with meaning tonight. Chorus goes thus…..
“Though I walk through the valley lo
I’ll fear no, evil
By the waters, still my soul,
My heart will trust in you
My heart will trust in you”
For me this just says that God knows all, sees all, and knows best and hey! He can be trusted, so by all means give it all to him and let him do the rest.
This ends it for me tonight, off to watch more series! I didn’t quite have a title for this post when I started, cuz it wasn’t planned, but will just call it “this n that”
Ciao ciao peeps!
NB: It's a PVR Decoder! i just remembered
Monday, December 24, 2007
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Much ado about BBA2
I've been a fan of Big Brother since i discovered it. i saw the first Big Brother Africa, Some of BB South Africa, BB Nigeria, and some of BB uk. the thing is though, i haven't been as irritated, as i am with this BB Africa 2.
I think i should start wiv my views on the housemates.
First up is Tatiana. i personally think she's sweet and all and just a fun loving human being. But she's the queen of mind games. She has Richard the Tanzanian house mate round her itsy bitsy finger.
Then there's Justice. the first evictee! i couldn't stand the guy. he had major issues. all stemming from his height though. I was mad at him through out the period he was in the house. he was an insecure human being who took out all his frustrations on every housemate at the slightest opportunity. he couldnt communicate, he couldnt accept an apology, nasty!
I think i should start wiv my views on the housemates.
First up is Tatiana. i personally think she's sweet and all and just a fun loving human being. But she's the queen of mind games. She has Richard the Tanzanian house mate round her itsy bitsy finger.
Then there's Justice. the first evictee! i couldn't stand the guy. he had major issues. all stemming from his height though. I was mad at him through out the period he was in the house. he was an insecure human being who took out all his frustrations on every housemate at the slightest opportunity. he couldnt communicate, he couldnt accept an apology, nasty!
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
DON'T GROW OLD
Got this as an email a really long time ago and just thought to share with all who might be interested! I think it’s kinda deep…………………
Many people are afraid of growing old.
I'm afraid of growing old and boring.
Many people are afraid of growing old, alone.
I'm afraid of growing old, insane.
Many people are afraid of losing their looks.
I'm afraid of losing my dreams.
Many people are afraid of losing their youth.
I'm afraid of losing my soul.
When you're 15, 35 seems ancient.
When you're 35, 15 seems juvenile.
A turnaround in a split second - two decades zoom past and
before you know it, it's only a mile to the next millennium.
Don't fear age,
it's a right of person-hood.
Don't fear death- it's God's greatest jest.
Don't grow old - you don't have to.
Don't date because you're desperate.
Don't marry because you're miserable.
Don't have kids because you think your genes are superior.
Don't separate because you think it's fashionable.
Don't drink because you have troubles.
Don't gamble because you think winning is inevitable.
Don't philander because you think you're irresistible.
Most likely, you're not.
Don't associate with people you can't trust.
Don't cheat.
Don't lie.
Don't pretend.
Don't try to buy your way into the kingdom of God.
Don't dictate because you're smarter.
Don't demand because you're stronger.
Don't sleep around because you think you're old enough and know better.
Don't hurt your kids because loving them is harder.
Don't sell yourself, your family or your ideals.
Don't stagnate.
Don't regress.
Learn a new skill.
Find a new friend.
Start a new career.
Don't live in the past.
Time can't bring anything or anyone back.
Don't put your life on hold for possibly Mr. Right.
Don't throw you life away on absolutely Mr. Wrong because your
biological clock is ticking and you can't afford to have your
eggs harvested before the new millennium.
There's always a mad rush to something, somewhere - but victory
does not always belong to those who finish first.
Sometimes, there is no race to be won, only a price to be paid
for some of life's more hasty decisions.
You can't always go with the throng who could be wrong.
Sometimes, you have to be alone to be enlightened.
To terminate your loneliness, reach out to the homeless.
To feed your nurturing instincts, care for the needy.
To fulfill your parenting fantasies, get a puppy.
Don't bring another life into this world for all the wrong
reasons.
To keep yourself warm, buy a jacket.
In the long run, it will be less complicated and less costly.
To make yourself happy, pursue your passions and be the best of
what you can be.
Simplify your life.
Take away the clutter.
Get rid of destructive elements - abusive friends, nasty habits
and dangerous liaisons.
Don't abandon your responsibilities, but don't overdose on duty.
Don't live life recklessly without thought and feeling for your
family.
Be true to yourself. Don't commit when you're not ready.
Don't keep others waiting needlessly.
Fall in love - it's the greatest thing on earth.
But take care and remember, after the fall must come the rise.
Go on that trip. Don't postpone it.
Say those words. Don't let the moment pass.
Do what you must even at society's scorn.
Write poetry. Love deeply. Walk barefoot. Hold hands.
Dance with wild abandon. Cry at the movies.
Take care of yourself.
Don't wait for someone to take care of you.
You light up your life.
You drive yourself to your destination.
No one completes you - except you.
It is true that life doesn't get easier with age.
It only gets more challenging.
Don't be afraid.
Don't lose your capacity to love.
Pursue your passions.
Live your dreams.
Don't lose faith in God.
Don't grow old.
Just grow up.
Many people are afraid of growing old.
I'm afraid of growing old and boring.
Many people are afraid of growing old, alone.
I'm afraid of growing old, insane.
Many people are afraid of losing their looks.
I'm afraid of losing my dreams.
Many people are afraid of losing their youth.
I'm afraid of losing my soul.
When you're 15, 35 seems ancient.
When you're 35, 15 seems juvenile.
A turnaround in a split second - two decades zoom past and
before you know it, it's only a mile to the next millennium.
Don't fear age,
it's a right of person-hood.
Don't fear death- it's God's greatest jest.
Don't grow old - you don't have to.
Don't date because you're desperate.
Don't marry because you're miserable.
Don't have kids because you think your genes are superior.
Don't separate because you think it's fashionable.
Don't drink because you have troubles.
Don't gamble because you think winning is inevitable.
Don't philander because you think you're irresistible.
Most likely, you're not.
Don't associate with people you can't trust.
Don't cheat.
Don't lie.
Don't pretend.
Don't try to buy your way into the kingdom of God.
Don't dictate because you're smarter.
Don't demand because you're stronger.
Don't sleep around because you think you're old enough and know better.
Don't hurt your kids because loving them is harder.
Don't sell yourself, your family or your ideals.
Don't stagnate.
Don't regress.
Learn a new skill.
Find a new friend.
Start a new career.
Don't live in the past.
Time can't bring anything or anyone back.
Don't put your life on hold for possibly Mr. Right.
Don't throw you life away on absolutely Mr. Wrong because your
biological clock is ticking and you can't afford to have your
eggs harvested before the new millennium.
There's always a mad rush to something, somewhere - but victory
does not always belong to those who finish first.
Sometimes, there is no race to be won, only a price to be paid
for some of life's more hasty decisions.
You can't always go with the throng who could be wrong.
Sometimes, you have to be alone to be enlightened.
To terminate your loneliness, reach out to the homeless.
To feed your nurturing instincts, care for the needy.
To fulfill your parenting fantasies, get a puppy.
Don't bring another life into this world for all the wrong
reasons.
To keep yourself warm, buy a jacket.
In the long run, it will be less complicated and less costly.
To make yourself happy, pursue your passions and be the best of
what you can be.
Simplify your life.
Take away the clutter.
Get rid of destructive elements - abusive friends, nasty habits
and dangerous liaisons.
Don't abandon your responsibilities, but don't overdose on duty.
Don't live life recklessly without thought and feeling for your
family.
Be true to yourself. Don't commit when you're not ready.
Don't keep others waiting needlessly.
Fall in love - it's the greatest thing on earth.
But take care and remember, after the fall must come the rise.
Go on that trip. Don't postpone it.
Say those words. Don't let the moment pass.
Do what you must even at society's scorn.
Write poetry. Love deeply. Walk barefoot. Hold hands.
Dance with wild abandon. Cry at the movies.
Take care of yourself.
Don't wait for someone to take care of you.
You light up your life.
You drive yourself to your destination.
No one completes you - except you.
It is true that life doesn't get easier with age.
It only gets more challenging.
Don't be afraid.
Don't lose your capacity to love.
Pursue your passions.
Live your dreams.
Don't lose faith in God.
Don't grow old.
Just grow up.
Urban Legends and Hoax e-mails
Ever get all those really sad e-mails where some little girl is dying of cancer and you can save her life if you only forwarded it to all your friends, or how Yahoo is about to yank people off their mail service and you need to forward the message to all the people on your address book so management knows you are still an active yahoo user, or how Microsoft is giving away thousands of dollars and you really need to send the message fast so you can get some, or even how some lady had maggots growing in her breast and how everyone really needs to be careful and the list is endless really.
I really used to believe all them e-mails and forward them to everyone on my mailing list until a friend made me promise never to send any such emails till i was very sure of the source. So i started checking them out, everytime i got them.
It was pretty easy though, all i had to do was google a significant item in the story and the results 99% of the time came back as links to and urban legend with the origin and all that stuff. And from that day on, i got liberated from feeling guilty after not forwarding an e-mail that could probably save someones life! Hoax! Hoax! Hoax! That’s what they all are.
So people, you might want to google all such stories when you get them and you will find they are untrue. Lastly,
• You will not have 10 years of bad luck if you do not forward an email
• You will not find your true love just because you sent an e-mail
• Your wish would not come true just because you forwarded an e-mail
• You are not heartless just because you refused to forward an email
• Yahoo is not cramped for space and therefore needs to yank some people off
• Isn’t it weird that the same little girl has had cancer and will die in 6 months for almost 5 years now
I really used to believe all them e-mails and forward them to everyone on my mailing list until a friend made me promise never to send any such emails till i was very sure of the source. So i started checking them out, everytime i got them.
It was pretty easy though, all i had to do was google a significant item in the story and the results 99% of the time came back as links to and urban legend with the origin and all that stuff. And from that day on, i got liberated from feeling guilty after not forwarding an e-mail that could probably save someones life! Hoax! Hoax! Hoax! That’s what they all are.
So people, you might want to google all such stories when you get them and you will find they are untrue. Lastly,
• You will not have 10 years of bad luck if you do not forward an email
• You will not find your true love just because you sent an e-mail
• Your wish would not come true just because you forwarded an e-mail
• You are not heartless just because you refused to forward an email
• Yahoo is not cramped for space and therefore needs to yank some people off
• Isn’t it weird that the same little girl has had cancer and will die in 6 months for almost 5 years now
Monday, July 16, 2007
See Dubai and die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ever heard that? Well been there, seen it, and lived!
Seriously! its a wonder! you have to see it yourself to get the gist. Most people just know about Dubai as a tax free zone and only think about shopping and all. Its much more than shopping and business.
I boarded my Qatar Airways flight enroute to Dubai via Doha. I didnt get to see much of Qatar though as i was just changing planes there. My first impression of Dubai was at the passport control. I saw people in their numbers and then i knew there must really be something about Dubai.
The down side for a Naija girl like me was the heat, it was sooo hot and it felt like the sun was shining and it was like 10pm! So you can imagine, i was going from heat to heat! (Naija peeps in d house) I started the next morning on a shopping trip to the Diera City Center. Yeah Yeah i'm a girl.... i like shopping!...... naturally i would wanna check out the shops. Its not one of Dubai's biggest but it is quite big and standard. Shops ranging from H & M (My fav casual clothing shop) to Calvin Klien.
Ok Ok now to the sight seeing and sturvz. I took a bus tour of Dubai and saw all the really nice buildings and all, the tallest building in the world (still under construction though, but its already the tallest and still going!), the Bruj Al Arab (Now thats a sight to behold), the palace of the Ruler of Dubai, the Dubai Museum, the man made sea, the Diera palm, the diera creek, the spice souk and Gold souk too! i have never seen soo many Gold shops in one place. Pity i am not a gold freak so i didn't get any gold atall :-)
The high point of my visit though was the Desert Safari! Oh! My God!!!!! The experience is second to none. It gets your adrenalin way up! My excitment started with my really really fine safari driver "Ali" mnnn mnnn! he was soooo fine! He was probably wondering why this naija girl kept staring at him, whatever! i stared and stared until i had a mental image of him imprinted in my head hehehehehehehe.
We went over dunes and dunes of desert sand at high speed, it was crazy! it felt like going on a roller coaster ride in the sand! there were times i thought the car was gonna go over and roll down, but fine Ali knew his stuff. Then i had a buffet in the desert, and went to see belly dancing! and also had Henna done on my hand!
The Mall of the Emirates is another really nice mall to visit. It's way bigger than the Diera City Center and has all the major shops and more. The most interesting thing for me at the Mall of the Emirates though was the Ski Pavillion. All artificial snow and the temp in there was -3 deg i think! so for all you ski enthusiasts!
And the food! how could i forget the food! i had all sorts! for all the malls i went to, i always went to the maps and traced the food courts! i had Chinese, Japanese, Mexican, and Thai!
Anyways i should stop gushing about Dubai. For those of you who hope to visit, what am i saying, y'all should visit. Make sure you visit the Wild Wadi, the malls, go on the Dhow Cruise, Desert Safari, the city tour and visit the local markets too
Seriously! its a wonder! you have to see it yourself to get the gist. Most people just know about Dubai as a tax free zone and only think about shopping and all. Its much more than shopping and business.
I boarded my Qatar Airways flight enroute to Dubai via Doha. I didnt get to see much of Qatar though as i was just changing planes there. My first impression of Dubai was at the passport control. I saw people in their numbers and then i knew there must really be something about Dubai.
The down side for a Naija girl like me was the heat, it was sooo hot and it felt like the sun was shining and it was like 10pm! So you can imagine, i was going from heat to heat! (Naija peeps in d house) I started the next morning on a shopping trip to the Diera City Center. Yeah Yeah i'm a girl.... i like shopping!...... naturally i would wanna check out the shops. Its not one of Dubai's biggest but it is quite big and standard. Shops ranging from H & M (My fav casual clothing shop) to Calvin Klien.
Ok Ok now to the sight seeing and sturvz. I took a bus tour of Dubai and saw all the really nice buildings and all, the tallest building in the world (still under construction though, but its already the tallest and still going!), the Bruj Al Arab (Now thats a sight to behold), the palace of the Ruler of Dubai, the Dubai Museum, the man made sea, the Diera palm, the diera creek, the spice souk and Gold souk too! i have never seen soo many Gold shops in one place. Pity i am not a gold freak so i didn't get any gold atall :-)
The high point of my visit though was the Desert Safari! Oh! My God!!!!! The experience is second to none. It gets your adrenalin way up! My excitment started with my really really fine safari driver "Ali" mnnn mnnn! he was soooo fine! He was probably wondering why this naija girl kept staring at him, whatever! i stared and stared until i had a mental image of him imprinted in my head hehehehehehehe.
We went over dunes and dunes of desert sand at high speed, it was crazy! it felt like going on a roller coaster ride in the sand! there were times i thought the car was gonna go over and roll down, but fine Ali knew his stuff. Then i had a buffet in the desert, and went to see belly dancing! and also had Henna done on my hand!
The Mall of the Emirates is another really nice mall to visit. It's way bigger than the Diera City Center and has all the major shops and more. The most interesting thing for me at the Mall of the Emirates though was the Ski Pavillion. All artificial snow and the temp in there was -3 deg i think! so for all you ski enthusiasts!
And the food! how could i forget the food! i had all sorts! for all the malls i went to, i always went to the maps and traced the food courts! i had Chinese, Japanese, Mexican, and Thai!
Anyways i should stop gushing about Dubai. For those of you who hope to visit, what am i saying, y'all should visit. Make sure you visit the Wild Wadi, the malls, go on the Dhow Cruise, Desert Safari, the city tour and visit the local markets too
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