Tuesday April 02 2013

I woke early, I intend going to work early too. I kept drifting in and out of sleep till I finally got off the bed around seven. A long epistle came from my boss detailing goals and target for today and this week and urging us to come to work early, it wasn’t inspiring. It wasn’t depressing either.

I went to work very early. Ifeanyi surprisingly came to work early. Guess who came late? I mean very late. The boss of course. My task today was mostly handling the visa, passport, plane ticket and embassy appointment booking issues. I succeeded in doing all that. I wanted to go to school today but because he's leaving for Abuja this evening I decided taking the whole tomorrow will be best.

Later in the day his Abuja meeting was postponed till the 8th, next week Monday so he didn’t go again today. My mind and plan for tomorrow has already been made, nothing can change it I suppose. Zweli Nkosi his South African partner was in town, he paid our office a visit. 

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Look at that adorable beautiful woman, isnt she lovely? God made us beautiful not makeup.

Look at that adorable beautiful woman, isnt she lovely? God made us beautiful not makeup.

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Easter Monday, April 01 2013

Slowly but surely the year is running out. It was 1st January 2013 a while ago, now its April fool's day. I didn’t plan to fool anybody today. I don’t want to be fooled either. You know those days when you can’t seem to get out of bed? Today was one of them for me. I slept and slept, changed bed even. I broke the formidable sleep spell around 12:00am I think, probably cuz my stomach starting growling. I ate chiki-chiki noodles.

I lazed about the house. I needed to wash but I didn’t do that. I needed to see my friend whom I couldn’t see yesterday. I must see him. The sun really tried to harvest every drop of water from the atmosphere and grounds of earth. That discouraged me. By the time I was ready to head out, it was around 3 o'clock and the sun was busy illuminating and dehydrating the earth. I went on ahead. I saw him, we spent a few hours playing catch up.

They live on the third floor, the view from their front balcony is awesome. You see a few houses clustered around and a vast expanse of green vegetation. That area is still developing. It can still boast and boost with fresh air, serene environment away from the chaotic madness of typical Lagos town. Im glad I did. I went home but first I had to check on Onye Mama lol.

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Swimming Sunday, March 31 2013

I had planned to attend House on the Rock Church today since today's at my church will hold at the Surulere Stadium. I didn’t wake up on time. Oh mehn not today. I got ready to go to House on the Rock Church. I went to bus stop at the same time the Catholic Church at the bus stop just finished one mass. They just flooded the bus stop, great! Now getting a bus will be difficult. I waited for a while, it was no use. I checked two nearby churches, I wasn’t impressed. I went back to waiting for a bus. Prior to going to the bus stop, I had already called Caesar to find out if he was still at home so I can go to his church with him. He didn’t pick the call. But God had a way of doing his thing.

While I was slowly leaving the bus stop to check out a third church, I had somebody shouting my name. He called several times before I heard it. He wanted to withdraw some cash from the ATM and head to church. That was how I went to his church with him. They had a guest preacher from Ghana named Koffi Ampiah. He was something else. The service was full of resurrection. After consuming such soul/spiritual buffet, they church served yet another buffé. The meal was good. We went home with a plan to go swimming.

I had already planned to visit my friend Uche Nwañu but I cancelled at the mention of swimming. I have been craving to jealously treat myself to an all fun swimming session but the stars won’t just align for it to happen. This is a perfect chance. The sun is unbelievably hot at that. He invited one girl Ruth. We went to Orchid Hotel. I had a helluva great time soaking my skin in that pool. I met one cute looking Abigail, she is one helluva swimmer. We didn’t exchange numbers though, I just didn’t take it that far.

The girl we went with, Ruth, she can’t swim. Surprisingly she learnt so much on her first day of swimming. She's got admirable courage, that's why she was able to overcome her fears and learn so much. She came to the deepest part of the pool by holding unto the edge of the pool. I mean she is brave. When we've had our splash to fullest, we went home very satisfied. I hung out with a little more before heading home for the night.

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Agabni Darego (Former Miss World) Launches A Denim Line "AD By Agbani Darego"

Our very own Agbani Darego, the Beauty Queen turned Entrepreneur releases the promotional campaign for her denim line AD by Agbani Darego.

The denim line embraces a luxurious and chic aesthetic that’s affordable with cuts and styles that are flattering to a range of body types. AD by Agbani Darego is a line that caters to the ease we require of our personal style and it has been a pleasure creating a line that’s intuitive to our body, style and pocket needs. 

I am excited about it and I hope that it will be well received” says Agbani. The first products to be launched are its range of Jeans, Polo shirts and its Zip front Shirt Dress. Named after the Nigerian woman, the Jeans will come in four styles; Bola- “Trouser Leg”, Aisha-“Classic Cut”, Ify-“Boyfriend Jeans”, Nosa-“Skinny Jeans” and in a variety of washes. Prices of products range from 6,500 Naira – 12,500 Naira. AD by Agbani Darego will be available in stores and on-line in June, 2013.

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No Running Saturday, March 30 2013

I woke up a bit confused about what day it was just because of the worker-in-training class of yesterday. I read my open heaven. Read all the days I missed. I prayed and stayed glued to the bed. Oh yeah today's Saturday and I’m supposed to run. I read a couple of emails about rising cases of kidnapping in Lagos even in Lekki area and it kinda freaked me out. One lady was nearly kidnapped during her early morning run right inside Lekki phase 1!

I stayed on the bed and watched another Japanese anime called Inuyasha. It was during this time that Ibe came in. He started playing a music track of his. Then I just figured, he probably slept in the studio recording that song. He was testing his handiwork. I have strictly minding my business in the house, not really talking to anyone unless I absolutely have to. But I always respond when they talk to me.

There was no food in the house. I know he is hungry. I don’t hungry like that. I went to Igbo Efon, by the time I came back he has an empty pot in the middle of the room and asleep. I guess he ate chiki-chiki noodles. I went to Shoprite, bought food and food stuff. I went to the office, ate the food and slept a little. I came back home and prepared eliché with fish and corned beef. That was we ate that evening and in the night.

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Friday March 29 2013

Today is Good Friday for those of us who are Christians. Today is the day Jesus Christ was crucified over 2000 years ago. It’s also a public holiday in Nigeria. I love public holidays and bosses hate public holidays. Our worker-in-training class was moved Easter Sunday to Good Friday cuz there will be no regular church service at our parish this Easter Sunday. I prepared early today. I got there early. The session was refreshing. After the class I talked to pastor's wife regarding how I was dealing the untimely demise of dear and near friend a year ago. It was hard for me to forget cuz I felt like I abandoned her. And she sought to hear my voice even to the point of death. My pastor's wife counseled me. What she said was what I expected actually I just needed to talk to someone spiritual about it.

I felt easy share it with her cuz she reminded me alot about my literature teacher Mrs. Oyo back in secondary school. I enjoy the way she teaches. Mrs. Oyo made me fall in love with literature. She has legendary killer hips like Mrs. Oyo. She is fair complexioned like her. I went straight to eat at Onye Mama's place. It’s like my kitchen and the utensils are gathering dust and cobwebs, not much cooking activity goes on in there. That’s why I resort to eating outside. I went back to the house and had a good sleep. I was just like today is Sunday because of the worker-in-training class. Don’t know how long I slept but when I woke up, I went to the only cyber cafe in the area.

Their service is second to none in reverse. As expected, I couldn’t do anything useful as their connection went offline. I stayed a while waiting for them to fix it but in reality, I was just charging my phone. I went back home and slept some more. I didn’t go out again. All this time Ibe and his wife were out. Don’t know where they went to. Ibe came back dressed up and vamoosed. A little later the wife came back changed into another dress and vamoosed. I slept alone in the house.

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